xred | c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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06/01/2025, 07:15

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General

Target
c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
Size 770KB
Sample250106-h3ez8sslfp
SHA256 c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e
MD5 792a080e74d4affa235ff1d251a1503e
SHA1 0c4a508d30475c951ee21e927c381c709bf82acd
SHA512 0d681f00a03d51f1302f5ba094ffd2091a39086dc3ba1fb04415e6ae791050b0597429372cdf9ba07490655923a6150a9f215e79d015538958e581358b8a7a03
SSDEEP 12288:2MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V91cpNNH+:2nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9ypNNe
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

xred backdoor discovery persistence

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xred

xred.mooo.com

Attributes

email
[email protected]
payload_url
http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

Xred
Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.
backdoor xred
Xred family
xred

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3350944739-639801879-157714471-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Synaptics.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4856	._cache_c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
4292	Synaptics.exe
2732	._cache_Synaptics.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

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"	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.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 2 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	Synaptics.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Modifies registry class 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\	Synaptics.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4576	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs

pid	Process
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE
4576	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 4856	4548	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe	83
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 4856	4548	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe	83
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 4856	4548	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe	83
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 4292	4548	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe	85
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 4292	4548	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe	85
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 4292	4548	c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe	85
PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2732	4292	Synaptics.exe	86
PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2732	4292	Synaptics.exe	86
PID 4292 wrote to memory of 2732	4292	Synaptics.exe	86

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4548
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4856
- C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
  "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4292
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2732

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:4576

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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Synaptics.exe

Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
Size 770KB
SHA256 c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e
MD5 792a080e74d4affa235ff1d251a1503e
SHA1 0c4a508d30475c951ee21e927c381c709bf82acd
SHA512 0d681f00a03d51f1302f5ba094ffd2091a39086dc3ba1fb04415e6ae791050b0597429372cdf9ba07490655923a6150a9f215e79d015538958e581358b8a7a03
SSDEEP 12288:2MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V91cpNNH+:2nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9ypNNe
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._cache_c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_c8a49928745134f6844ba57040ee0ae4e7bac0164393320b8e2d073c21d1082e.exe
Size 16KB
SHA256 bf6b7240ee6c1f24409ff54242056260c3ca1b5a0d70fa9596864571780d8706
MD5 8a4c70b0cbacf767695c09c8ba68ff4f
SHA1 4684d066534801fdd0755bd4f9b7ab87b7eee1d6
SHA512 4be7681de4bad3d5628969307bba2b521e848ebda95f1744068a8a0791b089dc4ae73242108f050f3baf386e33ed38c2cae3734b427a7930a70950d2008adf38
SSDEEP 384:Gps65cn0i0mSHhV8VieeX4Szqj+A5JNNzFwhhisP1gY:GpsBnPS/8VPeXsj+K3whh1gY
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0E975E00

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0E975E00
Size 21KB
SHA256 f31fbf44af628707929624f4ccad8bf446089a487b59a1c68794e65a8365bd05
MD5 808894d7db8c11af3cadf3f086cd9e34
SHA1 b0ff9d6cc0364fe5a462240dd141a21d102fbed8
SHA512 48880bf24b93edeffffce5a192557d31c04964897e75bcfebd448ed372b4aa7f47ba501a3e268c5dfbc7c03e451257215da294477907a08c04b82ed6ad9c6b9b
SSDEEP 384:Ma8z/fNuAs/Vp+o5b7MFdL1Sij03/D/wWasuG4Bjobe2VQ1UL:Ma8zHNuAs/V4o5b7MFd5SiYvDbQG4gem
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JF2H5Pe6.xlsm

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JF2H5Pe6.xlsm
Size 17KB
SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
MD5 e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9
SHA1 00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044
SHA512 a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04
SSDEEP 384:oUaZLPzMfVSa1VvYXmrsdPkLmDAx7r/l0:oUatwNSSvY2IdsHr/y
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memory/4292-128-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4292-241-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C6000-memory.dmp

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memory/4292-242-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4292-273-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C6000-memory.dmp

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memory/4548-0-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007D1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4548-127-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C6000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-188-0x00007FFE368B0000-0x00007FFE368C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-189-0x00007FFE368B0000-0x00007FFE368C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-190-0x00007FFE368B0000-0x00007FFE368C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-191-0x00007FFE368B0000-0x00007FFE368C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-192-0x00007FFE368B0000-0x00007FFE368C0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-193-0x00007FFE34000000-0x00007FFE34010000-memory.dmp

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memory/4576-194-0x00007FFE34000000-0x00007FFE34010000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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