Analysis Overview
SHA256
bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5
Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior
The file bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe was found to be: Shows suspicious behavior.
Malicious Activity Summary
Executes dropped EXE
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Loads dropped DLL
Deletes itself
Adds Run key to start application
Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
Enumerates connected drives
Drops file in Program Files directory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Unsigned PE
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-01-15 22:35
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-01-15 22:35
Reported
2025-01-15 22:37
Platform
win7-20241010-en
Max time kernel
113s
Max time network
125s
Command Line
Signatures
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\VIEW = "c:\\Program Files\\hxtzx\\hlqhgodjc.exe \"c:\\Program Files\\hxtzx\\hlqhgodjc.dll\",Viewer" | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Enumerates connected drives
Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | \??\PHYSICALDRIVE0 | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Drops file in Program Files directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
| File created | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.dll | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
| File created | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
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\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Runs ping.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2&C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\mawqta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\mawqta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe"
\??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe
"c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe" "c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.dll",Viewer C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 98.126.40.20:803 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.20:803 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp |
Files
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mawqta.exe
| MD5 | e18e0036fbb5ee6624a82fefb0d220e8 |
| SHA1 | 635b010833332762a41e9251292a4d9e77f1ac80 |
| SHA256 | 204f972961feb0e0f35670ccbd1a715f01028ac6028fc8e03392c20ed9ba0ef5 |
| SHA512 | 881a6536e3a16375a8276154b9070589762a91bde58e460c5e862a07faf9fe080167fb8f2ab8f262d4eaa19ce7d7b3a9048cb23dcb6b0a6f425857ed1911e1e1 |
\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.exe
| MD5 | 51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8 |
| SHA1 | 8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58 |
| SHA256 | 5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124 |
| SHA512 | 794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d |
\??\c:\Program Files\hxtzx\hlqhgodjc.dll
| MD5 | f322e615aaa1b69708633d6f39624c91 |
| SHA1 | 7cdb9661794b1760cd6b09f03dfc61d5515504cd |
| SHA256 | 862b96ee6daf8275c11fcacf9e34ccce275230bd1a580fd34601fa4097a07327 |
| SHA512 | f9c356933c0e3219ca86243f44a234aa62bf83d4e27107c656f25a8d20c06aa53a40fad94c13bc57e84b161809aa38658cd57e91ae0343e71dbac9e9ad8b85bd |
memory/2512-18-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/2512-17-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/2512-19-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/2512-24-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/2512-28-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-01-15 22:35
Reported
2025-01-15 22:37
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
119s
Max time network
120s
Command Line
Signatures
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Adds Run key to start application
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2437139445-1151884604-3026847218-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\VIEW = "c:\\Program Files\\xtdjzyq\\uqobf.exe \"c:\\Program Files\\xtdjzyq\\uqobf.dll\",Viewer" | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Enumerates connected drives
Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | \??\PHYSICALDRIVE0 | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Drops file in Program Files directory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
| File created | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.dll | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
| File created | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
| File opened for modification | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
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\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Runs ping.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | \??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2&C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\udkgtol.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\udkgtol.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf768bd2edeac7924b20acb49e960c82d7b34f17720fdf2ad8658e6eac75fcc5N.exe"
\??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe
"c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe" "c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.dll",Viewer C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 71.31.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 167.173.78.104.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 98.126.40.20:803 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 200.163.202.172.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 92.12.20.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 98.126.40.19:805 | tcp | |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 181.129.81.91.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 31.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 98.126.40.18:3204 | tcp |
Files
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\udkgtol.exe
| MD5 | 347857f4e1f3ee306a772a327955b802 |
| SHA1 | 34e75d14dd0368cb61d6730fb7a93162e7917aa0 |
| SHA256 | 53d9a067078bca060b9243e05674335a0b691a8cbb19eb5189d4ee127af8cc1b |
| SHA512 | e5e345e0eeb3f47f4d9a5fdf9312c63d4525a47518c595fd9e7022350909e6b8991e2ea89bfbd48394f5a2b4759f038156f4f9f4d058400407ea547f16289764 |
C:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.exe
| MD5 | 889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679 |
| SHA1 | 8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7 |
| SHA256 | 6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910 |
| SHA512 | 08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641 |
\??\c:\Program Files\xtdjzyq\uqobf.dll
| MD5 | 5f670912dccf46825bf3e55e1c3a78b2 |
| SHA1 | 6a1354305bfec4c2ba85b17609b8943e5718a997 |
| SHA256 | 8ef54d6a38abf0d52ea067b09c116938fbfd840468431f7506898497ecab581c |
| SHA512 | 856803f586b2498d3095997f949f6c91b1add6c53d17bce8e4a75df6a7b98327b4276bc1809763f371c64b485742da02557f8f3a5b88ad9728d46c1a4fa28d7c |
memory/116-11-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/116-12-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/116-14-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp
memory/116-16-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010033000-memory.dmp