tofsee | fdb2e8d2bf18a8f52c8051d5a2c787bfd2478b8d0f8781e7844a40c831489520

Analysis

max time kernel
145s
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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26-01-2025 19:21

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General

Target

2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe
Size

13.9MB
MD5

d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789
SHA1

f5bdea7c9a29b0f3b2ceadc964a338410bf2ca35
SHA256

fdb2e8d2bf18a8f52c8051d5a2c787bfd2478b8d0f8781e7844a40c831489520
SHA512

56ea21d272929b93c7527376cee72f2e7aab277cbc3d1f9b4390479d75e0d4c87532b243514c46cd0a43dd64de26d617834bdcda4e2399107befe02d229d3dc8
SSDEEP

6144:nLQ1p/2p5e+D2jFHO+iZoy6u9FlfrXEz9NQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQ1:MTYe+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\pfksbmei = "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
2544	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\pfksbmei\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\pfksbmei\\sjfmdcgk.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2324	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2528	sjfmdcgk.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2528 set thread context of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2812	sc.exe
2852	sc.exe
2568	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 queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\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	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sjfmdcgk.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2764	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2764	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2764	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2764	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	30
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2628	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	32
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2628	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	32
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2628	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	32
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2628	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	32
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2812	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	34
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2812	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	34
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2812	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	34
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2812	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	34
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2852	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	36
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2852	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	36
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2852	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	36
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2852	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	36
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2568	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	38
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2568	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	38
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2568	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	38
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2568	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	38
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2544	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	41
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2544	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	41
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2544	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	41
PID 3032 wrote to memory of 2544	3032	2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe	41
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2324	2528	sjfmdcgk.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3032
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pfksbmei\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2764
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sjfmdcgk.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pfksbmei\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2628
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create pfksbmei binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pfksbmei\sjfmdcgk.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2812
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description pfksbmei "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2852
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start pfksbmei
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2568
- 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:2544

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pfksbmei\sjfmdcgk.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pfksbmei\sjfmdcgk.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_d186528ba7effe1b0750d9a52d8ab789_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2528
- 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:2324

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\sjfmdcgk.exe

Filesize
12.3MB

MD5
54509b31bf1d674d79c4fd4fc9bfa513

SHA1
d83ee8b0026b7f12ae938c6025ce2f131d96a5d9

SHA256
aa1316c1bf1be75996cecfc5b7afca43307fd8060af33acff626539cbed7c9c2

SHA512
fc89840feb094a14b560242cd22eac8b86346548908a2332131eda9b2256eb8d0aafa1f6652872192825b426f07946136a8c4650aae02583cac072a9138b16a3

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memory/2324-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2324-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2324-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2324-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2324-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2528-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/3032-1-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000710000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/3032-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/3032-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3032-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3032-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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