Analysis

  • max time kernel
    100s
  • max time network
    102s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250313-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250313-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    25/03/2025, 20:54

General

  • Target

    08.msi

  • Size

    5.7MB

  • MD5

    436b14fb3637af66cfd787869decbb6f

  • SHA1

    b94dab2a8de781973507172017019f0d89527056

  • SHA256

    1bd7e0c46933e8dc11cb5375fe14600575ceed6f09fc14fc8b56032524f8bb42

  • SHA512

    caad869b295e222c0999a8eee8f270e2d1b937484c69cbf9154211db4f30237d4277ae1549e34fe842f8dbf72660c2d3023eb65bad90d07cec2a23f902b2c0dd

  • SSDEEP

    98304:9Yrd1ALFlGmyUMCW/x/64I7gXbzZFx7eG7eI243u/HyuuOneWFug3X:2yFlPyU32i4ISNh5243u/HAlW

Malware Config

Signatures

  • SectopRAT

    SectopRAT is a remote access trojan first seen in November 2019.

  • SectopRAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Sectoprat family
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 16 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 19 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\08.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:4188
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2860
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5156
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 2BE6466BF0772D268F235A21F46A5B77
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2304
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Causerie\VSAddIn.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Causerie\VSAddIn.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5092
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4860
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
            "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
            4⤵
              PID:1968
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
              4⤵
                PID:776
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
                "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe"
                4⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                PID:3864
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\more.com
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\more.com
              3⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              PID:5964
        • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
          1⤵
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:904

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Config.Msi\e57832d.rbs

          Filesize

          11KB

          MD5

          ea99f0195ad24d6ac8dc7d5323c1e14e

          SHA1

          a37b0a686a769f8ee436675c906b30e1e86e0359

          SHA256

          a6a2eba00179f8a186e899e64a6d6db5e1795c0ffc541b91f3f1cc46eadbeed8

          SHA512

          3ef29924a22a256002d5ef79447079f13b5ed320f0e46baceb8356c71c08d7cab88e4d63079a3b2b5a98259af9b5afa95044f2e9e7c3769ff4e6e7b7d90afefa

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

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          ffb140dfd576f350cd6e43bc755bb764

          SHA1

          7078662523d38796d6bbcb40352ec59d61ddde19

          SHA256

          94c610c55d71e9d39fc03adb85dbf09b556639b60ed6a86f335154f781889332

          SHA512

          864049e35993fa3c08eec0187ec0d67bd681620ad851f84787a4872bb569fae0f1b3aeec6990ccdc325d36fa004e2157098bd112fa5f43caa6a4aafbc0c0678a

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\79d9f2e

          Filesize

          1.9MB

          MD5

          eb7417474afce7ec5a8c818c5502c1a8

          SHA1

          f8fa2e3e21d47265915a7a7d5a51e19509b22038

          SHA256

          886fe661e800ac08116c96e67a76ce302b7bebe60b52415a0fcdd50526792850

          SHA512

          ea2489a15766b70835c609de6cfdf152b5a519e7fa1cfb56e202ca1dc60119c543c97f53cee4d85244d55784181de7c5f366fa643fcae83d954ce870e8ba58b7

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9d6e7b0

          Filesize

          2.3MB

          MD5

          54b0adf6326b6e10395a2f6f7d3498ae

          SHA1

          aaadce06b8b22835f8ec0e9a9232c989a266cc3d

          SHA256

          948902714b151b42cf9ee90b87bc2ded129d114bd564e6e932579e56caefea3c

          SHA512

          be1daf536018a131bc93274c9d8eef9f7fdbb05d431b19f469eefe3ed9d7add511592592d0f8f80adc5ae759d55a5c84509ddca9d842a3945fe70cb496a1f22a

        • C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8378.tmp

          Filesize

          386KB

          MD5

          72b1c6699ddc2baab105d32761285df2

          SHA1

          fc85e9fb190f205e6752624a5231515c4ee4e155

          SHA256

          bf7f6f7e527ab8617766bb7a21c21b2895b5275c0e808756c2aadcd66eff8a97

          SHA512

          cde1e754d8dfb2fa55db243517b5dd3d75b209ea6387ef2e4be6157875e536db2373f23434a9e66c119150301c7b7cdf97de5a5544d94c03247b4ae716cbc170

        • C:\Windows\Installer\e57832a.msi

          Filesize

          5.7MB

          MD5

          436b14fb3637af66cfd787869decbb6f

          SHA1

          b94dab2a8de781973507172017019f0d89527056

          SHA256

          1bd7e0c46933e8dc11cb5375fe14600575ceed6f09fc14fc8b56032524f8bb42

          SHA512

          caad869b295e222c0999a8eee8f270e2d1b937484c69cbf9154211db4f30237d4277ae1549e34fe842f8dbf72660c2d3023eb65bad90d07cec2a23f902b2c0dd

        • \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2

          Filesize

          24.6MB

          MD5

          9a208917548f4aa8199c14c563cabdc7

          SHA1

          3438534395c64748416180d4251a2b8f6c6ff5a4

          SHA256

          eac4de0034dd000635812649c5ce679cdc1c594ecd1420004ad6fc3d660b1248

          SHA512

          8dd333e4bb05dda55f6c32be2303ac7e4165368879763892f2859642d16163719f26ee028b1993629e3294043cfd4a3fabe6e4c6376724d5a3546d499e9b467f

        • \??\Volume{d3053786-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{61b78a62-4f79-4fc7-a1ca-cea77f1179dd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          Filesize

          6KB

          MD5

          1d8b8981cafca3d0881daa6b910add97

          SHA1

          6e68e943a9316f2c28e2fd7dbd210408d1667cd7

          SHA256

          fbf24cf24342a6abe8a49e5ca2d3ea71439ccd1d9fabaa2817b76f9c988b94b1

          SHA512

          04bd1dde1e14b30652431eb0f81c02b6578a1492d5671cf250f02033f8d0ce2c34938b5bb3fb9e8ddca7b9ecb2d842d1c0bf0a7b4ca6b850a61ea99be3ed10a6

        • memory/3864-76-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D4000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          848KB

        • memory/3864-84-0x0000000006610000-0x0000000006676000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          408KB

        • memory/3864-83-0x0000000006550000-0x000000000656E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          120KB

        • memory/3864-82-0x0000000006A40000-0x0000000006F6C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.2MB

        • memory/3864-81-0x0000000006490000-0x0000000006506000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          472KB

        • memory/3864-80-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005D02000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.8MB

        • memory/3864-79-0x00000000058B0000-0x0000000005900000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          320KB

        • memory/4860-58-0x0000000005610000-0x00000000056AC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          624KB

        • memory/4860-63-0x0000000006B20000-0x0000000006B3A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/4860-64-0x00000000066D0000-0x00000000066D6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          24KB

        • memory/4860-62-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000005C9A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/4860-61-0x0000000005750000-0x0000000005776000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          152KB

        • memory/4860-60-0x0000000005D00000-0x00000000062A6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.6MB

        • memory/4860-59-0x00000000056B0000-0x0000000005742000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          584KB

        • memory/4860-57-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000F10000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.6MB

        • memory/4860-55-0x00000000750F0000-0x00000000753A3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          2.7MB

        • memory/5092-49-0x00007FFCD56D0000-0x00007FFCD5730000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          384KB

        • memory/5092-42-0x00000000004A0000-0x0000000000C8E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          7.9MB

        • memory/5092-54-0x00007FFCD56D0000-0x00007FFCD5730000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          384KB

        • memory/5964-71-0x00007FFCE4780000-0x00007FFCE4989000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          2.0MB