Analysis

  • max time kernel
    4s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    22/03/2025, 06:09

General

  • Target

    2ab11ad915b74ff1dd9a0ab743f7bb2a.exe

  • Size

    5.7MB

  • MD5

    2ab11ad915b74ff1dd9a0ab743f7bb2a

  • SHA1

    b0d2258559eb5d5bd58af52e68fe17fa4f99109c

  • SHA256

    09b4c204845790b4a2cb57a569ee7151d94e038099e3c175807aa27e68bd919c

  • SHA512

    a4cec88eba462ad4e20f267806379054629b736db8c670d7cccfa0ca12a97deb2152ea63b5371662701ca70ea214a029918f584ae89a0187c5ed81253b06a656

  • SSDEEP

    98304:6b4j5YtLaDORGGPAgOUeocP/cjsuS34/4ccmvgJ9FzpI4iWBPzL6OKsgsXPhU4ln:6U5YdUGEJl+oI/BcqgD1SeLuOKsg8BEy

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2ab11ad915b74ff1dd9a0ab743f7bb2a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2ab11ad915b74ff1dd9a0ab743f7bb2a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5900
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bootstrapper.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bootstrapper.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5956
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sqqcmm1n4vf4qj95.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4504
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sqqcmm1n4vf4qj95.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sqqcmm1n4vf4qj95.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4764
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe
        "CMD" netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe" WindowsControl ENABLE & exit
        3⤵
          PID:5696
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
          "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit
          3⤵
            PID:3352
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe" /RL HIGHEST
              4⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:3780
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
            "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\smssSystem32.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit
            3⤵
              PID:4068
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\smssSystem32.exe" /RL HIGHEST
                4⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:2000
            • C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe
              "C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe"
              3⤵
                PID:1696
          • C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe
            C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe
            1⤵
              PID:5796
            • C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe
              C:\Users\Public\Pictures\smssSystem32.exe
              1⤵
                PID:3400

              Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\smssSystem32.exe.log

                Filesize

                642B

                MD5

                e19ed69089e56bbfaaba5e5e63d0354f

                SHA1

                287519bf7c4ec630e4326db00809f627f927ebef

                SHA256

                f9481e31897c3d9071b744e1638942b52c46858c16ccf692f5c6e109a8b092f6

                SHA512

                c4a8678d28eea4c3a3adfe0324943478efabef839d3bdacb0e4c278e97ee356037c0bfd83b096952b43d81af0b7253eb7d666416e0024ce93a1c516a834fd05b

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bootstrapper.exe

                Filesize

                9.4MB

                MD5

                f2a6133b7f38fc49f792ae799d1b4750

                SHA1

                6bef46ddde325f45a0e9ff123112c96bbd47c795

                SHA256

                37bde6655e1272e159b9c2e3a7eee3f4e9a837c0f04240645d3991d112287f8d

                SHA512

                f9611bed83b4bce1841868880a42dacb6b8f7e8859be1d85b3c8d3a365a0244566cbfb12294c7b2c82b15d6c0e47095d8246a95d522c3a064a0d8511b2411254

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_eq2dksj4.uif.ps1

                Filesize

                60B

                MD5

                d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

                SHA1

                6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

                SHA256

                96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

                SHA512

                5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sqqcmm1n4vf4qj95.exe

                Filesize

                290KB

                MD5

                7b5fb78ea05e503081f53a223858181c

                SHA1

                2d6d4187e52fa65be9fcd43717de87ebffb3d679

                SHA256

                9a46574df4ed1df8497bdc34334ea9cd280e77935d580e2d34125ba9906a5802

                SHA512

                3b6c9e5b82b4157adcaf712745c068f1e679e327aee9467f5100971244ecbc5bc9a686aaed3f5a6ac727303a2e0ed146b059d4a42a059ae801e863ed2d3bc89e

              • C:\Windows\xdwd.dll

                Filesize

                136KB

                MD5

                16e5a492c9c6ae34c59683be9c51fa31

                SHA1

                97031b41f5c56f371c28ae0d62a2df7d585adaba

                SHA256

                35c8d022e1d917f1aabdceae98097ccc072161b302f84c768ca63e4b32ac2b66

                SHA512

                20fd369172ef5e3e2fde388666b42e8fe5f0c2bfa338c0345f45e98af6561a249ba3ecc48c3f16efcc73f02ecb67b3ddb1e2e8f0e77d18fa00ac34e6379e50b6

              • memory/4504-16-0x000001E76BFE0000-0x000001E76C002000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                136KB

              • memory/4504-21-0x00007FF80D2E0000-0x00007FF80DDA1000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                10.8MB

              • memory/4504-22-0x00007FF80D2E0000-0x00007FF80DDA1000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                10.8MB

              • memory/4504-23-0x00007FF80D2E0000-0x00007FF80DDA1000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                10.8MB

              • memory/4504-26-0x00007FF80D2E0000-0x00007FF80DDA1000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                10.8MB

              • memory/4764-39-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000F3E000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                312KB

              • memory/5900-3-0x00007FF80D2E0000-0x00007FF80DDA1000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                10.8MB

              • memory/5900-0-0x00007FF80D2E3000-0x00007FF80D2E5000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                8KB

              • memory/5900-40-0x00007FF80D2E0000-0x00007FF80DDA1000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                10.8MB

              • memory/5900-1-0x0000000000110000-0x00000000006CA000-memory.dmp

                Filesize

                5.7MB