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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    13/05/2024, 21:49

General

  • Target
    Loader.exe
  • Size 347KB
  • Sample240513-1pmf9sff48
  • SHA256 c9c660914e4d58a6e0dd460afae6e4af288c9f191ad8592dc95db5a69868fc70
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect ZGRat V1 3 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 15 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • ZGRat

    ZGRat is remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3432
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Checker.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Checker.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4244
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\SFUqxLlNpV20NJ9uCnUYCbrkrl1WOe98n.vbe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1688
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\TudTneFnbF0PE5UTQ8BUoLqStO6.bat" "
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3652
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2484
          • C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\Sessionperf.exe
            "C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll/Sessionperf.exe"
            5⤵
            • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4908
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ketfyx1u\ketfyx1u.cmdline"
              6⤵
              • Drops file in System32 directory
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:5012
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
                C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES5A16.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSC7FA59B8A15CE411AA7FD2265F3558D79.TMP"
                7⤵
                  PID:4804
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\sppsvc.exe'
                6⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4560
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\features\Sessionperf.exe'
                6⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:3140
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\fonts\sihost.exe'
                6⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1628
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\Registry.exe'
                6⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4484
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\sihost.exe'
                6⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1596
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lPpTKfy7SP.bat"
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2944
                • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                  chcp 65001
                  7⤵
                    PID:3568
                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                    7⤵
                      PID:4704
                    • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\fonts\sihost.exe
                      "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\fonts\sihost.exe"
                      7⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                      PID:4516
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\sppsvc.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1724
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4688
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:5100
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SessionperfS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\features\Sessionperf.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:5096
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "Sessionperf" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\features\Sessionperf.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3828
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SessionperfS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser\features\Sessionperf.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4420
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\fonts\sihost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3644
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\fonts\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4240
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\skins\fonts\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3300
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\Registry.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3712
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:2624
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\GameBarPresenceWriter\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:2428
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\sihost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1108
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4864
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4832

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              powershell.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 944B
              • SHA256 95d79fd575bbd21540e378fcbc1cd00d16f51af62ce15bae7080bb72c24e2010
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 944B
              • SHA256 21e5d7ccf80a293e6ba30ed728846ca19c929c52b96e2c8d34e27cd2234f1d45
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 944B
              • SHA256 2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              RES5A16.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES5A16.tmp
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 25eeb205a9c3c9bb41c3137ee0592ce0b761ba8cefefe7d66b1a0c0697c90e9b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_smhxszdw.dzt.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_smhxszdw.dzt.ps1
              • Size 60B
              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              lPpTKfy7SP.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lPpTKfy7SP.bat
              • Size 228B
              • SHA256 f2bd7f7d67808960219b4347ffd043615efb7ca233f6ce9357d68a0ea472e3a1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              Checker.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Checker.exe
              • Size 3.9MB
              • SHA256 d822b616ee7e10b00fead9be9eb0cf9780fdb0b3fec3001ff31c9ce0cb7255ae
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              SFUqxLlNpV20NJ9uCnUYCbrkrl1WOe98n.vbe

              • Path C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\SFUqxLlNpV20NJ9uCnUYCbrkrl1WOe98n.vbe
              • Size 228B
              • SHA256 f0e2bfb22d22aed8ac10eff5a010fad081a5798706b3a6fd7764798cab716eb2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              Sessionperf.exe

              • Path C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\Sessionperf.exe
              • Size 3.6MB
              • SHA256 bbb080aed81b8f4d0f5d590c7cb0e56e68da5a27d32d964c32e50e1cb2015edc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              TudTneFnbF0PE5UTQ8BUoLqStO6.bat

              • Path C:\blockcontainerWincrtdll\TudTneFnbF0PE5UTQ8BUoLqStO6.bat
              • Size 201B
              • SHA256 650c37c1afde471e40f77d7aec8603382214e9ec318b7f08ab7653f9c4e87f81
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              ketfyx1u.0.cs

              • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ketfyx1u\ketfyx1u.0.cs
              • Size 369B
              • SHA256 6f3632dac03cb8df55d49b47664eba5ec2eb91b2d83019806993c4d713f52003
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              ketfyx1u.cmdline

              • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ketfyx1u\ketfyx1u.cmdline
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 3d8567e1154a43fd9d1fd849f942a693fa53cec542f8c7e02f0c328ec406dbab
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              CSC7FA59B8A15CE411AA7FD2265F3558D79.TMP

              • Path \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSC7FA59B8A15CE411AA7FD2265F3558D79.TMP
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 f4091edfc561d6d16cdb8f686a10ebade8c6a9239730fddb9c652a1c005790c2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/3140-112-0x00000242B73F0000-0x00000242B7412000-memory.dmp

              memory/3432-0-0x00007FF816413000-0x00007FF816415000-memory.dmp

              memory/3432-11-0x00007FF816410000-0x00007FF816ED1000-memory.dmp

              memory/3432-2-0x00007FF816410000-0x00007FF816ED1000-memory.dmp

              memory/3432-1-0x0000000000710000-0x000000000076E000-memory.dmp

              memory/4516-188-0x000000001D160000-0x000000001D275000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-52-0x000000001BB80000-0x000000001BB96000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-73-0x000000001BBF0000-0x000000001BBFC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-48-0x000000001BAC0000-0x000000001BACC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-54-0x000000001BBA0000-0x000000001BBB2000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-55-0x000000001C0F0000-0x000000001C618000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-57-0x000000001BB30000-0x000000001BB3E000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-59-0x000000001BB60000-0x000000001BB70000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-61-0x000000001BB70000-0x000000001BB80000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-63-0x000000001BC20000-0x000000001BC7A000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-65-0x000000001BBC0000-0x000000001BBCE000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-67-0x000000001BBD0000-0x000000001BBE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-69-0x000000001BBE0000-0x000000001BBEE000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-71-0x000000001BC80000-0x000000001BC98000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-50-0x000000001BB20000-0x000000001BB30000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-75-0x000000001BCF0000-0x000000001BD3E000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-46-0x000000001BB40000-0x000000001BB52000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-44-0x000000001BAB0000-0x000000001BABE000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-42-0x000000001BAA0000-0x000000001BAAE000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-40-0x000000001BA50000-0x000000001BA60000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-38-0x000000001BA40000-0x000000001BA50000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-36-0x000000001BA80000-0x000000001BA98000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-34-0x0000000002DD0000-0x0000000002DE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-32-0x000000001BAD0000-0x000000001BB20000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-31-0x000000001BA60000-0x000000001BA7C000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-29-0x0000000002DC0000-0x0000000002DCE000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-27-0x000000001B700000-0x000000001B726000-memory.dmp

              memory/4908-25-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000BE2000-memory.dmp