Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    160s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241023-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    28/03/2025, 13:20

General

  • Target

    HPichHAekHXL0i2.exe

  • Size

    735KB

  • MD5

    25eaa2d8a1a973c77f37f07c0f0dd2fe

  • SHA1

    57f72cf8d22f5fd5e0472a928faeb938b7a362e7

  • SHA256

    1792b62467af9326272e0190ddd1e22c6217f23637ab47b9fbe0098ca3800c6d

  • SHA512

    487ef85e16c835b552e1ec43489e6c2b44a9d41b365c869a95f3206f3f75a5ed7842991a745222e1e36276411769bb36f8f4eec4824b22ddde82e2f0a94f2eb3

  • SSDEEP

    12288:NbdQiKaxRvjVoNUy/zS9iDCQJU5dlAW37yFPYELKa:pdQibRZy/cQCIwdlf3Qr

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

vipkeylogger

Credentials

Signatures

  • VIPKeylogger

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

  • Vipkeylogger family
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 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 SetThreadContext 1 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 5 IoCs

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

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

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HPichHAekHXL0i2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HPichHAekHXL0i2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:848
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HPichHAekHXL0i2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2360
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ylDfXNTY.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2464
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ylDfXNTY" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE782.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2844
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2128
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:3000
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
          2⤵
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:3016

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE782.tmp

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        41714695e8a8469078420f465eba3b69

        SHA1

        f4430aaea9c32cdea1acaa4d3ef2d5c2c2236519

        SHA256

        62c05e27a4f80ab5fa645d124ffaf19115079eb84d28e7e2262e7d9b5659be9d

        SHA512

        4b492e4263b3da03aa15a7840a72bca7ca7c4f910cdaf650447b793723298f052d80ce60261f204c7a841c168a7fb379b29b7229bb44019f76136e8b610eec77

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\K80KHV1I7IN7ANTAHOY1.temp

        Filesize

        7KB

        MD5

        08d05ba65191f366bc126311c309d9b6

        SHA1

        9a1f7441e862bb2b4a043caa6921cf9fc82c0748

        SHA256

        af12d501cbce4d1eda981193f6b24209be4ca28f582a75d363a483389ed7039e

        SHA512

        86c3875ffcf9a9b703d5ebc8bbba2658fc862a28b2e89454eb6ce488c586e5511c7be6db802b01c772e3101cd8597ba9841035f7dcab39a28e642f6a6a38194a

      • memory/848-4-0x00000000746AE000-0x00000000746AF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/848-32-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074D8E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.9MB

      • memory/848-0-0x00000000746AE000-0x00000000746AF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/848-5-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074D8E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.9MB

      • memory/848-6-0x0000000005270000-0x00000000052FE000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        568KB

      • memory/848-2-0x00000000746A0000-0x0000000074D8E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.9MB

      • memory/848-1-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000E0C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        752KB

      • memory/848-3-0x0000000000580000-0x0000000000598000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        96KB

      • memory/3016-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB

      • memory/3016-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB

      • memory/3016-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB

      • memory/3016-27-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/3016-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB

      • memory/3016-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB

      • memory/3016-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB

      • memory/3016-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        296KB