Analysis

  • max time kernel
    142s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 21:11

General

  • Target
    Aura.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample241123-z11ycssrfl
  • SHA256 639304b762698e16ab000b293e7d6396dbb5124a982c8966e2c93b7879cdf9b3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Xred family
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aura.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Aura.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:868
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Aura.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Aura.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:376
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 376 -s 1064
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:5040
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3528
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:812
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 812 -s 1064
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:3100
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1780
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 812 -ip 812
    1⤵
      PID:900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 376 -ip 376
      1⤵
        PID:4424

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            Synaptics.exe

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 639304b762698e16ab000b293e7d6396dbb5124a982c8966e2c93b7879cdf9b3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            ._cache_Aura.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Aura.exe
            • Size 343KB
            • SHA256 f45bdf5984dca63e9cb56eedf128d8a720d75df58c60d9943f859a7f5bea337a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            30A75E00

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\30A75E00
            • Size 23KB
            • SHA256 75d9848b0b96523d58af69ba1a886b1d96a66792e202faf8393b8c020e13a987
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            pcOdZ17u.xlsm

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pcOdZ17u.xlsm
            • Size 17KB
            • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/376-118-0x000000007226E000-0x000000007226F000-memory.dmp

            memory/376-131-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008EC000-memory.dmp

            memory/868-0-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp

            memory/868-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-195-0x00007FFCB26B0000-0x00007FFCB26C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-193-0x00007FFCB26B0000-0x00007FFCB26C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-194-0x00007FFCB26B0000-0x00007FFCB26C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-196-0x00007FFCB26B0000-0x00007FFCB26C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-197-0x00007FFCAFD50000-0x00007FFCAFD60000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-198-0x00007FFCAFD50000-0x00007FFCAFD60000-memory.dmp

            memory/1780-192-0x00007FFCB26B0000-0x00007FFCB26C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3528-130-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000661000-memory.dmp

            memory/3528-239-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

            memory/3528-240-0x0000000000660000-0x0000000000661000-memory.dmp

            memory/3528-241-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

            memory/3528-259-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp

            memory/3528-282-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000518000-memory.dmp