Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241023-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    08-01-2025 12:08

General

  • Target

    bea2a9767a931a547ad3d32913c752b613117c6868728a2fd81a5ef268f05116.exe

  • Size

    42KB

  • MD5

    7f4d45a0994b619ede5fc5a28357cf81

  • SHA1

    32c5782421a65f06b84715f24e93a6e60136c537

  • SHA256

    bea2a9767a931a547ad3d32913c752b613117c6868728a2fd81a5ef268f05116

  • SHA512

    abc02b2d6fadfe64804f175b4358dd251d94c279af7b3991e37f7535ddd66148d31702e1b27dc05d0e65ba9f30156085c1bea5d1b7528a10d001966393aca272

  • SSDEEP

    768:ZPSm4lMmcgmpxuZsLRqTjAKZKfgm3Eh1AH:5AWpvLRqT0F7E/AH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mercurialgrabber

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1324237031412600885/jXaIg4ATTpSFG8ZigAQLqZW3xZHhnYwtWWXOJOJ8ax3avDT0yUes6EI7UXDkcRKIQn7r

Signatures

  • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

    Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.

  • Mercurialgrabber family
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bea2a9767a931a547ad3d32913c752b613117c6868728a2fd81a5ef268f05116.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bea2a9767a931a547ad3d32913c752b613117c6868728a2fd81a5ef268f05116.exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2928
    • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2928 -s 1400
      2⤵
        PID:2524

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • memory/2928-0-0x000007FEF5E63000-0x000007FEF5E64000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2928-1-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003F0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2928-2-0x000007FEF5E60000-0x000007FEF684C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2928-3-0x000007FEF5E63000-0x000007FEF5E64000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2928-4-0x000007FEF5E60000-0x000007FEF684C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2928-5-0x000007FEF5E60000-0x000007FEF684C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB