tofsee | db63914da2e86c9436713c9aafeaf23a6d927fb273646aca7125da7258e539b5

Analysis

max time kernel
157s
max time network
136s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
07-02-2025 21:28

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General

Target

2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe
Size

12.5MB
MD5

c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c
SHA1

8a8e719e97dbc9caace55dd2b01d15cde517d4f7
SHA256

db63914da2e86c9436713c9aafeaf23a6d927fb273646aca7125da7258e539b5
SHA512

b95e8e3e8a3c34ffe79ae56da81a22e5f4f1fc0913786480c849146383aa3b67195fa7a7d24dbfae771fa4efb056ee3033b4902a5437224cf8bd83703752bf5d
SSDEEP

6144:zLQ1p/2p5e+D2jFHO+iZoy6u9FlfrXEz9NQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQw:ITYe+D2jFu+iZoUFhAz

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\xzcqlcdt = "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
2476	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\xzcqlcdt\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\xzcqlcdt\\fhalsaoe.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2424	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
396	fhalsaoe.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 396 set thread context of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2832	sc.exe
2780	sc.exe
2708	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 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

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	svchost.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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	fhalsaoe.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_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 2876 wrote to memory of 2672	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2672	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2672	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2672	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	30
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2956	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2956	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2956	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2956	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	32
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2832	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2832	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2832	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2832	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	34
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2780	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2780	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2780	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2780	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	36
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2708	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2708	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2708	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2708	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	38
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2476	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	40
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2476	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	40
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2476	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	40
PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2476	2876	2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe	40
PID 396 wrote to memory of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43
PID 396 wrote to memory of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43
PID 396 wrote to memory of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43
PID 396 wrote to memory of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43
PID 396 wrote to memory of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43
PID 396 wrote to memory of 2424	396	fhalsaoe.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2876
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xzcqlcdt\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fhalsaoe.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xzcqlcdt\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2956
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create xzcqlcdt binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xzcqlcdt\fhalsaoe.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2832
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description xzcqlcdt "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2780
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start xzcqlcdt
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2708
- 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:2476

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xzcqlcdt\fhalsaoe.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xzcqlcdt\fhalsaoe.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-07_c70185c3b9221cd71d44049748bbbf5c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:396
- 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:2424

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\fhalsaoe.exe

Filesize
13.7MB

MD5
823626a311cd86c5899c0c21fdd6d913

SHA1
f9236da8140ab366c3c731a08c142cdee54b2e83

SHA256
12143214d24460c00d02dd31d762d14d26855ddb0e6f00133cf0aaa9c27d2888

SHA512
fba66090d45637ca7564a8904354c16285ddf3c9b7471f6dd5cb30f98d323ab1f527c3e265d94772f07dee8a053be05c1933243d959cc94da7b6d552ba86e1d7

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memory/396-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2424-17-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2424-18-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2424-14-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2424-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2424-11-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2876-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2876-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2876-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2876-7-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2876-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2876-1-0x0000000000930000-0x0000000000A30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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