Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-ltsc 2021_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20250128-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc 2021-x64system -
submitted
05-02-2025 16:06
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Cerber5.exe
Resource
win10ltsc2021-20250128-en
General
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Target
Cerber5.exe
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Size
313KB
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MD5
fe1bc60a95b2c2d77cd5d232296a7fa4
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SHA1
c07dfdea8da2da5bad036e7c2f5d37582e1cf684
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SHA256
b3e1e9d97d74c416c2a30dd11858789af5554cf2de62f577c13944a19623777d
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SHA512
266c541a421878e1e175db5d94185c991cec5825a4bc50178f57264f3556080e6fe984ed0380acf022ce659aa1ca46c9a5e97efc25ff46cbfd67b9385fd75f89
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SSDEEP
6144:nl578cxdGY87FohbnmM2i8ito7wTmCbL94KCT3OAmK:nl59zH8MiM2z+NLQBN
Malware Config
Extracted
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\_R_E_A_D___T_H_I_S___C1LG_.txt
cerber
http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.onion/F0C1-AACA-45A0-0098-BB90
http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1n5mod.top/F0C1-AACA-45A0-0098-BB90
http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.19kdeh.top/F0C1-AACA-45A0-0098-BB90
http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.1mpsnr.top/F0C1-AACA-45A0-0098-BB90
http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.18ey8e.top/F0C1-AACA-45A0-0098-BB90
http://xpcx6erilkjced3j.17gcun.top/F0C1-AACA-45A0-0098-BB90
Signatures
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Cerber
Cerber is a widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), first seen in 2017.
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Cerber family
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Contacts a large (1094) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
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Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 2244 netsh.exe 3984 netsh.exe -
Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\a: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\g: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\j: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\p: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\q: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\v: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\w: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\b: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\i: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\k: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\m: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\s: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\u: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\l: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\n: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\r: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\t: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\x: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\z: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\d: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\h: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\o: Cerber5.exe File opened (read-only) \??\y: Cerber5.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 38 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\bitcoin Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\the bat! Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\desktop Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\thunderbird Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\thunderbird Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\bitcoin Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\the bat! Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\appdata\roaming\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\documents Cerber5.exe -
Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-950679536-2019665560-1662069516-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpD7D2.bmp" Cerber5.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\the bat! Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\bitcoin Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files\ Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\ Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\thunderbird Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\program files (x86)\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\desktop Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\thunderbird Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\the bat! Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\desktop Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\the bat! Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\bitcoin Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\onenote Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\ Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\outlook Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\powerpoint Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\thunderbird Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\excel Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\local\microsoft\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\local\microsoft\office Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\steam Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\localservice\appdata\roaming\word Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\microsoft sql server Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\documents Cerber5.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\onenote Cerber5.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
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 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 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Cerber5.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language netsh.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4364 Cerber5.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4364 Cerber5.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4364 wrote to memory of 2244 4364 Cerber5.exe 81 PID 4364 wrote to memory of 2244 4364 Cerber5.exe 81 PID 4364 wrote to memory of 2244 4364 Cerber5.exe 81 PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3984 4364 Cerber5.exe 83 PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3984 4364 Cerber5.exe 83 PID 4364 wrote to memory of 3984 4364 Cerber5.exe 83
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cerber5.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cerber5.exe"1⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4364 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exeC:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall set allprofiles state on2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2244
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exeC:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe advfirewall reset2⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3984
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
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Downloads
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Filesize
75KB
MD56da63c85e17362c2a238ca9b478d6c5c
SHA146dd6770cf01fe00cdd184e7e229b3ca2a89e7ba
SHA2560fa2837fe2e5a9ab8e5ef87f544cd59ea707ff30d790448f74349166f2398894
SHA5125ad19c40121adfe158d2147477680597d2adebd509f37657944571b7649ae57154f66bbfa83c988a3f597ca12507ade15c302405379b06a0859d2c2577bffabe
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Filesize
1KB
MD57cadac35f2cbdbe514d83e27b18cb495
SHA1b2a95565b44bcb48ee36b5d13203eb4d2b10d568
SHA2568b527f58cb1edc712f2c5caeb529ec4c1678538b6e48450b66d274b0ad67bf9a
SHA51293bae7c33278b104fe57381fa4d0dfd7000f7791f14a0467a797cd8f405cd1abc4ef4e776999c25275349777fca777577712aa798d188e914c52a3522f8ce14f