Analysis

  • max time kernel
    94s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    21/01/2025, 12:31

General

  • Target
    PO#98540-00.exe
  • Size 861KB
  • Sample250121-pp2emstkhs
  • SHA256 7ea98bae6d7f0176c1ae6cecc9bfbc8611304fe007899d8d989425c7b13f3339
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#98540-00.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#98540-00.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4024
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#98540-00.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1256
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ZgSwAbBKbQrN.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:912
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ZgSwAbBKbQrN" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA5B6.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:688
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4576

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 7885c5cc781f136c96df13003e00f5ca78093fd31bb7f4791a4ac379e8643c4d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_nrwsptxb.mrw.ps1

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

        tmpA5B6.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA5B6.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a40361454dd6e44b8fa5726834fd651423275d575deabae6816702db6f2a9abf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/912-73-0x00000000078F0000-0x0000000007993000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-80-0x0000000007E70000-0x0000000007E7E000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-78-0x0000000007E40000-0x0000000007E51000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-77-0x0000000007EC0000-0x0000000007F56000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-24-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-63-0x0000000075AF0000-0x0000000075B3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-50-0x0000000006C50000-0x0000000006C9C000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-49-0x0000000006920000-0x000000000693E000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-41-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-82-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007F9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-90-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/912-19-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-76-0x0000000007980000-0x000000000798A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-21-0x0000000005E50000-0x0000000005EB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-20-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005642000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-18-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-16-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-39-0x0000000006020000-0x0000000006374000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-40-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-17-0x00000000056B0000-0x0000000005CD8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-89-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-75-0x0000000007910000-0x000000000792A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-83-0x0000000007C30000-0x0000000007C38000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-15-0x0000000002CF0000-0x0000000002D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-81-0x0000000007B50000-0x0000000007B64000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-51-0x0000000006BD0000-0x0000000006C02000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-79-0x0000000007B40000-0x0000000007B4E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-22-0x0000000005FB0000-0x0000000006016000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-62-0x0000000006BB0000-0x0000000006BCE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-52-0x0000000075AF0000-0x0000000075B3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1256-74-0x0000000007F90000-0x000000000860A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-6-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-0-0x000000007526E000-0x000000007526F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-7-0x0000000005E10000-0x0000000005E36000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-8-0x000000007526E000-0x000000007526F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-5-0x0000000004B00000-0x0000000004B0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-9-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-10-0x00000000044B0000-0x0000000004542000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-4-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-48-0x0000000075260000-0x0000000075A10000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-3-0x0000000004B10000-0x0000000004BA2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-2-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000005564000-memory.dmp

        memory/4024-1-0x0000000000030000-0x000000000010E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4576-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000447000-memory.dmp