Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
02-10-2024 00:50
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Plugincmd.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Plugincmd.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20240802-en
General
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Target
Plugincmd.exe
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Size
145KB
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MD5
404d831747e7713f2ea6d859b52ce9b3
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SHA1
dc26d4095a0362960985e0fd4e96d12f0b3279e6
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SHA256
5ab75bde3a5b8fc855271e0d84b31deb5cea0c79bae87831b35a5fd0d0f30ea3
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SHA512
84c1d6725123b84996d951a9d777c1bc070d06f2b060c9adaf01443dedacb95adddc6afdc42049f72bea90d3290bd38241cefbb167268e41c68f30e622420968
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SSDEEP
3072:2HMO6QJ+yJAo/nJer3LaqVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVl2wRp:PO6VknJerbF2
Malware Config
Signatures
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Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4296 netsh.exe -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Plugincmd.exe -
Drops startup file 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\6223efa2e07c96185936fe49d82f6360.exe svchost.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\6223efa2e07c96185936fe49d82f6360.exe svchost.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3344 svchost.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2718105630-359604950-2820636825-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\6223efa2e07c96185936fe49d82f6360 = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\svchost.exe\" .." svchost.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\6223efa2e07c96185936fe49d82f6360 = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\svchost.exe\" .." svchost.exe -
Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\autorun.inf svchost.exe File created D:\autorun.inf svchost.exe File created F:\autorun.inf svchost.exe File opened for modification F:\autorun.inf svchost.exe File created C:\autorun.inf svchost.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe -
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Plugincmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe -
Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 2796 taskkill.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe 3344 svchost.exe -
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 3344 svchost.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2796 taskkill.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe Token: 33 3344 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3344 svchost.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3088 wrote to memory of 3344 3088 Plugincmd.exe 84 PID 3088 wrote to memory of 3344 3088 Plugincmd.exe 84 PID 3088 wrote to memory of 3344 3088 Plugincmd.exe 84 PID 3344 wrote to memory of 4296 3344 svchost.exe 89 PID 3344 wrote to memory of 4296 3344 svchost.exe 89 PID 3344 wrote to memory of 4296 3344 svchost.exe 89 PID 3344 wrote to memory of 2796 3344 svchost.exe 91 PID 3344 wrote to memory of 2796 3344 svchost.exe 91 PID 3344 wrote to memory of 2796 3344 svchost.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Plugincmd.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Plugincmd.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3088 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe"2⤵
- Drops startup file
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3344 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exenetsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost.exe" "svchost.exe" ENABLE3⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4296
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /F /IM Exsample.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2796
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
145KB
MD5404d831747e7713f2ea6d859b52ce9b3
SHA1dc26d4095a0362960985e0fd4e96d12f0b3279e6
SHA2565ab75bde3a5b8fc855271e0d84b31deb5cea0c79bae87831b35a5fd0d0f30ea3
SHA51284c1d6725123b84996d951a9d777c1bc070d06f2b060c9adaf01443dedacb95adddc6afdc42049f72bea90d3290bd38241cefbb167268e41c68f30e622420968