Analysis Overview
SHA256
56550fecb5b916eac9280f2e20b0a6ea06041e18f88fb39531df029080bdbc7b
Threat Level: Known bad
The file Mercurial.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Mercurialgrabber family
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Checks BIOS information in registry
Maps connected drives based on registry
Looks up external IP address via web service
Unsigned PE
Enumerates system info in registry
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-11-19 11:27
Signatures
Mercurialgrabber family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-19 11:27
Reported
2024-11-19 11:30
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
117s
Max time network
118s
Command Line
Signatures
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurialgrabber family
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
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 |
Maps connected drives based on registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.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\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2504 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe |
| PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2504 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe |
| PID 2736 wrote to memory of 2504 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2736 -s 1332
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| 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 | ip-api.com | udp |
| US | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ptb.discord.com | udp |
| US | 162.159.137.232:443 | ptb.discord.com | tcp |
Files
memory/2736-0-0x000007FEF5433000-0x000007FEF5434000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-1-0x0000000000FE0000-0x000000000100A000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-2-0x000007FEF5430000-0x000007FEF5E1C000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-3-0x000007FEF5433000-0x000007FEF5434000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-4-0x000007FEF5430000-0x000007FEF5E1C000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-19 11:27
Reported
2024-11-19 11:30
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
94s
Max time network
143s
Command Line
Signatures
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurialgrabber family
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
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 |
Maps connected drives based on registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.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\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe | N/A |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mercurial.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| 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 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 133.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 28.118.140.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 241.150.49.20.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 | ptb.discord.com | udp |
| US | 162.159.137.232:443 | ptb.discord.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 162.159.137.232:443 | ptb.discord.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 232.137.159.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 31.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/1388-0-0x00007FFFDA293000-0x00007FFFDA295000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-1-0x0000000000770000-0x000000000079A000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-2-0x00007FFFDA290000-0x00007FFFDAD51000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-3-0x00007FFFDA293000-0x00007FFFDA295000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-4-0x00007FFFDA290000-0x00007FFFDAD51000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-8-0x000000001C4E0000-0x000000001C64A000-memory.dmp
memory/1388-9-0x00007FFFDA290000-0x00007FFFDAD51000-memory.dmp