tofsee | 5f51d30f289b1a454e24a69f7b6bedbe46feac7777fb99b903edcb0e12064ff4

Analysis

max time kernel
147s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240708-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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31-01-2025 19:54

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General

Target

2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe
Size

10.9MB
MD5

064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d
SHA1

93a9531d32673ebeb3f9adc54aebe0caa6ce9ecc
SHA256

5f51d30f289b1a454e24a69f7b6bedbe46feac7777fb99b903edcb0e12064ff4
SHA512

0da174a798c099d9e03ddd4b6a015c37ae013aa18dc6c6327153fea8f9a551b8f44d7a3fd7d89ccdee1be333c68c079b1349bcfd13e5dff38b898336e493458a
SSDEEP

49152:/qE0YKr3fYPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPn:/qtYc3

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\aqxgdsys = "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
2740	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\aqxgdsys\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\aqxgdsys\\kmhngtd.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3000	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2792	kmhngtd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2792 set thread context of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2108	sc.exe
2380	sc.exe
2684	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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	kmhngtd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.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	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2176	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2176	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2176	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2176	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2324	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2324	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2324	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2324	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2108	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2108	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2108	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2108	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2380	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2380	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2380	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2380	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2684	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	40
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2684	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	40
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2684	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	40
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2684	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	40
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43
PID 2792 wrote to memory of 3000	2792	kmhngtd.exe	43
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2740	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	44
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2740	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	44
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2740	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	44
PID 2412 wrote to memory of 2740	2412	2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe	44

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2412
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aqxgdsys\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2176
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kmhngtd.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aqxgdsys\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2324
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create aqxgdsys binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aqxgdsys\kmhngtd.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2108
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description aqxgdsys "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2380
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start aqxgdsys
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2684
- 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:2740

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aqxgdsys\kmhngtd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\aqxgdsys\kmhngtd.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_064ff886ce1dfae017a3a8ffd297c74d_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2792
- 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:3000

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\kmhngtd.exe

Filesize
14.8MB

MD5
2e5664311b1a24adbc8f6fa546b308df

SHA1
b1abff2e336f79fa96d086f76a2034117a271a06

SHA256
73afe44831c19bf3e5d16ebbda17d91e8da4c34b3438aad1c3c615ef24d7e458

SHA512
e529912b4a632456c6f81d7d4120fa3ae56baa051d6161f0318025bfd6714d304dc98ae8faa10f99fbcc718b12b3615a58d6662037de2d1702db9a45e332da33

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memory/2412-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2412-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2412-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2412-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/2412-1-0x0000000002F20000-0x0000000003020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2412-15-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2792-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/3000-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3000-8-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3000-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3000-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3000-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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