Analysis

  • max time kernel
    133s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250217-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    19/02/2025, 19:12

General

  • Target

    Skery.exe

  • Size

    673KB

  • MD5

    23c5b9f638e095f67c6e0c038431f24b

  • SHA1

    6b3366c3ff8aa8576c520adb20f6fdea2393ed7f

  • SHA256

    380487150b51a339c3d8c34526c0109d9b5a904aee3e41abc62c04a63ec18dfb

  • SHA512

    0dea689116a01ac15e11420cdbfc01bf70b010fc175f726e873f2f32356d2521dbaf9369b193ca8439a98f29950e5a51e98598e03af5a8995a561b3523b74d15

  • SSDEEP

    12288:Xa/AcZ6qJ2s1+pBOijz3U1PbGf+883INo89u/r2XdgjPEmADNA0EpphZNG2q:X4Z6SQB5/3U5SWN3INFu/9jsmY0q

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

vipkeylogger

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot7888169387:AAFhsoUaeWK9XqbrEJl452LFnH_AAaGbsWI/sendMessage?chat_id=6838630391

Signatures

  • Guloader family
  • Guloader,Cloudeye

    A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.

  • VIPKeylogger

    VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.

  • Vipkeylogger family
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Skery.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Skery.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2332
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Skery.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Skery.exe"
      2⤵
      • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
      • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • outlook_office_path
      • outlook_win_path
      PID:2280
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:2228
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe" -ServerName:MiniSearchUI.AppXj3y73at8fy1htwztzxs68sxx1v7cksp7.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1452

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat

      Filesize

      23KB

      MD5

      e52072c0483110c5aa1b304cb0304187

      SHA1

      2a51ef083fee7aa7c78ed6881c064c0e55203b11

      SHA256

      2038d0f02d255770ac5216a86f709bd5e7d2dc1b0a6942a86427cc76eee2c685

      SHA512

      8dee1c67873e338f64de674f4179ca6fd90475510ed2183e3bbff2becc3a625c8b1bb3118122cb6bf767804938cd8f9d41ac2c32101ba64579858d3309ad7959

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nspC47A.tmp\System.dll

      Filesize

      12KB

      MD5

      0d7ad4f45dc6f5aa87f606d0331c6901

      SHA1

      48df0911f0484cbe2a8cdd5362140b63c41ee457

      SHA256

      3eb38ae99653a7dbc724132ee240f6e5c4af4bfe7c01d31d23faf373f9f2eaca

      SHA512

      c07de7308cb54205e8bd703001a7fe4fd7796c9ac1b4bb330c77c872bf712b093645f40b80ce7127531fe6746a5b66e18ea073ab6a644934abed9bb64126fea9

    • C:\Users\Admin\Music\timelanges.lnk

      Filesize

      864B

      MD5

      bf8f1faebcbb127a950114cbf96e044a

      SHA1

      22a597e92d5f2c06da6d655325eef15686ee1e43

      SHA256

      e20d4852d16c7d991eb4cb6f659d141d20e2ac790cfbe01c349394d569104b22

      SHA512

      f2760efdddaec2915c6d8064a86287055fa5e34ad481fffef3be7878664f0d2292148c3c441db8065643f080ba7964db673d758e67e980526ccdc75b2f0be91c

    • memory/2280-330-0x00000000385C0000-0x0000000038B66000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.6MB

    • memory/2280-326-0x00000000017B0000-0x000000000560F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      62.4MB

    • memory/2280-310-0x00007FF927A60000-0x00007FF927C69000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/2280-325-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000017A7000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      19.1MB

    • memory/2280-327-0x00007FF927A60000-0x00007FF927C69000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/2280-328-0x00007FF927A60000-0x00007FF927C69000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/2280-329-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000004DA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      296KB

    • memory/2280-339-0x0000000039980000-0x000000003998A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2280-331-0x0000000038510000-0x00000000385AC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      624KB

    • memory/2280-309-0x00000000017B0000-0x000000000560F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      62.4MB

    • memory/2280-333-0x00007FF927A60000-0x00007FF927C69000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/2280-334-0x00000000390C0000-0x0000000039282000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/2280-335-0x0000000038C00000-0x0000000038C50000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/2280-336-0x0000000039310000-0x000000003983C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.2MB

    • memory/2280-338-0x0000000039890000-0x0000000039922000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      584KB

    • memory/2332-308-0x00007FF927A60000-0x00007FF927C69000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.0MB

    • memory/2332-307-0x00007FF927A61000-0x00007FF927B8A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.2MB