tofsee | ef89d155d78c35b217e2979635e426216bffc0591e4354ccf760ddb9d5f48fed

Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
15-01-2025 04:38

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General

Target

2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe
Size

13.1MB
MD5

94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac
SHA1

26e8ce9f4c0dde0f214ad1081bfee4a9493ebad5
SHA256

ef89d155d78c35b217e2979635e426216bffc0591e4354ccf760ddb9d5f48fed
SHA512

b132d9ad01a2020ef7c800e8383c0fb0c0e1b3f12a7aa17184bee700778213ba8459b7faec2b5aef60603db8730fb810ad86ce32002c91f0c05079690d8072c2
SSDEEP

49152:qLFuiE888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888c:qLM

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

43.231.4.7

lazystax.ru

Signatures

Tofsee
Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.
trojan tofsee
Tofsee family
tofsee

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pxgwwaqn = "0"	svchost.exe

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
1492	netsh.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\pxgwwaqn\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\pxgwwaqn\\lgkcsdfd.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
572	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1796	lgkcsdfd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1796 set thread context of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
2672	sc.exe
2680	sc.exe
2212	sc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	lgkcsdfd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2652	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	30
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2652	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	30
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2652	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	30
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2652	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	30
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2640	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	32
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2640	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	32
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2640	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	32
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2640	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	32
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2672	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	34
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2672	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	34
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2672	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	34
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2672	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	34
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2680	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	36
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2680	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	36
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2680	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	36
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2680	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	36
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2212	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	38
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2212	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	38
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2212	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	38
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 2212	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	38
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 572	1796	lgkcsdfd.exe	41
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 1492	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	42
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 1492	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	42
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 1492	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	42
PID 2624 wrote to memory of 1492	2624	2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe	42

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2624
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pxgwwaqn\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2652
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lgkcsdfd.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pxgwwaqn\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2640
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create pxgwwaqn binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pxgwwaqn\lgkcsdfd.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description pxgwwaqn "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2680
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start pxgwwaqn
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2212
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul
  2⤵
  - Modifies Windows Firewall
  - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1492

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pxgwwaqn\lgkcsdfd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pxgwwaqn\lgkcsdfd.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-15_94e3b5b195f4cded12c2a710fb6ba2ac_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1796
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Windows security bypass
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:572

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lgkcsdfd.exe

Filesize
12.4MB

MD5
bbaff04db118486afef4129caae192e0

SHA1
ceb5416049e8af4fd2be2aa0adafe64f5084f2f5

SHA256
21a393b06edf36f982ae028b9276034bd4e8deeaa12b6432e19b09e80ecdaaa8

SHA512
097a9d616243ce264f48214d71a17f2152c5efa286c612629fb797ecc353810b5f78d14accd675f40914712a79f35e8548ad52f0025a9ff44f55f4457cde4863

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memory/572-8-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/572-11-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/572-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/572-17-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/572-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1796-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DBF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.7MB

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memory/2624-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2624-1-0x0000000002F00000-0x0000000003000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2624-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2624-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2624-15-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2624-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DBF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.7MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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