Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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
    29/05/2024, 02:21

General

  • Target
    d80b59c131ce6c9c9a0f8e8e64da0e40ecd1f51b3341438c8c79e77eff55023d.msi
  • Size 62.7MB
  • Sample240529-cth3msfe85
  • SHA256 d80b59c131ce6c9c9a0f8e8e64da0e40ecd1f51b3341438c8c79e77eff55023d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 2 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 9 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d80b59c131ce6c9c9a0f8e8e64da0e40ecd1f51b3341438c8c79e77eff55023d.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:5000
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1036
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2092
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 4DFA576CB4F5DF4A87C0FB0101EAA143
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2736
      • C:\Program Files\Windows Defenderr\zzsbas2.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Windows Defenderr\zzsbas2.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:3592
      • C:\Program Files\Windows Defenderr\YourPhone.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Windows Defenderr\YourPhone.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2972
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:524
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:3460
    • C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{AA97DC85-D784-472a-BB37-C1xvC0w58CF6}.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{AA97DC85-D784-472a-BB37-C1xvC0w58CF6}.exe" /s "C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{FF578F42-08D2-4b63-90D5-ABxv5Aw5833D}"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:1500
    • C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{DEDB2C53-B76F-447a-9DE4-FCxv1Dw5672E}\YourPhone.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{DEDB2C53-B76F-447a-9DE4-FCxv1Dw5672E}\YourPhone.exe"
      1⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3520
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\ProgramData\{8D79BF73-64EA-4667-9B80-77xv58w544CC}.cmd" "
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3252
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
          tasklist /fi "PID eq 3520"
          3⤵
          • Enumerates processes with tasklist
          PID:4360
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
          findstr /i "3520"
          3⤵
            PID:4376
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
            ping -n 20 127.0.0.1
            3⤵
            • Runs ping.exe
            PID:2580
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
            tasklist /fi "PID eq 3520"
            3⤵
            • Enumerates processes with tasklist
            PID:3888
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
            findstr /i "3520"
            3⤵
              PID:5000
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
              ping -n 20 127.0.0.1
              3⤵
              • Runs ping.exe
              PID:4076
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
              tasklist /fi "PID eq 3520"
              3⤵
              • Enumerates processes with tasklist
              PID:1868
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
              findstr /i "3520"
              3⤵
                PID:1540
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                ping -n 20 127.0.0.1
                3⤵
                • Runs ping.exe
                PID:724
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                tasklist /fi "PID eq 3520"
                3⤵
                • Enumerates processes with tasklist
                PID:1188
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
                findstr /i "3520"
                3⤵
                  PID:2492
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 20 127.0.0.1
                  3⤵
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:3628
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                  tasklist /fi "PID eq 3520"
                  3⤵
                  • Enumerates processes with tasklist
                  PID:3700
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
                  findstr /i "3520"
                  3⤵
                    PID:2172
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                    ping -n 20 127.0.0.1
                    3⤵
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:1796
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                    tasklist /fi "PID eq 3520"
                    3⤵
                    • Enumerates processes with tasklist
                    PID:3624
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
                    findstr /i "3520"
                    3⤵
                      PID:588
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                      ping -n 20 127.0.0.1
                      3⤵
                      • Runs ping.exe
                      PID:2312

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                      Downloads

                      e57761d.rbs

                      • Path C:\Config.Msi\e57761d.rbs
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 22dcd82fd46639bd2a0ca6659b30db3439f55f427b07cb1bafed8bf86b32a675
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      1

                      • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Defenderr\1
                      • Size 335KB
                      • SHA256 1cdd083af4ded015cae6e74dea8e6273da7d104cb72541dc7972c44e1d2e05ef
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      2

                      • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Defenderr\2
                      • Size 106KB
                      • SHA256 e619d9e365fd748dd3d355e037854b77731d803a2b9e46f9b3dbc7772b18073e
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      RegWorkshop.ini

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\RegWorkshop.ini
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 321f7eee9d6b206f084b2036ba8b4cedf18a01ce1946dcc4b4cbd3f1bd77c434
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      RegWorkshop.ini

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\RegWorkshop.ini
                      • Size 2KB
                      • SHA256 02af5cb061fd8075e9475c45ab20e86cf2bb4ca9511ddad348645ed5183b9fc7
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      {AA97DC85-D784-472a-BB37-C1xvC0w58CF6}.exe

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{AA97DC85-D784-472a-BB37-C1xvC0w58CF6}.exe
                      • Size 1.0MB
                      • SHA256 27c8bd76150ddda5b09d6db11f67269cee2eecac345df67f93aab3e3aaabde7c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      {FF578F42-08D2-4b63-90D5-ABxv5Aw5833D}

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\{67DED6DE-B7BA-4593-8DC0-3Bxv57w54A9B}\{FF578F42-08D2-4b63-90D5-ABxv5Aw5833D}
                      • Size 242B
                      • SHA256 a0dbf36d3e1f99c7944783b4f2ce0fc6d2f24ca924528c15e62e2468f4a7965d
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      {8D79BF73-64EA-4667-9B80-77xv58w544CC}.cmd

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\{8D79BF73-64EA-4667-9B80-77xv58w544CC}.cmd
                      • Size 445B
                      • SHA256 f7961b9472465756805b7ec3bb89f13684c777d277c18d62485dad9a9650f86b
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      InstallOptions.dll

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsm7E97.tmp\InstallOptions.dll
                      • Size 14KB
                      • SHA256 aaacc7ef5cb2baf2338ac8e8479227e0a6336a6509119543680efa1dcdbae6a6
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      LangDLL.dll

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsm7E97.tmp\LangDLL.dll
                      • Size 5KB
                      • SHA256 6ab9ee3478f20c33ee37944720e2fab4fd21580d66e60de18a5d9b559d2589b0
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      NsProcess.dll

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsm7E97.tmp\NsProcess.dll
                      • Size 4KB
                      • SHA256 579a034ff5ab9b732a318b1636c2902840f604e8e664f5b93c07a99253b3c9cf
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      ioSpecial.ini

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsm7E97.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
                      • Size 687B
                      • SHA256 a5f3aa863739cc18d9810b7518b570bf1cb907e34062c7e24a7284828f8e7e9d
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      metadata-2

                      • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                      • Size 23.7MB
                      • SHA256 cd0ee5aacf85003375d74e5c4e86cd5cc67c4d60963ba67bcb9ecfd8a0994630
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      {fe86c36b-3305-4e8d-811a-87e6ca9495fd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                      • Path \??\Volume{b9e6a081-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{fe86c36b-3305-4e8d-811a-87e6ca9495fd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                      • Size 6KB
                      • SHA256 b57e53306256c9f2f24edd26d62ef54bebdfd7f0fc2e1305808cca5f580c4a26
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      memory/2972-399-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2972-241-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3520-405-0x000000000F4C0000-0x000000000F67A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3520-407-0x000000000F4C0000-0x000000000F67A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3520-408-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp