Analysis Overview
SHA256
7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0df
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Xred family
Xred
Loads dropped DLL
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Adds Run key to start application
Unsigned PE
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Enumerates physical storage devices
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-01-02 10:24
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 10:24
Reported
2025-01-02 10:26
Platform
win7-20241010-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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
| 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\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.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\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_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 | www.microsoft.com | udp |
| US | 23.192.26.94:80 | www.microsoft.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | crl.microsoft.com | udp |
| GB | 2.18.190.73:80 | crl.microsoft.com | tcp |
Files
memory/2448-0-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000301000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe
| MD5 | 85c890c6e1e01134b6bcd3a388a1fbdd |
| SHA1 | a7dd8a21a3ded56c0ad565e5bd588124d7cbf1bd |
| SHA256 | 2f4ebf3b8ed9891d49f9d87433cfaedd67928aa31ad12f8d084d99ffa18d51a7 |
| SHA512 | 5c54cb77eb5eae4ebb45dc1e1f8d544b8c9eb9ff028c26ca2262c02f8193c9ccf78ef821085c4e78a7906b7b423e493235c9e6daea4f83dde2e65b517133ebdc |
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
| MD5 | 7bf6f7153401a39c9677bc99b07c4770 |
| SHA1 | 552624209f42a20aa61ed91c8b9cf424ea177064 |
| SHA256 | 7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0df |
| SHA512 | 805e9a2b134d938ef450abfbe3cb0dd284ca1acd26dd0aa98cc5d7d051fc49180d2c5087dfea187f80a929628979e3e811588205a83d1e905370686ceebb9bfa |
memory/2448-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp
memory/2844-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp
memory/2844-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp
memory/2844-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-01-02 10:24
Reported
2025-01-02 10:26
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
111s
Max time network
120s
Command Line
Signatures
Xred
Xred family
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_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\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.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\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.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\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ | C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.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
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe"
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
"C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_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 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 88.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 4.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.89.109.52.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 | 58.55.71.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 27.178.89.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 200.163.202.172.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 181.129.81.91.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.214.232.199.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 |
| 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 | 174.214.58.216.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 67.179.250.142.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| 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 | 22.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/2272-0-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0dfN.exe
| MD5 | 85c890c6e1e01134b6bcd3a388a1fbdd |
| SHA1 | a7dd8a21a3ded56c0ad565e5bd588124d7cbf1bd |
| SHA256 | 2f4ebf3b8ed9891d49f9d87433cfaedd67928aa31ad12f8d084d99ffa18d51a7 |
| SHA512 | 5c54cb77eb5eae4ebb45dc1e1f8d544b8c9eb9ff028c26ca2262c02f8193c9ccf78ef821085c4e78a7906b7b423e493235c9e6daea4f83dde2e65b517133ebdc |
C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
| MD5 | 7bf6f7153401a39c9677bc99b07c4770 |
| SHA1 | 552624209f42a20aa61ed91c8b9cf424ea177064 |
| SHA256 | 7545aa720fc4290c4cb3ef4b3655ffdbf1c3a88f9422ce16a4aade826129c0df |
| SHA512 | 805e9a2b134d938ef450abfbe3cb0dd284ca1acd26dd0aa98cc5d7d051fc49180d2c5087dfea187f80a929628979e3e811588205a83d1e905370686ceebb9bfa |
memory/2272-100-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp
memory/380-102-0x0000000002050000-0x0000000002051000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-136-0x00007FFEF4BB0000-0x00007FFEF4BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-138-0x00007FFEF4BB0000-0x00007FFEF4BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-137-0x00007FFEF4BB0000-0x00007FFEF4BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-139-0x00007FFEF4BB0000-0x00007FFEF4BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-140-0x00007FFEF4BB0000-0x00007FFEF4BC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-141-0x00007FFEF2AF0000-0x00007FFEF2B00000-memory.dmp
memory/2788-142-0x00007FFEF2AF0000-0x00007FFEF2B00000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kqxkh6p7.xlsm
| MD5 | e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9 |
| SHA1 | 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044 |
| SHA256 | 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15 |
| SHA512 | a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\30A75E00
| MD5 | 61d6fc1ca8ff4c2c1b181cbcc4856a68 |
| SHA1 | a8ad78fa2a74bd768c6a035bdbe8c44239dc269f |
| SHA256 | 693db1f48de02eac073e768233ea3f32b140fb63e0946066a33a0c37109e5747 |
| SHA512 | 43a63add2e07728d617bcca243914bd2b5c5345992e49aac0fcf0b5364471f6ac40961c9c6fb95b9a6ad581ebc989a0aa3e58551b4c61a7366f4e96a0c27c363 |
memory/380-189-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp
memory/380-190-0x0000000002050000-0x0000000002051000-memory.dmp
memory/380-221-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FA000-memory.dmp