Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-03 09:28

Sample ID 240604-21efgaed6s
Target 13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe
SHA256 6ee27ac191cd55293cf5f0d29d10e5643ed43554fbd81d46ad7808ee20dcc72f
Tags
bootkit persistence spyware stealer
score
7/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
7/10

SHA256

6ee27ac191cd55293cf5f0d29d10e5643ed43554fbd81d46ad7808ee20dcc72f

Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior

The file 13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe was found to be: Shows suspicious behavior.

Malicious Activity Summary

bootkit persistence spyware stealer

Executes dropped EXE

Deletes itself

Loads dropped DLL

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

Adds Run key to start application

Enumerates connected drives

Drops file in Program Files directory

Unsigned PE

Checks processor information in registry

Runs ping.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-04 23:02

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-04 23:02

Reported

2024-06-04 23:05

Platform

win7-20240220-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

Signatures

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

spyware stealer

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2721934792-624042501-2768869379-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SHR = "c:\\Program Files\\tpwoq\\zym.exe \"c:\\Program Files\\tpwoq\\zymtr.dll\",Scheduler" \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Enumerates connected drives

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened (read-only) \??\k: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\r: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\y: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\a: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\i: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\p: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\v: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\j: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\n: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\l: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\m: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\t: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\u: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\x: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\z: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\e: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\h: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\o: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\q: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\s: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\w: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\b: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\g: \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

bootkit persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification \??\PHYSICALDRIVE0 \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zymtr.dll C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A
File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 840 wrote to memory of 2016 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 2016 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 2016 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 2016 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2660 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2660 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2660 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe
PID 2016 wrote to memory of 2660 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2940 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe \??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2&C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\ceyfm.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\ceyfm.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

\??\c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe

"c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe" "c:\Program Files\tpwoq\zymtr.dll",Scheduler C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 98.126.162.36:803 tcp
US 107.163.43.161:12388 107.163.43.161 tcp
US 98.126.162.36:803 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp

Files

\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ceyfm.exe

MD5 8e336b11bf8331d7f265f04d28fc50cf
SHA1 8973e2d7b3d3bd79333ed5b87e93d1391d8ab5a1
SHA256 1aa06188c5aecf8d7657e0eddb02e6198f2a86f920d7ca4e9084fd3b8b742a2d
SHA512 64fc48a4d797df4eb57b435f84e554c5386934582e34adb98c5e6776c1fdda5e1770d2b6905a4db37423eeed0c258663427372e93db9bd86b4ad77500ee24845

\Program Files\tpwoq\zym.exe

MD5 51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8
SHA1 8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58
SHA256 5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124
SHA512 794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d

memory/2940-19-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

memory/2940-18-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

memory/2940-20-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

memory/2940-17-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

\Program Files\tpwoq\zymtr.dll

MD5 a28e2de181443d15a3413bdc3e5305e3
SHA1 c078d17fbce8e6e573ea835c3cf5ae210556202a
SHA256 cc79cce625f41189c0d5e7b06cf2ea096afa90cde23aa3f08e171dc6cec77f9d
SHA512 26573612e3cc7da43224fd6255eeb36ce2fa19808f40e7027cd183888bf45e8e41fa3d656a5f53b46b5df833cf514bd3b7a9422d70d6d33878923d89a1d2fde5

memory/2940-23-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-04 23:02

Reported

2024-06-04 23:05

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

135s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

Signatures

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

spyware stealer

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2804150937-2146708401-419095071-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SHR = "c:\\Program Files\\xcqihh\\hxwa.exe \"c:\\Program Files\\xcqihh\\hxwak.dll\",Scheduler" \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Enumerates connected drives

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened (read-only) \??\e: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\n: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\o: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\r: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\t: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\u: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\x: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\h: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\m: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\p: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\q: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\l: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\s: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\v: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\a: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\b: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\g: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\i: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\z: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\j: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\k: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\w: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
File opened (read-only) \??\y: \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

bootkit persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification \??\PHYSICALDRIVE0 \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwak.dll C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A
File created \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A
File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A
N/A N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A \??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2&C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\uuwerj.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\uuwerj.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\13db5fce28202ca0e14a33391bcf75c0_NeikiAnalytics.exe"

\??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe

"c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe" "c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwak.dll",Scheduler C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 58.55.71.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.237:443 g.bing.com tcp
BE 2.17.107.112:443 www.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.204.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 72.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 112.107.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.35.223.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 98.126.162.36:803 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 232.168.11.51.in-addr.arpa udp
US 107.163.43.161:12388 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 98.126.162.37:805 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 98.126.162.38:3201 tcp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uuwerj.exe

MD5 9bc0e166308f654ace8a83b2b26230a8
SHA1 ef3eda148e21d4ce72d28410afacedbd093deb4a
SHA256 e4250e30f083d5173cf53cdc6b18825aac4769a3aa615e47fe5a7a1eac46723d
SHA512 b16caf508634ba9dfe3ce3181744d0ba04aca02c32d988aadd080ea63e041efd43273bcdb2da73c34c72cbf53d99e50de7fcfc7c9f74baea8c36de14c206b80f

C:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwa.exe

MD5 889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679
SHA1 8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7
SHA256 6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910
SHA512 08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

\??\c:\Program Files\xcqihh\hxwak.dll

MD5 d285b75ddf3f7bc97324e81f487f8f47
SHA1 aa0124a5c5a575eb9eabf1ad42a801d689fa3ad8
SHA256 b597fdfced4c8e81fe5ae6202516c329652884f2a54eb2f9deebeaa3731cdaa5
SHA512 633645e1b59f17f9fe4c6d410c71e57afc5c536fc064b79a1a1db21fd3887281cbb6605aad22ba664d2dd75913f46969fb2e60683db32c7bf765b2a70721d1d2

memory/3780-11-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

memory/3780-12-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp

memory/3780-15-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010074000-memory.dmp