fb0902eee42d919696c4f445165b1837b8274c9505ebd916fc820e63e9b1202e

General

Target
userassist-tool.exe
Size 13.7MB
Sample241117-hee1bstfpj
SHA256 fb0902eee42d919696c4f445165b1837b8274c9505ebd916fc820e63e9b1202e
MD5 628fdbd91cb97bb98719319f33906898
SHA1 e02e7c3327e7afef2d3150777247103e397f9c2d
SHA512 13ffa44b52c21bd6b8fbbcf6e5a9db9056af57708dc0c31a47eb6a188305614fb39f756733423af8dd0a576465399ee0aa6cb91335c639f4e350b91dba7512fc
SSDEEP 196608:n00qhHwIhDVxi6b++Hsw+47fw26PtFCu:jq+se6b++Hz+47fwDo
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

9^/10

evasion trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	userassist-tool.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	userassist-tool.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	userassist-tool.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3996	userassist-tool.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	userassist-tool.exe

Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion spyware trojan

Install Root Certificate

T1553.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\B1BC968BD4F49D622AA89A81F2150152A41D829C\Blob = 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	userassist-tool.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\B1BC968BD4F49D622AA89A81F2150152A41D829C	userassist-tool.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\B1BC968BD4F49D622AA89A81F2150152A41D829C\Blob = 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	userassist-tool.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3996	userassist-tool.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\userassist-tool.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\userassist-tool.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3996