Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240426-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    20/05/2024, 17:17

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 326KB
  • Sample240520-vtp53aab73
  • SHA256 3b50fe74f6b83d53efab2ee7e197026977dac17fdd3302c7df454fac19abb12d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 8 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 11 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2216
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd /c takeown /f "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe" && icacls "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe" /grant administrators:F
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3000
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        takeown /f "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe"
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5004
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        icacls "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe" /grant administrators:F
        3⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:3628
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3008
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:4120
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 804 808 816 8192 812 788
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:2628
  • C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    PID:1656
  • C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmixedwk.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmixedwk.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1828
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2088
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:1624
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1080
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:1452
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:5104
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:3740
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:560
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:3308
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:1956
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:5088
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        PID:228
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:4332

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        background.jpg

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\background.jpg
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 ac4c16749c6d77dd153327c18c4bf6d48c8268efcbbb9d0515ea582e0fed19d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        mpsvc.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mpsvc.dll
        • Size 126KB
        • SHA256 1ec23649104d52fe4bd81868896ace1860c2b579c07b1ff3ae8bf9b544cf093d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        wmpnetwk.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 ed0dc979eed9ab9933c49204d362de575c7112a792633fda75bb5d1dab50a5c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        aad9f05a9a826b65ff2b94740ca196c2

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\aad9f05a9a826b65ff2b94740ca196c2
        • Size 28KB
        • SHA256 3d8aee8a0c95d9a3532c6d1cb8dc6b123e046310086690b74221cd3c815b1559
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1624-87-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180033000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-82-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014011B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-80-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014011B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-84-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180033000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-88-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180033000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-89-0x000001B4B3580000-0x000001B4B359F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-83-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014011B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-78-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014011B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1624-79-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014011B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1656-75-0x00007FFF11490000-0x00007FFF114B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-74-0x00007FFF11490000-0x00007FFF114B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-73-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-67-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-69-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-68-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-70-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-72-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-66-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-64-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2088-65-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140026000-memory.dmp

        memory/2216-76-0x000001D75BA20000-0x000001D75BA49000-memory.dmp

        memory/2216-0-0x00007FF6749EA000-0x00007FF6749EB000-memory.dmp

        memory/2216-5-0x00007FF6749D0000-0x00007FF674A26000-memory.dmp

        memory/2216-3-0x000001D75BA20000-0x000001D75BA49000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-52-0x0000017458FB0000-0x0000017458FB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-35-0x0000017454AC0000-0x0000017454AD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3008-19-0x00000174549C0000-0x00000174549D0000-memory.dmp