neshta | 9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efd

Analysis

max time kernel
47s
max time network
19s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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18-11-2024 23:35

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General

Target

9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
Size

844KB
MD5

f1821e1c55188e17548e900a1f959e20
SHA1

b999e27416bf0fe328b317f2e01d04a136440262
SHA256

9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efd
SHA512

0cd741575b6d0c3ef53fc08a1c5fa891ce70b9bfb4c8127c19a7e3c9186cf23a086cae43145946a2a33f9a264bdafaf6bbc8869be181a99e7d9215cf406dfafc
SSDEEP

12288:3M8dLT1gAlSxyVMxPIloRzdl089c7hU0oTKA9yYitBcx6ac3:9dLTTL+hzdlpghU0oVgYitBU6aw

Score

10^/10

neshta discovery persistence spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect Neshta payload 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0001000000010314-9.dat	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2660-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2660-83-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2660-84-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2660-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2660-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta

Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
persistence spyware neshta
Neshta family
neshta

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2552	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2660	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
2660	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Modify Registry

T1112

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ACROBR~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\ink\mip.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\LICLUA.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTEM.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\SELFCERT.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Oarpmany.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\setup_wm.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\BCSSync.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOSYNC.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\WMPDMC.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpshare.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI4223~1\sidebar.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\SOURCE~1\OSE.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\TextConv\WksConv\Wkconv.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOF5E2~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\INFOPATH.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORE.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{61087~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\Eula.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBE_~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~3.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOBD5D~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\IECONT~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\ADOBEA~1\Versions\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOHTMED.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WINWORD.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DW20.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\ODeploy.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\Setup.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\A3DUTI~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOICONS.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSQRY32.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\VPREVIEW.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmlaunch.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{CA675~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\SETUPF~1\{AC76B~1\Setup.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ielowutil.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WORDICON.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmprph.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\LOGTRA~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBEU~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\FLTLDR.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\WinMail.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ADOBEC~1.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~2.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\OIS.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CLVIEW.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CNFNOT32.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GROOVEMN.EXE	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\ImagingDevices.exe	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.com	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2552	2660	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe	29
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2552	2660	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe	29
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2552	2660	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe	29
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 2552	2660	9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2660
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2552

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\MSOCache\ALLUSE~1\{90140~1\dwtrig20.exe

Filesize
547KB

MD5
cf6c595d3e5e9667667af096762fd9c4

SHA1
9bb44da8d7f6457099cb56e4f7d1026963dce7ce

SHA256
593e60cc30ae0789448547195af77f550387f6648d45847ea244dd0dd7abf03d

SHA512
ff4f789df9e6a6d0fbe12b3250f951fcf11e857906c65e96a30bb46266e7e1180d6103a03db2f3764e0d1346b2de7afba8259ba080057e4a268e45e8654dfa80

Download Submit
\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\LOGTRA~1.EXE

Filesize
252KB

MD5
9e2b9928c89a9d0da1d3e8f4bd96afa7

SHA1
ec66cda99f44b62470c6930e5afda061579cde35

SHA256
8899b4ed3446b7d55b54defbc1acb7c5392a4b3bc8ec2cdc7c31171708965043

SHA512
2ca5ad1d0e12a8049de885b90b7f56fe77c868e0d6dae4ec4b6f3bc0bf7b2e73295cc9b1328c2b45357ffb0d7804622ab3f91a56140b098e93b691032d508156

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\9508882e501a95425091d1864029213620cad091ea7d3dfd9bc860ae23f78efdN.exe

Filesize
804KB

MD5
2f14d2fc30fb1d71e3afd9a1b2f3b120

SHA1
98aa4e92c6485a5eea91df33b9125157e0ee0bc5

SHA256
8a335ea0622058670b063d2d8d94c441f758fb0914e1f3f07d5bc9433323c111

SHA512
740b27039e9f2ce8902e7f5fc5f712e1369d1d8ce1f6fd7b9ec9ddab5c2fca10dfe1b7838fc8c8a3d497035fe0f3b505a7a5984283261ab11343c3f73742db65

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memory/2660-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2660-83-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2660-84-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2660-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2660-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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