Analysis

  • max time kernel
    35s
  • max time network
    44s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250217-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    18-02-2025 17:23

General

  • Target

    Wave-Setup.exe

  • Size

    125.0MB

  • MD5

    9c2c4ff8c886747f36dfb60baf8dfc58

  • SHA1

    447c496617ce26d88040f6b927bd7758f895e704

  • SHA256

    5583231982fa337c0ade14f84301cbf2078656bcfe128f99dd082c3ec95cb4c7

  • SHA512

    0fc242a792479be540a8d78128efe566229f1b97c39bed840f813b81a5bc6504002f427e06eca14973e17c3789ec4f2d00a8cbbcbbcaa5629a34300fa9635a0f

  • SSDEEP

    24576:ZTZS04YNEMuExDiU6E5R9s8xY/2l/d4BNIbt+rx:ZTb4auS+UjfU2TgNIbt+r

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

orcus

C2

147.45.67.158

Mutex

07a04be20fd64a6f98b69fb858017041

Attributes
  • administration_rights_required

    false

  • anti_debugger

    false

  • anti_tcp_analyzer

    false

  • antivm

    false

  • autostart_method

    2

  • change_creation_date

    false

  • force_installer_administrator_privileges

    false

  • hide_file

    false

  • install

    false

  • installation_folder

    %appdata%\Microsoft\Speech\wavecrack.exe

  • installservice

    false

  • keylogger_enabled

    false

  • newcreationdate

    02/18/2022 03:09:09

  • plugins

    AgUFh/KmowjokAL8tAK+cicSsb2a/R0OQgBzAG8AZABQAHIAbwB0AGUAYwB0AGkAbwBuAAcDMQAuADAAQSA0ADcAZQBiADcANgA1ADAAMwA0ADkAOAA0ADcAYgA0AGEAOQBhAGYANQAyADEAMQBiADMANQA4ADYAMQA4ADQAAQXs/a7YDMDqAcy2Ar9g7F/XqzpdHw9EAGkAcwBhAGIAbABlAEQAZQBmAGUAbgBkAGUAcgAHAzIALgAwAEEgMABkADYAZABmADMAYwBiADgAOAA5ADIANABhADYAMwBhADkAYgBjADMAMgAyAGUAMAA2AGQANQAxADAAZABhAAEAAAQE

  • reconnect_delay

    10000

  • registry_autostart_keyname

    Audio HD Driver

  • registry_hidden_autostart

    false

  • set_admin_flag

    false

  • tasksch_name

    svchost.exe

  • tasksch_request_highest_privileges

    false

  • try_other_autostart_onfail

    false

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 1 IoCs

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender TamperProtection settings 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Orcus

    Orcus is a Remote Access Trojan that is being sold on underground forums.

  • Orcus family
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Possible Turn off User Account Control's privilege elevation for standard users.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 60 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 59 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wave-Setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wave-Setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
    • Modifies Windows Defender TamperProtection settings
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Windows security modification
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:1248
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe" --install
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      PID:3752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3096
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Speech\wavecrack.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Speech\wavecrack.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
      • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
      • Modifies Windows Defender TamperProtection settings
      • UAC bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Windows security modification
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Hijack Execution Flow: Executable Installer File Permissions Weakness
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • System policy modification
      PID:1052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3844
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    PID:4588
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:3340

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

      Filesize

      2KB

      MD5

      968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f

      SHA1

      8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c

      SHA256

      92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a

      SHA512

      4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3

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

      Filesize

      18KB

      MD5

      4a061dc67f92f39bf485c821aab2d538

      SHA1

      501434177df0662bde7864560f62380f36e756f6

      SHA256

      cb8716bba78d894b52e5173861913236d731da5e92afd77f9954af5bd3bf2f79

      SHA512

      1db590eb2138e863725462f2e25cce4da15cd374c61676dbe147c5dbd36ed5279f13eeb9dfec52933c5a65e41254f2e9938e0bcf4b3b31331109fe63d8461fa9

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fe0namsl.oa0.ps1

      Filesize

      60B

      MD5

      d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

      SHA1

      6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

      SHA256

      96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

      SHA512

      5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.InstallLog

      Filesize

      224B

      MD5

      e469dda91ae810a1f94c96060f3f8a65

      SHA1

      0b4b3b0f6f937016b1e045ce5313ee2a65a38630

      SHA256

      d42fee8db8eb0e047ca53ad59b1c9bc69fe04993be36fec502e3532371908842

      SHA512

      2eb4037361c03e195c642a53f55a3182a6df19903db503060e366f2394750e64ae04fdaace61ef5a6dba649defc88322d78edd2928bc53ebd1ce11d68cc88dac

    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.InstallLog

      Filesize

      597B

      MD5

      c2291863df7c2d3038ce3c22fa276506

      SHA1

      7b7d2bc07a6c35523807342c747c9b6a19f3184e

      SHA256

      14504199bede3f46129969dbd2b7680f2e5b7fcd73a3e427ce1bb6217a6d13da

      SHA512

      00bf40174a67e3e663d18a887c5b461a1e5ead0b27f0a139d87969158c58f4ca72cfa5a731dda239356192ca4cb5ac6ae2b0e37401d534e686cabacd3cbee8fa

    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsInput.exe

      Filesize

      21KB

      MD5

      e854a4636afc652b320e12e50ba4080e

      SHA1

      8a4ac6ecc22ee5f3a8ec846d38b41ff18c641fdc

      SHA256

      94b9c78c6fa2bf61fba20a08ad4563f7dd2f5668c28eff227965ce0a2032d5d5

      SHA512

      30aabd5079b6ed0948eb70fd18e9166096e4ba5d1d47fc35b7270f931d19bbe6cd929b6010f70297bf5272dc5a79e2523721354d211c4080d68ad8d17e316118

    • memory/1052-131-0x00000000063F0000-0x0000000006400000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1052-130-0x0000000006710000-0x00000000068D2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/1052-129-0x0000000006380000-0x0000000006398000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      96KB

    • memory/1052-159-0x0000000006B90000-0x0000000006B9A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1052-160-0x0000000007700000-0x0000000007D18000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.1MB

    • memory/1052-161-0x0000000006DF0000-0x0000000006E02000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/1052-162-0x0000000006E50000-0x0000000006E8C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      240KB

    • memory/1052-165-0x0000000008250000-0x000000000877C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.2MB

    • memory/1052-164-0x0000000007470000-0x000000000757A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.0MB

    • memory/1052-163-0x00000000070E0000-0x000000000712C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/1248-73-0x00000000065F0000-0x000000000663E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      312KB

    • memory/1248-9-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005F4A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1248-6-0x0000000005550000-0x000000000559C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/1248-5-0x00000000055F0000-0x0000000005682000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/1248-7-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005D16000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/1248-4-0x0000000005700000-0x0000000005CA4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/1248-3-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075300000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      7.7MB

    • memory/1248-8-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000005F28000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/1248-10-0x0000000005F90000-0x0000000005FB2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/1248-11-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005F7C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1248-2-0x0000000002AA0000-0x0000000002AAA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1248-128-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075300000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      7.7MB

    • memory/1248-116-0x0000000074B50000-0x0000000075300000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      7.7MB

    • memory/1248-0-0x0000000074B5E000-0x0000000074B5F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1248-109-0x0000000074B5E000-0x0000000074B5F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1248-1-0x0000000000690000-0x000000000076A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      872KB

    • memory/1248-74-0x0000000006660000-0x0000000006678000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      96KB

    • memory/3096-112-0x00000000075B0000-0x00000000075CA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/3096-104-0x00000000078B0000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.5MB

    • memory/3096-113-0x0000000007590000-0x0000000007598000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/3096-75-0x0000000002640000-0x0000000002676000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      216KB

    • memory/3096-76-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005878000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.2MB

    • memory/3096-77-0x0000000004E70000-0x0000000004E92000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      136KB

    • memory/3096-78-0x0000000004F10000-0x0000000004F76000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      408KB

    • memory/3096-111-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074C4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/3096-88-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005C54000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.3MB

    • memory/3096-89-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F4E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/3096-90-0x0000000005FC0000-0x000000000600C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/3096-91-0x0000000006500000-0x0000000006532000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/3096-102-0x0000000006570000-0x000000000658E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/3096-92-0x000000006FDE0000-0x000000006FE2C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/3096-103-0x0000000007160000-0x0000000007203000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      652KB

    • memory/3096-110-0x00000000074A0000-0x00000000074AE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/3096-105-0x0000000007270000-0x000000000728A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/3096-106-0x00000000072E0000-0x00000000072EA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/3096-107-0x00000000074F0000-0x0000000007586000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      600KB

    • memory/3096-108-0x0000000007470000-0x0000000007481000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      68KB

    • memory/3752-25-0x0000000001670000-0x0000000001690000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      128KB

    • memory/3752-39-0x000000001CE50000-0x000000001CEEC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/3752-24-0x0000000001630000-0x0000000001648000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      96KB

    • memory/3752-26-0x00007FF9AF570000-0x00007FF9AFF11000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.6MB

    • memory/3752-23-0x00007FF9AF825000-0x00007FF9AF826000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/3752-27-0x00007FF9AF570000-0x00007FF9AFF11000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.6MB

    • memory/3752-30-0x000000001BF80000-0x000000001BFA4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      144KB

    • memory/3752-38-0x000000001C8E0000-0x000000001CDAE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4.8MB

    • memory/3752-69-0x00007FF9AF570000-0x00007FF9AFF11000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.6MB

    • memory/3844-145-0x0000000070550000-0x000000007059C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/3844-156-0x0000000007AA0000-0x0000000007AB1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      68KB

    • memory/3844-142-0x0000000005DF0000-0x0000000006144000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.3MB

    • memory/3844-157-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007AF4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/3844-144-0x00000000065F0000-0x000000000663C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      304KB

    • memory/3844-155-0x00000000077E0000-0x0000000007883000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      652KB

    • memory/4588-52-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-53-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-54-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-60-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-62-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-64-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-63-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-61-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-59-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/4588-58-0x00000261E8DC0000-0x00000261E8DC1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB