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
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
NEW INQUIRY.exe
Resource
win7-20240704-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
NEW INQUIRY.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
General
- Target NEW INQUIRY.exe
- Size 739KB
- Sample240825-lbb12swfpf
- SHA256 a3028abb8f14d32babfc33852545775c77557ebd1eac0f119f44dafebf4fca07
- MD5 8c43124c8f24e725cc9bc17fcbdb1a8c
- SHA1 490525034d262a0dff39ffdf22f2345d10090821
- SHA512 00e9c5f022e8783bda556270a6a4b4c42c68e7c73601acd26cf7a7b7a3c504aa30d2516795005e0ae4cf45cfea9ab814417eb7952f8e0c9b4081f90251448f36
- SSDEEP 12288:rgsqOr6pkaiqyJMOZfc6oc8iAr6MiLBFkoNae+d/9dCRXK5WoWbfa+Y6dnfNez3W:05Od+c8iAr1Ab8eEWov61WlwEbnUz
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
mail.merlinmotorworks.com
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
Merlin1080S
Extracted
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agenttesla
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
mail.merlinmotorworks.com
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
Merlin1080S
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Email to
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.
pid Process 2944 powershell.exe 2376 powershell.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4182098368-2521458979-3782681353-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation NEW INQUIRY.exe - 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.
flow ioc 35 ip-api.com - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3764 set thread context of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NEW INQUIRY.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NEW INQUIRY.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4100 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
pid Process 2376 powershell.exe 2376 powershell.exe 2944 powershell.exe 2944 powershell.exe 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 2944 powershell.exe 2376 powershell.exe 404 NEW INQUIRY.exe 404 NEW INQUIRY.exe 404 NEW INQUIRY.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2944 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2376 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 404 NEW INQUIRY.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3764 wrote to memory of 2944 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 94 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 2944 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 94 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 2944 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 94 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 2376 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 96 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 2376 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 96 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 2376 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 96 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 4100 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 98 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 4100 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 98 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 4100 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 98 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 1492 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 100 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 1492 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 100 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 1492 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 100 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101 PID 3764 wrote to memory of 404 3764 NEW INQUIRY.exe 101
Processes
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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
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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
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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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NEW INQUIRY.exe"2⤵PID:1492
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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
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
2Credentials In Files
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
- MD5 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f
- SHA1 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c
- SHA512 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 be4e3c31b4617fbf3a8c8cf9ae1e9bdf131f8797df40dddd2d08bbeaf17240cd
- MD5 fd6b38a41d9b976e45c9bbcefd91111d
- SHA1 e3f8d03903d4ba37a65b8508108674c6b4a73bbd
- SHA512 1eef02f4dd784f450d9f89e2d367b1ecee1dbc14f38014f7234419558dac22b12a843af54875bb0ef0ad2f577ffcbdafc6bc02f7c86751788da1b59bd194ac19
- SSDEEP 384:Vsf+BO9i+h2KKVBBizckAwo9o2TsDK6seYLME/N03SoZOfYSgcjEDkyQ0gdEtkKF:Kfp2Ho7AFo2TsDNgrWSpWCED/Ce3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0zojpwm0.fmp.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE4E2.tmp
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 09799d5edb8cb7012ee1543c18acf936082c13e51e9bb85311b477b7ffc78ba9
- MD5 b3fcae9c9e015e3dbae219564e575221
- SHA1 e741d3949495fedcf0b3c6b59d0c5995891c2b68
- SHA512 53ba55c134ea75f8cf60ba5645999be344ed560052cf80fb65f80744e20034a44fe77c8d8a19a11550f3abd2220f64085129657e4b6de91fb710b4298901b356
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512