Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    20-12-2024 01:42

General

  • Target

    6afc6161c189dc921768cca70635f26b8ba2f923c3a2053a3a991e5d420f3f65N.exe

  • Size

    5.6MB

  • MD5

    5c1c9d0e488738553a65061a4578c650

  • SHA1

    06ce7757732d1e17383c59f78e5f4b9aacc69b7f

  • SHA256

    6afc6161c189dc921768cca70635f26b8ba2f923c3a2053a3a991e5d420f3f65

  • SHA512

    381265380973286eed6230beacfcfdffa2ac60008d4a0a7c901938ff63f9673f58e2ba39fdf5a9be4ac5d52aaf8a2345045aa3361ec406c031395ffb63a7c808

  • SSDEEP

    98304:KggSZTFznDHwE8oohoIgNgx+r3P4jw4fn9E32RW0O2gT/gQGhP3oFL6p4kvDZ/Hn:DgSZJznDHMo+JgNgx+r3P+e32BO2gjgj

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Xmrig family
  • xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 8 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 13 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 14 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6afc6161c189dc921768cca70635f26b8ba2f923c3a2053a3a991e5d420f3f65N.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6afc6161c189dc921768cca70635f26b8ba2f923c3a2053a3a991e5d420f3f65N.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2400
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1692
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2832
      • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
        wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:2840
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2892
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2896
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2816
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2904
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:3036
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2820
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2848
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2856
    • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2736
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "JVNIRHNX"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2748
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "JVNIRHNX" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\xhzmmmxzrrwn\fqwofdtexigy.exe" start= "auto"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2556
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:2684
    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "JVNIRHNX"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:1248
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6afc6161c189dc921768cca70635f26b8ba2f923c3a2053a3a991e5d420f3f65N.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:636
      • C:\Windows\system32\choice.exe
        choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
        3⤵
          PID:2956
    • C:\ProgramData\xhzmmmxzrrwn\fqwofdtexigy.exe
      C:\ProgramData\xhzmmmxzrrwn\fqwofdtexigy.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1744
      • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2860
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3012
        • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
          wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
          3⤵
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          PID:2476
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1820
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:2980
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:2000
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1560
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1028
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2540
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3040
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3064
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3008
      • C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
        2⤵
          PID:2504
        • C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exe
          nslookup.exe
          2⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2524

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • \ProgramData\xhzmmmxzrrwn\fqwofdtexigy.exe

        Filesize

        5.6MB

        MD5

        5c1c9d0e488738553a65061a4578c650

        SHA1

        06ce7757732d1e17383c59f78e5f4b9aacc69b7f

        SHA256

        6afc6161c189dc921768cca70635f26b8ba2f923c3a2053a3a991e5d420f3f65

        SHA512

        381265380973286eed6230beacfcfdffa2ac60008d4a0a7c901938ff63f9673f58e2ba39fdf5a9be4ac5d52aaf8a2345045aa3361ec406c031395ffb63a7c808

      • memory/1692-10-0x000007FEF5970000-0x000007FEF630D000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.6MB

      • memory/1692-6-0x0000000000420000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/1692-7-0x000007FEF5970000-0x000007FEF630D000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.6MB

      • memory/1692-9-0x000007FEF5970000-0x000007FEF630D000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.6MB

      • memory/1692-8-0x000007FEF5970000-0x000007FEF630D000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.6MB

      • memory/1692-4-0x000007FEF5C2E000-0x000007FEF5C2F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/1692-5-0x000000001B6A0000-0x000000001B982000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.9MB

      • memory/2504-18-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2504-17-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2504-22-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2504-19-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2504-20-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2504-24-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2524-37-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-30-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-36-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-35-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-34-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-32-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-31-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-38-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-29-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-28-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-33-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001D0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        128KB

      • memory/2524-27-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-25-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2524-39-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140848000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8.3MB

      • memory/2860-15-0x000000001A030000-0x000000001A312000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.9MB

      • memory/2860-16-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000948000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB