Malware Analysis Report

2024-10-10 07:59

Sample ID 240612-ffnyhs1ell
Target AppleCleaner (1).exe
SHA256 46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172
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: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
9/10

SHA256

46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172

Threat Level: Likely malicious

The file AppleCleaner (1).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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Kills process with taskkill

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-12 04:49

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

2024-06-12 04:49

Reported

2024-06-12 04:50

Platform

win7-20240508-en

Max time kernel

51s

Max time network

16s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).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\AppleCleaner (1).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\AppleCleaner (1).exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).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\AppleCleaner (1).exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe N/A

Kills process with taskkill

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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1708 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1708 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1708 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2664 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2664 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2664 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2828 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2560 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2560 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 2560 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2560 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 2560 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
PID 2560 wrote to memory of 2748 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe >nul 2>&1

C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe >nul 2>&1

C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe >nul 2>&1

C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2284-0-0x000000013FBC0000-0x0000000140562000-memory.dmp

memory/2284-1-0x0000000077120000-0x0000000077122000-memory.dmp

memory/2284-4-0x000000013FBC0000-0x0000000140562000-memory.dmp

memory/2284-2-0x000000013FBC0000-0x0000000140562000-memory.dmp

memory/2284-3-0x000000013FBC0000-0x0000000140562000-memory.dmp

memory/2284-5-0x000000013FBC0000-0x0000000140562000-memory.dmp

memory/2284-6-0x000000013FBC0000-0x0000000140562000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-12 04:49

Reported

2024-06-12 04:50

Platform

win10v2004-20240508-en

Max time kernel

52s

Max time network

51s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).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\AppleCleaner (1).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\AppleCleaner (1).exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).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\AppleCleaner (1).exe N/A

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe N/A

Kills process with taskkill

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

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AppleCleaner (1).exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe >nul 2>&1

C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe >nul 2>&1

C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe >nul 2>&1

C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe

taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4472-0-0x00007FF65B5C0000-0x00007FF65BF62000-memory.dmp

memory/4472-1-0x00007FFAB2BD0000-0x00007FFAB2BD2000-memory.dmp

memory/4472-3-0x00007FF65B5C0000-0x00007FF65BF62000-memory.dmp

memory/4472-4-0x00007FF65B5C0000-0x00007FF65BF62000-memory.dmp

memory/4472-2-0x00007FF65B5C0000-0x00007FF65BF62000-memory.dmp

memory/4472-5-0x00007FF65B5C0000-0x00007FF65BF62000-memory.dmp

memory/4472-6-0x00007FF65B5C0000-0x00007FF65BF62000-memory.dmp