gh0strat | 397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatforn.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Synaptics.exe

Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs

pid	Process
5088	RVN.exe
2660	TXPlatforn.exe
1012	TXPlatforn.exe
2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
2664	._cache_HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
1728	Synaptics.exe
5056	._cache_Synaptics.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2664	._cache_HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
5056	._cache_Synaptics.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Synaptics Pointing Device Driver = "C:\\ProgramData\\Synaptics\\Synaptics.exe"	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	RVN.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe	RVN.exe

UPX packed file 15 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5088-4-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5088-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5088-10-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/5088-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2660-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2660-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2660-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2660-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1012-31-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1012-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1012-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2660-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1012-75-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1012-79-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1012-80-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe

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 9 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	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Synaptics.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RVN.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TXPlatforn.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	._cache_HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	._cache_Synaptics.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
4204	cmd.exe
1996	PING.EXE

NSIS installer 3 IoCs

installer

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b78-23.dat	nsis_installer_2
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b79-83.dat	nsis_installer_1
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023b79-83.dat	nsis_installer_2

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	EXCEL.EXE

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	EXCEL.EXE

Modifies registry class 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	Synaptics.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
1996	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4508	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1012	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5088	RVN.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1012	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	1012	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1012	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: 33	1012	TXPlatforn.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1012	TXPlatforn.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
4508	EXCEL.EXE
4508	EXCEL.EXE
4508	EXCEL.EXE
4508	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 5088	4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	83
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 5088	4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	83
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 5088	4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	83
PID 5088 wrote to memory of 4204	5088	RVN.exe	85
PID 5088 wrote to memory of 4204	5088	RVN.exe	85
PID 5088 wrote to memory of 4204	5088	RVN.exe	85
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 1012	2660	TXPlatforn.exe	86
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 1012	2660	TXPlatforn.exe	86
PID 2660 wrote to memory of 1012	2660	TXPlatforn.exe	86
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 2416	4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	87
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 2416	4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	87
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 2416	4724	397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	87
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 1996	4204	cmd.exe	89
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 1996	4204	cmd.exe	89
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 1996	4204	cmd.exe	89
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2664	2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	90
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2664	2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	90
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2664	2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	90
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1728	2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	91
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1728	2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	91
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1728	2416	HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe	91
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 5056	1728	Synaptics.exe	92
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 5056	1728	Synaptics.exe	92
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 5056	1728	Synaptics.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4724
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RVN.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\RVN.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5088
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RVN.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4204
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:1996
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2416
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_397366a8a4ba92c38c1453ea4f3f200587ef6c718b6d48fdb8245095aa267afe.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2664
- - C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Modifies registry class
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1728
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Loads dropped DLL
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5056

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2660
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -acsi
  2⤵
  - Drops file in Drivers directory
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1012

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4508

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery