Analysis

  • max time kernel
    27s
  • max time network
    27s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    14-06-2024 21:34

General

  • Target

    Spotify.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    c619774435d8720df59cb75b8c80e73a

  • SHA1

    25cbf4ae545d37edf9ba1960a325a6aadd2cf6df

  • SHA256

    56a19e0fb6b02d11d6ba2a8ba43a0d649f918b1bc880202e38ac6b172e63f89e

  • SHA512

    6f7e8fd68c0ebec1de9d94b4e4cff58c931ed9b2d77b2ce889bc48ddd4625ceac857504892013895e7a9d97e511e838add57e7f18d7872a3cc5e1addecb2a138

  • SSDEEP

    49152:ckQBBdBbeJdDjnlxrWXyXFWsmZ4kq7bGp:cRBVC/jlxayosa4P3Gp

Score
10/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 15 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spotify.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Spotify.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1220
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\assembly\taskhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:540
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\taskhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:676
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\dllhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:488
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\dllhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:568
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Uninstall Information\spoolsv.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:976
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1XwV9Yu1OZ.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1276
      • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
        chcp 65001
        3⤵
          PID:2740
        • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
          3⤵
            PID:1704
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\taskhost.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\taskhost.exe"
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3044
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\assembly\taskhost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2548
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\assembly\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2900
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\assembly\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1688
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\taskhost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1844
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2564
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2680
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\dllhost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2464
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2756
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:348
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\dllhost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1736
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2200
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1588
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Uninstall Information\spoolsv.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1644
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Uninstall Information\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2780
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Uninstall Information\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1016

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Uninstall Information\spoolsv.exe

        Filesize

        2.0MB

        MD5

        c619774435d8720df59cb75b8c80e73a

        SHA1

        25cbf4ae545d37edf9ba1960a325a6aadd2cf6df

        SHA256

        56a19e0fb6b02d11d6ba2a8ba43a0d649f918b1bc880202e38ac6b172e63f89e

        SHA512

        6f7e8fd68c0ebec1de9d94b4e4cff58c931ed9b2d77b2ce889bc48ddd4625ceac857504892013895e7a9d97e511e838add57e7f18d7872a3cc5e1addecb2a138

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1XwV9Yu1OZ.bat

        Filesize

        239B

        MD5

        aede9b9a76d78ba37d22db5b2f732c41

        SHA1

        d58cd51c8c13a62b2f3b54dd0a1c31136d04e4b3

        SHA256

        7258f978f88622b84394ca4793231379896513c5586be80bec97ea53368f5f38

        SHA512

        b304707354ea2d0ac5483c2e0e8326f28f94728fc484c4e8d23a62326a2555ff16a91c106a1d8732296850b84c11dacd583955c678589db9d82d9d9628bef237

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms

        Filesize

        7KB

        MD5

        c3cdcb20c948139b2f394090e4b35b66

        SHA1

        caef8731a98bd053befe422324db3d86f730479f

        SHA256

        8ca0739a03f81d570df38f2bd4f8dbc5ece45f0fc30cdc2c77cb6b968bdea744

        SHA512

        c73494e3744e5ee645f4e88f96c11cb24b0cb0cb719bdd1022acd9d7cea865cdc9f9e56eb5792ea4efd4206da841851772c2824d871bc5afec9ce20d79e87063

      • memory/676-51-0x000000001B720000-0x000000001BA02000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.9MB

      • memory/676-62-0x0000000001EF0000-0x0000000001EF8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/1220-13-0x0000000000520000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1220-24-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-9-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-23-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005AC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/1220-21-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-20-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1220-18-0x0000000000580000-0x000000000058C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/1220-16-0x0000000000530000-0x000000000053E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1220-14-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-0-0x000007FEF5683000-0x000007FEF5684000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/1220-11-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        96KB

      • memory/1220-8-0x0000000000540000-0x000000000055C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        112KB

      • memory/1220-25-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-6-0x0000000000510000-0x000000000051E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1220-36-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-37-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-50-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-4-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-3-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-2-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1220-1-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000001174000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.0MB

      • memory/1220-69-0x000007FEF5680000-0x000007FEF606C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/3044-73-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000D94000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.0MB