Analysis

  • max time kernel
    54s
  • max time network
    57s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    09-01-2025 07:08

General

  • Target

    Stub.exe

  • Size

    10KB

  • MD5

    55cf4bcfb51ec738927ad5f152360de2

  • SHA1

    bb763eb4bb84ff5e38c3bb381f81b2665ee257fa

  • SHA256

    4bae7d4ff0c2e9a99852a4cc7828ade235abbaed12e125d1b888d79b2b75fe75

  • SHA512

    6fb5bde2c2aa950a82993ca208d8544414dff10532de0fcb302bd0014808c4ddd778d58903857125d6627ccaa3586a94622cd0c51c0839879dc5a2fc9ccf40f3

  • SSDEEP

    96:u/+JiA0Pcj+plyPocZCoB8d3ZxlH7ZCP2UuKJKJuItZkZtHcDjf2EBVkYlhJpn80:mP3j7oBQZxlbm2LKJKJun7HYgY3nnff

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

asyncrat

Version

1.0.7

Botnet

GDFjbxc9as

Mutex

Gx0edRwRzsDs0gzwQ

Attributes
  • delay

    1

  • install

    false

  • install_file

    GoogleUpdates.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

  • pastebin_config

    https://pastebin.com/raw/QLnQD5yh

aes.plain

Signatures

  • AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Asyncrat family
  • Async RAT payload 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

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

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 60 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 57 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 56 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Stub.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Stub.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3352
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc onstart /tn "shellhost" /tr "C:\Program Files\shellhost.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1608
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3352 -s 2192
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2900
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 3352 -ip 3352
    1⤵
      PID:464
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /7
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      PID:64
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:5116
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Stub.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Stub.exe"
        1⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2884
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc onstart /tn "shellhost" /tr "C:\Program Files\shellhost.exe"
          2⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3756
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2884 -s 2164
          2⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:2320
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 188 -p 2884 -ip 2884
        1⤵
          PID:1932

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Program Files\shellhost.exe

          Filesize

          10KB

          MD5

          55cf4bcfb51ec738927ad5f152360de2

          SHA1

          bb763eb4bb84ff5e38c3bb381f81b2665ee257fa

          SHA256

          4bae7d4ff0c2e9a99852a4cc7828ade235abbaed12e125d1b888d79b2b75fe75

          SHA512

          6fb5bde2c2aa950a82993ca208d8544414dff10532de0fcb302bd0014808c4ddd778d58903857125d6627ccaa3586a94622cd0c51c0839879dc5a2fc9ccf40f3

        • memory/64-18-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-22-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-17-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-19-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-20-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-12-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-11-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-10-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-16-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/64-21-0x000001D3FE670000-0x000001D3FE671000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/2884-28-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005882000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          72KB

        • memory/3352-5-0x00000000752E0000-0x0000000075A90000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.7MB

        • memory/3352-9-0x00000000752E0000-0x0000000075A90000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.7MB

        • memory/3352-8-0x0000000006B80000-0x0000000006BE6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/3352-0-0x00000000752EE000-0x00000000752EF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3352-7-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000051B2000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          72KB

        • memory/3352-2-0x0000000005690000-0x0000000005C34000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/3352-1-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000788000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          32KB