Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
15-08-2024 02:42
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Celesty.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
General
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Target
Celesty.exe
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Size
1.7MB
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MD5
8966d25141f5e150ff7d02ac502cce46
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SHA1
f882485d1ffac1b75b60794824b771e4ce33d7b7
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SHA256
8694257c04deed3937833145954c65564627f7d40cd20f8401696933a03b7e3f
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SHA512
caedef6e8fdc042d6586816bdc87c36b3d40c22a8e4e331d46296b669ed03f2e295f4b44ed4092f43e8d0dad8cc40766982d6938d1d638fb4e4eecaddd529df3
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SSDEEP
49152:6PxCjaDpascfyHTtgWc79pGvFog9hlQ0xM7QYeYnUgy:mCq4sokTtlPFooQzzU/
Malware Config
Extracted
mercurialgrabber
https://discord.com/api/webhooks/935223250571640882/ViB43kUXE9CCFxm2v1jxJfLyHYVNk3Y3-laU94OpWmJjw7id0TwbDJUP1by4-O7zvfZu
Signatures
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Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.
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Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2170637797-568393320-3232933035-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Celesty.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2170637797-568393320-3232933035-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation CelestyBuilder.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4948 CelestyBuilder.exe 3212 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 20 ip4.seeip.org -
Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Celesty.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language CelestyBuilder.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language CELESTY.EXE -
Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName taskmgr.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000 taskmgr.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A taskmgr.exe -
Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
pid Process 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3212 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5004 taskmgr.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 5004 taskmgr.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 5004 taskmgr.exe -
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 25 IoCs
pid Process 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe -
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 24 IoCs
pid Process 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe 5004 taskmgr.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4476 wrote to memory of 4948 4476 Celesty.exe 94 PID 4476 wrote to memory of 4948 4476 Celesty.exe 94 PID 4476 wrote to memory of 4948 4476 Celesty.exe 94 PID 4948 wrote to memory of 3212 4948 CelestyBuilder.exe 95 PID 4948 wrote to memory of 3212 4948 CelestyBuilder.exe 95 PID 4948 wrote to memory of 4156 4948 CelestyBuilder.exe 97 PID 4948 wrote to memory of 4156 4948 CelestyBuilder.exe 97 PID 4948 wrote to memory of 4156 4948 CelestyBuilder.exe 97
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celesty.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celesty.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4476 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dump\CelestyBuilder.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dump\CelestyBuilder.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4948 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY BUILDER.EXE"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY BUILDER.EXE"3⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3212
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY.EXE"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY.EXE"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4156
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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=4388,i,3210801877307184477,8078594481454001567,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1436 /prefetch:81⤵PID:1880
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C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /41⤵
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
PID:5004
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
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Filesize
128B
MD5a5dcc7c9c08af7dddd82be5b036a4416
SHA14f998ca1526d199e355ffb435bae111a2779b994
SHA256e24033ceec97fd03402b03acaaabd1d1e378e83bb1683afbccac760e00f8ead5
SHA51256035de734836c0c39f0b48641c51c26adb6e79c6c65e23ca96603f71c95b8673e2ef853146e87efc899dd1878d0bbc2c82d91fbf0fce81c552048e986f9bb5a
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Filesize
41KB
MD54cc81e53b9037673b9014431e9be0e60
SHA162c57cbad6be321e65bea71bd87801fcb0bf7af9
SHA2561baf3f560a47aacd9a841939ff127fbade26095dd47867dfec38bc2f1fa4a9ad
SHA512dae96f885d20fe185302f689f844032797209b28d1295444a29fa730d01b520e7994121fe8bd2b55c0d21b395da372a9846d9dec5960edfecd40ac41690d36ff
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Filesize
2.8MB
MD5d604d3ac515faf6ad32e8e57c170d389
SHA102069909d405b33af28da67ad232013307a198b2
SHA2565d3955502a6b63e394eea67aad6c83dfa80d08484d9f11956e77ec5b47c6f8b8
SHA512bb1d77a7430204eef2ecb3cdfb7d2b2b5f80f9f5fefee6cbff2fc69538523177e8010d9dc4b353f4adc4c6bdba2c398ceac90ce43a1302b2cdf5149dd7680817