tofsee | 23be3499b2b9a7e01237488f80243a36b9be5d528a0ec85a717cd4b0104ddbe8

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
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21/01/2025, 22:09

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General

Target

2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe
Size

12.9MB
MD5

6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f
SHA1

940657256af629fa51b70bc05779ef0976c63637
SHA256

23be3499b2b9a7e01237488f80243a36b9be5d528a0ec85a717cd4b0104ddbe8
SHA512

4dfb4f3e74ed91757bed613051d5cca3ed2b844e0eb72aa074d8540c01711d18e6707c93d5245f0bc685a2f6b5c3f5af1b75b0df38298f79b3e39312260eac83
SSDEEP

24576:WEfmTNIkv/ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT:Pfot

Score

10^/10

tofsee defense_evasion discovery 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

defense_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\qhttrgvd = "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

defense_evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
1728	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\qhttrgvd\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\qhttrgvd\\zqmtkjnr.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2432	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2644	zqmtkjnr.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2644 set thread context of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2536	sc.exe
2572	sc.exe
2600	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 value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\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	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.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	netsh.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	zqmtkjnr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1308	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	29
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1308	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	29
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1308	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	29
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1308	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	29
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2664	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	31
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2664	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	31
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2664	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	31
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2664	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	31
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2536	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	33
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2536	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	33
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2536	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	33
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2536	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	33
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2572	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	35
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2572	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	35
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2572	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	35
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2572	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	35
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2600	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	37
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2600	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	37
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2600	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	37
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 2600	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	37
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1728	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	40
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1728	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	40
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1728	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	40
PID 1544 wrote to memory of 1728	1544	2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe	40
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2432	2644	zqmtkjnr.exe	42

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1544
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhttrgvd\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1308
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zqmtkjnr.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhttrgvd\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2664
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create qhttrgvd binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhttrgvd\zqmtkjnr.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description qhttrgvd "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2572
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start qhttrgvd
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2600
- 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:1728

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhttrgvd\zqmtkjnr.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qhttrgvd\zqmtkjnr.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-21_6a397c7bc04ae63117f5925e9b9fd54f_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2644
- 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:2432

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\zqmtkjnr.exe

Filesize
11.7MB

MD5
d59ff84f58d40931c9b023d529b03d2b

SHA1
dddd64e2f5a8a255965c0022e1d858d57fa16770

SHA256
ef99165147351fa8babddb2d061359649f7f71a36055ede6399be92c80dbdbae

SHA512
b725c009a2ce74f687b3f4424846bac01b79cbbae1971ac2c5263345984e05332ef068413a822ce850bfe883b4eeb1122901af55ce487c405978743586a90759

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memory/1544-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/1544-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1544-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1544-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1544-8-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1544-1-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2432-16-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2432-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2432-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2432-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2432-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2644-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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