mercurialgrabber | 1b44716177b46377b5c797924415d00398b352a93db12512ed01e4f025a1b280

General

Target
Project Ligma External .exe
Size 98KB
Sample240911-rht34avcll
SHA256 1b44716177b46377b5c797924415d00398b352a93db12512ed01e4f025a1b280
MD5 f317cfab3c77c7011e98481e4606813d
SHA1 5717e61488664de9cd1fa67d22946d7289625e76
SHA512 dcee992ac177ce75976bd5a57ba95b916e4ab13465e7138ed2fc279121842716daab4177d9fd1181e30e783c019d5819e9f910bc22ebdc7bb007d0886a66f286
SSDEEP 3072:W1ZxeJTwF7E6k2oIyny6sNEdBQqx/9/G2:GZxy2oIynyDNgB9c
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

mercurialgrabber credential_access evasion spyware stealer

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.
stealer mercurialgrabber
Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers 1 TTPs
Malicious Access or copy of Web Browser Credential store.
credential_access stealer

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	Project Ligma External .exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools	Project Ligma External .exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 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\VideoBiosVersion	Project Ligma External .exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
26	discord.com
27	discord.com
30	discord.com
63	discord.com

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
1	ip4.seeip.org
23	ip-api.com

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	Project Ligma External .exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	Project Ligma External .exe

Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S	Project Ligma External .exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor 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\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	Project Ligma External .exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	Project Ligma External .exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0	Project Ligma External .exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation	Project Ligma External .exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer	Project Ligma External .exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName	Project Ligma External .exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1692	Project Ligma External .exe
Token: 33	2908	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2908	AUDIODG.EXE

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
PID:1692