Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    27/10/2024, 05:03

General

  • Target

    file.exe

  • Size

    8.3MB

  • MD5

    66039c9e643542b612ee5b216900c910

  • SHA1

    3af08524281635f64e17f89838c6e528da7d723c

  • SHA256

    35c6740a3fb5e35fc261d619abd34c2aaaa761096e36bb03515b536998bc1144

  • SHA512

    220901ea547e2200700059944209958b929f237d58f6275fcca3ec27352766e002674202611f1f850074eb4b8bbe0b97797fd170265d9446f54a50bfbe0f79a0

  • SSDEEP

    196608:ZBH5dgA2rBsUPeOOsmgGZ6SO7gTTYFaklmZChu+5pz:zEAIeOOsmguLtTd8hb5pz

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Xmrig family
  • xmrig

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

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 15 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.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Themida packer 12 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 14 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2248
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2956
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2868
      • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
        wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:2968
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2760
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2688
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2720
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2584
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2608
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2576
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2592
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2612
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:3048
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe" start= "auto"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2628
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:1992
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2096
  • C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:788
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2548
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:484
      • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
        wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:1272
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2824
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:1544
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2924
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:1736
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2436
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2944
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:688
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1312
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2000
    • C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
      2⤵
        PID:1984
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe
        2⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2544

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          • C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

            Filesize

            2KB

            MD5

            3e9af076957c5b2f9c9ce5ec994bea05

            SHA1

            a8c7326f6bceffaeed1c2bb8d7165e56497965fe

            SHA256

            e332ebfed27e0bb08b84dfda05acc7f0fa1b6281678e0120c5b7c893a75df47e

            SHA512

            933ba0d69e7b78537348c0dc1bf83fb069f98bb93d31c638dc79c4a48d12d879c474bd61e3cbde44622baef5e20fb92ebf16c66128672e4a6d4ee20afbf9d01f

          • \ProgramData\Google\Chrome\updater.exe

            Filesize

            8.3MB

            MD5

            66039c9e643542b612ee5b216900c910

            SHA1

            3af08524281635f64e17f89838c6e528da7d723c

            SHA256

            35c6740a3fb5e35fc261d619abd34c2aaaa761096e36bb03515b536998bc1144

            SHA512

            220901ea547e2200700059944209958b929f237d58f6275fcca3ec27352766e002674202611f1f850074eb4b8bbe0b97797fd170265d9446f54a50bfbe0f79a0

          • memory/788-28-0x000000013F560000-0x00000001404E1000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/788-27-0x000000013F560000-0x00000001404E1000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/788-26-0x000000013F560000-0x00000001404E1000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/788-25-0x000000013F560000-0x00000001404E1000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/788-55-0x000000013F560000-0x00000001404E1000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/1984-35-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/1984-33-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/1984-34-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/1984-36-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/1984-37-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/1984-40-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/2248-1-0x0000000077780000-0x0000000077782000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8KB

          • memory/2248-21-0x000000013F9B0000-0x0000000140931000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/2248-5-0x000000013F9B0000-0x0000000140931000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/2248-4-0x000000013F9B0000-0x0000000140931000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/2248-3-0x000000013F9B0000-0x0000000140931000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/2248-2-0x000000013F9B0000-0x0000000140931000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/2248-0-0x000000013F9B0000-0x0000000140931000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            15.5MB

          • memory/2544-56-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-45-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-49-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-61-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-43-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-42-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-60-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-50-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-57-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-48-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-47-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-59-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-58-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-44-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-46-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2544-54-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000160000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            128KB

          • memory/2544-53-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8.2MB

          • memory/2548-29-0x0000000019FB0000-0x000000001A292000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            2.9MB

          • memory/2548-30-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008C8000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            32KB

          • memory/2956-16-0x0000000077730000-0x00000000778D9000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.7MB

          • memory/2956-12-0x0000000077730000-0x00000000778D9000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.7MB

          • memory/2956-13-0x000000001B5E0000-0x000000001B8C2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            2.9MB

          • memory/2956-11-0x0000000077730000-0x00000000778D9000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.7MB

          • memory/2956-15-0x0000000001F90000-0x0000000001F98000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            32KB

          • memory/2956-14-0x0000000077730000-0x00000000778D9000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.7MB

          • memory/2956-17-0x0000000077730000-0x00000000778D9000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.7MB

          • memory/2956-18-0x0000000077730000-0x00000000778D9000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.7MB