Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    16-09-2024 18:58

General

  • Target

    winexp.exe

  • Size

    41KB

  • MD5

    21a21bb1d9322ae71436daa198cf8ef4

  • SHA1

    f1a34749fe45bf4d01f2fabf700a1d134300fc64

  • SHA256

    9dcbc998b0331876e6e1b75fb7a0194dda96d286594c95164020ed7740a90c51

  • SHA512

    fd9ea6ddb7b4b13120b174fc382668ea27cc7003f463c17e81dda0c72986070ef770b46b21bcd2757733cfae4760ba8673330e1502c26eb232f16a55b636f087

  • SSDEEP

    768:AscaIiIqfT6acpDXswEuZseeWTjLMKZKfgm3EhVD:3c1ofnckeeWTsF7ELD

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mercurialgrabber

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1285311347256725576/tyLCCzi8G5LtuHGxSFah1PosAjhMWDRh0iSyBBhaaIKMcb4pzn4VxCQzgH3ih1nyaS4X

Signatures

  • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

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

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

    Malicious Access or copy of Web Browser Credential store.

  • 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 4 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winexp.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winexp.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3812
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s NPSMSvc
    1⤵
      PID:5792

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • memory/3812-1-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AD0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/3812-0-0x00007FFABB7F3000-0x00007FFABB7F5000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/3812-2-0x00007FFABB7F0000-0x00007FFABC2B2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/3812-3-0x00007FFABB7F0000-0x00007FFABC2B2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB