Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    18-10-2024 01:00

General

  • Target

    9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d.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 2 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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
  • 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 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 45 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:3520
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d.exe"
        2⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3196
        • 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:3440
          • 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:3756
            • 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:3776
          • 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:1348
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop UsoSvc
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3220
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4776
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop wuauserv
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:828
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop DoSvc
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4128
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
              sc stop BITS /wait
              5⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:2100
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\148697336.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\148697336.exe
            4⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3952
            • 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:4060
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                6⤵
                  PID:2868
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                5⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3776
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                  6⤵
                    PID:2436
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\753231217.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\753231217.exe
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4936
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\20706071.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\20706071.exe
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4528
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095532114.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095532114.exe
                  5⤵
                  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:4844
          • 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:4080
          • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Microsoft Windows Security"
            2⤵
              PID:1704
          • C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:4340

          Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\FGDWJGSY\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

            eef04b4666c5252cfd0b76148016e806

            SHA1

            6e78c70fc6dfaa41f804383b6089c184ca6293fa

            SHA256

            f6f3890bd441560b7c0b3d22cfd7fa659cb57a99e6d0fce671cbd75cdc3abe47

            SHA512

            fed1798ca8f9826a35d31a5a0a03c23ab999d006adc59f0e49ed8a0dcceb5cf630712dd9e820c9824dfc2640c1d96b65c418b9546d09c485a71580702b3cd870

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1095532114.exe

            Filesize

            5.6MB

            MD5

            13b26b2c7048a92d6a843c1302618fad

            SHA1

            89c2dfc01ac12ef2704c7669844ec69f1700c1ca

            SHA256

            1753ad35ece25ab9a19048c70062e9170f495e313d7355ebbba59c38f5d90256

            SHA512

            d6aff89b61c9945002a6798617ad304612460a607ef1cfbdcb32f8932ca648bcee1d5f2e0321bb4c58c1f4642b1e0ececc1eb82450fdec7dff69b5389f195455

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\148697336.exe

            Filesize

            8KB

            MD5

            cb8420e681f68db1bad5ed24e7b22114

            SHA1

            416fc65d538d3622f5ca71c667a11df88a927c31

            SHA256

            5850892f67f85991b31fc90f62c8b7791afeb3c08ae1877d857aa2b59471a2ea

            SHA512

            baaabcc4ad5d409267a34ed7b20e4afb4d247974bfc581d39aae945e5bf8a673a1f8eacae2e6783480c8baaeb0a80d028274a202d456f13d0af956afa0110fdf

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\20706071.exe

            Filesize

            10KB

            MD5

            96509ab828867d81c1693b614b22f41d

            SHA1

            c5f82005dbda43cedd86708cc5fc3635a781a67e

            SHA256

            a9de2927b0ec45cf900508fec18531c04ee9fa8a5dfe2fc82c67d9458cf4b744

            SHA512

            ff603117a06da8fb2386c1d2049a5896774e41f34d05951ecd4e7b5fc9da51a373e3fcf61af3577ff78490cf898471ce8e71eae848a12812fe98cd7e76e1a9ca

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\753231217.exe

            Filesize

            15KB

            MD5

            0c37ee292fec32dba0420e6c94224e28

            SHA1

            012cbdddaddab319a4b3ae2968b42950e929c46b

            SHA256

            981d724feebc36777e99513dc061d1f009e589f965c920797285c46d863060d1

            SHA512

            2b60b571c55d0441ba0cfc695f9db5cd12660ebec7effc7e893c3b7a1c6cb6149df487c31b8d748697e260cbc4af29331592b705ea9638f64a711c7a6164628b

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rkw2v3cn.55t.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/3776-20-0x0000000006570000-0x000000000658E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            120KB

          • memory/3776-40-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007AEE000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/3776-23-0x0000000070160000-0x00000000701AC000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            304KB

          • memory/3776-22-0x0000000007530000-0x0000000007562000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            200KB

          • memory/3776-33-0x0000000006B30000-0x0000000006B4E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            120KB

          • memory/3776-34-0x0000000007570000-0x0000000007613000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            652KB

          • memory/3776-35-0x0000000007F40000-0x00000000085BA000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            6.5MB

          • memory/3776-36-0x00000000078C0000-0x00000000078DA000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            104KB

          • memory/3776-37-0x0000000007910000-0x000000000791A000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            40KB

          • memory/3776-38-0x0000000007B20000-0x0000000007BB6000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            600KB

          • memory/3776-39-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007AD1000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            68KB

          • memory/3776-21-0x00000000065A0000-0x00000000065EC000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            304KB

          • memory/3776-41-0x0000000007AF0000-0x0000000007B04000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            80KB

          • memory/3776-42-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007BFA000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            104KB

          • memory/3776-43-0x0000000007BC0000-0x0000000007BC8000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            32KB

          • memory/3776-15-0x0000000005FA0000-0x00000000062F4000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            3.3MB

          • memory/3776-9-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F96000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            408KB

          • memory/3776-5-0x0000000002FA0000-0x0000000002FD6000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            216KB

          • memory/3776-8-0x0000000005EC0000-0x0000000005F26000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            408KB

          • memory/3776-7-0x00000000055B0000-0x00000000055D2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            136KB

          • memory/3776-6-0x0000000005820000-0x0000000005E48000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            6.2MB

          • memory/3952-64-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000656000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            24KB

          • memory/4080-104-0x000001797D540000-0x000001797D562000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            136KB

          • memory/4844-110-0x00007FF6747E0000-0x00007FF674D77000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            5.6MB