Analysis

  • max time kernel
    89s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    01-11-2024 15:40

General

  • Target

    4ea66c1fa7a5f7e03b5e5c028f757aa9bc61863c.exe

  • Size

    903KB

  • MD5

    3d6b93c4450b7b152f405e50fb321450

  • SHA1

    4ea66c1fa7a5f7e03b5e5c028f757aa9bc61863c

  • SHA256

    9d512e372cbc60a9d7ff6c44f21403dd82782f1f975444333d4870b54f23d9e7

  • SHA512

    a46a1843ab3bd3213f6146ecd6c2a4b48d90a29e95fde7ed1c2e7e3523999e6ecb71a4aaeef64b4cac658482684e9898b06cc0d4222b8c1cad86b0b4aac6dd42

  • SSDEEP

    24576:PivtCXWeGK+FGXFmUPz4s6nZ3p6NaAH/0:qtCXWPnc1mQz4s6Ziac0

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

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.84

http://185.215.113.66

185.215.113.66

Signatures

  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex family
  • 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
  • Xmrig family
  • xmrig

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

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

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 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 14 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 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:1200
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4ea66c1fa7a5f7e03b5e5c028f757aa9bc61863c.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4ea66c1fa7a5f7e03b5e5c028f757aa9bc61863c.exe"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2932
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7D5A.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7D5A.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2896
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3160625923.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3160625923.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3032
            • C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe
              C:\Windows\sysppvrdnvs.exe
              5⤵
              • Modifies security service
              • Windows security bypass
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Windows security modification
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2868
              • 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"
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2352
                • 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"
                  7⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1748
              • 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
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:2292
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop UsoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2980
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop WaaSMedicSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2792
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop wuauserv
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:1968
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop DoSvc
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2088
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                  sc stop BITS /wait
                  7⤵
                  • Launches sc.exe
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2620
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\590917104.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\590917104.exe
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:648
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2248
                  • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                    reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                    8⤵
                      PID:1876
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                    7⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2280
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                      8⤵
                        PID:2308
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\224548383.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\224548383.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    PID:1616
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2279232735.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2279232735.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:272
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3599826082.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3599826082.exe
                      7⤵
                      • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      PID:1624
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2858824011.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2858824011.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:1884
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3706920722.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3706920722.exe
                      7⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      PID:1448
          • 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
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2452
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Microsoft Windows Security" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe'"
              3⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2724
          • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Microsoft Windows Security"
            2⤵
              PID:2752
            • 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
              PID:2704
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "Microsoft Windows Security" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe'"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:1964
            • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
              C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
              2⤵
                PID:536
              • C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
                2⤵
                  PID:2924
              • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
                taskeng.exe {0B8A785A-6A01-45B6-B7D4-387D1EEF4DFA} S-1-5-21-2039016743-699959520-214465309-1000:PIDEURYY\Admin:Interactive:[1]
                1⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                PID:2740
                • C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe"
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:2100

              Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\RLHRIIGD\1[1]

                Filesize

                108KB

                MD5

                1fcb78fb6cf9720e9d9494c42142d885

                SHA1

                fef9c2e728ab9d56ce9ed28934b3182b6f1d5379

                SHA256

                84652bb8c63ca4fd7eb7a2d6ef44029801f3057aa2961867245a3a765928dd02

                SHA512

                cdf58e463af1784aea86995b3e5d6b07701c5c4095e30ec80cc901ffd448c6f4f714c521bf8796ffa8c47538bf8bf5351e157596efaa7ab88155d63dc33f7dc3

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\80IESB0QCHPJ5ZOTM58Y.temp

                Filesize

                7KB

                MD5

                f89e4f909616434a464b12b3f49de9b1

                SHA1

                3dd3ce383107e0d0cedd4af5a0e1336f3719d075

                SHA256

                c876495c166d409aec303ed31433596d4a09aa8ac1e48154d7276680f7c6bf25

                SHA512

                c83ef61a3ba47f157c2f4c2d896ad6fa938e899c54d899220c1923751763bfb70ed133c7c1eae6dd223cf2b12ecb3fbe59e4ef5acd903ae36bdda6b206aa476b

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\224548383.exe

                Filesize

                15KB

                MD5

                0c37ee292fec32dba0420e6c94224e28

                SHA1

                012cbdddaddab319a4b3ae2968b42950e929c46b

                SHA256

                981d724feebc36777e99513dc061d1f009e589f965c920797285c46d863060d1

                SHA512

                2b60b571c55d0441ba0cfc695f9db5cd12660ebec7effc7e893c3b7a1c6cb6149df487c31b8d748697e260cbc4af29331592b705ea9638f64a711c7a6164628b

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2279232735.exe

                Filesize

                10KB

                MD5

                96509ab828867d81c1693b614b22f41d

                SHA1

                c5f82005dbda43cedd86708cc5fc3635a781a67e

                SHA256

                a9de2927b0ec45cf900508fec18531c04ee9fa8a5dfe2fc82c67d9458cf4b744

                SHA512

                ff603117a06da8fb2386c1d2049a5896774e41f34d05951ecd4e7b5fc9da51a373e3fcf61af3577ff78490cf898471ce8e71eae848a12812fe98cd7e76e1a9ca

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2858824011.exe

                Filesize

                10KB

                MD5

                9580f5630f5383337a9efdbf24171d42

                SHA1

                a51f16aa488d94704ecfd7673c334e374bf5c7d0

                SHA256

                c84a19852193f173a5af1aa326f81f0a26994f76a5daa00f4a29602e6c82664d

                SHA512

                0238a38c7dacca264ffca5b5f7e4bb3370dd28e5417e7919314fb442479e54a87a660c456f4256b96f4f4f16d1ca7502e9221e1e2afbe2d0bb8ab45172228ccb

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3160625923.exe

                Filesize

                83KB

                MD5

                06560b5e92d704395bc6dae58bc7e794

                SHA1

                fbd3e4ae28620197d1f02bfc24adaf4ddacd2372

                SHA256

                9eaaadf3857e4a3e83f4f78d96ab185213b6528c8e470807f9d16035daadf33d

                SHA512

                b55b49fc1bd526c47d88fcf8a20fcaed900bfb291f2e3e1186ec196a87127ed24df71385ae04fedcc802c362c4ebf38edfc182013febf4496ddeb66ce5195ee3

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3599826082.exe

                Filesize

                5.6MB

                MD5

                13b26b2c7048a92d6a843c1302618fad

                SHA1

                89c2dfc01ac12ef2704c7669844ec69f1700c1ca

                SHA256

                1753ad35ece25ab9a19048c70062e9170f495e313d7355ebbba59c38f5d90256

                SHA512

                d6aff89b61c9945002a6798617ad304612460a607ef1cfbdcb32f8932ca648bcee1d5f2e0321bb4c58c1f4642b1e0ececc1eb82450fdec7dff69b5389f195455

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3706920722.exe

                Filesize

                20KB

                MD5

                c2159769dc80fa8b846eca574022b938

                SHA1

                222a44b40124650e57a2002cd640f98ea8cb129d

                SHA256

                d9cb527841e98bb1a50de5cf1c5433a05f14572a3af3be4c10d3a4708d2419e0

                SHA512

                7a8b4f0b5c020277b4446e4ff2223de413bd6be4c7dad3179f988cb5d3849435a85acfbda7d41d3ef15d22554cd722a8b657d978426b79dc1495a81ab270e870

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\590917104.exe

                Filesize

                8KB

                MD5

                cb8420e681f68db1bad5ed24e7b22114

                SHA1

                416fc65d538d3622f5ca71c667a11df88a927c31

                SHA256

                5850892f67f85991b31fc90f62c8b7791afeb3c08ae1877d857aa2b59471a2ea

                SHA512

                baaabcc4ad5d409267a34ed7b20e4afb4d247974bfc581d39aae945e5bf8a673a1f8eacae2e6783480c8baaeb0a80d028274a202d456f13d0af956afa0110fdf

              • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7D5A.exe

                Filesize

                9KB

                MD5

                8d8e6c7952a9dc7c0c73911c4dbc5518

                SHA1

                9098da03b33b2c822065b49d5220359c275d5e94

                SHA256

                feb4c3ae4566f0acbb9e0f55417b61fefd89dc50a4e684df780813fb01d61278

                SHA512

                91a573843c28dd32a9f31a60ba977f9a3d4bb19ffd1b7254333e09bcecef348c1b3220a348ebb2cb08edb57d56cb7737f026519da52199c9dc62c10aea236645

              • memory/536-113-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140029000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                164KB

              • memory/536-110-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140029000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                164KB

              • memory/648-46-0x000000013F7D0000-0x000000013F7D6000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                24KB

              • memory/1624-92-0x000000013F490000-0x000000013FA27000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                5.6MB

              • memory/2100-105-0x000000013FEE0000-0x0000000140477000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                5.6MB

              • memory/2100-108-0x000000013FEE0000-0x0000000140477000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                5.6MB

              • memory/2452-88-0x000000001B660000-0x000000001B942000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                2.9MB

              • memory/2452-89-0x0000000001D50000-0x0000000001D58000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                32KB

              • memory/2704-101-0x000000001B4C0000-0x000000001B7A2000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                2.9MB

              • memory/2704-102-0x00000000027B0000-0x00000000027B8000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                32KB

              • memory/2924-109-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000D0000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                128KB

              • memory/2924-111-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/2924-114-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/2924-116-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/2924-118-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB

              • memory/2924-120-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001407EF000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                7.9MB