46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172

Analysis

max time kernel
69s
max time network
77s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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04/09/2024, 13:52

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General

Target

applecleaner_2.exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

f96eb2236970fb3ea97101b923af4228
SHA1

e0eed80f1054acbf5389a7b8860a4503dd3e184a
SHA256

46fe5192387d3f897a134d29c069ebf39c72094c892134d2f0e77b12b11a6172
SHA512

2fd2d28c5f571d40b43a4dd7a22d367ba42420c29627f21ca0a2052070ffb9f689d80dad638238189eed26ed19af626f47e70f1207e10007041c620dac323cc7
SSDEEP

98304:z7m+ij9HD0+jCihNRkl/W6aG/wcKnfu8NUT6Ko:e+y4ihkl/Wo/afHPb

Score

9^/10

discovery evasion themida trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	applecleaner_2.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	applecleaner_2.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion = 37004f00340048005300200020002d002000350000000000	applecleaner_2.exe

Themida packer 6 IoCs

Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

themida

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1424-0-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1424-3-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1424-4-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1424-5-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1424-2-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp	themida
behavioral1/memory/1424-6-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp	themida

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	applecleaner_2.exe

Drops desktop.ini file(s) 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5\desktop.ini	applecleaner_2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\desktop.ini	applecleaner_2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\EHDN25ED\desktop.ini	applecleaner_2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\GRU3FPRK\desktop.ini	applecleaner_2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\TL381H8Y\desktop.ini	applecleaner_2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Feeds Cache\X9WSUL7T\desktop.ini	applecleaner_2.exe

Checks system information in the registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemManufacturer	applecleaner_2.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1424	applecleaner_2.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IEXPLORE.EXE

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
2756	cmd.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 18 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardProduct	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BIOSVersion	applecleaner_2.exe
Key enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral	applecleaner_2.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral\0\Identifier = "4e348c99-0f2bfcd4-d"	applecleaner_2.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral\0\Identifier = "bc3d559e-df5ad4ee-c"	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardVersion	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemVersion	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName	applecleaner_2.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral	applecleaner_2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral\0	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardManufacturer	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemBiosVersion	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	applecleaner_2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral	applecleaner_2.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\MultifunctionAdapter\0\DiskController\0\DiskPeripheral\0\Identifier	applecleaner_2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS	applecleaner_2.exe

Kills process with taskkill 3 IoCs

evasion

pid	Process
2740	taskkill.exe
3028	taskkill.exe
2912	taskkill.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 19 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-457978338-2990298471-2379561640-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{1E98D9D1-6AC5-11EF-8595-E61828AB23DD} = "0"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2740	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3028	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2912	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1684	iexplore.exe
1684	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2452	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	30
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2452	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	30
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2452	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	30
PID 2452 wrote to memory of 2740	2452	cmd.exe	31
PID 2452 wrote to memory of 2740	2452	cmd.exe	31
PID 2452 wrote to memory of 2740	2452	cmd.exe	31
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2756	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	33
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2756	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	33
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2756	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	33
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 3028	2756	cmd.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 3028	2756	cmd.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 3028	2756	cmd.exe	34
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2748	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	35
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2748	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	35
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2748	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	35
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2912	2748	cmd.exe	36
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2912	2748	cmd.exe	36
PID 2748 wrote to memory of 2912	2748	cmd.exe	36
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2728	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	37
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2728	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	37
PID 1424 wrote to memory of 2728	1424	applecleaner_2.exe	37
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 1684	2728	cmd.exe	38
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 1684	2728	cmd.exe	38
PID 2728 wrote to memory of 1684	2728	cmd.exe	38
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 2896	1684	iexplore.exe	39
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 2896	1684	iexplore.exe	39
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 2896	1684	iexplore.exe	39
PID 1684 wrote to memory of 2896	1684	iexplore.exe	39

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\applecleaner_2.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\applecleaner_2.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Checks system information in the registry
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1424
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2452
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im EpicGamesLauncher.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2740
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2756
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3028
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe >nul 2>&1
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2748
- - C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
    taskkill /f /im Battle.net.exe
    3⤵
    - Kills process with taskkill
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2912
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c start https://applecheats.cc
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2728
- - C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://applecheats.cc/
    3⤵
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1684
  - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1684 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2896
- C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
  2⤵
  PID:1624

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1424-0-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/1424-1-0x0000000076E60000-0x0000000076E62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1424-3-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/1424-4-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/1424-5-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/1424-2-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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memory/1424-6-0x000000013FAC0000-0x0000000140462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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