tofsee | a70ba081e98ed55c64ec32bd490e1a9c2dc7b3c6c79a981345255afba7361c93

Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
118s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
01-02-2025 16:02

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General

Target

2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe
Size

13.4MB
MD5

5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c
SHA1

bb6f9e430e39820f33881920f144a4cc56171ee2
SHA256

a70ba081e98ed55c64ec32bd490e1a9c2dc7b3c6c79a981345255afba7361c93
SHA512

3dc0a4958c700fd24d261ca0a00aef1eb922ce7512b87d9cd68e6b7d45f2bbf73d4bf8c8f1ccaf6a6923d4a7de5aaca1cc469bdf3856a32889c0fff491f460c4
SSDEEP

393216:kXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx:m

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\awbqtdor = "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
2584	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\awbqtdor\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\awbqtdor\\mzlibotd.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2184	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2548	mzlibotd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2548 set thread context of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2064	sc.exe
2664	sc.exe
2224	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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.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	mzlibotd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2788	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2788	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2788	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2788	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2828	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2828	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2828	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2828	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2224	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2224	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2224	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2224	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2064	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2064	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2064	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2064	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2664	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2664	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2664	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2664	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2584	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	41
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2584	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	41
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2584	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	41
PID 2324 wrote to memory of 2584	2324	2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe	41
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43
PID 2548 wrote to memory of 2184	2548	mzlibotd.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2324
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\awbqtdor\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2788
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mzlibotd.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\awbqtdor\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2828
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create awbqtdor binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\awbqtdor\mzlibotd.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2224
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description awbqtdor "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2064
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start awbqtdor
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2664
- 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:2584

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\awbqtdor\mzlibotd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\awbqtdor\mzlibotd.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-01_5bc6501dcfa7c41b3c5541b68f54d94c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2548
- 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:2184

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\mzlibotd.exe

Filesize
13.0MB

MD5
770c50d8d4b772df667588ae40f04978

SHA1
fe9c000d76394e8c7e6029b60a56d381478110b9

SHA256
4b2249cc322d2b58e4213ae934d7e0052088b4616c383683023625782e872e4c

SHA512
0507b407ea859199eef8d1c15f09830b9193dd98ea10825bf4fb87bd1818ec4421d8ab1380aa40d6c8f64deaf2d197952a9110cc1bcf317ded28960bf85f6774

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memory/2184-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2184-16-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2184-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2184-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2184-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2324-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2324-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2324-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2324-8-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2324-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/2324-1-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000350000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2548-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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