Malware Analysis Report

2024-10-16 07:00

Sample ID 240609-xrhz3sef23
Target nyxia external.exe
SHA256 19bddef132af20da74c89fb263b1ae89f9762eba06382e69cccdfc9048e45917
Tags
themida evasion trojan
score
9/10

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 Overview

score
9/10

SHA256

19bddef132af20da74c89fb263b1ae89f9762eba06382e69cccdfc9048e45917

Threat Level: Likely malicious

The file nyxia external.exe was found to be: Likely malicious.

Malicious Activity Summary

themida evasion trojan

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

Themida packer

Checks BIOS information in registry

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Unsigned PE

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-09 19:05

Signatures

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
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Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-09 19:05

Reported

2024-06-09 19:08

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

22s

Max time network

13s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe"

Signatures

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

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

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

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_DADY&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000 C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_DADY&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_DADY&Prod_HARDDISK\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
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N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
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N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
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N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe N/A
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Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nyxia external.exe"

C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 203.107.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 14.160.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4660-0-0x00007FF6E99D0000-0x00007FF6EA2D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4660-1-0x00007FF965530000-0x00007FF965532000-memory.dmp

memory/4660-2-0x00007FF6E99D0000-0x00007FF6EA2D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4660-3-0x00007FF6E99D0000-0x00007FF6EA2D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4660-4-0x00007FF6E99D0000-0x00007FF6EA2D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4660-5-0x00007FF6E99D0000-0x00007FF6EA2D1000-memory.dmp

memory/4660-7-0x00007FF6E99D0000-0x00007FF6EA2D1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-8-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-9-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-10-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-14-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-20-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-19-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-18-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-17-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-16-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/3620-15-0x0000017129EA0000-0x0000017129EA1000-memory.dmp