Analysis Overview
SHA256
b789546b91150da62b9f1baafd5c4336d53648b58859c5d1326115488d72349c
Threat Level: Known bad
The file kkkkkk.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
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Looks up external IP address via web service
Maps connected drives based on registry
Unsigned PE
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Checks processor information in registry
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Enumerates system info in registry
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-11-19 11:38
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 11:38
Reported
2024-11-19 11:40
Platform
win7-20240708-en
Max time kernel
118s
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\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
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 |
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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 1064 wrote to memory of 2980 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe |
| PID 1064 wrote to memory of 2980 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe |
| PID 1064 wrote to memory of 2980 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe"
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1064 -s 1336
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 | discord.com | udp |
| US | 162.159.136.232:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 162.159.136.232:443 | discord.com | tcp |
Files
memory/1064-0-0x000007FEF5403000-0x000007FEF5404000-memory.dmp
memory/1064-1-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1064-2-0x000007FEF5400000-0x000007FEF5DEC000-memory.dmp
memory/1064-3-0x000007FEF5403000-0x000007FEF5404000-memory.dmp
memory/1064-4-0x000007FEF5400000-0x000007FEF5DEC000-memory.dmp
memory/1064-5-0x000007FEF5400000-0x000007FEF5DEC000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-19 11:38
Reported
2024-11-19 11:40
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
148s
Max time network
152s
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\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
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 |
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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.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\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe | N/A |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kkkkkk.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 | 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 68.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.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 | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 162.159.128.233:443 | discord.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 233.128.159.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 197.87.175.4.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 137.71.105.51.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/4232-0-0x00007FFB42CD3000-0x00007FFB42CD5000-memory.dmp
memory/4232-1-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D90000-memory.dmp
memory/4232-2-0x00007FFB42CD0000-0x00007FFB43791000-memory.dmp
memory/4232-3-0x00007FFB42CD0000-0x00007FFB43791000-memory.dmp
memory/4232-7-0x00007FFB42CD0000-0x00007FFB43791000-memory.dmp