tofsee | aececfea324bf665d787ab945881605e7f34a64638dcdd024bed9d2126b3a231

Analysis

max time kernel
145s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241023-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
04-02-2025 06:25

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General

Target

2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe
Size

13.6MB
MD5

754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5
SHA1

06222c354e0941b445039a62e2c37d71846c3264
SHA256

aececfea324bf665d787ab945881605e7f34a64638dcdd024bed9d2126b3a231
SHA512

913fdf322a44f276f2b37fb51f121b441c4df71ff474f3cd3f647d0d514fa19226e31b30860913e3b5efbf3b83b4ac3d45f51707625238cd4cf460dd7ab5c6be
SSDEEP

24576:qpomTTN9tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttZ:+ooP

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\oawxrmli = "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
484	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\oawxrmli\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\oawxrmli\\aabmhigo.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2548	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2724	aabmhigo.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2724 set thread context of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2988	sc.exe
2716	sc.exe
2672	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	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.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	svchost.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	aabmhigo.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2768	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	30
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2768	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	30
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2768	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	30
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2768	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	30
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2964	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	32
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2964	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	32
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2964	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	32
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2964	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	32
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2988	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	34
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2988	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	34
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2988	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	34
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2988	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	34
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2716	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	36
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2716	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	36
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2716	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	36
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2716	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	36
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2672	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	38
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2672	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	38
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2672	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	38
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 2672	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	38
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41
PID 2724 wrote to memory of 2548	2724	aabmhigo.exe	41
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 484	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	42
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 484	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	42
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 484	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	42
PID 2952 wrote to memory of 484	2952	2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe	42

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2952
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oawxrmli\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2768
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aabmhigo.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oawxrmli\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2964
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create oawxrmli binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oawxrmli\aabmhigo.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2988
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description oawxrmli "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2716
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start oawxrmli
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2672
- 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:484

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oawxrmli\aabmhigo.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oawxrmli\aabmhigo.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-04_754058452e09ed1a3f2b5b73fc9be5a5_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2724
- 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:2548

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\aabmhigo.exe

Filesize
12.0MB

MD5
36ad05ce6c61ccfceca5a7534894fbf5

SHA1
5eb91e54171f4847e6a6526db26b4a9801eb41a9

SHA256
c9214ddf5404aa45c3e202ece7eeaec8c7c88a7229d46476836b55e6a1bfda63

SHA512
3d4fadda6fcc25313e4e6f2666f45708501b0710fe732c06956046b5db7d0513d19508188670c0937f0a5317e0016893498709b3d41e40ad2f50f53fcf8c9c9c

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memory/2548-8-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2548-11-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2548-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2548-17-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2548-18-0x00000000000C0000-0x00000000000D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2724-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/2952-1-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000006A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2952-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2952-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2952-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/2952-15-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2952-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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