Analysis

  • max time kernel
    1800s
  • max time network
    1801s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    23-11-2024 01:16

General

  • Target

    pp.exe

  • Size

    9KB

  • MD5

    8d8e6c7952a9dc7c0c73911c4dbc5518

  • SHA1

    9098da03b33b2c822065b49d5220359c275d5e94

  • SHA256

    feb4c3ae4566f0acbb9e0f55417b61fefd89dc50a4e684df780813fb01d61278

  • SHA512

    91a573843c28dd32a9f31a60ba977f9a3d4bb19ffd1b7254333e09bcecef348c1b3220a348ebb2cb08edb57d56cb7737f026519da52199c9dc62c10aea236645

  • SSDEEP

    96:zMn7AN23D0TXraYgnY1dTNDiIp+BYA8vrcVO15uJxGE9YUBz2qh3C7tCEkC:A7ANUYhUYPtp+OFMJxTmUBzthckC

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.66/

http://91.202.233.141/

Wallets

0xCa90599132C4D88907Bd8E046540284aa468a035

TRuGGXNDM1cavQ1AqMQHG8yfxP4QWVSMN6

qph44jx8r9k5xeq5cuf958krv3ewrnp5vc6hhdjd3r

XryzFMFVpDUvU7famUGf214EXD3xNUSmQf

rsXCXBf9SagxV8JfC12d8Bybk84oPdMNN9

AULzfBuUAPfCGAXoG5Vq14aP9s6fx3AH4Z

LdgchXq1sKbAaAJ1EXAPSRBzLb8jnTZstT

MP8GEm8QpYgQYaMo8oM5NQhRBgDGiLZW5Q

4AtjkCVKbtEC3UEN77SQHuH9i1XkzNiRi5VCbA2XGsJh46nJSXfGQn4GjLuupCqmC57Lo7LvKmFUyRfhtJSvKvuw3h9ReKK

15TssKwtjMtwy4vDLcLsQUZUD2B9f7eDjw85sBNVC5LRPPnC

1BzmrjmKPKSR2hH5BeJySfiVA676E8DYaK

ltc1qt0n3f0t7vz9k0mvcswk477shrxwjhf9sj5ykrp

3PMiLynrGVZ8oEqvoqC4hXD67B1WoALR4pc

3ESHude8zUHksQg1h6hHmzY79BS36L91Yn

DLUzwvyxN1RrwjByUPPzVMdfxNRPGVRMMA

t1J6GCPCiHW1eRdjJgDDu6b1vSVmL5U7Twh

stars125f3mw4xd9htpsq4zj5w5ezm5gags37yxxh6mj

bnb1msyt0djx4ecspfxg5en0ye465kg3kmv9utzml2

bc1ppypcmu3684n648gyj62gjp2rw0xy7w3vwfamatlg29ajp4z52desafa0sr

bc1qc9edl4hzl9jyt8twdad3zjeh2df2znq96tdezd

Attributes
  • mutex

    753f85d83d

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

C2

http://185.215.113.84

Signatures

  • Phorphiex family
  • Phorphiex payload 1 IoCs
  • Phorphiex, Phorpiex

    Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 5 IoCs
  • Xmrig family
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 31 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 42 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3436
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pp.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pp.exe"
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4668
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3236
          • C:\Windows\sysnldcvmr.exe
            C:\Windows\sysnldcvmr.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:32
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\534517653.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\534517653.exe
              5⤵
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2816
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5024
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                  7⤵
                    PID:2396
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3332
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                    7⤵
                      PID:516
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\248175807.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\248175807.exe
                  5⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3976
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3333828735.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3333828735.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1660
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\134354714.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\134354714.exe
                  5⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Adds Run key to start application
                  • Drops file in Windows directory
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3156
                  • C:\Users\Admin\sysnldcvmr.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\sysnldcvmr.exe
                    6⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4592
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3362114552.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3362114552.exe
                      7⤵
                      • Checks computer location settings
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:2680
                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                        8⤵
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:1968
                        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                          reg delete "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "Windows Upgrade Manager" /f
                          9⤵
                            PID:4504
                        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                          8⤵
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:3376
                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                            schtasks /delete /f /tn "Windows Upgrade Manager"
                            9⤵
                              PID:3488
                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\95762703.exe
                          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\95762703.exe
                          7⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          PID:316
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#evrkcgqew#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Microsoft Windows Security' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Microsoft Windows Security' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4492
              • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Microsoft Windows Security"
                2⤵
                  PID:3972
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#evrkcgqew#> IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn 'Microsoft Windows Security' /tr '''C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogOn) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'Microsoft Windows Security' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; }
                  2⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  PID:4772
                • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
                  C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
                  2⤵
                    PID:3456
                  • C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
                    C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
                    2⤵
                      PID:1100
                  • C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\Microsoft Windows Security\winupsecvmgr.exe"
                    1⤵
                    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2116

                  Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                  Downloads

                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\15548735.exe

                    Filesize

                    79KB

                    MD5

                    0c883b1d66afce606d9830f48d69d74b

                    SHA1

                    fe431fe73a4749722496f19b3b3ca0b629b50131

                    SHA256

                    d921fc993574c8be76553bcf4296d2851e48ee39b958205e69bdfd7cf661d2b1

                    SHA512

                    c047452a23efad4262479fbfeb5e23f9497d7cefd4cbb58e869801206669c2a0759698c70d18050316798d5d939b989537fdce3842aa742449f5e08ed7fa60a5

                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\248175807.exe

                    Filesize

                    10KB

                    MD5

                    96509ab828867d81c1693b614b22f41d

                    SHA1

                    c5f82005dbda43cedd86708cc5fc3635a781a67e

                    SHA256

                    a9de2927b0ec45cf900508fec18531c04ee9fa8a5dfe2fc82c67d9458cf4b744

                    SHA512

                    ff603117a06da8fb2386c1d2049a5896774e41f34d05951ecd4e7b5fc9da51a373e3fcf61af3577ff78490cf898471ce8e71eae848a12812fe98cd7e76e1a9ca

                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3333828735.exe

                    Filesize

                    5.6MB

                    MD5

                    13b26b2c7048a92d6a843c1302618fad

                    SHA1

                    89c2dfc01ac12ef2704c7669844ec69f1700c1ca

                    SHA256

                    1753ad35ece25ab9a19048c70062e9170f495e313d7355ebbba59c38f5d90256

                    SHA512

                    d6aff89b61c9945002a6798617ad304612460a607ef1cfbdcb32f8932ca648bcee1d5f2e0321bb4c58c1f4642b1e0ececc1eb82450fdec7dff69b5389f195455

                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\534517653.exe

                    Filesize

                    8KB

                    MD5

                    cb8420e681f68db1bad5ed24e7b22114

                    SHA1

                    416fc65d538d3622f5ca71c667a11df88a927c31

                    SHA256

                    5850892f67f85991b31fc90f62c8b7791afeb3c08ae1877d857aa2b59471a2ea

                    SHA512

                    baaabcc4ad5d409267a34ed7b20e4afb4d247974bfc581d39aae945e5bf8a673a1f8eacae2e6783480c8baaeb0a80d028274a202d456f13d0af956afa0110fdf

                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5pjc2s3f.sw2.ps1

                    Filesize

                    60B

                    MD5

                    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

                    SHA1

                    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

                    SHA256

                    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

                    SHA512

                    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Google\Libs\WR64.sys

                    Filesize

                    14KB

                    MD5

                    0c0195c48b6b8582fa6f6373032118da

                    SHA1

                    d25340ae8e92a6d29f599fef426a2bc1b5217299

                    SHA256

                    11bd2c9f9e2397c9a16e0990e4ed2cf0679498fe0fd418a3dfdac60b5c160ee5

                    SHA512

                    ab28e99659f219fec553155a0810de90f0c5b07dc9b66bda86d7686499fb0ec5fddeb7cd7a3c5b77dccb5e865f2715c2d81f4d40df4431c92ac7860c7e01720d

                  • C:\Users\Admin\tbtcmds.dat

                    Filesize

                    285B

                    MD5

                    e9acd9f780983202f14871af9bde3399

                    SHA1

                    a76e45f3b6b86d2ef2757f138a308158985fabbf

                    SHA256

                    b4be18fdc793f59785c72b9f7203b8dde0221375436c2370dec83b8243b793de

                    SHA512

                    5967f2d1fea02a15ef08f3b4243bb2affdb0778d803536096a9b7a3c7cf0d3be5b77dbd1f116ff06fa08b7fb204c51dab9450e9cc311c4e229194b540efe6051

                  • C:\Users\Admin\tbtnds.dat

                    Filesize

                    4KB

                    MD5

                    bd78daae15fe68bdddf46f266c3a92a5

                    SHA1

                    ec581f436d57882976ad25e4c7a3aea29b2541b5

                    SHA256

                    e4d653d0abc87801e01563634099aa09d3517f76c0061640f0869103a91327ea

                    SHA512

                    c33b08f9eeee10b7c61c0e0b557853af97a9f3b386140a78d21795538df3e0343a7000c4e0f05b76268e38609ce4a85f30ee57d0560354dfd7c7d17d6572ce29

                  • C:\Users\Admin\tbtnds.dat

                    Filesize

                    4KB

                    MD5

                    b3f58ae90ac2b0f39c05c85df1801193

                    SHA1

                    8691e7402a9fcc9eaccf29e82471483986bd09d8

                    SHA256

                    6a2f4061ca0526675ff57ff7b65015602960a5d90e689f864ef22caf81bd0913

                    SHA512

                    33f278841e61924de643567bc1bd545a56636f9ff5eeecc95dd425e7d773dab839cbb9a210f642e514e8c1c26648c1df1eccd5cc0fb6a05158deedb74e3dca2a

                  • memory/1100-111-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-101-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-158-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-55-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-156-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-58-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-60-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-62-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-64-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-66-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-68-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-71-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-73-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-75-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-77-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-79-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-81-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-84-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-86-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-154-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-103-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-105-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-107-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-109-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-53-0x0000012FC4290000-0x0000012FC42B0000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    128KB

                  • memory/1100-114-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-116-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-118-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-120-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-134-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1100-145-0x00007FF7AB600000-0x00007FF7ABDEF000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    7.9MB

                  • memory/1660-45-0x00007FF758A50000-0x00007FF758FE7000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    5.6MB

                  • memory/2116-52-0x00007FF6CA920000-0x00007FF6CAEB7000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    5.6MB

                  • memory/2816-18-0x0000000000580000-0x0000000000586000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    24KB

                  • memory/2816-17-0x00007FFD84D23000-0x00007FFD84D25000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    8KB

                  • memory/3456-57-0x00007FF67ED00000-0x00007FF67ED29000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    164KB

                  • memory/3456-54-0x00007FF67ED00000-0x00007FF67ED29000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    164KB

                  • memory/4492-31-0x000001C9374E0000-0x000001C937502000-memory.dmp

                    Filesize

                    136KB