neshta | 326614198b1dd3ac322524f6a9eae6d77404f07fe4f455b45b5a0aea71bf860d

Analysis

max time kernel
117s
max time network
118s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
23-11-2024 21:52

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General

Target

KWSuitev2.1.exe
Size

1.9MB
MD5

179ceae64423ec7003eb2b306b3c2171
SHA1

7834ab73198780fbaf9c241914d8b9f7e0649184
SHA256

326614198b1dd3ac322524f6a9eae6d77404f07fe4f455b45b5a0aea71bf860d
SHA512

c09ce509654acb4f7a8df99551d1136ceffacb222fef1310eca676454c93756931f7e0b0d2c4d31349f76cecc62263076d8285f627dc416f9564e72a6f67c104
SSDEEP

24576:Y2GHWoMmgHdn4MM+/OCMX+KYb06W7NS9G3yXE7SJ7BDRxpuscCTNobseacb9N/9h:Y3H9aHV9viF7NLyXE7SIsXxcz9Th

Score

10^/10

neshta discovery persistence spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect Neshta payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0001000000010314-10.dat	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2224-91-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/2224-94-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-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
2716	KWSuitev2.1.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2224	KWSuitev2.1.exe
2224	KWSuitev2.1.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\" %*"	KWSuitev2.1.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

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
7	pastebin.com
8	pastebin.com
9	pastebin.com
10	pastebin.com
11	pastebin.com
4	pastebin.com
5	pastebin.com
6	pastebin.com

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
12	api.ipify.org
13	api.ipify.org

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\1033\ONELEV.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSQRY32.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmplayer.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpshare.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\ink\mip.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\Setup.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\SOURCE~1\OSE.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ACCICONS.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOSYNC.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ACROBR~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOBD5D~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~2.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOF5E2~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CLVIEW.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\OIS.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\ADOBEC~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DW20.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Oarpmany.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wabmig.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{CA675~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Resource\Icons\SC_REA~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\TextConv\WksConv\Wkconv.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\NAMECO~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\ImagingDevices.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{57A73~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\Eula.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBEU~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CNFNOT32.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\setup_wm.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{4D8DC~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WORDICON.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\Reader\A3DUTI~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\ODeploy.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GO664E~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\BCSSync.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\READER~1.0\SETUPF~1\{AC76B~1\Setup.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\ADOBEA~1\Versions\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOXMLED.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOHTMED.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\VSTO\10.0\VSTOIN~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GRAPH.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~3.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\VPREVIEW.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmlaunch.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{61087~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wab.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI4223~1\sidebar.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBE_~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\IECONT~1.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WINWORD.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\INFOPATH.EXE	KWSuitev2.1.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.com	KWSuitev2.1.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 2 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	KWSuitev2.1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	KWSuitev2.1.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS	KWSuitev2.1.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer	KWSuitev2.1.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemVersion	KWSuitev2.1.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\" %*"	KWSuitev2.1.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2716	KWSuitev2.1.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2716	2224	KWSuitev2.1.exe	30
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2716	2224	KWSuitev2.1.exe	30
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2716	2224	KWSuitev2.1.exe	30
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2716	2224	KWSuitev2.1.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KWSuitev2.1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KWSuitev2.1.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:2224
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\KWSuitev2.1.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\KWSuitev2.1.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2716

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Web Service

T1102

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

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\KWSuitev2.1.exe

Filesize
1.8MB

MD5
b215d7d984863693cd30d6e0c9310802

SHA1
3d7bbe022796afa34cf212dca9ae28e60301786f

SHA256
02c043c7b22cf0a298f4ba1a6ae6575ed2de506c3c881b4219d82af15317ba79

SHA512
b3fa8b688877ec19a7e0cf4b422582d11f7fde85482a4d2b5ce62d66ec959f08fa2bb0819ca53f8eee20d1951e3599746183275fb4b6d0c37af5ba2994afd56d

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

Filesize
252KB

MD5
9e2b9928c89a9d0da1d3e8f4bd96afa7

SHA1
ec66cda99f44b62470c6930e5afda061579cde35

SHA256
8899b4ed3446b7d55b54defbc1acb7c5392a4b3bc8ec2cdc7c31171708965043

SHA512
2ca5ad1d0e12a8049de885b90b7f56fe77c868e0d6dae4ec4b6f3bc0bf7b2e73295cc9b1328c2b45357ffb0d7804622ab3f91a56140b098e93b691032d508156

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memory/2224-94-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2224-91-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/2716-13-0x0000000001250000-0x0000000001434000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.9MB

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memory/2716-14-0x0000000004D70000-0x0000000004E94000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2716-22-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005374000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/2716-89-0x00000000062D0000-0x0000000006382000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2716-90-0x0000000073FFE000-0x0000000073FFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2716-15-0x0000000073FF0000-0x00000000746DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2716-92-0x0000000073FF0000-0x00000000746DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2716-12-0x0000000073FFE000-0x0000000073FFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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