Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    11-09-2024 14:12

General

  • Target

    Project Ligma External .exe

  • Size

    98KB

  • MD5

    f317cfab3c77c7011e98481e4606813d

  • SHA1

    5717e61488664de9cd1fa67d22946d7289625e76

  • SHA256

    1b44716177b46377b5c797924415d00398b352a93db12512ed01e4f025a1b280

  • SHA512

    dcee992ac177ce75976bd5a57ba95b916e4ab13465e7138ed2fc279121842716daab4177d9fd1181e30e783c019d5819e9f910bc22ebdc7bb007d0886a66f286

  • SSDEEP

    3072:W1ZxeJTwF7E6k2oIyny6sNEdBQqx/9/G2:GZxy2oIynyDNgB9c

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mercurialgrabber

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1280938171370045546/ReJrkQCQwltvYgTtFdow1nPheqJER7gQF1m0Y3Xn-CZPpL6T_RDl5zdopeaak4fprZod

Signatures

  • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

    Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

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

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Project Ligma External .exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Project Ligma External .exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2404
    • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2404 -s 1240
      2⤵
        PID:2704

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • memory/2404-0-0x000007FEF5F83000-0x000007FEF5F84000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2404-1-0x0000000000240000-0x000000000025E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/2404-2-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF696C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2404-3-0x000007FEF5F83000-0x000007FEF5F84000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2404-4-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF696C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2404-5-0x000007FEF5F80000-0x000007FEF696C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB