Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11-11-2024 19:57

General

  • Target

    f189197fa2ab66294cd7100517c0ec9c57939321f87f5d44d64f1b5b62e7a8cc.exe

  • Size

    1.2MB

  • MD5

    a53af98d9850fa1901abab41048d3662

  • SHA1

    0ba061f7aaefbe86a142edefb9f273b36c51b3c0

  • SHA256

    f189197fa2ab66294cd7100517c0ec9c57939321f87f5d44d64f1b5b62e7a8cc

  • SHA512

    99bcdd06dd45a8089571a97629a3d1f38a40f216c8e3fb41e8f7f4d2d7313bb37075aa4e604a806a73e2fb8d642d09c1b6763587baa04ea00351665c07c7721e

  • SSDEEP

    24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiX:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKX

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 6 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 7 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Gh0strat family
  • PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

  • Purplefox family
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • VMProtect packed file 10 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 8 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f189197fa2ab66294cd7100517c0ec9c57939321f87f5d44d64f1b5b62e7a8cc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f189197fa2ab66294cd7100517c0ec9c57939321f87f5d44d64f1b5b62e7a8cc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops startup file
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4668
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3300
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3300 -s 376
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:1780
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3128
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3128 -s 416
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3128 -s 448
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:1324
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe > nul
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5024
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
          ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:2116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1108
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 448 -p 3128 -ip 3128
    1⤵
      PID:3924
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3300 -ip 3300
      1⤵
        PID:4356
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 492 -p 3128 -ip 3128
        1⤵
          PID:3316
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4100
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi
            2⤵
            • Drops file in Drivers directory
            • Sets service image path in registry
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1872

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe

          Filesize

          91KB

          MD5

          423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87

          SHA1

          eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255

          SHA256

          050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218

          SHA512

          fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe

          Filesize

          400KB

          MD5

          b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735

          SHA1

          9365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c

          SHA256

          3080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a

          SHA512

          308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Config.ini

          Filesize

          92B

          MD5

          29ce53e2a4a446614ccc8d64d346bde4

          SHA1

          39a7aa5cc1124842aa0c25abb16ea94452125cbe

          SHA256

          56225be6838bc6e93ea215891eacf28844ae27a9f8b2b29bf19d3a8c2b1f58df

          SHA512

          b2c5a2708c427171a5715801f8ea733ffe88d73aaaaf59c5c752ea32cbe7aae8526cc26eabe84ad5043174c0c69b1d6b15a9fb125c15accfac3462d5d08a0faa

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs

          Filesize

          753B

          MD5

          b1213e2a4338f1bef65f993cd0c73fef

          SHA1

          864f1238eedf60f484f066e659aef801cb084707

          SHA256

          2ee2d99b9d9c6b1374c29c8351b0d87684ad2c79a6090127bebd8897dd58085c

          SHA512

          d0f421822c02c0974a11806ab93759530ecc65412c489762f55b0549f31df11992815297ebf92dc516b5e4dc807d6d11180bba5122c02fd11d75e30f8b514137

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe

          Filesize

          1.2MB

          MD5

          3bedc90156e07330391a0d205e86f8f7

          SHA1

          c89364f6739667412210aa7cf97284176c2c821d

          SHA256

          8658a89ef2763d32baaf4feb1a1303ce7ac115d5a594e36912022f88fa273402

          SHA512

          a79e9ae80fbb774eff3f58dccc49a7f70bcea512b591ba29b9df5403ef540d954a209ddc472a06ec534b25b2f1a073a7ed12a7c0a5680332083f5b20e22263a3

        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240618125.txt

          Filesize

          49KB

          MD5

          bb98fcf3f94e18f15c6d009c539379b7

          SHA1

          d7dcd214d592b8f4404593c39e7b812fe6443ea7

          SHA256

          87db28bb2df92f02ffe92e59908f5a96c9d48631fd8de4172d7cb47b9eb2684c

          SHA512

          9d9607d3a94e00146fa133affcebb53e0490420e19265be6aec1a63cac92ba007051290d527a3fa454c4c6ac370ba811b5a07e72ee7bcdf90bd2cc9100a0740c

        • memory/1872-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/1872-56-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2688-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2688-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2688-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4100-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4100-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4100-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4668-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB

        • memory/4668-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          3.4MB