snakekeylogger | ae88fec8df2e320104325abf884d96a5a5248b174cb42351fe46bb2f43c99ecc

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
19-02-2025 03:05

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General

Target

PURCHASE ORDER.exe
Size

776KB
MD5

9c7a8eff3b37756a1929f49f3b3053e6
SHA1

8c71c99e38e7322e3b4713dbb4c232419ec6659b
SHA256

ae88fec8df2e320104325abf884d96a5a5248b174cb42351fe46bb2f43c99ecc
SHA512

4d5ef22923096b33a0a52b22a3d4df4a60bc114ddd8cf52f880b0f89121d11f8298ea7760549ab8bb44986b8c5411420124468af51bdd94eba4eb86df6bb339a
SSDEEP

24576:tMRHPv6tkVi6z7UdFzulgJ/85Q03OTTObeL8MRH:tMZqaVlUQgJ/4tmTB8MZ

Score

10^/10

snakekeylogger collection discovery execution keylogger spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

snakekeylogger

https://api.telegram.org/bot5227573794:AAECZBnQSxLs0aOVsV2wnclC6-WKnxPpi_k/sendMessage?chat_id=5217421430

Signatures

Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
stealer keylogger snakekeylogger

Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2744-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp	family_snakekeylogger

Snakekeylogger family
snakekeylogger

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
2244	powershell.exe
2256	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	PURCHASE ORDER.exe

Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	PURCHASE ORDER.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
14	checkip.dyndns.org
17	reallyfreegeoip.org
18	reallyfreegeoip.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2288 set thread context of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
2672	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
2244	powershell.exe
2256	powershell.exe
2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
2256	powershell.exe
2244	powershell.exe
2744	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
2744	PURCHASE ORDER.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2244	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2256	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2744	PURCHASE ORDER.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2244	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	86
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2244	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	86
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2244	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	86
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2256	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	88
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2256	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	88
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2256	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	88
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2672	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	90
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2672	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	90
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2672	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	90
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2744	2288	PURCHASE ORDER.exe	92

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	PURCHASE ORDER.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	PURCHASE ORDER.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PURCHASE ORDER.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PURCHASE ORDER.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PURCHASE ORDER.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2244
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\vEwlIKz.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2256
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\vEwlIKz" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE724.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:2672
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PURCHASE ORDER.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PURCHASE ORDER.exe"
  2⤵
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - outlook_office_path
  - outlook_win_path
  PID:2744

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

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

Filesize
2KB

MD5
3d086a433708053f9bf9523e1d87a4e8

SHA1
b3ab5d4f282a4c8fe8c3005b8a557ed5a0e37f28

SHA256
6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69

SHA512
931ae42b4c68a4507ff2342332b08eb407050d47cf4176137ea022d0f6e513c689e998445a04c6d18d4877391705c586bfce0234632b898d41aaed0957996dfd

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

Filesize
18KB

MD5
d78f48c2d57e3b60a8f55302a2b96429

SHA1
f64a464fee625684fcde4191c20c9ef52e5707a4

SHA256
54e0ebe5a1edc6fc2cb0d1159e7e6c70f206cf010b2dccd6bceb73ab8a34b2d3

SHA512
88fe7a47702b2a77e13a38c9ae971f707757b04c681fce037d6392232b3359d216cbf28ced1c625a7777eb01c523b8d366696562ec3a9040999b04651987913f

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_egmqumkm.kyq.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE724.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
0f6b9be872b78b20f3f037d6eb65421e

SHA1
d76a4a345e0fc8ba364cf43865418f5fe21d11e1

SHA256
0db54904748d92b780c1c3ffcc0b8dee791a59a983bf11b5d25f26d81ac71d58

SHA512
91ddc0fcf6b217260486924625ced4932140d8fceca9d0ac7164a403a19f59340a1e909fd698f8677e2355069a037ccca991fb98b2fc55cdce9e82f7cb529358

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memory/2244-73-0x00000000077F0000-0x00000000077FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2244-15-0x0000000004EB0000-0x0000000004EE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/2244-85-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2244-78-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007ADA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2244-77-0x00000000079C0000-0x00000000079D4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2244-76-0x00000000079B0000-0x00000000079BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2244-74-0x0000000007A00000-0x0000000007A96000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/2244-72-0x0000000007780000-0x000000000779A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2244-17-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005C88000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/2244-16-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2244-18-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2244-60-0x000000006F3F0000-0x000000006F43C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2256-19-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2256-71-0x00000000078B0000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/2256-32-0x0000000005860000-0x00000000058C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2256-59-0x0000000006550000-0x000000000656E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2256-43-0x0000000005AC0000-0x0000000005E14000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2256-86-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2256-21-0x00000000057C0000-0x00000000057E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2256-45-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2256-33-0x00000000058D0000-0x0000000005936000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2256-79-0x0000000007580000-0x0000000007588000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2256-75-0x0000000007460000-0x0000000007471000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/2256-49-0x000000006F3F0000-0x000000006F43C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2256-48-0x0000000006510000-0x0000000006542000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/2256-61-0x0000000007130000-0x00000000071D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/2256-46-0x0000000005FE0000-0x000000000602C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2288-3-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2288-7-0x00000000744FE000-0x00000000744FF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2288-0-0x00000000744FE000-0x00000000744FF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2288-10-0x0000000007430000-0x00000000074CC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/2288-6-0x0000000007C00000-0x0000000007C1E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2288-9-0x0000000006300000-0x000000000636C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
432KB

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memory/2288-8-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2288-5-0x0000000002BB0000-0x0000000002BBA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2288-47-0x00000000744F0000-0x0000000074CA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2288-2-0x0000000007E70000-0x0000000008414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/2288-1-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000008A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
800KB

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memory/2288-4-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007B72000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/2744-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/2744-87-0x0000000006510000-0x0000000006560000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2744-88-0x0000000006730000-0x00000000068F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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