plugx | 792eba5ba91a52bfb3b369107f38fb9a7e7b7987cd870f465338eae59e81f3f6

General

Target

fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

125KB
MD5

fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2
SHA1

e0e3b538d015b1eb06a8a663bc746a36c3cc5848
SHA256

792eba5ba91a52bfb3b369107f38fb9a7e7b7987cd870f465338eae59e81f3f6
SHA512

f626824b33ea03f690500058c73ba662a1363535f80e7b05149dc8b580bd6bf514b334f3509283933993d0947b254c30cb6ddbf7be99d53de471997a2ef2f71d
SSDEEP

3072:DQIURTXJ+MSx7NqlTE6jSOJH9deWpA9+MlScvohy8oAYS0tzgv:Ds9Sx7NqRz9In+Ml1vob6dtK

Score

10^/10

plugx persistence trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

PlugX
PlugX is a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that has been around since 2008.
trojan plugx

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3032	arpa.exe
2616	unsecapp.exe

Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	rundll32.exe
3020	rundll32.exe
3032	arpa.exe
3032	arpa.exe
3032	arpa.exe
2616	unsecapp.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2297530677-1229052932-2803917579-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ESET Malware ProtectionLYo = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\ESET Malware ProtectionLYo\\unsecapp.exe\" -app"	arpa.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ESET Malware ProtectionLYo = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\ESET Malware ProtectionLYo\\unsecapp.exe\" -app"	arpa.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2012 wrote to memory of 3020	2012	fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 3032	3020	rundll32.exe	29
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 3032	3020	rundll32.exe	29
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 3032	3020	rundll32.exe	29
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 3032	3020	rundll32.exe	29
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2616	3032	arpa.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2616	3032	arpa.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2616	3032	arpa.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2616	3032	arpa.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fba356748c02da7a65ddef9470aa1cf2_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2012
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" url.dll, FileProtocolHandler C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arpa.exe
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3020
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arpa.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arpa.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3032
  - - C:\ProgramData\ESET Malware ProtectionLYo\unsecapp.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\ESET Malware ProtectionLYo\unsecapp.exe" -app
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Loads dropped DLL
      PID:2616

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arpa.exe

Filesize
95KB

MD5
28c6f235946fd694d2634c7a2f24c1ba

SHA1
e9a9ce1ff07834d6ba9a51ba0d9e7c7a0b68d3e5

SHA256
c3159d4f85ceb84c4a0f7ea9208928e729a30ddda4fead7ec6257c7dd1984763

SHA512
16865c473e010950a2aa25263af70074ad7539a86dc20e0a253df39e54e3635e99e821d4df83cd7a0eaeff10c75782966439d16d056427e824be8df953e138be

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\http_dll.dat

Filesize
81KB

MD5
27a4ed145a9a6cb41af09b8927fd5bee

SHA1
815be32e1ae7ec20621e87239a6279fbba2fc8b5

SHA256
3fbbf30015b64b50912c09c43052ac48b1983e869cebfb88dd1271fcb4e60d10

SHA512
2978496330e0dcfafad6b9186181febe4af28cb7bec227bfab3f0be711e5160b96692a9752e260bf585abc0a5d481bd4d408ead88e0e2973552e4abb934107a8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\http_dll.dll

Filesize
20KB

MD5
5b92266d9a26260b4c9920ede267ba37

SHA1
372d5455fdb689787e7e49f7799510c6c2cdf6b7

SHA256
d3c41834ea1a05eb19b6012a9c0c4a2dd9df243af0df56885edabedfe3fea261

SHA512
db9b277d74d1c50b8580b8dbeef1f5c3f54a6cf436a95c658bf7b8201d48ed651400fdde84d7297abf7f71b1f8f2bf335716833e564fa25cf10483b5f8766ec5

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memory/2616-28-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2616-29-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000920000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2616-30-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000920000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/3032-12-0x0000000000130000-0x0000000000150000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3032-16-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000005B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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