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Analysis

max time kernel
16s
max time network
14s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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09/11/2024, 19:29

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General

Target
SoundPad/Soundpad.exe
Size 10.9MB
Sample241109-x7k5datkgn
SHA256 ed3371229647ef876b45cb5940e48b461df58d4e68ad4932f5877eba90c8d379
MD5 0ae4f60d72e0d1c159505500b8a08ebb
SHA1 bb352dafd3c3ebebb4414b799010fe5ebddbef44
SHA512 88495911df544a04a4e09828ae10b57d3d945c41d6e28964c2d4d077afa43fec1c82a8ff6dcce57a3c7b9e5d02d1e47f800f557b022866f5f7be4a2db9b07536
SSDEEP 196608:fDRlger67uOemwy1LR/XU3gmsRM0wWM+wC89ooEvu:UerSwAVE3XsRMiJpsf
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

7^/10

persistence privilege_escalation upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Soundpad.exe

Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.
persistence privilege_escalation

Component Object Model Hijacking
T1546.015

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2000	regsvr32.exe
1496	regsvr32.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\UniteFx.dll	Soundpad.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\system32\UniteFx.dll	Soundpad.exe

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2512-0-0x00007FFB9FEA0000-0x00007FFBA0EF0000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MajorVersion = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\InprocServer32\	Soundpad.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\NumAPOInterfaces = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\shell	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\ = "UniteFx Class"	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\FriendlyName = "UniteFx"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\DefaultIcon	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MinorVersion = "6"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MaxOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\shell\open\command	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\shell\open\command	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\shell\open	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\UniteFx.dll"	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Both"	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\Content Type = "audio/soundpadlist"	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\PerceivedType = "audio"	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\OpenWithList\ehshell.exe\	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\shell\open\command\	Soundpad.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\NumAPOInterfaces = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\SoundPad\\Soundpad.exe\" \"%1\""	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\FriendlyName = "UniteFx"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MaxInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MaxInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MinOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\ = "URL:Soundpad Protocol"	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\APOInterface0 = "{FD7F2B29-24D0-4B5C-B177-592C39F9CA10}"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\APOInterface0 = "{FD7F2B29-24D0-4B5C-B177-592C39F9CA10}"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\shell\open\command\	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\DefaultIcon\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\SoundPad\\Soundpad.exe,0"	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\shell	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\Copyright = "Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Leppsoft"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\ = "Soundpad sound list"	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\OpenWithProgids	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\OpenWithProgids\Soundpad.Soundlist	Soundpad.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MaxOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MaxInstances = "4294967295"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MinorVersion = "6"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\Flags = "14"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Deployment\Package\*\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\{8AB92ED9-1F37-4FB9-AE0A-D2FCAA248A4C}	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\OpenWithList\ehshell.exe	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\URL Protocol	Soundpad.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\Flags = "14"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MaxInstances = "4294967295"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MajorVersion = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MinInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\shell\open	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\DefaultIcon	Soundpad.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MinInputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\MinOutputConnections = "1"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects	regsvr32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\OpenWithList\ehshell.exe\	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\SoundPad\\Soundpad.exe\" -c \"%1\""	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\ = "Soundpad.Soundlist"	Soundpad.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\.spl\OpenWithList	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000_Classes\Soundpad.Soundlist\DefaultIcon\ = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\SoundPad\\Soundpad.exe,1"	Soundpad.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioEngine\AudioProcessingObjects\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\Copyright = "Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Leppsoft"	regsvr32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\{27384E53-9860-0AC1-9519-C60EBCAA2C71}\	Soundpad.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2512	Soundpad.exe
Token: 33	2136	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2136	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2512	Soundpad.exe
Token: 33	2512	Soundpad.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2512	Soundpad.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2512	Soundpad.exe
2512	Soundpad.exe
2512	Soundpad.exe
2512	Soundpad.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2000	2512	Soundpad.exe	88
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2000	2512	Soundpad.exe	88
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1496	2512	Soundpad.exe	89
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1496	2512	Soundpad.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SoundPad\Soundpad.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SoundPad\Soundpad.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2512
- C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Windows\system32\UniteFx.dll"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Modifies registry class
  PID:2000
- C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Windows\system32\UniteFx.dll"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Modifies registry class
  PID:1496

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x520 0x310
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2136

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

T1546.015

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

T1546.015

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

UniteFx.dll

Path C:\Windows\System32\UniteFx.dll
Size 442KB
SHA256 562b17370c7283e92a3353b76ab2aefd301c2e78782fa60ec9ee35676ad44f96
MD5 0ee743073ee6b68f8222be2661d95315
SHA1 2e642772ec19edf73422fe25a8d45db1a006ff85
SHA512 c3f2037bd37cef7978187f67f1d0633ee3067b4837e0ad9ae2a5c8efab8ec4ce6a14c1d88e200ffaa8677f74fd5995789297e6a7b5ac18d19dc9d53b4d9170ba
SSDEEP 6144:12UHPCFzuxTmVCp41NpA9+2pVbW+i6kdIkl7haKGrgEOHWeohg6yKJIGFEph:12NzSC1Na42ekuMs2eoqO+Dh
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP