Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
12-10-2024 18:12
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe
Resource
win7-20241010-en
windows7-x64
17 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
windows10-2004-x64
18 signatures
150 seconds
General
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Target
Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe
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Size
2.4MB
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MD5
cf01fd4322bcfd83364fffd15ef29a75
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SHA1
b1445db2e6545de3f94aa1f914a6697a0e027579
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SHA256
8ad433b21b524ef400200f478cf1f280a77d810ed7d51c47422f3d7c33eaf3cb
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SHA512
9cf8cba5f2f29745ab115c9f7ebb23c04686c5dff284e4f6762dc7a79a50c3a3340fb94496865213141e6c59c354134503f65f5eff263a9ad651eaa42277a28e
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SSDEEP
24576:dLphtLzNPZlVOEvD9SYtSBzh0DkkaE64RyKMZyCV1E5/VGJnFLOrt1:BtL99OEUtWDkG6MptMnct1
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
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Detect Neshta payload 5 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000600000002023a-12.dat family_neshta behavioral2/memory/2472-106-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta behavioral2/memory/2472-109-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta behavioral2/memory/2472-110-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta behavioral2/memory/2472-112-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta -
Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
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Downloads MZ/PE file
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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-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2088 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe -
Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 7 IoCs
pid Process 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\WOW_HE~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ielowutil.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\MSEDGE~2.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{CA675~1\VCREDI~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\Eula.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\INSTAL~1\setup.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\msedge.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13147~1.37\MICROS~4.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmpconfig.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\plug_ins\PI_BRO~1\32BITM~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.371\GOF5E2~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13147~1.37\MID1AD~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\plug_ins\PI_BRO~1\64BITM~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.371\GOBD5D~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.371\GOOGLE~2.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\BHO\IE_TO_~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\NOTIFI~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\wabmig.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\arh.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.371\GOOGLE~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\COOKIE~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\ELEVAT~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\msedge.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\920902~1.67\MSEDGE~3.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmplayer.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmprph.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\MICROS~1\CLICKT~1\{9AC08~1\INTEGR~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ADOBEC~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ExtExport.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\UNINST~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\wab.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{4D8DC~1\VC_RED~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{D87AE~1\WINDOW~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\AcroRd32.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13147~1.37\MI9C33~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\VSTO\10.0\VSTOIN~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\setup_wm.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{63880~1\WINDOW~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.371\GOOGLE~3.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\MSEDGE~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{57A73~1\VC_RED~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\FULLTR~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\PWAHEL~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ACROBR~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13147~1.37\MICROS~3.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~3\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.371\GO664E~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\Browser\WCCHRO~1\WCCHRO~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Java\JAVAUP~1\jaureg.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmlaunch.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{61087~1\VCREDI~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ACROTE~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\Adobe\Setup\{AC76B~1\setup.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\READER~1.EXE Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\svchost.com Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe 4948 NdK4y.exe -
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 2088 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 23 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: 33 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: 34 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: 35 4948 NdK4y.exe Token: 36 4948 NdK4y.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 2088 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2088 2472 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe 84 PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2088 2472 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe 84 PID 2088 wrote to memory of 4948 2088 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe 86 PID 2088 wrote to memory of 4948 2088 Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe 86
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2472 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\Ocean-fX8Z9F6N8.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2088 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nhdcK\NdK4y.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nhdcK\NdK4y.exe X8Z9F6N83⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4948
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
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Filesize
86KB
MD53b73078a714bf61d1c19ebc3afc0e454
SHA19abeabd74613a2f533e2244c9ee6f967188e4e7e
SHA256ded54d1fcca07b6bff2bc3b9a1131eac29ff1f836e5d7a7c5c325ec5abe96e29
SHA51275959d4e8a7649c3268b551a2a378e6d27c0bfb03d2422ebeeb67b0a3f78c079473214057518930f2d72773ce79b106fd2d78405e8e3d8883459dcbb49c163c4
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Filesize
2.3MB
MD546888c7235910a21a39b13caa72e6113
SHA173f89ce12e2db6655b08efe4f233a8a05aa94fd7
SHA256ef732471300f0a0d6e0e17f48c20b6e28ae9f5e8fc73b02c1cc3668859b1aed4
SHA51292513026de2ff0cd9eafaaa9d74ae2e8e15f1aa682d1ab5e6d05a357f6b4debb0f146c2f67284ae5eda99ae8ffc6ce99996d944ed155fe4694d6d7d9b4aeaa2a
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Filesize
8.9MB
MD5b237284e07e8c85ff0d57bfbe46bf145
SHA1fc6a88353a9e8bf8098866c6636fa59fdc38596a
SHA256efb6089d9cd5145ce86e9bfa663704f42049598a2cf1795b146cbdc9437c53a8
SHA51234e4cbfff1fa2435bb763852d7e3ff7ce4edcf4df625a39659a62576da4e1bfad3d83d7976aaf1cbb6fbc4ce77b639d9c6752294c45e367577725fc2e7be784d