Analysis

  • max time kernel
    127s
  • max time network
    28s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    25-04-2024 11:23

General

  • Target

    ass.vbs

  • Size

    1KB

  • MD5

    0971210e69a8fc2d1bfc3a2549226f99

  • SHA1

    4f3ac74c56e81868e252c8e057fb88b0de039605

  • SHA256

    6edae4802f00f7339f786534c29bf22b1f9c0cd0920a88f884be66bf563a1c02

  • SHA512

    c4ca0e5772e9a2cee310f5b39b6b94b7a04656d7a7e344b275a26657e43a1b71a6c4ccff7c90d8128b5b767af16d590c7070a5d57fe9ac93c79ee0d9a5988ea2

Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ass.vbs"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3048
    • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe" add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
      2⤵
      • Modifies registry key
      PID:3056
    • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe" add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
      2⤵
      • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
      • Modifies registry key
      PID:2568
    • C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\example.txt
      2⤵
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:2752
    • C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\taskkill.exe" /f /im svchost.exe
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2276
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
    1⤵
      PID:2828
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
      1⤵
        PID:1232
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
        1⤵
          PID:2112
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetworkRestricted
          1⤵
            PID:1456
          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
            1⤵
              PID:2012
            • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
              1⤵
                PID:2020

              Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

              Defense Evasion

              Modify Registry

              1
              T1112

              Discovery

              System Information Discovery

              1
              T1082

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              Downloads

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\example.txt
                Filesize

                57B

                MD5

                817fdb4e756556eefd6912f3cc8d06db

                SHA1

                7c2e82c99ac6926574c596aee06df97f5b966d03

                SHA256

                ab2df71056fe1c80fc5a540f32c3e14d206d52997164f94d9241f36032e09dcf

                SHA512

                446b19e4cd56c6ff0c9753205f0882ad0450e97cabd888c68421fbf2c84631d532f968bfe226cfeef43cea42d27dd70a73db6c1960726ac60dc31066c51cdb8f