Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240611-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240611-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    19/06/2024, 15:23

General

  • Target
    XIN LIAN OCEAN - 12th hire.exe
  • Size 619KB
  • Sample240619-ssmbnsxdjp
  • SHA256 16543a3c488ed91a0a0a6c0ae664808f054a6675924826eb2b0174e007fdd1bb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • agenttesla

Credentials

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XIN LIAN OCEAN - 12th hire.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XIN LIAN OCEAN - 12th hire.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1628
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\HOCfWnWLeUkufZ.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4536
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\HOCfWnWLeUkufZ" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4BE.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1004
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1988
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4196,i,1305347165619645738,15927664461101562802,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4188 /prefetch:8
    1⤵
      PID:2256

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_bltffu0y.wkx.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_bltffu0y.wkx.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmp4BE.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4BE.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d6c595b4afc8d1af59820147a4ef35fc917540009c5d8c40886c47b5187e7dac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1628-8-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005942000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-11-0x0000000006F50000-0x0000000006FD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-4-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-5-0x0000000005570000-0x000000000557A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-6-0x00000000065C0000-0x0000000006AEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-7-0x0000000005840000-0x00000000058DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-2-0x0000000005AE0000-0x0000000006084000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-9-0x00000000065B0000-0x00000000065B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-10-0x0000000006EF0000-0x0000000006EFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-3-0x00000000055D0000-0x0000000005662000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-28-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-0-0x000000007479E000-0x000000007479F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1628-1-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000B62000-memory.dmp

          memory/1988-38-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/1988-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000440000-memory.dmp

          memory/1988-65-0x0000000006860000-0x00000000068B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1988-67-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-26-0x0000000005560000-0x00000000058B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-55-0x0000000007040000-0x000000000705A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-23-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-24-0x0000000005C00000-0x0000000005C66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-18-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000005558000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-22-0x0000000004E80000-0x0000000004EE6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-21-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D82000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-39-0x0000000005B90000-0x0000000005BAE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-40-0x0000000005D90000-0x0000000005DDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-41-0x0000000006ED0000-0x0000000006F02000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-42-0x0000000070E60000-0x0000000070EAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-52-0x00000000062D0000-0x00000000062EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-53-0x0000000006F10000-0x0000000006FB3000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-27-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-54-0x0000000007690000-0x0000000007D0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-56-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-57-0x00000000072C0000-0x0000000007356000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-58-0x0000000007240000-0x0000000007251000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-59-0x0000000007270000-0x000000000727E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-60-0x0000000007280000-0x0000000007294000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-61-0x0000000007380000-0x000000000739A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-62-0x0000000007360000-0x0000000007368000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-66-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-19-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-16-0x0000000004790000-0x00000000047C6000-memory.dmp