hawkeye | 8f851b760d05ecdabf247f01173da7381d9c66d1cf9be6417b9321a3deecf6c2

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
139s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20231129-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20231129-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
17-04-2024 12:58

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General

Target

7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe
Size

948KB
MD5

adcc598af7caec5a2b261c869bf784b0
SHA1

55eb16719270a3bf2755f1d3435b09078838c49c
SHA256

7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0
SHA512

bbfcddd524e5f654290bd30919ed7aad61e64ae3919af202457d74c34b1314b7bb288c1dd8414d02bb8f61a207c8bd9e8fcc98347b9b128e414a72258ecfdd7f
SSDEEP

24576:n3qKdgSMzbbnNEvizbKZiiwt3Tggzbsye5HMPKZ2W0gXKXJ:naKNMDNqizCeegPsye+PKOZX

Score

10^/10

hawkeye evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

HawkEye
HawkEye is a malware kit that has seen continuous development since at least 2013.
keylogger trojan stealer spyware hawkeye

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Processes:

netsh.exe

pid	Process
804	netsh.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

Processes:

WindowsUpdate.exe

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\5a3391652b95668e76de4bdcdda5a9dd.exe	WindowsUpdate.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\5a3391652b95668e76de4bdcdda5a9dd.exe	WindowsUpdate.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

WindowsUpdate.exe

pid	Process
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe

pid	Process
2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

WindowsUpdate.exe

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\5a3391652b95668e76de4bdcdda5a9dd = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe\" .."	WindowsUpdate.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\5a3391652b95668e76de4bdcdda5a9dd = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsUpdate.exe\" .."	WindowsUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 17 IoCs

Processes:

7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exeWindowsUpdate.exe

pid	Process
2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe
2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 53 IoCs

Processes:

WindowsUpdate.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: 33	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exeWindowsUpdate.exe

pid	Process
2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe
2540	WindowsUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes:

7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exeWindowsUpdate.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 2540	2352	7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe	28
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 804	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe	29
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 804	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe	29
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 804	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe	29
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 804	2540	WindowsUpdate.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2352
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsUpdate.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsUpdate.exe"
  2⤵
  - Drops startup file
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2540
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsUpdate.exe" "WindowsUpdate.exe" ENABLE
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    PID:804

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsUpdate.exe

Filesize
948KB

MD5
adcc598af7caec5a2b261c869bf784b0

SHA1
55eb16719270a3bf2755f1d3435b09078838c49c

SHA256
7d623dcdebf0992732101afeb5c3821ca95e297b2992aef9c16ebb44aa6c47b0

SHA512
bbfcddd524e5f654290bd30919ed7aad61e64ae3919af202457d74c34b1314b7bb288c1dd8414d02bb8f61a207c8bd9e8fcc98347b9b128e414a72258ecfdd7f

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memory/2352-16-0x0000000074C50000-0x00000000751FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2352-2-0x00000000011F0000-0x0000000001230000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/2352-1-0x0000000074C50000-0x00000000751FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2352-3-0x0000000074C50000-0x00000000751FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2352-9-0x0000000006800000-0x0000000006B7C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2352-0-0x00000000013D0000-0x000000000174C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2352-17-0x00000000013D0000-0x000000000174C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2540-11-0x00000000002C0000-0x000000000063C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2540-18-0x0000000074C50000-0x00000000751FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2540-14-0x0000000074C50000-0x00000000751FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2540-15-0x00000000025E0000-0x0000000002620000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/2540-24-0x00000000002C0000-0x000000000063C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.5MB

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memory/2540-25-0x00000000025E0000-0x0000000002620000-memory.dmp

Filesize
256KB

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memory/2540-26-0x0000000074C50000-0x00000000751FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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