Analysis

  • max time kernel
    24s
  • max time network
    8s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240426-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    12-05-2024 19:47

General

  • Target

    Hydrogen_Executor_V3.exe

  • Size

    190KB

  • MD5

    1399f90b10f8ba4e8894844b637c3674

  • SHA1

    c4b55243750434a4ffc5e654c9301bed89c53a9b

  • SHA256

    9ee7472a507976b837fa9b21959b942b1a488f28a6746f0540b6936b938c16d9

  • SHA512

    729f4e45ac49780c79569e577c2b6c9e76908dcf6c66b7b35aae5e9055ec3242387510dbae671617e9c56dc5fab68220061a7466e12eeccc4ad41ed9d0b4a068

  • SSDEEP

    1536:cc1ZubZumexWTkF7ELjxNYK/HqJLG+Pr:R1ZubfecTkF7EHrfqPr

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mercurialgrabber

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1239296125064974418/PUgXB5FXV6rG9VgXFqZRFI0mCViixOJ8UuqFBuJflxFjy8K_1Bnlcsm6oiqDYfXj8zlI

Signatures

  • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

    Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hydrogen_Executor_V3.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hydrogen_Executor_V3.exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2848
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:1316

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • memory/2848-0-0x00007FFD01DD3000-0x00007FFD01DD5000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/2848-1-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007C4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      208KB

    • memory/2848-2-0x00007FFD01DD0000-0x00007FFD02892000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/2848-3-0x00007FFD01DD0000-0x00007FFD02892000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB