Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    16-10-2024 17:20

General

  • Target

    file.exe

  • Size

    83KB

  • MD5

    06560b5e92d704395bc6dae58bc7e794

  • SHA1

    fbd3e4ae28620197d1f02bfc24adaf4ddacd2372

  • SHA256

    9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d

  • SHA512

    b55b49fc1bd526c47d88fcf8a20fcaed900bfb291f2e3e1186ec196a87127ed24df71385ae04fedcc802c362c4ebf38edfc182013febf4496ddeb66ce5195ee3

  • SSDEEP

    1536:27zFjdFmav82WoPRgMRmtMJXlXXwfAbQaQG9MF7vRjoJrl:yRyO+oPKjoBAIcZF7vqrl

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.66/

http://91.202.233.141/

Wallets

0xCa90599132C4D88907Bd8E046540284aa468a035

TRuGGXNDM1cavQ1AqMQHG8yfxP4QWVSMN6

qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r

XryzFMFVpDUvU7famUGf214EXD3xNUSmQf

rsXCXBf9SagxV8JfC12d8Bybk84oPdMNN9

AULzfBuUAPfCGAXoG5Vq14aP9s6fx3AH4Z

LTK4xdKPAgFHPLan8kriAD7eY4heyy73mB

MP8GEm8QpYgQYaMo8oM5NQhRBgDGiLZW5Q

4BB7ckkaPTyADc8trtuwDoZxywaR4eNL5cDJ3KBjq9GraN4mUFztf7mLS7WgT7Bh7uPqpjvA4ypVwXKCJ1vvLWWAFvSmDoD

15TssKwtjMtwy4vDLcLsQUZUD2B9f7eDjw85sBNVC5LRPPnC

1BzmrjmKPKSR2hH5BeJySfiVA676E8DYaK

ltc1qt0n3f0t7vz9k0mvcswk477shrxwjhf9sj5ykrp

3PMiLynrGVZ8oEqvoqC4hXD67B1WoALR4pc

3ESHude8zUHksQg1h6hHmzY79BS36L91Yn

DLUzwvyxN1RrwjByUPPzVMdfxNRPGVRMMA

t1J6GCPCiHW1eRdjJgDDu6b1vSVmL5U7Twh

stars125f3mw4xd9htpsq4zj5w5ezm5gags37yxxh6mj

bnb1msyt0djx4ecspfxg5en0ye465kg3kmv9utzml2

bc1ppypcmu3684n648gyj62gjp2rw0xy7w3vwfamatlg29ajp4z52desafa0sr

bc1qc9edl4hzl9jyt8twdad3zjeh2df2znq96tdezd

Attributes
  • mutex

    mmn7nnm8na

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Signatures

  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex payload 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex, Phorpiex

    Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 5 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 7 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 47 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3444
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
        2⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:888
        • C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe
          C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe
          3⤵
          • Modifies security service
          • Windows security bypass
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Windows security modification
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2128
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:windir; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:TEMP; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5092
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:windir; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:TEMP; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE"
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1196
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c sc stop UsoSvc & sc stop WaaSMedicSvc & sc stop wuauserv & sc stop DoSvc & sc stop BITS /wait
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1892
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop UsoSvc
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:2188
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:2588
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop wuauserv
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3148
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop DoSvc
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3192
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop BITS /wait
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:1720
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\930210601.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\930210601.exe
            4⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4184
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4140
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                6⤵
                  PID:2340
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                5⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3092
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                  6⤵
                    PID:2276
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19661714.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19661714.exe
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:1084
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\268629399.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\268629399.exe
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:936
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3849935543.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3849935543.exe
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:4012
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#evrkcgqew#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Microsoft Windows Security' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Microsoft Windows Security' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4292
          • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Microsoft Windows Security"
            2⤵
              PID:4964
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#evrkcgqew#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Microsoft Windows Security' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Microsoft Windows Security' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
              2⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              PID:2396
            • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
              C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
              2⤵
                PID:1052
              • C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
                2⤵
                  PID:4996
              • C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe"
                1⤵
                • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2552

              Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

                Filesize

                3KB

                MD5

                fee026663fcb662152188784794028ee

                SHA1

                3c02a26a9cb16648fad85c6477b68ced3cb0cb45

                SHA256

                dbd4136bc342e3e92902ec3a30d165452c82997a7ae24ac90775e42d88959e6b

                SHA512

                7b12bd5c8fc4356b9123d6586b4980cf76012663b41c0dab6f6f21567e2f4005c5bcea2cc2158d157e4f801a281f3e04bad3774cddb3122db309ccf662184bd6

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\GPUS7TYC\1[1]

                Filesize

                108KB

                MD5

                1fcb78fb6cf9720e9d9494c42142d885

                SHA1

                fef9c2e728ab9d56ce9ed28934b3182b6f1d5379

                SHA256

                84652bb8c63ca4fd7eb7a2d6ef44029801f3057aa2961867245a3a765928dd02

                SHA512

                cdf58e463af1784aea86995b3e5d6b07701c5c4095e30ec80cc901ffd448c6f4f714c521bf8796ffa8c47538bf8bf5351e157596efaa7ab88155d63dc33f7dc3

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                Filesize

                18KB

                MD5

                832cb6351a261fe26d62eef95b6e7a58

                SHA1

                32461a44a29823d1469460380c19cb266c30af8a

                SHA256

                1f6df56011c91f5d273fa6bae26d3f826f56f5911a7401789e9da95105f5bf55

                SHA512

                0a510571c1ff9d5b1ba46651c8a1c35ca971eaee249f46a0567703658dbf564b60e496d44c3468dcf32b7df9489df14cef737e84d8a647b5e3337d2fc0829b5c

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                Filesize

                1KB

                MD5

                d95b08252ed624f6d91b46523f110f29

                SHA1

                17577997bc1fb5d3fbe59be84013165534415dc3

                SHA256

                342ce7c39bf9992d31d4b61ef138b2b084c96c74736ed00bb19aae49be16ca02

                SHA512

                0c4288176d56f4ee6d8f08f568fba07ad859f50a395c39d2afd3baf55d3d29ca065a1ce305d1bd790477c35977c0ffa230543e805622f80a77bcee71b24eb257

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19661714.exe

                Filesize

                15KB

                MD5

                0c37ee292fec32dba0420e6c94224e28

                SHA1

                012cbdddaddab319a4b3ae2968b42950e929c46b

                SHA256

                981d724feebc36777e99513dc061d1f009e589f965c920797285c46d863060d1

                SHA512

                2b60b571c55d0441ba0cfc695f9db5cd12660ebec7effc7e893c3b7a1c6cb6149df487c31b8d748697e260cbc4af29331592b705ea9638f64a711c7a6164628b

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\268629399.exe

                Filesize

                10KB

                MD5

                96509ab828867d81c1693b614b22f41d

                SHA1

                c5f82005dbda43cedd86708cc5fc3635a781a67e

                SHA256

                a9de2927b0ec45cf900508fec18531c04ee9fa8a5dfe2fc82c67d9458cf4b744

                SHA512

                ff603117a06da8fb2386c1d2049a5896774e41f34d05951ecd4e7b5fc9da51a373e3fcf61af3577ff78490cf898471ce8e71eae848a12812fe98cd7e76e1a9ca

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3849935543.exe

                Filesize

                5.6MB

                MD5

                13b26b2c7048a92d6a843c1302618fad

                SHA1

                89c2dfc01ac12ef2704c7669844ec69f1700c1ca

                SHA256

                1753ad35ece25ab9a19048c70062e9170f495e313d7355ebbba59c38f5d90256

                SHA512

                d6aff89b61c9945002a6798617ad304612460a607ef1cfbdcb32f8932ca648bcee1d5f2e0321bb4c58c1f4642b1e0ececc1eb82450fdec7dff69b5389f195455

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\930210601.exe

                Filesize

                8KB

                MD5

                cb8420e681f68db1bad5ed24e7b22114

                SHA1

                416fc65d538d3622f5ca71c667a11df88a927c31

                SHA256

                5850892f67f85991b31fc90f62c8b7791afeb3c08ae1877d857aa2b59471a2ea

                SHA512

                baaabcc4ad5d409267a34ed7b20e4afb4d247974bfc581d39aae945e5bf8a673a1f8eacae2e6783480c8baaeb0a80d028274a202d456f13d0af956afa0110fdf

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_jx4ylmj2.a15.ps1

                Filesize

                60B

                MD5

                d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

                SHA1

                6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

                SHA256

                96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

                SHA512

                5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

              • C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe

                Filesize

                83KB

                MD5

                06560b5e92d704395bc6dae58bc7e794

                SHA1

                fbd3e4ae28620197d1f02bfc24adaf4ddacd2372

                SHA256

                9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d

                SHA512

                b55b49fc1bd526c47d88fcf8a20fcaed900bfb291f2e3e1186ec196a87127ed24df71385ae04fedcc802c362c4ebf38edfc182013febf4496ddeb66ce5195ee3

              • memory/1052-131-0x00007FF6032E0000-0x00007FF603309000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                164KB

              • memory/1052-129-0x00007FF6032E0000-0x00007FF603309000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                164KB

              • memory/1196-23-0x000000006FE30000-0x000000006FE7C000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                304KB

              • memory/1196-20-0x00000000068A0000-0x00000000068BE000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                120KB

              • memory/1196-35-0x0000000008270000-0x00000000088EA000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                6.5MB

              • memory/1196-36-0x0000000007BF0000-0x0000000007C0A000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                104KB

              • memory/1196-37-0x0000000007C40000-0x0000000007C4A000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                40KB

              • memory/1196-38-0x0000000007E50000-0x0000000007EE6000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                600KB

              • memory/1196-39-0x0000000007DF0000-0x0000000007E01000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                68KB

              • memory/1196-40-0x0000000007E10000-0x0000000007E1E000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                56KB

              • memory/1196-41-0x0000000007E20000-0x0000000007E34000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                80KB

              • memory/1196-42-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                104KB

              • memory/1196-43-0x0000000007EF0000-0x0000000007EF8000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                32KB

              • memory/1196-33-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007A7E000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                120KB

              • memory/1196-22-0x0000000006E70000-0x0000000006EA2000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                200KB

              • memory/1196-5-0x0000000003310000-0x0000000003346000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                216KB

              • memory/1196-21-0x00000000068E0000-0x000000000692C000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                304KB

              • memory/1196-34-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007B33000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                652KB

              • memory/1196-19-0x00000000062B0000-0x0000000006604000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                3.3MB

              • memory/1196-6-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000006018000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                6.2MB

              • memory/1196-9-0x0000000006240000-0x00000000062A6000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                408KB

              • memory/1196-7-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005932000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                136KB

              • memory/1196-8-0x00000000061D0000-0x0000000006236000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                408KB

              • memory/2552-127-0x00007FF6446D0000-0x00007FF644C67000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                5.6MB

              • memory/4012-109-0x00007FF6074B0000-0x00007FF607A47000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                5.6MB

              • memory/4184-63-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F6000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                24KB

              • memory/4292-94-0x0000022A6C070000-0x0000022A6C092000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                136KB

              • memory/4996-128-0x000001951DBB0000-0x000001951DBD0000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                128KB

              • memory/4996-130-0x00007FF718860000-0x00007FF71904F000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/4996-132-0x00007FF718860000-0x00007FF71904F000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/4996-135-0x00007FF718860000-0x00007FF71904F000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/4996-137-0x00007FF718860000-0x00007FF71904F000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/4996-139-0x00007FF718860000-0x00007FF71904F000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/4996-141-0x00007FF718860000-0x00007FF71904F000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB