General

  • Target

    cheeto.exe

  • Size

    4.0MB

  • Sample

    240522-embfbsbf8y

  • MD5

    cd087a2a47e92558735abd8bb79ed24b

  • SHA1

    3ecec38b845b431d95d397b6cf29744bef64c7e7

  • SHA256

    881ebd4d6811501eed8abf80b378d63752fd1ba452432bb9734fe1c8e5e2433a

  • SHA512

    d12a8775c98a8272f986bece6609a8b578640ce398fb512ae68cb53b79dea40eddf8388b0b8e2a5feab4b59951c69204dd30d90a699663c6f38f314a660d415a

  • SSDEEP

    98304:JYJCzVOFyo8s/QekcAxnEI83tSQRipaW9LYTe+a2Xp1G:CCzVODQl/qM6ix9ETbZo

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target

      cheeto.exe

    • Size

      4.0MB

    • MD5

      cd087a2a47e92558735abd8bb79ed24b

    • SHA1

      3ecec38b845b431d95d397b6cf29744bef64c7e7

    • SHA256

      881ebd4d6811501eed8abf80b378d63752fd1ba452432bb9734fe1c8e5e2433a

    • SHA512

      d12a8775c98a8272f986bece6609a8b578640ce398fb512ae68cb53b79dea40eddf8388b0b8e2a5feab4b59951c69204dd30d90a699663c6f38f314a660d415a

    • SSDEEP

      98304:JYJCzVOFyo8s/QekcAxnEI83tSQRipaW9LYTe+a2Xp1G:CCzVODQl/qM6ix9ETbZo

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

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

    • Themida packer

      Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1
T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1
T1497

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks