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
  • submitted
    10/01/2025, 04:06

General

  • Target
    e16baa228ab77485f38b335510270943ab54df755bf72987ac229d819bb85401.msi
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample250110-epekrstnhm
  • SHA256 e16baa228ab77485f38b335510270943ab54df755bf72987ac229d819bb85401
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • metastealer

C2
  • kiyaqoimsiieeyqa.xyz

  • ssqsmisuowqcwsqo.xyz

  • ykqmwgsuummieaug.xyz

  • ewukeskgqswqesiw.xyz

  • cscqcsgewmwwaaui.xyz

  • cyoksykiamiscyia.xyz

  • okgomokemoucqeso.xyz

  • ikwacuakiqeimwua.xyz

  • aawcsqqaywckiwmi.xyz

  • aiqasksgmyeqocei.xyz

  • qgumcuisgaeyuqqe.xyz

  • eiesoycamyqqgcea.xyz

  • ywceswakicsqomqw.xyz

  • auaieuewouawygku.xyz

  • cmiascusccywowcs.xyz

  • uiqkkomkaceqacec.xyz

  • quqeciymqmkqccqw.xyz

  • ssqsauuuyyigouou.xyz

  • aogaakukuugqswcy.xyz

  • ucgwcwsuqsuwewgc.xyz

Attributes
  • dga_seed

    21845

  • domain_length

    16

  • num_dga_domains

    10000

  • port

    443

Signatures

  • Meta Stealer

    Meta Stealer steals passwords stored in browsers, written in C++.

  • MetaStealer payload 1 IoCs
  • Metastealer family
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Gathers system information 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Runs systeminfo.exe.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e16baa228ab77485f38b335510270943ab54df755bf72987ac229d819bb85401.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:920
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1856
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3968
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C3B75E87BA4D559B8BE97D467C1AA3DD
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2896
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-402551b3-2d2a-4cd3-98dd-bf08ee10c359\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)HIGH
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1664
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EXPAND.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\EXPAND.EXE" -R files.cab -F:* files
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4840
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-402551b3-2d2a-4cd3-98dd-bf08ee10c359\files\install.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-402551b3-2d2a-4cd3-98dd-bf08ee10c359\files\install.exe" /VERYSILENT /VERYSILENT
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3376
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\search.exe"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:772
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\systeminfo.exe
          systeminfo
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Gathers system information
          PID:2768
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1716

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        files.cab

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-402551b3-2d2a-4cd3-98dd-bf08ee10c359\files.cab
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 1f9fc4eca2984469990fc56ae03be40908a8f4a603c7120fbe0aab895af79cb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        msiwrapper.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-402551b3-2d2a-4cd3-98dd-bf08ee10c359\msiwrapper.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f1aaa2f93abea8307f9a971c61f2303b1fa77cf92f65de7e25569d7b6e72834e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        msiwrapper.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-402551b3-2d2a-4cd3-98dd-bf08ee10c359\msiwrapper.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e480cf154066370d9bfb021675e68ae831ae4cd0932cd43d04f66ea767d90dc3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_mtolaorx.oqe.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mtolaorx.oqe.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        MSIE8BA.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIE8BA.tmp
        • Size 208KB
        • SHA256 fd622cf73ea951a6de631063aba856487d77745dd1500adca61902b8dde56fe1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        metadata-2

        • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
        • Size 24.1MB
        • SHA256 468d2c70fbe1ed44d7b2194045d479c1860126f57c11205a560eaf043851f5a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        {8117a101-9bb3-403f-9b37-8815b9ad6683}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

        • Path \??\Volume{612d9cf5-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{8117a101-9bb3-403f-9b37-8815b9ad6683}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
        • Size 6KB
        • SHA256 9b33612ce6055db5e05ccf54c88aaba9c487bd1ce85418988f0ec4fa7770e5a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/772-96-0x0000000006010000-0x000000000602E000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-109-0x00000000065A0000-0x00000000065BE000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-83-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005082000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-85-0x0000000005A10000-0x0000000005A76000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-84-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005996000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-80-0x0000000004A60000-0x0000000004A96000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-95-0x0000000005A80000-0x0000000005DD4000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-119-0x00000000075B0000-0x00000000075B8000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-97-0x0000000006030000-0x000000000607C000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-99-0x000000006F380000-0x000000006F3CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-98-0x00000000065C0000-0x00000000065F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-81-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005878000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-110-0x0000000007200000-0x00000000072A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-111-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-112-0x0000000007330000-0x000000000734A000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-113-0x0000000007390000-0x000000000739A000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-114-0x00000000075C0000-0x0000000007656000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-115-0x0000000007530000-0x0000000007541000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-116-0x0000000007560000-0x000000000756E000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-117-0x0000000007570000-0x0000000007584000-memory.dmp

        memory/772-118-0x0000000007680000-0x000000000769A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3376-76-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010731000-memory.dmp