Analysis Overview
SHA256
b52046bcf09b6996ddb61204d36de67ea0c9b7f25ccde4415a0f0fa2afb3c134
Threat Level: Known bad
The file sex.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurialgrabber family
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Looks up external IP address via web service
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Unsigned PE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Modifies registry class
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-11-16 01:18
Signatures
Mercurialgrabber family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-16 01:18
Reported
2024-11-16 01:20
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
91s
Max time network
95s
Command Line
Signatures
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurialgrabber family
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | discord.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | discord.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | discord.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | discord.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | discord.com | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | discord.com | N/A | N/A |
Looks up external IP address via web service
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | ip4.seeip.org | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | ip-api.com | N/A | N/A |
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000 | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000 | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sex.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sex.exe | N/A |
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000_Classes\Local Settings | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sex.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: 33 | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sex.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sex.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 58.55.71.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip4.seeip.org | udp |
| US | 23.128.64.141:443 | ip4.seeip.org | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 88.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | discord.com | udp |
| US | 162.159.128.233:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 162.159.128.233:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 162.159.128.233:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 162.159.128.233:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 233.128.159.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 162.159.128.233:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 200.163.202.172.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 180.129.81.91.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/1864-0-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000910000-memory.dmp
memory/1864-1-0x00007FFCFD083000-0x00007FFCFD085000-memory.dmp
memory/1864-2-0x00007FFCFD080000-0x00007FFCFDB41000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-4-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-5-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-3-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-10-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-12-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-15-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-14-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-13-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-11-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/2664-9-0x0000019083830000-0x0000019083831000-memory.dmp
memory/1864-16-0x00007FFCFD080000-0x00007FFCFDB41000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-21-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\e8010882af4f153f\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.val
| MD5 | 6bd369f7c74a28194c991ed1404da30f |
| SHA1 | 0f8e3f8ab822c9374409fe399b6bfe5d68cbd643 |
| SHA256 | 878947d0ec814fe7c343cdebc05eebf00eb14f3023bdb3809a559e17f399fe5d |
| SHA512 | 8fc5f073dc9fa1e1ae47c60a5f06e0a48709fd6a4302dffaa721858409e7bde64bc6856d3fb28891090516d1a7afc542579de287778b5755eafe75cc67d45d93 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\e8010882af4f153f\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.idx
| MD5 | d2fb266b97caff2086bf0fa74eddb6b2 |
| SHA1 | 2f0061ce9c51b5b4fbab76b37fc6a540be7f805d |
| SHA256 | b09f68b61d9ff5a7c7c8b10eee9447d4813ee0e866346e629e788cd4adecb66a |
| SHA512 | c3ba95a538c1d266beb83334af755c34ce642a4178ab0f2e5f7822fd6821d3b68862a8b58f167a9294e6d913b08c1054a69b5d7aec2efdb3cf9796ed84de21a8 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\D3DSCache\e8010882af4f153f\F4EB2D6C-ED2B-4BDD-AD9D-F913287E6768.lock
| MD5 | f49655f856acb8884cc0ace29216f511 |
| SHA1 | cb0f1f87ec0455ec349aaa950c600475ac7b7b6b |
| SHA256 | 7852fce59c67ddf1d6b8b997eaa1adfac004a9f3a91c37295de9223674011fba |
| SHA512 | 599e93d25b174524495ed29653052b3590133096404873318f05fd68f4c9a5c9a3b30574551141fbb73d7329d6be342699a17f3ae84554bab784776dfda2d5f8 |
memory/3056-23-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-22-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-28-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-33-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-32-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-31-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-30-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp
memory/3056-29-0x0000019DC3280000-0x0000019DC3281000-memory.dmp