Analysis

  • max time kernel
    133s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    25/08/2024, 09:21

General

  • Target
    NEW INQUIRY.exe
  • Size 739KB
  • Sample240825-lbb12swfpf
  • SHA256 a3028abb8f14d32babfc33852545775c77557ebd1eac0f119f44dafebf4fca07
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials
  • Protocol

    smtp

  • Host

    mail.merlinmotorworks.com

  • Port

    587

  • Password

    Merlin1080S

Extracted

Family
  • agenttesla

Credentials

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers 1 TTPs

    Malicious Access or copy of Web Browser Credential store.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3764
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2944
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\LnwAZGABFr.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2376
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\LnwAZGABFr" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE4E2.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4100
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1492
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:404

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 be4e3c31b4617fbf3a8c8cf9ae1e9bdf131f8797df40dddd2d08bbeaf17240cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_0zojpwm0.fmp.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0zojpwm0.fmp.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmpE4E2.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE4E2.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 09799d5edb8cb7012ee1543c18acf936082c13e51e9bb85311b477b7ffc78ba9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/404-92-0x0000000006EE0000-0x0000000006F30000-memory.dmp

          memory/404-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-77-0x0000000007B10000-0x0000000007B2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-51-0x0000000006820000-0x000000000686C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-91-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-84-0x0000000007E30000-0x0000000007E38000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-79-0x0000000007D90000-0x0000000007E26000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-78-0x0000000007B80000-0x0000000007B8A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-76-0x0000000008150000-0x00000000087CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-75-0x00000000077C0000-0x0000000007863000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-73-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006DBE000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-54-0x000000006FE50000-0x000000006FE9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-53-0x0000000006DC0000-0x0000000006DF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-50-0x00000000066F0000-0x000000000670E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-22-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-23-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-24-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-18-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-25-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C82000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-26-0x0000000005D00000-0x0000000005D66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-90-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-83-0x0000000007A50000-0x0000000007A6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-82-0x0000000007950000-0x0000000007964000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-43-0x0000000005DE0000-0x0000000006134000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-80-0x0000000007910000-0x0000000007921000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-27-0x0000000005D70000-0x0000000005DD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-81-0x0000000007940000-0x000000000794E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-21-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-20-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-19-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005B58000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-64-0x000000006FE50000-0x000000006FE9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2944-17-0x0000000004E30000-0x0000000004E66000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-7-0x000000007499E000-0x000000007499F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-12-0x0000000006E30000-0x0000000006ECC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-11-0x0000000006BD0000-0x0000000006C54000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-10-0x0000000006B70000-0x0000000006B80000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-0-0x000000007499E000-0x000000007499F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-52-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-5-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-4-0x0000000005870000-0x000000000587A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-9-0x0000000006B60000-0x0000000006B6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-3-0x0000000005890000-0x0000000005922000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-2-0x0000000005DA0000-0x0000000006344000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-8-0x0000000074990000-0x0000000075140000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-6-0x0000000008540000-0x0000000008556000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-1-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000E5E000-memory.dmp