Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/08/2024, 19:03

General

  • Target

    18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe

  • Size

    2.7MB

  • MD5

    b8d9d380a99d6ab4e1b7057a5e2ce1fc

  • SHA1

    547a856aa5696d0fced42876e6c2599fa94d75d9

  • SHA256

    18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493

  • SHA512

    16744ac25c80124ad69052c6b6729f55f1c78d26ed741f7dbb8be6815a586f665fe21c9d394eb14ad8c246a3d3bc93fb435fc5191f3731591b4d070fdd6d6ff8

  • SSDEEP

    49152:li/5nVhfVnQiGmEwZbyVKf3tOOr/o2rm0mMXgT11rNjiG0C+0LRzas:c/5nVZarmEwZecPzJWDLN+GwOn

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.66/

http://91.202.233.141/

Wallets

0xCa90599132C4D88907Bd8E046540284aa468a035

TRuGGXNDM1cavQ1AqMQHG8yfxP4QWVSMN6

qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r

XryzFMFVpDUvU7famUGf214EXD3xNUSmQf

LLeT2zkStY3cvxMBFhoWXkG5VuZPoezduv

rwc4LVd9ABpULQ1CuCpDkgX2xVB1fUijyb

4AtjkCVKbtEC3UEN77SQHuH9i1XkzNiRi5VCbA2XGsJh46nJSXfGQn4GjLuupCqmC57Lo7LvKmFUyRfhtJSvKvuw3h9ReKK

15TssKwtjMtwy4vDLcLsQUZUD2B9f7eDjw85sBNVC5LRPPnC

17hgMFyLDwMjxWqw5GhijhnPdJDyFDqecY

ltc1qt0n3f0t7vz9k0mvcswk477shrxwjhf9sj5ykrp

3PMiLynrGVZ8oEqvoqC4hXD67B1WoALR4pc

3FerB8kUraAVGCVCNkgv57zTBjUGjAUkU3

DLUzwvyxN1RrwjByUPPzVMdfxNRPGVRMMA

t1J6GCPCiHW1eRdjJgDDu6b1vSVmL5U7Twh

stars125f3mw4xd9htpsq4zj5w5ezm5gags37yxxh6mj

bnb1epx67ne4vckqmaj4gwke8m322f4yjr6eh52wqw

bc1qmpkehfffkr6phuklsksnd7nhgx0369sxu772m3

bitcoincash:qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r

GBQJMXYXPRIWFMXIFJR35ZB7LRKMB4PHCIUAUFR3TKUL6RDBZVLZEUJ3

Attributes
  • mutex

    x88767657x

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Signatures

  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex payload 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex, Phorpiex

    Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 4 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 10 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 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).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 16 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 48 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:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3512
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2120
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8899.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8899.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4428
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1752720940.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1752720940.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2640
            • C:\Windows\sysmysldrv.exe
              C:\Windows\sysmysldrv.exe
              5⤵
              • Modifies security service
              • Windows security bypass
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Windows security modification
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3932
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:windir; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:TEMP; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE"
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5048
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:windir; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:TEMP; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE"
                  7⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:4032
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c sc stop UsoSvc & sc stop WaaSMedicSvc & sc stop wuauserv & sc stop DoSvc & sc stop BITS
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1900
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop UsoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4888
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:5044
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop wuauserv
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2620
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop DoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4588
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop BITS
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3280
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2857424195.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2857424195.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:3652
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1310315256.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1310315256.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4248
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1348620757.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1348620757.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3224
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1146813980.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1146813980.exe
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:1708
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SLP8A.tmp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.tmp
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SLP8A.tmp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.tmp" /SL5="$B005A,2148280,486912,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3304
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#llzqlmcx#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Windows Upgrade Manager' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Windows Upgrade Manager' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2624
      • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
        2⤵
          PID:1148
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#llzqlmcx#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Windows Upgrade Manager' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Windows Upgrade Manager' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
          2⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:4432
        • C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:4804
      • C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe"
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2392

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

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

        Filesize

        18KB

        MD5

        0f3bfe906aa972a760d400480dbff55c

        SHA1

        dca7014a109b49e329e0438de8577fb680e2cfe9

        SHA256

        2f3d69b530b1da31127756312ce4542178ddf42fe9a137e875a8167c876984ed

        SHA512

        8c07ab94c9ef6b475130ddacaa83883bc9ba8426e690e68f1999f39d090d6329c62bd43aca6a389ee7c90bf12139f2c7f94d46dd7c6addc8cda75424d0a383f5

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

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        d95b08252ed624f6d91b46523f110f29

        SHA1

        17577997bc1fb5d3fbe59be84013165534415dc3

        SHA256

        342ce7c39bf9992d31d4b61ef138b2b084c96c74736ed00bb19aae49be16ca02

        SHA512

        0c4288176d56f4ee6d8f08f568fba07ad859f50a395c39d2afd3baf55d3d29ca065a1ce305d1bd790477c35977c0ffa230543e805622f80a77bcee71b24eb257

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1146813980.exe

        Filesize

        5.4MB

        MD5

        41ab08c1955fce44bfd0c76a64d1945a

        SHA1

        2b9cb05f4de5d98c541d15175d7f0199cbdd0eea

        SHA256

        dd12cb27b3867341bf6ca48715756500d3ec56c19b21bb1c1290806aa74cb493

        SHA512

        38834ae703a8541b4fec9a1db94cfe296ead58649bb1d4873b517df14d0c6a9d25e49ff04c2bf6bb0188845116a4e894aae930d849f9be8c98d2ce51da1ef116

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1348620757.exe

        Filesize

        10KB

        MD5

        4fe8dc617311f7b6a4b8ebe0b1e24090

        SHA1

        2bd9341f17c8c0c62e56e1863b1d2f9c43cb30e5

        SHA256

        5016e413b0c563efc920165e7235c9f2706808877668bd297b41435acc7aade4

        SHA512

        910a12fbaffd45b0f797a95c6678a32c4a27adbb7d1474f183f8863d310d31fbba17d5d747da87ac4a30dd7cb22c67a4d1c25b302ef0c3f6954d91a459c692db

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1752720940.exe

        Filesize

        92KB

        MD5

        be9388b42333b3d4e163b0ace699897b

        SHA1

        4e1109772eb9cb59c557380822166fe1664403bd

        SHA256

        d281e0a0f1e1073f2d290a7eb1f77bed4c210dbf83a0f4f4e22073f50faa843f

        SHA512

        5f887f1060b898c9a88745cde7cf509fdf42947ab8e5948b46c2df659468dc245b24d089bdbec0b314c40b83934698bf4b6feb8954e32810ff8f522aab0af19a

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2857424195.exe

        Filesize

        7KB

        MD5

        af0622340ed8ba48efa92e0b2d9aca7b

        SHA1

        77e7181b4d4e6957cf13ba37f590cf219aac88cb

        SHA256

        7b7d433c6c204ed3bcd1ea74106592edfa1a30b6ef7bbc3ed21efcbadc51e526

        SHA512

        e1368c1c292789115b51cae549bd2d484dbc614eb3e57aa5fce324385d28e9fbddf60064b4c88237b38cded294d090d07c491b646651c45bcd6235630d94ef46

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8899.exe

        Filesize

        9KB

        MD5

        8d8e6c7952a9dc7c0c73911c4dbc5518

        SHA1

        9098da03b33b2c822065b49d5220359c275d5e94

        SHA256

        feb4c3ae4566f0acbb9e0f55417b61fefd89dc50a4e684df780813fb01d61278

        SHA512

        91a573843c28dd32a9f31a60ba977f9a3d4bb19ffd1b7254333e09bcecef348c1b3220a348ebb2cb08edb57d56cb7737f026519da52199c9dc62c10aea236645

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ov5hst4d.b5f.ps1

        Filesize

        60B

        MD5

        d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

        SHA1

        6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

        SHA256

        96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

        SHA512

        5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-SLP8A.tmp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.tmp

        Filesize

        1.5MB

        MD5

        c6bffd4da620b07cb214f1bd8e7f21d2

        SHA1

        054221dc0c8a686e0d17edd6e02c06458b1395c3

        SHA256

        55dbb288d5df6df375487bae50661dbf530fd43a7e96017b7183a54db8fc376a

        SHA512

        91e50df87a6e42b01e24accead25726047a641c3960fa3336f560168ed68356e6992d289a0a71b629d74ad7b00bbdbf7e6e909a4c8b5b1616fbf3b0cc63210ab

      • memory/1708-112-0x00007FF6EEB80000-0x00007FF6EF0F6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.5MB

      • memory/2120-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481DB0-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        519KB

      • memory/2120-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481DB0-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        519KB

      • memory/2120-9-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        68KB

      • memory/2392-129-0x00007FF79E440000-0x00007FF79E9B6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.5MB

      • memory/2624-98-0x000002B655CF0000-0x000002B655D12000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/3304-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000587000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.5MB

      • memory/3304-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000587000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.5MB

      • memory/4032-54-0x0000000006250000-0x000000000626E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        120KB

      • memory/4032-42-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D1C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        304KB

      • memory/4032-55-0x0000000006EE0000-0x0000000006F83000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        652KB

      • memory/4032-56-0x0000000007660000-0x0000000007CDA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.5MB

      • memory/4032-57-0x0000000006FB0000-0x0000000006FCA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        104KB

      • memory/4032-58-0x0000000007030000-0x000000000703A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/4032-59-0x0000000007230000-0x00000000072C6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        600KB

      • memory/4032-60-0x00000000071D0000-0x00000000071E1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        68KB

      • memory/4032-44-0x000000006F060000-0x000000006F0AC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        304KB

      • memory/4032-62-0x00000000071F0000-0x00000000071FE000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/4032-63-0x0000000007200000-0x0000000007214000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        80KB

      • memory/4032-64-0x00000000072F0000-0x000000000730A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        104KB

      • memory/4032-65-0x00000000072D0000-0x00000000072D8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/4032-25-0x00000000046E0000-0x0000000004716000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        216KB

      • memory/4032-43-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062C2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        200KB

      • memory/4032-27-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000005488000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.2MB

      • memory/4032-41-0x0000000005C80000-0x0000000005C9E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        120KB

      • memory/4032-40-0x00000000056A0000-0x00000000059F4000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.3MB

      • memory/4032-30-0x0000000005630000-0x0000000005696000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        408KB

      • memory/4032-29-0x00000000055C0000-0x0000000005626000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        408KB

      • memory/4032-28-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D12000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/4804-130-0x000001ADA3CD0000-0x000001ADA3CF0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        128KB

      • memory/4804-133-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-137-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-140-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-143-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-146-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-149-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-152-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-156-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/4804-159-0x00007FF7838A0000-0x00007FF78408F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB