Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 23:54

Sample ID 241230-te7acsyqan
Target 4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4
SHA256 4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4
Tags
upx blackmoon gh0strat purplefox banker discovery rat rootkit trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
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SHA256

4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

upx blackmoon gh0strat purplefox banker discovery rat rootkit trojan

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit

Gh0strat

Blackmoon, KrBanker

Gh0st RAT payload

Gh0strat family

Detect Blackmoon payload

Purplefox family

Blackmoon family

PurpleFox

ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software

Executes dropped EXE

UPX packed file

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Program Files directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Unsigned PE

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

Runs ping.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-12-30 15:59

Signatures

ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software

Description Indicator Process Target
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UPX packed file

upx
Description Indicator Process Target
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Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
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Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-30 15:59

Reported

2024-12-30 16:01

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

118s

Max time network

118s

Command Line

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4.dll,#1

Signatures

Blackmoon family

blackmoon

Blackmoon, KrBanker

trojan banker blackmoon

Detect Blackmoon payload

Description Indicator Process Target
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Detect PurpleFox Rootkit

rootkit
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Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Gh0strat family

gh0strat

PurpleFox

rootkit trojan purplefox

Purplefox family

purplefox

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2120 set thread context of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

UPX packed file

upx
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Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2120 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 2120 wrote to memory of 3004 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 604 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 604 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 604 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 604 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 604 wrote to memory of 2764 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 604 wrote to memory of 2764 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 604 wrote to memory of 2764 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 604 wrote to memory of 2764 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

Processes

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

svchost.exe fagahawhawhgawccc

C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe" -auto

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe > nul

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping -n 2 127.0.0.1

Network

N/A

Files

memory/2120-0-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

memory/2120-2-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

memory/2120-3-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

memory/2120-1-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp

memory/2120-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/2120-17-0x0000000010006000-0x0000000010007000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-11-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-26-0x000000007610E000-0x000000007610F000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-27-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp

memory/3004-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe

MD5 54a47f6b5e09a77e61649109c6a08866
SHA1 4af001b3c3816b860660cf2de2c0fd3c1dfb4878
SHA256 121118a0f5e0e8c933efd28c9901e54e42792619a8a3a6d11e1f0025a7324bc2
SHA512 88ee0ef5af1b0b38c19ab4c307636352fc403ea74f3bfb17e246f7fd815ac042183086133cd9fe805bd47e15854776871bb7d384e419862c91503eeb82bfb419

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-12-30 15:59

Reported

2024-12-30 16:01

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

95s

Max time network

142s

Command Line

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4.dll,#1

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit

rootkit
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Gh0st RAT payload

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Gh0strat

rat gh0strat

Gh0strat family

gh0strat

PurpleFox

rootkit trojan purplefox

Purplefox family

purplefox

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 5004 set thread context of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

UPX packed file

upx
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Drops file in Program Files directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Runs ping.exe

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 808 wrote to memory of 5004 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 808 wrote to memory of 5004 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 808 wrote to memory of 5004 N/A C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 5004 wrote to memory of 4804 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1548 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1548 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 4804 wrote to memory of 1548 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 3544 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 3544 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 3544 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

Processes

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4053f3844c8ec0da0da9640aa9aa615541a39f866eb87921554c2d86316aa8d4.dll,#1

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe

svchost.exe fagahawhawhgawccc

C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe

"C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe" -auto

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe > nul

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE

ping -n 2 127.0.0.1

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 20.49.80.91.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 72.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 107.12.20.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 22.49.80.91.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 182.129.81.91.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 14.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/5004-0-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000100FE000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-12-0x00000000769C0000-0x0000000076AB0000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-11-0x00000000769E3000-0x00000000769E4000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-15-0x00000000769C0000-0x0000000076AB0000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000543000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp

memory/4804-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101A0000-memory.dmp

C:\Program Files (x86)\NetMeeting\svchost.exe

MD5 b7c999040d80e5bf87886d70d992c51e
SHA1 a8ed9a51cc14ccf99b670e60ebbc110756504929
SHA256 5c3257b277f160109071e7e716040e67657341d8c42aa68d9afafe1630fcc53e
SHA512 71ba2fbd705e51b488afe3bb33a67212cf297e97e8b1b20ada33e16956f7ec8f89a79e04a4b256fd61a442fada690aff0c807c2bdcc9165a9c7be3de725de309

memory/4804-24-0x00000000769C0000-0x0000000076AB0000-memory.dmp