tofsee | a7487a3d8d60ef88ef6c8ba1b5b49d453564fc1079c2c5cf8536b6582b5b12f9

Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
26-01-2025 18:35

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General

Target

2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe
Size

11.5MB
MD5

a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f
SHA1

708c3d914d5451c0de012dc4278fdce821b7ddc9
SHA256

a7487a3d8d60ef88ef6c8ba1b5b49d453564fc1079c2c5cf8536b6582b5b12f9
SHA512

d668c2bd9caf218997c00de69b1e0d264db188d121f5e1cd5d1770498d267335444c12298c3b3c183c9148b85ac1d163dd4be7b0852349707f44f8de1dbd7ba3
SSDEEP

6144:jLQ1p/2p5e+D2jFHO+iZoy6u9FlfrXEz9NQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQw:YTYe+D2jFu+iZoUFhAz

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\cghptaqb = "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
2844	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\cghptaqb\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\cghptaqb\\pjjaluln.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2852	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2704	pjjaluln.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2704 set thread context of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2096	sc.exe
2692	sc.exe
2816	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	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe
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	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.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	pjjaluln.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2084	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2084	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2084	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2084	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2336	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	33
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2336	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	33
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2336	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	33
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2336	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	33
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2096	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	35
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2096	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	35
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2096	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	35
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2096	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	35
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2692	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	37
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2692	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	37
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2692	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	37
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2692	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	37
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2816	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	39
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2816	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	39
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2816	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	39
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2816	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	39
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42
PID 2704 wrote to memory of 2852	2704	pjjaluln.exe	42
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2844	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	43
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2844	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	43
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2844	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	43
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2844	2492	2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2492
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cghptaqb\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2084
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pjjaluln.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cghptaqb\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2336
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create cghptaqb binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cghptaqb\pjjaluln.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2096
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description cghptaqb "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2692
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start cghptaqb
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2816
- 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:2844

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cghptaqb\pjjaluln.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cghptaqb\pjjaluln.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_a9c3ea43e06977ad555eb78862b88c6f_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2704
- 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:2852

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\pjjaluln.exe

Filesize
11.8MB

MD5
cf5154460653fd8eef46bd1eb2df0e82

SHA1
fe10a64de229b7711c032bc31b725ded2a05cce1

SHA256
f4cb44c8002f1e609ef61eb6e25d26fc4b027ef2c45256161b130eee4a8608e7

SHA512
e4fab50a0c4ceffcd2063ed2ee584c0909a560fe618c2716d056ed53529cdcb4287008c9585179fd45873fe0e79c48d6bba5c8b385725b3749a90119cbb1838d

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memory/2492-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2492-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2492-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2492-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2492-1-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000006B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2492-15-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2704-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2852-8-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2852-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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