Analysis Overview
SHA256
a160b40dc1a11db87551502bcceab7b4bf8004ca1fc55f4644dcf02641b1844c
Threat Level: Known bad
The file ScythDox.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Async RAT payload
Asyncrat family
AsyncRat
Async RAT payload
Executes dropped EXE
Checks computer location settings
Unsigned PE
Enumerates physical storage devices
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-06-14 16:59
Signatures
Async RAT payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Asyncrat family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-14 16:59
Reported
2024-06-14 17:02
Platform
win10-20240611-en
Max time kernel
150s
Max time network
135s
Command Line
Signatures
AsyncRat
Async RAT payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Creates scheduled task(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Delays execution with timeout.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe"
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Doxxister!" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"' & exit
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE3E8.tmp.bat""
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Doxxister!" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"'
C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
timeout 3
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"
C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" --started-from-file "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\ResolveExpand.m3u"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 199.232.210.172:80 | tcp | |
| US | 199.232.210.172:80 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 25.251.17.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 30.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 4.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp |
Files
memory/2356-0-0x00007FF862F13000-0x00007FF862F14000-memory.dmp
memory/2356-1-0x0000000000030000-0x0000000000042000-memory.dmp
memory/2356-2-0x00007FF862F10000-0x00007FF8638FC000-memory.dmp
memory/2356-7-0x00007FF862F10000-0x00007FF8638FC000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE3E8.tmp.bat
| MD5 | b86d73436124f5d4c1c0d44eca3225d3 |
| SHA1 | dddcd1243a6358a6ddcd630b97e3ea5457d83168 |
| SHA256 | 13c47c85daaea198e38828157ef12a6d25d6fccacdfeaeebfccdf13816af66a8 |
| SHA512 | c030df18823ac21342db5784dc2b935545edb9bc323ec883db3d698847eb17cb4da6100b0ddb9f206adbd8e082e6dd084ac86b118fd2613506c77169261dc1d0 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe
| MD5 | 06967a51ed6887c2bce5445e5f9ab039 |
| SHA1 | 94d4ec13dd59fece5fd933cf1b0749313cb118ac |
| SHA256 | a160b40dc1a11db87551502bcceab7b4bf8004ca1fc55f4644dcf02641b1844c |
| SHA512 | 75af9d504ac5b7769d1e54bafe36579cb9ecf07a52b301c35052ccba969e7a1db2140a2b110f755feaf7e45f1e75b55f5ba51314dae475a8c61566ed923091c5 |
memory/1912-18-0x00007FF876310000-0x00007FF876344000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-17-0x00007FF6616C0000-0x00007FF6617B8000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-26-0x00007FF872490000-0x00007FF8724A1000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-25-0x00007FF8724B0000-0x00007FF8724CD000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-24-0x00007FF8728E0000-0x00007FF8728F1000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-19-0x00007FF8670D0000-0x00007FF867386000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-27-0x00007FF85EC10000-0x00007FF85EE1B000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-22-0x00007FF872A80000-0x00007FF872A91000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-21-0x00007FF872C00000-0x00007FF872C17000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-23-0x00007FF872900000-0x00007FF872917000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-20-0x00007FF8762F0000-0x00007FF876308000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-29-0x00007FF872040000-0x00007FF872081000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-36-0x00007FF867070000-0x00007FF867081000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-35-0x00007FF871F70000-0x00007FF871F8B000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-34-0x00007FF871F90000-0x00007FF871FA1000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-33-0x00007FF871FB0000-0x00007FF871FC1000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-32-0x00007FF871FD0000-0x00007FF871FE1000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-31-0x00007FF871FF0000-0x00007FF872008000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-30-0x00007FF872010000-0x00007FF872031000-memory.dmp
memory/1912-28-0x00007FF85DB60000-0x00007FF85EC10000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-14 16:59
Reported
2024-06-14 17:02
Platform
win10v2004-20240508-en
Max time kernel
150s
Max time network
54s
Command Line
Signatures
AsyncRat
Async RAT payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Creates scheduled task(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Delays execution with timeout.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe"
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Doxxister!" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"' & exit
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp493E.tmp.bat""
C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
timeout 3
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Doxxister!" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"'
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp |
Files
memory/4836-1-0x00007FFA03793000-0x00007FFA03795000-memory.dmp
memory/4836-0-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000000FA2000-memory.dmp
memory/4836-2-0x00007FFA03790000-0x00007FFA04251000-memory.dmp
memory/4836-7-0x00007FFA03790000-0x00007FFA04251000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp493E.tmp.bat
| MD5 | 3dec635fcdd64a5defb62c6504c5071a |
| SHA1 | b6879ad8de3ed7f72080a0238e29d1d19193ae22 |
| SHA256 | dbd41b6ac7316f1d3ffff2d4410dc509e2155998a5dbd8f4ec14b62db9569730 |
| SHA512 | 1d33555735562343dac62b1bec69402267a71bcdd0eece27143785a0c921d40eda78290f834e4a2d08007f8de07b176277e0e0f4d31cd6d0c0292109e9462bbc |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe
| MD5 | 06967a51ed6887c2bce5445e5f9ab039 |
| SHA1 | 94d4ec13dd59fece5fd933cf1b0749313cb118ac |
| SHA256 | a160b40dc1a11db87551502bcceab7b4bf8004ca1fc55f4644dcf02641b1844c |
| SHA512 | 75af9d504ac5b7769d1e54bafe36579cb9ecf07a52b301c35052ccba969e7a1db2140a2b110f755feaf7e45f1e75b55f5ba51314dae475a8c61566ed923091c5 |
Analysis: behavioral3
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-06-14 16:59
Reported
2024-06-14 17:01
Platform
win11-20240508-en
Max time kernel
56s
Max time network
58s
Command Line
Signatures
AsyncRat
Async RAT payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
Creates scheduled task(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Delays execution with timeout.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe | N/A |
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "191" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4290799360" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365268" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365268" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292114432" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = 99ebff004cc2ff000091f8000078d4000067c000003e9200001a6800f7630c00 | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292114432" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0" | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScythDox.exe"
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Doxxister!" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"' & exit
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7C83.tmp.bat""
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Doxxister!" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"'
C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
timeout 3
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa39bd055 /state1:0x41c64e6d
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| N/A | 127.0.0.1:8848 | tcp | |
| GB | 104.86.110.113:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | browser.pipe.aria.microsoft.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/4796-1-0x00007FFF96EB3000-0x00007FFF96EB5000-memory.dmp
memory/4796-0-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FC2000-memory.dmp
memory/4796-2-0x00007FFF96EB0000-0x00007FFF97972000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7C83.tmp.bat
| MD5 | c38084dc221d2a6ea67a86839d05f29f |
| SHA1 | 0198e4f96c99e2f91b77447166f54e6c670aeca0 |
| SHA256 | 7eef8667ed4ea238bef93b7ef924872f653a922416003563b365361a46cffc58 |
| SHA512 | a020be627cd42586c853de76d4e6d40e78e82770dd61564c50d9b516e08df39400785a8c18c09ee404faed956e295e120f82b58bab1573183374fd66ae969cac |
memory/4796-8-0x00007FFF96EB0000-0x00007FFF97972000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Doxxister!.exe
| MD5 | 06967a51ed6887c2bce5445e5f9ab039 |
| SHA1 | 94d4ec13dd59fece5fd933cf1b0749313cb118ac |
| SHA256 | a160b40dc1a11db87551502bcceab7b4bf8004ca1fc55f4644dcf02641b1844c |
| SHA512 | 75af9d504ac5b7769d1e54bafe36579cb9ecf07a52b301c35052ccba969e7a1db2140a2b110f755feaf7e45f1e75b55f5ba51314dae475a8c61566ed923091c5 |