Analysis

  • max time kernel
    18s
  • max time network
    21s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    22-08-2024 12:17

General

  • Target

    vax loader_protected.exe

  • Size

    2.8MB

  • MD5

    78acdef46270d9b357032e0050752c50

  • SHA1

    d5ae2895b3855b634406a2afc8ddda83c2b2fec6

  • SHA256

    b89ca81fe6a92e47a8587732ba500132345d187972d825ca70d18191cb61f36a

  • SHA512

    48fa74be027f95f40d74fc94e8d62b39ed12ec3403b5e6c0782a40c5a737f42da3ede4ef9e168bc6fcc842e11c1c31bea5d43a12d991aab346a559b06e83a8ca

  • SSDEEP

    49152:U5jjZUvK1KnoWpI7I1oE/KsOAC12pgeClroU9M+9kN4k8JDj8R4Q1cUWS:UjZU2x+R/I2qtNoU9M9N4FJDjMZ6w

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Themida packer 7 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vax loader_protected.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vax loader_protected.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3016
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vax loader_protected.exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2348
      • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
        certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vax loader_protected.exe" MD5
        3⤵
          PID:3672
        • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
          find /i /v "md5"
          3⤵
            PID:3728
          • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
            find /i /v "certutil"
            3⤵
              PID:4892

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • memory/3016-0-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB

        • memory/3016-1-0x00007FFD85B10000-0x00007FFD85B12000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/3016-3-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB

        • memory/3016-4-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB

        • memory/3016-2-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB

        • memory/3016-5-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB

        • memory/3016-6-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB

        • memory/3016-7-0x00007FF6A8AD0000-0x00007FF6A936B000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8.6MB