Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-11 08:17

Sample ID 241112-peah6svqhp
Target 5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN
SHA256 5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bba
Tags
discovery persistence
score
7/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
7/10

SHA256

5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bba

Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior

The file 5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN was found to be: Shows suspicious behavior.

Malicious Activity Summary

discovery persistence

Deletes itself

Executes dropped EXE

Adds Run key to start application

Drops file in Windows directory

Unsigned PE

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-12 12:14

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-12 12:14

Reported

2024-11-12 12:16

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

119s

Max time network

16s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe"

Signatures

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1488793075-819845221-1497111674-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe N/A
File created C:\Windows\HidePlugin.dll C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe"

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

"C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2960-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

MD5 aabe36790172c00343f2dc7c4db58a50
SHA1 1074a6e7238513112c90b3dcdc2d9defb5b98bf6
SHA256 6dcb347be60db5087895f2342e9c8ca1bdb25d9ffe20bc61afa38fafab26042c
SHA512 4ddfb2ba051f4f7a26acacaf953b441ce6483453536f1ed728099a33396f425265f314bd606003b198635f5c26efa2bf701b575c49bb6b87be06192935ab1690

memory/2960-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

memory/2180-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-12 12:14

Reported

2024-11-12 12:16

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

119s

Max time network

94s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe"

Signatures

Deletes itself

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\microsofthelp = "C:\\Windows\\microsofthelp.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe N/A

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe N/A
File created C:\Windows\HidePlugin.dll C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5c97c569703f596605de851f1843eff4643f2b019e913de06fa1278f3bfd8bbaN.exe"

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

"C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 232.168.11.51.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 98.117.19.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 19.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/5004-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe

MD5 aabe36790172c00343f2dc7c4db58a50
SHA1 1074a6e7238513112c90b3dcdc2d9defb5b98bf6
SHA256 6dcb347be60db5087895f2342e9c8ca1bdb25d9ffe20bc61afa38fafab26042c
SHA512 4ddfb2ba051f4f7a26acacaf953b441ce6483453536f1ed728099a33396f425265f314bd606003b198635f5c26efa2bf701b575c49bb6b87be06192935ab1690

memory/5004-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

memory/3476-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp