Analysis

  • max time kernel
    127s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28-11-2024 21:43

General

  • Target

    INQUIRY_pdf.exe

  • Size

    885KB

  • MD5

    0eff2e486b1c46cbf55bc4284355f1ee

  • SHA1

    f9a921a9ef66c0c1c0fcd6fe02aafc8461f05691

  • SHA256

    b7bbe88d2daceef7fdbd706adbdf6532976f23916701739ee0987f77f36b980a

  • SHA512

    b52122ca5444d606775d7426b7e19bd3090a89c486585c88b33b9fd57a7d87f0e591b7395b538646d93f2d9463d21f281ea5a4a57afb8c12a66d067dc0e3b20b

  • SSDEEP

    24576:t2xjaLCnYnbUX2bWOTk7k86ht45oS93GyIrKa:ADnYi6WMlxtxS93GNrK

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

vipkeylogger

Credentials

Signatures

  • VIPKeylogger

    VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.

  • Vipkeylogger family
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY_pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY_pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1664
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY_pdf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:984
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY_pdf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY_pdf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:2584

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\INQUIRY_pdf.exe.log

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c

    SHA1

    d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c

    SHA256

    7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982

    SHA512

    26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1x15tzvq.sa2.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • memory/984-51-0x0000000007290000-0x00000000072AA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/984-16-0x0000000002650000-0x0000000002686000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/984-61-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/984-32-0x0000000005960000-0x0000000005CB4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.3MB

  • memory/984-58-0x00000000075B0000-0x00000000075B8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/984-57-0x00000000075D0000-0x00000000075EA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/984-56-0x00000000074D0000-0x00000000074E4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    80KB

  • memory/984-55-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074CE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/984-54-0x0000000007490000-0x00000000074A1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/984-53-0x0000000007510000-0x00000000075A6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    600KB

  • memory/984-52-0x0000000007300000-0x000000000730A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/984-50-0x00000000078D0000-0x0000000007F4A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/984-49-0x0000000007180000-0x0000000007223000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    652KB

  • memory/984-36-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/984-17-0x00000000050C0000-0x00000000056E8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/984-33-0x0000000005F60000-0x0000000005F7E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/984-20-0x0000000004F40000-0x0000000004FA6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/984-19-0x0000000004EA0000-0x0000000004EC2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/984-21-0x0000000004FB0000-0x0000000005016000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/984-22-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/984-48-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000653E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/984-38-0x00000000704D0000-0x000000007051C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/984-18-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/984-37-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006F72000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/984-35-0x00000000064B0000-0x00000000064FC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/1664-5-0x0000000005690000-0x000000000569A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1664-10-0x00000000088D0000-0x000000000895E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    568KB

  • memory/1664-3-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005582000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/1664-1-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000AF2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    904KB

  • memory/1664-15-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/1664-2-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005F64000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/1664-0-0x0000000074AAE000-0x0000000074AAF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1664-4-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/1664-6-0x00000000057A0000-0x000000000583C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/1664-7-0x00000000058A0000-0x00000000058B8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    96KB

  • memory/1664-9-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/1664-8-0x0000000074AAE000-0x0000000074AAF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2584-34-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2584-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    288KB

  • memory/2584-14-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2584-62-0x0000000074AA0000-0x0000000075250000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2584-63-0x0000000006F00000-0x00000000070C2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.8MB

  • memory/2584-64-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006DF0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    320KB