ab2b268de451ce6bbc5879b014180e47aecd874181d1e03c34159f78839ded67

General

Target

cheat.exe
Size

3.9MB
MD5

200e4d1a5f37c511d30b7c778556b1a1
SHA1

809060eed706b528705b9e0082a9d0b8f1449aaf
SHA256

ab2b268de451ce6bbc5879b014180e47aecd874181d1e03c34159f78839ded67
SHA512

8fbf7d4b092c7a0d964fe4a1a0158811fdd1ed0a8ff49aa7de02c6dbcfbf70fa57959b2a922a731da598cd37e3fce008fa330a9daa892f32f61696a44cf1672f
SSDEEP

98304:F3t8oJL3g4KQWRa49EwOIJ/enT55/FPeO5hOCEI47zFk:H7hKQW84O4eV5FZjOCEIu5k

Score

9^/10

evasion persistence themida trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Query Registry
T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
T1497

Processes:

cheat.exe

description ioc process

Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ cheat.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	cheat.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

cheat.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv\ImagePath = "\\??\\C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv"	cheat.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

cheat.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	cheat.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	cheat.exe

Themida packer 10 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2420-0-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-2-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-4-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-3-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-6-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-7-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-5-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-8-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-15-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral2/memory/2420-16-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp	themida

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion trojan

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

cheat.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA cheat.exe
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

cheat.exe

pid process

2420 cheat.exe
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

Processes:

cheat.exe

pid process

2420 cheat.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

cheat.exe

description pid process

Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2420 cheat.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	cheat.exe

pid	process
2420	cheat.exe

pid	process
2420	cheat.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2420	cheat.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

cheat.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4036	2420	cheat.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4036	2420	cheat.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 4520	4036	cmd.exe	certutil.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 4520	4036	cmd.exe	certutil.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 2888	4036	cmd.exe	find.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 2888	4036	cmd.exe	find.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3148	4036	cmd.exe	find.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3148	4036	cmd.exe	find.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheat.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheat.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Sets service image path in registry
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2420
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheat.exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4036
- - C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
    certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheat.exe" MD5
    3⤵
    PID:4520
- - C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
    find /i /v "md5"
    3⤵
    PID:2888
- - C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
    find /i /v "certutil"
    3⤵
    PID:3148

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

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

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/2420-1-0x00007FFA16C70000-0x00007FFA16C72000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2420-0-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-2-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-4-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-3-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-6-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-7-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-5-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-8-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-15-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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memory/2420-16-0x00007FF684970000-0x00007FF6853B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.3MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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