agenttesla | 8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe = "0"	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4312	powershell.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2629364133-3182087385-364449604-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe = "0"	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

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
22	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

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1188 set thread context of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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	regsvcs.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4312	powershell.exe
4312	powershell.exe
4636	regsvcs.exe
4636	regsvcs.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4312	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4636	regsvcs.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4312	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	87
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4312	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	87
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4636	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	88
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4380	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	90
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4380	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	90
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 4380	1188	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe	90

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe"
1⤵
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:1188
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a5e154d88d238dc9a6970558ffd02bbd00dd786a0e7d51c3cea80badeb78e7e.exe" -Force
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4312
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regsvcs.exe
  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regsvcs.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4636
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regsvcs.exe
  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\regsvcs.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:4380

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

3

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

5

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2