Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01-02-2025 18:37

General

  • Target

    bound.exe

  • Size

    760KB

  • MD5

    79549e64dc118988e997a209ef99567d

  • SHA1

    48948a955e0266ac2d5fb7c61e3f48aca97a829c

  • SHA256

    adf64abb408b1eaac3668e8b5d984780ce5664e8cc1579a0bebf1380cba23d43

  • SHA512

    3c58de1340c4a68509cc5c72b6eddc91ffca7d0d0038363632bd6abd51a165452e0a1d2bf0ecbffa0a1ec4e0e9a2f421deaae681f81373917d9dee72c283e4ea

  • SSDEEP

    12288:WMSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9KmKj:WnsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9c

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xred

C2

xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Xred family
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 47 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bound.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bound.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3104
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_bound.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_bound.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2972
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=in program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2420
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=in "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:2748
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=out program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4692
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=out "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:908
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name='SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Inbound' dir=in action=allow program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe' enable=yes profile=private,public"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3156
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule "name=SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Inbound" dir=in action=allow "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" enable=yes profile=private,public
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:4604
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name='SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Outbound' dir=out action=allow program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe' enable=yes profile=private,public"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3980
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule "name=SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Outbound" dir=out action=allow "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" enable=yes profile=private,public
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:4072
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA7B9.tmp.bat""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3472
        • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
          ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
          4⤵
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:5060
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3312
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:748
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=in program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1856
          • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=in "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
            5⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:4488
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=out program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2080
          • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name=all dir=out "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
            5⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:3676
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name='SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Inbound' dir=in action=allow program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe' enable=yes profile=private,public"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4412
          • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule "name=SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Inbound" dir=in action=allow "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" enable=yes profile=private,public
            5⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:2036
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name='SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Outbound' dir=out action=allow program='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe' enable=yes profile=private,public"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2344
          • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule "name=SSTP(Secure Socket Trade Protocol)(SSTF-IN) Outbound" dir=out action=allow "program=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" enable=yes profile=private,public
            5⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:4936
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA74C.tmp.bat""
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1804
          • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
            ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
            5⤵
            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
            • Runs ping.exe
            PID:3376
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:664

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe

    Filesize

    760KB

    MD5

    79549e64dc118988e997a209ef99567d

    SHA1

    48948a955e0266ac2d5fb7c61e3f48aca97a829c

    SHA256

    adf64abb408b1eaac3668e8b5d984780ce5664e8cc1579a0bebf1380cba23d43

    SHA512

    3c58de1340c4a68509cc5c72b6eddc91ffca7d0d0038363632bd6abd51a165452e0a1d2bf0ecbffa0a1ec4e0e9a2f421deaae681f81373917d9dee72c283e4ea

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

    SHA1

    31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

    SHA256

    84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

    SHA512

    8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

    Filesize

    64B

    MD5

    50a8221b93fbd2628ac460dd408a9fc1

    SHA1

    7e99fe16a9b14079b6f0316c37cc473e1f83a7e6

    SHA256

    46e488628e5348c9c4dfcdeed5a91747eae3b3aa49ae1b94d37173b6609efa0e

    SHA512

    27dda53e7edcc1a12c61234e850fe73bf3923f5c3c19826b67f2faf9e0a14ba6658001a9d6a56a7036409feb9238dd452406e88e318919127b4a06c64dba86f0

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

    Filesize

    64B

    MD5

    446dd1cf97eaba21cf14d03aebc79f27

    SHA1

    36e4cc7367e0c7b40f4a8ace272941ea46373799

    SHA256

    a7de5177c68a64bd48b36d49e2853799f4ebcfa8e4761f7cc472f333dc5f65cf

    SHA512

    a6d754709f30b122112ae30e5ab22486393c5021d33da4d1304c061863d2e1e79e8aeb029cae61261bb77d0e7becd53a7b0106d6ea4368b4c302464e3d941cf7

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_bound.exe

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    4f335528745cc617396c5c7107e84dff

    SHA1

    e90b4e0e888c43dde82662df49c7c054207a2961

    SHA256

    50e64c6fb2a0fb6898a792d192c35b3f43996c6dea24d5f94c0e90e2be238671

    SHA512

    0bb11a0577108a13ebd98323ea094d05205a07686ab355e9c6bf8976398be0a327306206c64a4d41109fbf2f47f8af0925a605023ea308109d7c80540129138c

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\54A75E00

    Filesize

    26KB

    MD5

    423106df931c0e8a3b0fbca540e99492

    SHA1

    b54285726ac3784a5996b542f967fe138c7804f9

    SHA256

    30197bb732093ee65d01bb420d9770d435c16545cff4ad3a42a692dd02c11ca3

    SHA512

    e252cc5af33f7c1b4c792bbcbc2c92e905047a243f186d66cb8c70f3b6d1f32c7cb08bf5ee1b5d1ccc12afda1432dfb9a7c7cc1faf27953ac09040594378d594

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8rmT55R8.xlsm

    Filesize

    17KB

    MD5

    e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9

    SHA1

    00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044

    SHA256

    8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15

    SHA512

    a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rv5zikaa.hgd.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA74C.tmp.bat

    Filesize

    158B

    MD5

    666fc6a0db5d834d3cf9b4a58cf4dbd3

    SHA1

    02f18445813ab582ba892c549630d887b64c7f5d

    SHA256

    85fc15d517b841d4f391fa56a4f70aacb6b1a066f5d435555b024bbe334f4ccf

    SHA512

    bb378ea5e44f67fe76540a9e6cfa2e68adf56c37aceb3da2348b163b5d32ddb3381b0ca761e5baab0a68fa1a1c46ea51080595f682e6b14475c38f224fc38f4b

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA7B9.tmp.bat

    Filesize

    154B

    MD5

    0391c605c9573f570108daad91c18a1e

    SHA1

    9942d5137ae4886778994590dabf3a0f563c8698

    SHA256

    85797b5a1be48c64f8108dde769c06b306ed906c38424faee3d62b9967f035b4

    SHA512

    20b0e1fdd368e784ed2f581c43cb8ae2cd7d480ec236956ff566be808fff56bbc9343a3e68780fcf1409b166c5963b0b88809369349dc1992e77d838e8acd17d

  • memory/664-205-0x00007FFD74AF0000-0x00007FFD74B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/664-219-0x00007FFD72190000-0x00007FFD721A0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/664-207-0x00007FFD74AF0000-0x00007FFD74B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/664-206-0x00007FFD74AF0000-0x00007FFD74B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/664-208-0x00007FFD74AF0000-0x00007FFD74B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/664-204-0x00007FFD74AF0000-0x00007FFD74B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/664-218-0x00007FFD72190000-0x00007FFD721A0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2420-140-0x00000279AB690000-0x00000279AB6B2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/2420-145-0x00007FFD96810000-0x00007FFD972D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/2420-234-0x00007FFD96810000-0x00007FFD972D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/2420-134-0x00007FFD96810000-0x00007FFD972D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/2420-131-0x00007FFD96810000-0x00007FFD972D1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/2972-71-0x0000013262580000-0x0000013262588000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2972-70-0x00007FFD96813000-0x00007FFD96815000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/3104-0-0x0000000002350000-0x0000000002351000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/3104-130-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    784KB

  • memory/3312-346-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    784KB

  • memory/3312-376-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    784KB