Analysis
- max time kernel
131s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20241007-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
20/11/2024, 10:19
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
AaronGiles(1).exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
14 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
AaronGiles(1).exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
15 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target AaronGiles(1).exe
- Size 10.0MB
- Sample241120-mchewsvemd
- SHA256 f64bc188c245bf2bc9f191521eaeec61a67429feaddf08e9706e2c00f9608fbb
- MD5 9d50768008ef3b4a56cd4c55c94c01f5
- SHA1 72603776ad0ebb0032df02a73529b0beaf39ced0
- SHA512 8df9c787d69d0038ecd3def1537e78c87f868d0d26c78593e5db0e2fa7fefb24cc7cc92a1214301e13d1a4450e3b6e8f195fbd41dc4436bdd7163e70481c5ec0
- SSDEEP 196608:6eBlkqgUIrUuerlNUutjH0UdWSsmTSHKAK/9XLCnR:6qlFgU7rtz0Ud0SEK39XLE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation AaronGiles(1).tmp Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Updater.exe - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 1856 AaronGiles(1).tmp 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 2476 Updater.exe 2612 Updater.exe - Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
pid Process 1856 AaronGiles(1).tmp 1856 AaronGiles(1).tmp 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\aeahfaf = "\"C:\\feddcdc\\AutoIt3.exe\" C:\\feddcdc\\aeahfaf.a3x" Updater.exe - Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
pid Process 856 tasklist.exe 1700 tasklist.exe 2168 tasklist.exe 3984 tasklist.exe 4320 tasklist.exe 904 tasklist.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2612 set thread context of 4560 2612 Updater.exe 128 - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AaronGiles(1).tmp Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Updater.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language PING.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSBuild.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AaronGiles(1).exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AaronGiles(1).exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AaronGiles(1).tmp Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Updater.exe - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
pid Process 1588 cmd.exe 3048 PING.EXE - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 Updater.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString Updater.exe - Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 3048 PING.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2168 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3984 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4320 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 904 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 856 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1700 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4560 MSBuild.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 224 wrote to memory of 1856 224 AaronGiles(1).exe 85 PID 224 wrote to memory of 1856 224 AaronGiles(1).exe 85 PID 224 wrote to memory of 1856 224 AaronGiles(1).exe 85 PID 1856 wrote to memory of 4604 1856 AaronGiles(1).tmp 87 PID 1856 wrote to memory of 4604 1856 AaronGiles(1).tmp 87 PID 1856 wrote to memory of 4604 1856 AaronGiles(1).tmp 87 PID 4604 wrote to memory of 1668 4604 AaronGiles(1).exe 88 PID 4604 wrote to memory of 1668 4604 AaronGiles(1).exe 88 PID 4604 wrote to memory of 1668 4604 AaronGiles(1).exe 88 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3676 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 94 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3676 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 94 PID 3676 wrote to memory of 2168 3676 cmd.exe 96 PID 3676 wrote to memory of 2168 3676 cmd.exe 96 PID 3676 wrote to memory of 1576 3676 cmd.exe 97 PID 3676 wrote to memory of 1576 3676 cmd.exe 97 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3096 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 98 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3096 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 98 PID 3096 wrote to memory of 3984 3096 cmd.exe 100 PID 3096 wrote to memory of 3984 3096 cmd.exe 100 PID 3096 wrote to memory of 1868 3096 cmd.exe 101 PID 3096 wrote to memory of 1868 3096 cmd.exe 101 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3520 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 102 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3520 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 102 PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4320 3520 cmd.exe 104 PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4320 3520 cmd.exe 104 PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4856 3520 cmd.exe 105 PID 3520 wrote to memory of 4856 3520 cmd.exe 105 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3964 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 106 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3964 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 106 PID 3964 wrote to memory of 904 3964 cmd.exe 108 PID 3964 wrote to memory of 904 3964 cmd.exe 108 PID 3964 wrote to memory of 3308 3964 cmd.exe 109 PID 3964 wrote to memory of 3308 3964 cmd.exe 109 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3488 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 110 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 3488 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 110 PID 3488 wrote to memory of 856 3488 cmd.exe 112 PID 3488 wrote to memory of 856 3488 cmd.exe 112 PID 3488 wrote to memory of 2900 3488 cmd.exe 113 PID 3488 wrote to memory of 2900 3488 cmd.exe 113 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 4460 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 114 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 4460 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 114 PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1700 4460 cmd.exe 116 PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1700 4460 cmd.exe 116 PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1636 4460 cmd.exe 117 PID 4460 wrote to memory of 1636 4460 cmd.exe 117 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2476 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 118 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2476 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 118 PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2476 1668 AaronGiles(1).tmp 118 PID 2476 wrote to memory of 1588 2476 Updater.exe 121 PID 2476 wrote to memory of 1588 2476 Updater.exe 121 PID 2476 wrote to memory of 1588 2476 Updater.exe 121 PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3048 1588 cmd.exe 123 PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3048 1588 cmd.exe 123 PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3048 1588 cmd.exe 123 PID 1588 wrote to memory of 2612 1588 cmd.exe 126 PID 1588 wrote to memory of 2612 1588 cmd.exe 126 PID 1588 wrote to memory of 2612 1588 cmd.exe 126 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 3480 2612 Updater.exe 127 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 3480 2612 Updater.exe 127 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 3480 2612 Updater.exe 127 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4560 2612 Updater.exe 128 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4560 2612 Updater.exe 128 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4560 2612 Updater.exe 128 PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4560 2612 Updater.exe 128
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AaronGiles(1).exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AaronGiles(1).exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:224 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-LA7DH.tmp\AaronGiles(1).tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-LA7DH.tmp\AaronGiles(1).tmp" /SL5="$80236,2983660,873472,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AaronGiles(1).exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1856 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AaronGiles(1).exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AaronGiles(1).exe" /VERYSILENT3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4604 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A6KOG.tmp\AaronGiles(1).tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A6KOG.tmp\AaronGiles(1).tmp" /SL5="$90236,2983660,873472,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AaronGiles(1).exe" /VERYSILENT4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1668 -
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /C tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq wrsa.exe" /FO CSV /NH | find /I "wrsa.exe"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3676 -
C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq wrsa.exe" /FO CSV /NH6⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2168
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /I "wrsa.exe"6⤵PID:1576
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /C tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq opssvc.exe" /FO CSV /NH | find /I "opssvc.exe"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3096 -
C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq opssvc.exe" /FO CSV /NH6⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3984
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /I "opssvc.exe"6⤵PID:1868
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /C tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq avastui.exe" /FO CSV /NH | find /I "avastui.exe"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3520 -
C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq avastui.exe" /FO CSV /NH6⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4320
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /I "avastui.exe"6⤵PID:4856
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /C tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq avgui.exe" /FO CSV /NH | find /I "avgui.exe"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3964 -
C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq avgui.exe" /FO CSV /NH6⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:904
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /I "avgui.exe"6⤵PID:3308
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /C tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq nswscsvc.exe" /FO CSV /NH | find /I "nswscsvc.exe"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3488 -
C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq nswscsvc.exe" /FO CSV /NH6⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:856
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /I "nswscsvc.exe"6⤵PID:2900
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /C tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq sophoshealth.exe" /FO CSV /NH | find /I "sophoshealth.exe"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4460 -
C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq sophoshealth.exe" /FO CSV /NH6⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1700
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C:\Windows\system32\find.exefind /I "sophoshealth.exe"6⤵PID:1636
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\Updater.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\\Updater.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\\invalidship.csv"5⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2476 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul && updater.exe C:\ProgramData\\eMOpGpWw7.a3x && del C:\ProgramData\\eMOpGpWw7.a3x6⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1588 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping -n 5 127.0.0.17⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
PID:3048
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\Updater.exeupdater.exe C:\ProgramData\\eMOpGpWw7.a3x7⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2612 -
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe8⤵PID:3480
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe8⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4560
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\Updater.exe
- Size 921KB
- SHA256 1da298cab4d537b0b7b5dabf09bff6a212b9e45731e0cc772f99026005fb9e48
- MD5 3f58a517f1f4796225137e7659ad2adb
- SHA1 e264ba0e9987b0ad0812e5dd4dd3075531cfe269
- SHA512 acf740aafce390d06c6a76c84e7ae7c0f721731973aadbe3e57f2eb63241a01303cc6bf11a3f9a88f8be0237998b5772bdaf569137d63ba3d0f877e7d27fc634
- SSDEEP 24576:MghN1a6pzWZ12+f+Qa7N4nEIRQ1hOOLkF6av8uh:vhN1aQzJD4BuTxavfh
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\invalidship.csv
- Size 59KB
- SHA256 395fb848248b5439a5512d28f523c6d845c14aa6b8095efeaa9746da04a51100
- MD5 12673ebf028db60480eab93e8ca86346
- SHA1 08ca40788ea495b6d275dc8b304925ee884ed084
- SHA512 9901f09d69f11c3d5ecede3fd87ba6e9b4f731190c53170e24dedd225d3e16f8b37bcd4b8e0d42666bcc53b9d08874add8c11a8c8d5317e2d262fd60f69719d4
- SSDEEP 1536:DDJTbCqFC3mhFOwLah/4qYkDwlu5mm4wejaJWDo:vtblFbGwLa2kElFZ4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Aaron\invalidship.gif
- Size 517KB
- SHA256 dae7faa86bb0a107867f0b0ac2073574850548c139804fcb9cea2b8f1cc8787f
- MD5 f844d8bd22a742db716723be1e763a6c
- SHA1 66e8fa3781a04267a69429de3bbdd04bcd0ceeab
- SHA512 8e52f57d856b9897f8aefacd7c7b55531c7ba8ef558ce59032b6b6ea5368d50f952bca956b13277ba83ea7b3be32a254719988993a2adfa3ab982f4cdc438655
- SSDEEP 12288:m40MCF2RHz84JoHZWqvWmouBfmhcpqEP03cMOkSSeDmsJ:70MCFmuHZZ3ecpqyx+yNJ
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-06GA4.tmp\_isetup\_isdecmp.dll
- Size 28KB
- SHA256 8287d0e287a66ee78537c8d1d98e426562b95c50f569b92cea9ce36a9fa57e64
- MD5 077cb4461a2767383b317eb0c50f5f13
- SHA1 584e64f1d162398b7f377ce55a6b5740379c4282
- SHA512 b1fcb0265697561ef497e6a60fcee99dc5ea0cf02b4010da9f5ed93bce88bdfea6bfe823a017487b8059158464ea29636aad8e5f9dd1e8b8a1b6eaaab670e547
- SSDEEP 768:BD7FEAbd+EDsIOmF+OiR9rikW/F+M9OAriXiRQU:M07sIOYRiPWkWNl9WXil
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-LA7DH.tmp\AaronGiles(1).tmp
- Size 3.2MB
- SHA256 61a565ce5f393ae29b22cf0d1ce4024a351ec080b849f984fa86d9bbee9af861
- MD5 1e6926fa1ac230e8c4ec9e177681e291
- SHA1 e6b8d02a45e1093a1cfc829a6d9f53c26eae716e
- SHA512 4bf911e4cf40f290af7ac798fa2e191c13a207bd5287e42aadbc84147bb6d3676721227ab7a8d2098f5c465f8fac2592ca3a5bd0ffb25b0ba5909817e17322a4
- SSDEEP 49152:ZdJYVM+9JtzZWnoS2VC23aun8+f5KuG2OY9IG9ivyv2cLx1RQE3332Olv2:/JYVM+LtVt3P/KuG2ONG9iqLRQE333G
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP