Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    24/03/2025, 18:01

General

  • Target

    ALG_.exe

  • Size

    41KB

  • MD5

    46fd49191202386317facb5ac2157e2e

  • SHA1

    5a52d8e40e4602eead1cd84cf8e4a718bdf020e7

  • SHA256

    e3daf5a3dd5e01ab6f5ed2f7ac60fa80fc39f001b35d8345544109582b255e99

  • SHA512

    b121307ed2d5c395bf3181fc7e9fe2fdb7b853fc1abb72dbe83d3be4f352aff85ef43df6bcfa4e2908b20bd4293a34682b3481c5950aad69b0799a3e7ddce563

  • SSDEEP

    768:8scaIyIde8bH5M/BgwwuZaefWTjtKZKfgm3Eh2H:Tc1He862efWTJF7EoH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

mercurialgrabber

C2

https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1353428582617317427/6wfKFgsJQtu_LlNQm9f91lBzKCAbcj8s7GDl_5m_ej1_pdgZF56aGaBolzWErmqIoq1X

Signatures

  • Mercurial Grabber Stealer

    Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.

  • Mercurialgrabber family
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

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

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

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ALG_.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ALG_.exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2296
    • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2296 -s 1348
      2⤵
        PID:3020
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
      1⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      PID:2660

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • memory/2296-0-0x000007FEF5D33000-0x000007FEF5D34000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2296-1-0x00000000012D0000-0x00000000012E0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2296-2-0x000007FEF5D30000-0x000007FEF671C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2296-3-0x000007FEF5D33000-0x000007FEF5D34000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2296-4-0x000007FEF5D30000-0x000007FEF671C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2296-7-0x000007FEF5D30000-0x000007FEF671C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2660-5-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001405E8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.9MB

    • memory/2660-6-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001405E8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.9MB