Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    31/03/2025, 18:26

General

  • Target

    90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe

  • Size

    8.0MB

  • MD5

    d2dbe489415f717e4b31257abaf2014c

  • SHA1

    f935da9d0177bef1ceb9f6a2c15c9771aa578cd5

  • SHA256

    90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf

  • SHA512

    4e4d418b3dc84f7c80064885703f24f0a3a1fd30e6c2121c8375852b5b4866a8c571d324a0c977fdedcf55e9da1b77fba478410f18ad98790db7753854977d00

  • SSDEEP

    196608:bKXbeO7oIzLzyxechmOEiZ560zzYybwpt:w7oIzq0cSiHSpt

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xred

C2

xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Signatures

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 10 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 11 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Gh0strat family
  • PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

  • Purplefox family
  • Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Xred family
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 11 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 25 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 13 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 52 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5136
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\R.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:220
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 220 -s 448
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2952
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 220 -s 528
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:5468
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\N.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4380
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe > nul
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4788
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
          ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:5760
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3536
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4516
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
          svchost.exe
          4⤵
            PID:5148
        • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
          3⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2572
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5404
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
              svchost.exe
              5⤵
              • Drops file in Windows directory
              PID:2932
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 220 -ip 220
      1⤵
        PID:5312
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 540 -p 220 -ip 220
        1⤵
          PID:3500
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -auto
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4676
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -acsi
            2⤵
            • Drops file in Drivers directory
            • Sets service image path in registry
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4896
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2164
          • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
            C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
            2⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5752
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1868
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
                svchost.exe
                4⤵
                • Drops file in Windows directory
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:4344
        • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
          "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
          1⤵
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3824
        • C:\Windows\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\svchost.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:2100

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_HD_90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe

          Filesize

          3.7MB

          MD5

          9284ad2b9dedaccb7660b1613f8f2744

          SHA1

          5beb997b004f44770d1b1d7fabca69b8e50c14de

          SHA256

          39367d062dd41a0bcbd6eeead8354b82b6ca39654deb01cdfcbaec14cfba5f13

          SHA512

          94b7061b8d52ad26589d9baeae05dff4dab4eda87957356b52a47ee260af0625df7123ac688939f8b2b87ab89ad574a348575d81876ef69925b12db31370c991

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6CA75E00

          Filesize

          24KB

          MD5

          50a6ae61b9cac4f7e0a42895c32d486d

          SHA1

          36f3fbb11788a84a5552738be4f3cec207518db1

          SHA256

          7b3e5d7dff3695ea12fb54b09993555162294ade3aba2d925125e4666287888e

          SHA512

          75c3d796a2fa0d4d23b2462039a700a5b90b3e3af4ba0770edaa60d1852da8292375aae6e2a9aed376059b6393803dce6fd0fd12c70d5939b957f207b5e84d80

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E2EECore.2.7.2.dll

          Filesize

          8.4MB

          MD5

          8b6c94bbdbfb213e94a5dcb4fac28ce3

          SHA1

          b56102ca4f03556f387f8b30e2b404efabe0cb65

          SHA256

          982a177924762f270b36fe34c7d6847392b48ae53151dc2011078dceef487a53

          SHA512

          9d6d63b5d8cf7a978d7e91126d7a343c2f7acd00022da9d692f63e50835fdd84a59a93328564f10622f2b1f6adfd7febdd98b8ddb294d0754ed45cc9c165d25a

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_90aa52caa8c2e9b43bc91a7c166bedcf7740b28cfb289732af3ce51d1a3314bf.exe

          Filesize

          4.4MB

          MD5

          17483b53d1189ebe1d2c341347778a1d

          SHA1

          1c3e0abbf19adbf6a5ca38d434b667794bcb11f3

          SHA256

          391529f69657802339fa084feec2ebcfce99e888d6d1f19cdf7f09c7bfa27e5c

          SHA512

          026b96a2efcc3555e0bff64280be0e9bf271112e58306526a9a38d32666518fa0f801e6e5220eaf24b5a58e2806e815c30edb36906fffbde12de1c91148e7cdf

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat

          Filesize

          3.6MB

          MD5

          a13a5d435f336ef34ad621f7ab58b2fc

          SHA1

          144c965ae45493e33d65cc86d8c79c33985382f5

          SHA256

          9af06847b1562bb682d55af14418bd3a666579cd651fa7442136e11a7dc73ef6

          SHA512

          986cfbd10c2e34d24a58e77a680e850fb5101318cb140357b9ca6133c41f28313179561e2f5d7f692701de216b4123649084090e81a8724e30f4192fff13b2a2

