Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 06:04

Sample ID 240511-e3e4fsdc4w
Target 7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics
SHA256 6097d17d5ede804d2ff1440582ba9e90344e5d9add0ade81688988569b87fa25
Tags
vmprotect
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

6097d17d5ede804d2ff1440582ba9e90344e5d9add0ade81688988569b87fa25

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

vmprotect

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

Deletes itself

VMProtect packed file

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Windows directory

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage

MITRE ATT&CK

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Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-05-11 04:27

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
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Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-05-11 04:27

Reported

2024-05-11 04:30

Platform

win7-20240508-en

Max time kernel

119s

Max time network

139s

Command Line

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

Signatures

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2164 created 1232 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE N/A

VMProtect packed file

vmprotect
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Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2164 set thread context of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2396 set thread context of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification C:\Windows\mac.txt C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2396 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 1232 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe
PID 2396 wrote to memory of 2636 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe

Processes

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetwork -p

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cleanmgr.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 gitee.com udp
HK 182.255.33.134:443 gitee.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 ocsp.trust-provider.cn udp
CN 117.27.246.96:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
HK 182.255.33.134:443 gitee.com tcp
HK 182.255.33.134:443 gitee.com tcp
CN 183.201.243.154:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
N/A 255.255.255.255:23779 udp
N/A 255.255.255.255:0 udp
N/A 255.255.255.255:0 udp
CN 36.248.38.100:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
CN 112.50.95.96:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp

Files

memory/2396-0-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-1-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-2-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-3-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-13-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800F4000-memory.dmp

memory/1232-15-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

memory/1232-14-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-7-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800F4000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-5-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-20-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000220000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-21-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000220000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-19-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000220000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-17-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000220000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-18-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000220000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab5218.tmp

MD5 29f65ba8e88c063813cc50a4ea544e93
SHA1 05a7040d5c127e68c25d81cc51271ffb8bef3568
SHA256 1ed81fa8dfb6999a9fedc6e779138ffd99568992e22d300acd181a6d2c8de184
SHA512 e29b2e92c496245bed3372578074407e8ef8882906ce10c35b3c8deebfefe01b5fd7f3030acaa693e175f4b7aca6cd7d8d10ae1c731b09c5fa19035e005de3aa

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar523A.tmp

MD5 435a9ac180383f9fa094131b173a2f7b
SHA1 76944ea657a9db94f9a4bef38f88c46ed4166983
SHA256 67dc37ed50b8e63272b49a254a6039ee225974f1d767bb83eb1fd80e759a7c34
SHA512 1a6b277611959720a9c71114957620517ad94541302f164eb872bd322292a952409bafb8bc2ac793b16ad5f25d83f8594ccff2b7834e3c2b2b941e6fc84c009a

memory/2636-89-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-90-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-91-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-92-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2396-93-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800F4000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-94-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-96-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-97-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-95-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-99-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-101-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-102-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2636-104-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-05-11 04:27

Reported

2024-05-11 04:30

Platform

win10v2004-20240426-en

Max time kernel

135s

Max time network

130s

Command Line

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

Signatures

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2956 created 3508 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
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VMProtect packed file

vmprotect
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Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2956 set thread context of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2988 set thread context of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification C:\Windows\mac.txt C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe N/A

Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 3508 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 4716 N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe

Processes

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ce21e23096f7be6e7d68f316759d800_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceNetwork -p

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.204.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 138.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.237:443 g.bing.com tcp
BE 2.17.107.98:443 www.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
BE 2.17.107.98:443 www.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 98.107.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 205.47.74.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 gitee.com udp
HK 182.255.33.134:443 gitee.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 134.33.255.182.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 ocsp.trust-provider.cn udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 233.38.18.104.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 23.149.64.172.in-addr.arpa udp
CN 112.50.95.96:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 183.59.114.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
HK 182.255.33.134:443 gitee.com tcp
CN 117.27.246.96:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
HK 182.255.33.134:443 gitee.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
N/A 255.255.255.255:23779 udp
N/A 255.255.255.255:0 udp
N/A 255.255.255.255:0 udp
CN 183.201.243.154:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 79.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.845400.online udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa udp
CN 36.248.38.100:80 ocsp.trust-provider.cn tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 22.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp

Files

memory/2988-1-0x000002B90CDA0000-0x000002B90CEA1000-memory.dmp

memory/2988-2-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800F4000-memory.dmp

memory/2988-8-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800F4000-memory.dmp

memory/3508-9-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-11-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000CD0000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-36-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/2988-39-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800F4000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-46-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-47-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-48-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp

memory/4716-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000102D7000-memory.dmp