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System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	GFKMTE.exe

Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs

pid	Process
992	GFKMTE.exe
856	GFKMTE.exe
4736	GFKMTE.exe
4488	GFKMTE.exe
4988	GFKMTE.exe
4264	GFKMTE.exe
1600	GFKMTE.exe
1884	GFKMTE.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 992 set thread context of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 set thread context of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 set thread context of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 4988 set thread context of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 set thread context of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 set thread context of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
628	1600	WerFault.exe	94

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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	GFKMTE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFKMTE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFKMTE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFKMTE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFKMTE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFKMTE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	GFKMTE.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	WINWORD.EXE

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	WINWORD.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	WINWORD.EXE

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

pid	Process
1708	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs

pid	Process
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	992	GFKMTE.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4988	GFKMTE.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs

pid	Process
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE
720	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 57 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 720 wrote to memory of 992	720	WINWORD.EXE	87
PID 720 wrote to memory of 992	720	WINWORD.EXE	87
PID 720 wrote to memory of 992	720	WINWORD.EXE	87
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 856	992	GFKMTE.exe	89
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4736	992	GFKMTE.exe	90
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 992 wrote to memory of 4488	992	GFKMTE.exe	91
PID 856 wrote to memory of 4988	856	GFKMTE.exe	92
PID 856 wrote to memory of 4988	856	GFKMTE.exe	92
PID 856 wrote to memory of 4988	856	GFKMTE.exe	92
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 4264	4988	GFKMTE.exe	93
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1600	4988	GFKMTE.exe	94
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4988 wrote to memory of 1884	4988	GFKMTE.exe	95
PID 4736 wrote to memory of 1708	4736	GFKMTE.exe	106
PID 4736 wrote to memory of 1708	4736	GFKMTE.exe	106
PID 4736 wrote to memory of 1708	4736	GFKMTE.exe	106

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7ea9da3dd3db6f3fadf04ac76b54434b.doc" /o ""
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:720
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:992
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:856
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4988
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:4264
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        
        PID:1600
      - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1600 -s 72
        6⤵
        Program crash
        
        PID:628
    - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\GFKMTE.exe
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1884
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4736
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "mrec" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD0BD.tmp" /F
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1708
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\GFKMTE.exe
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4488

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1600 -ip 1600
1⤵
PID:1340

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery