Analysis Overview
SHA256
57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Xred family
Xred
Executes dropped EXE
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Adds Run key to start application
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
Unsigned PE
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-01-02 06:13
Signatures
Xred family
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-01-02 06:13
Reported
2025-01-02 06:15
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
119s
Max time network
120s
Command Line
Signatures
Xred
Xred family
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Synaptics Pointing Device Driver = "C:\\ProgramData\\Synaptics\\Synaptics.exe" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2580 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
| PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2580 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
| PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2580 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
| PID 2680 wrote to memory of 2580 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | xred.mooo.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | freedns.afraid.org | udp |
| US | 69.42.215.252:80 | freedns.afraid.org | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | docs.google.com | udp |
| FR | 216.58.214.174:443 | docs.google.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | c.pki.goog | udp |
| FR | 142.250.179.67:80 | c.pki.goog | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | o.pki.goog | udp |
| FR | 142.250.179.67:80 | o.pki.goog | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | drive.usercontent.google.com | udp |
| FR | 142.250.74.225:443 | drive.usercontent.google.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | crl.microsoft.com | udp |
| GB | 88.221.134.83:80 | crl.microsoft.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | www.microsoft.com | udp |
| GB | 95.100.245.144:80 | www.microsoft.com | tcp |
Files
memory/2680-0-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
| MD5 | 0c0b15153897205805b0440dc6f51860 |
| SHA1 | 4995eda1aa5324d7581df04fb29f7cee083cc82b |
| SHA256 | 57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1 |
| SHA512 | e516268a03e31acbb2dc5b2ac87db1f2ac9492f1950b8b1ab85286b0110a4ca11deda043170c8056e8b724d54ef9fb749562d08f5d1f5ecb26f897b534b523fa |
memory/2680-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-15-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-17-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2580-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-01-02 06:13
Reported
2025-01-02 06:16
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
111s
Max time network
121s
Command Line
Signatures
Xred
Xred family
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Synaptics Pointing Device Driver = "C:\\ProgramData\\Synaptics\\Synaptics.exe" | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3780 wrote to memory of 2044 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
| PID 3780 wrote to memory of 2044 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
| PID 3780 wrote to memory of 2044 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe |
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1N.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 46.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 2.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | xred.mooo.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | freedns.afraid.org | udp |
| US | 69.42.215.252:80 | freedns.afraid.org | tcp |
| N/A | 224.0.0.251:5353 | udp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 252.215.42.69.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 201.64.52.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 212.20.149.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 198.187.3.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 92.12.20.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | docs.google.com | udp |
| FR | 216.58.214.174:443 | docs.google.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | c.pki.goog | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 67.179.250.142.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 174.214.58.216.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| FR | 142.250.179.67:80 | c.pki.goog | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | o.pki.goog | udp |
| FR | 142.250.179.67:80 | o.pki.goog | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | drive.usercontent.google.com | udp |
| FR | 142.250.74.225:443 | drive.usercontent.google.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 225.74.250.142.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 43.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/3780-0-0x0000000002260000-0x0000000002261000-memory.dmp
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
| MD5 | 0c0b15153897205805b0440dc6f51860 |
| SHA1 | 4995eda1aa5324d7581df04fb29f7cee083cc82b |
| SHA256 | 57d429fc5a5aa5dfbdcff1bb799c5d26800c31671d4a48571996ccb6ea9f92a1 |
| SHA512 | e516268a03e31acbb2dc5b2ac87db1f2ac9492f1950b8b1ab85286b0110a4ca11deda043170c8056e8b724d54ef9fb749562d08f5d1f5ecb26f897b534b523fa |
memory/3780-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-65-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002131000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-67-0x00007FFB72090000-0x00007FFB720A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-69-0x00007FFB72090000-0x00007FFB720A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-70-0x00007FFB72090000-0x00007FFB720A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-68-0x00007FFB72090000-0x00007FFB720A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-66-0x00007FFBB20AD000-0x00007FFBB20AE000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-71-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-72-0x00007FFB72090000-0x00007FFB720A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-73-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-74-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-79-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-78-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-77-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-76-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-75-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-80-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-81-0x00007FFB6FB60000-0x00007FFB6FB70000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-84-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-83-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-82-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-85-0x00007FFB6FB60000-0x00007FFB6FB70000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SODvnJob.xlsm
| MD5 | e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9 |
| SHA1 | 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044 |
| SHA256 | 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15 |
| SHA512 | a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1C875E00
| MD5 | 528b6bdce2ae422c01b1b80453d0b92d |
| SHA1 | ec13f1a77a25afdeca549bfc475a97e1a874bb55 |
| SHA256 | 44cbef2729842130a6019a005f952ab261d24927c2874fc3eb33dee48b2e2250 |
| SHA512 | 18c390a48450d176d2fb94c1a4f2bdeaf7f04ab5c0d2ea1e6bc5d9bda53b215695e4f42d6ae529872553c36f9fdbc893cf00820f747abd07ca7c6935d296cfec |
memory/2044-132-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002131000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-133-0x00007FFBB20AD000-0x00007FFBB20AE000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-134-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-135-0x00007FFBB2010000-0x00007FFBB2205000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-136-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2044-166-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp