hijackloader | 7cf9c048d4154471894cc7d8e3d7feada4ed5d15becde5e773d478e91b60ca8c

General

Target

m.exe
Size

51.5MB
MD5

d28a23c1fcf7e2907312e539b22b2682
SHA1

63154a2e0773f75e45f9aad4a4f562f5054db2fc
SHA256

7cf9c048d4154471894cc7d8e3d7feada4ed5d15becde5e773d478e91b60ca8c
SHA512

00a01db925e8aedfba27553e1fbc34ec076e592861a27bcff9c7982ee34f6b689437a034666e9ad9248bd02616ffaa64c3ea74da373ebabde3e58f92cffb12b7
SSDEEP

98304:wiMrdaUIJ3sxQvmzLvqwBOZTcjgxffDjqJbzEwVCubyPHOwV:Ti68xQ+zLJOZwjgZ7abiOwV

Score

10^/10

hijackloader discovery loader

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2036-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BFC000-memory.dmp	family_hijackloader

HijackLoader
HijackLoader is a multistage loader first seen in 2023.
loader hijackloader
Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

2612 cmd.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

m.exe

description pid process target process

PID 2036 set thread context of 2612 2036 m.exe cmd.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
2612	cmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2036 set thread context of 2612	2036	m.exe	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

m.execmd.exeexplorer.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	m.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

m.execmd.exe

pid process

2036 m.exe
2036 m.exe
2612 cmd.exe
2612 cmd.exe
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

m.execmd.exe

pid process

2036 m.exe
2612 cmd.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

m.exe

pid process

2036 m.exe

pid	process
2036	m.exe
2036	m.exe
2612	cmd.exe
2612	cmd.exe

pid	process
2036	m.exe
2612	cmd.exe

pid	process
2036	m.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes:

m.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2612	2036	m.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2612	2036	m.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2612	2036	m.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2612	2036	m.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2612	2036	m.exe	cmd.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2524	2612	cmd.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2524	2612	cmd.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2524	2612	cmd.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2524	2612	cmd.exe	explorer.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 2524	2612	cmd.exe	explorer.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\m.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\m.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2036

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
2⤵
- Deletes itself
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2612

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2524

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\23a61521

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
74239282a7f1696c1b2ee6151b56ab58

SHA1
b669b45db5bf619a1369f27051261ff180ec78c6

SHA256
125276af70927854f2284a6fe46b612f2ceaa494fce5c386c82dc4ee0ab0edef

SHA512
f9c93b495bac839941c802cf3158b5439c349788f374bf3a310b79bbb905457d23e8c472a472fb3834ccead45d78c68c4375ea3d8e0252f109f0a95dcbb691d5

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memory/2036-4-0x0000000074AE3000-0x0000000074AE5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2036-5-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2036-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000BFC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/2036-0-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2036-2-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2036-9-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2036-3-0x0000000077950000-0x0000000077AF9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2524-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
508KB

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memory/2524-18-0x0000000077950000-0x0000000077AF9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2524-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
508KB

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memory/2524-21-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2524-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
508KB

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memory/2612-14-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2612-10-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2612-13-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/2612-12-0x0000000077950000-0x0000000077AF9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2612-16-0x0000000074AD0000-0x0000000074C44000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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