Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240729-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    02-08-2024 19:16

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 8 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 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 15 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 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:1172
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2264
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1C66.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1C66.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2792
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1140527662.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1140527662.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:2576
            • C:\Windows\sysmysldrv.exe
              C:\Windows\sysmysldrv.exe
              5⤵
              • Modifies security service
              • Windows security bypass
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Windows security modification
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2260
              • 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:1844
                • 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:3056
              • 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:1872
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop UsoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3068
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2208
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop wuauserv
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:1240
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop DoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2828
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop BITS
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:1868
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259501750.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259501750.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:2456
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\67592705.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\67592705.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                PID:1544
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\475918281.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\475918281.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1012
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3436012549.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3436012549.exe
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:1188
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-12ST6.tmp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.tmp
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-12ST6.tmp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.tmp" /SL5="$30156,2148280,486912,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3048
      • 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
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2660
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe'"
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1152
      • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
        2⤵
          PID:3012
        • 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
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:652
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe'"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2796
        • C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:2736
      • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
        taskeng.exe {D52FD9EF-007B-4F76-BD7A-B1F9812EC181} S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000:XECUDNCD\Admin:Interactive:[1]
        1⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:776
        • C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Windows Upgrade\wupgrdsv.exe"
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:880

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1C66.exe

        Filesize

        9KB

        MD5

        8d8e6c7952a9dc7c0c73911c4dbc5518

        SHA1

        9098da03b33b2c822065b49d5220359c275d5e94

        SHA256

        feb4c3ae4566f0acbb9e0f55417b61fefd89dc50a4e684df780813fb01d61278

        SHA512

        91a573843c28dd32a9f31a60ba977f9a3d4bb19ffd1b7254333e09bcecef348c1b3220a348ebb2cb08edb57d56cb7737f026519da52199c9dc62c10aea236645

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3436012549.exe

        Filesize

        5.4MB

        MD5

        41ab08c1955fce44bfd0c76a64d1945a

        SHA1

        2b9cb05f4de5d98c541d15175d7f0199cbdd0eea

        SHA256

        dd12cb27b3867341bf6ca48715756500d3ec56c19b21bb1c1290806aa74cb493

        SHA512

        38834ae703a8541b4fec9a1db94cfe296ead58649bb1d4873b517df14d0c6a9d25e49ff04c2bf6bb0188845116a4e894aae930d849f9be8c98d2ce51da1ef116

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\2M45RCRYWDRS2N5MLRZ2.temp

        Filesize

        7KB

        MD5

        3d2c215a21b81cf02ff1cbbbb02c690b

        SHA1

        9dfdea61bd432a66e22323c2fda73b4e0fda1b62

        SHA256

        53f66c326006b4468ee5a82acf9fd54b19f7379dd879c0041ce9cb296613aeeb

        SHA512

        65245b25ff463866a07fb802e3923a5431f84255430742ee400632f845294979aec85060abad6ea580d49a465669f534796fc62b946890ac34b5696cf573e76d

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1140527662.exe

        Filesize

        92KB

        MD5

        be9388b42333b3d4e163b0ace699897b

        SHA1

        4e1109772eb9cb59c557380822166fe1664403bd

        SHA256

        d281e0a0f1e1073f2d290a7eb1f77bed4c210dbf83a0f4f4e22073f50faa843f

        SHA512

        5f887f1060b898c9a88745cde7cf509fdf42947ab8e5948b46c2df659468dc245b24d089bdbec0b314c40b83934698bf4b6feb8954e32810ff8f522aab0af19a

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259501750.exe

        Filesize

        7KB

        MD5

        af0622340ed8ba48efa92e0b2d9aca7b

        SHA1

        77e7181b4d4e6957cf13ba37f590cf219aac88cb

        SHA256

        7b7d433c6c204ed3bcd1ea74106592edfa1a30b6ef7bbc3ed21efcbadc51e526

        SHA512

        e1368c1c292789115b51cae549bd2d484dbc614eb3e57aa5fce324385d28e9fbddf60064b4c88237b38cded294d090d07c491b646651c45bcd6235630d94ef46

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\475918281.exe

        Filesize

        10KB

        MD5

        4fe8dc617311f7b6a4b8ebe0b1e24090

        SHA1

        2bd9341f17c8c0c62e56e1863b1d2f9c43cb30e5

        SHA256

        5016e413b0c563efc920165e7235c9f2706808877668bd297b41435acc7aade4

        SHA512

        910a12fbaffd45b0f797a95c6678a32c4a27adbb7d1474f183f8863d310d31fbba17d5d747da87ac4a30dd7cb22c67a4d1c25b302ef0c3f6954d91a459c692db

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-12ST6.tmp\18347a1245d3b3f89c564c0f7e9c1cd656208e9a82cde9e7ad35038ed49ec493.tmp

        Filesize

        1.5MB

        MD5

        c6bffd4da620b07cb214f1bd8e7f21d2

        SHA1

        054221dc0c8a686e0d17edd6e02c06458b1395c3

        SHA256

        55dbb288d5df6df375487bae50661dbf530fd43a7e96017b7183a54db8fc376a

        SHA512

        91e50df87a6e42b01e24accead25726047a641c3960fa3336f560168ed68356e6992d289a0a71b629d74ad7b00bbdbf7e6e909a4c8b5b1616fbf3b0cc63210ab

      • memory/652-102-0x0000000001D40000-0x0000000001D48000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/652-101-0x000000001B4C0000-0x000000001B7A2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.9MB

      • memory/880-105-0x000000013F1E0000-0x000000013F756000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.5MB

      • memory/1188-90-0x000000013F230000-0x000000013F7A6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.5MB

      • memory/2264-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481DB0-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        519KB

      • memory/2264-10-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        68KB

      • memory/2264-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000481DB0-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        519KB

      • memory/2660-86-0x000000001B5C0000-0x000000001B8A2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.9MB

      • memory/2660-87-0x00000000026D0000-0x00000000026D8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/2736-106-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        128KB

      • memory/2736-110-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/2736-113-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/2736-116-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/2736-119-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/2736-122-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/2736-125-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/2736-129-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.9MB

      • memory/3048-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000587000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.5MB

      • memory/3048-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000587000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.5MB