Malware Analysis Report

2025-04-14 04:36

Sample ID 240613-amtvfswhnd
Target horizon-v1.exe
SHA256 0311b5477bc39170650081678bf2fc85371e7c901dac2d88836d6a810cc6e06c
Tags
persistence
score
8/10

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
8/10

SHA256

0311b5477bc39170650081678bf2fc85371e7c901dac2d88836d6a810cc6e06c

Threat Level: Likely malicious

The file horizon-v1.exe was found to be: Likely malicious.

Malicious Activity Summary

persistence

Sets service image path in registry

Unsigned PE

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-06-13 00:20

Signatures

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-13 00:20

Reported

2024-06-13 00:22

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

119s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe"

Signatures

Sets service image path in registry

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv\ImagePath = "\\??\\C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c color B

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2320 -s 560

C:\Windows\explorer.exe

"C:\Windows\explorer.exe"

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2320-1-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001405E8000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-06-13 00:20

Reported

2024-06-13 00:22

Platform

win10v2004-20240611-en

Max time kernel

92s

Max time network

92s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe"

Signatures

Sets service image path in registry

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv\ImagePath = "\\??\\C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\frAQBc8Wsa1xVPfv" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe N/A
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege N/A C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 1956 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 5092 wrote to memory of 1956 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\horizon-v1.exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c color B

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.237:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.205.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
NL 23.62.61.194:443 www.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 43.58.199.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 194.61.62.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 103.169.127.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 82.90.14.23.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4708-1-0x000001DC6E940000-0x000001DC6E950000-memory.dmp

memory/4708-17-0x000001DC6EA40000-0x000001DC6EA50000-memory.dmp

memory/4708-33-0x000001DC76D60000-0x000001DC76D61000-memory.dmp

memory/4708-36-0x000001DC76D90000-0x000001DC76D91000-memory.dmp

memory/4708-37-0x000001DC76EA0000-0x000001DC76EA1000-memory.dmp

memory/4708-35-0x000001DC76D90000-0x000001DC76D91000-memory.dmp