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

          Filesize

          377KB

          MD5

          4a36a48e58829c22381572b2040b6fe0

          SHA1

          f09d30e44ff7e3f20a5de307720f3ad148c6143b

          SHA256

          3de6c02f52a661b8f934f59541d0cf297bb489eb2155e346b63c7338e09aeaf8

          SHA512

          5d0ea398792f6b9eb3f188813c50b7f43929183b5733d2b595b2fd1c78722764fd15f62db1086b5c7edfb157661a6dcd544ddd80907ee7699dddbca1ef4022d0

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

          Filesize

          941KB

          MD5

          8dc3adf1c490211971c1e2325f1424d2

          SHA1

          4eec4a4e7cb97c5efa6c72e0731cd090c0c4adc5

          SHA256

          bc29f2022ab3b812e50c8681ff196f090c038b5ab51e37daffac4469a8c2eb2c

          SHA512

          ae92ea20b359849dcdba4808119b154e3af5ef3687ee09de1797610fe8c4d3eb9065b068074d35adddb4b225d17c619baff3944cb137ad196bcef7a6507f920d

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Windows Varian.exe

          Filesize

          36KB

          MD5

          aabb7c086cf41dd3ae78ebb355560a50

          SHA1

          e9b879226b8642c24cc031d3d8538b56bca772d0

          SHA256

          075a76ba39f937682b2a667ab762bfbd75535033b3e22dbf961f8c258338b5a2

          SHA512

          9a66f11645c69b4fd58fbee33f2c70d6020b4716858ebc128191ad36b2e136af51e0b80394cd877bfca1640a9f8ce3409838a15cd6f890957fa38594fcea6574

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aepXzkaF.xlsm

          Filesize

          17KB

          MD5

          e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9

          SHA1

          00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044

          SHA256

          8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15

          SHA512

          a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04

        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240619531.txt

          Filesize

          899KB

          MD5

          9301b57b4ae4a13a07589501c56c827c

          SHA1

          a78600dbd2d7d10b0c8c7e628e730bb47eb2fb75

          SHA256

          690b94b390fe83db00ca6188eaad760fa6fd83921f9689a79ba0a9e4d7ffe9ab

          SHA512

          31cba7002f0b153fc38511bc3a2f648fd944158f286e44fe857f221ecb7e45d5aee1aea14656222285c5b4cbde0444ac7e0bc26550937f5a17a535236fa378cc

        • C:\Windows\svchost.exe

          Filesize

          45KB

          MD5

          b7c999040d80e5bf87886d70d992c51e

          SHA1

          a8ed9a51cc14ccf99b670e60ebbc110756504929

          SHA256

          5c3257b277f160109071e7e716040e67657341d8c42aa68d9afafe1630fcc53e

          SHA512

          71ba2fbd705e51b488afe3bb33a67212cf297e97e8b1b20ada33e16956f7ec8f89a79e04a4b256fd61a442fada690aff0c807c2bdcc9165a9c7be3de725de309

        • memory/1868-394-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-425-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-393-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-403-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-407-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-413-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-313-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-446-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/1868-417-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/2572-390-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000871000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.4MB

        • memory/2572-444-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000871000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.4MB

        • memory/2932-325-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/2932-327-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/2932-326-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/2932-329-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          40KB

        • memory/3536-183-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000871000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.4MB

        • memory/3824-318-0x00007FFC57710000-0x00007FFC57720000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/3824-341-0x00007FFC55100000-0x00007FFC55110000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/3824-321-0x00007FFC57710000-0x00007FFC57720000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/3824-340-0x00007FFC55100000-0x00007FFC55110000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/3824-319-0x00007FFC57710000-0x00007FFC57720000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/3824-317-0x00007FFC57710000-0x00007FFC57720000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/3824-320-0x00007FFC57710000-0x00007FFC57720000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/4380-18-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4380-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4380-12-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4380-14-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4516-124-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/4516-388-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/4676-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4676-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4676-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4676-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4676-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4896-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4896-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/4896-42-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/5404-391-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.8MB

        • memory/5752-312-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000871000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4.4MB