Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
08/04/2025, 14:44
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ab.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
windows10-2004-x64
18 signatures
150 seconds
General
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Target
ab.exe
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Size
775KB
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MD5
0b486fe0503524cfe4726a4022fa6a68
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SHA1
297dea71d489768ce45d23b0f8a45424b469ab00
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SHA256
1228d0f04f0ba82569fc1c0609f9fd6c377a91b9ea44c1e7f9f84b2b90552da2
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SHA512
f4273ca5cc3a9360af67f4b4ee0bf067cf218c5dc8caeafbfa1b809715effe742f2e1f54e4fe9ec8d4b8e3ae697d57f91c2b49bdf203648508d75d4a76f53619
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SSDEEP
24576:TCs99+OXLpMePfI8TgmBTCDqEbOpPtpFhyxfq:5GOXLpMePfzVTCD7gPtLhSfq
Malware Config
Extracted
Path
C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\dUBoP_readme_.txt
Family
avaddon
Ransom Note
-------=== Your network has been infected! ===-------
***************** DO NOT DELETE THIS FILE UNTIL ALL YOUR DATA HAVE BEEN RECOVERED *****************
All your documents, photos, databases and other important files have been encrypted and have the extension: .aDACebEbbA
You are not able to decrypt it by yourself. But don't worry, we can help you to restore all your files!
The only way to restore your files is to buy our special software. Only we can give you this software and only we can restore your files!
We have also downloaded a lot of private data from your network.
If you do not contact as in a 3 days we will post information about your breach on our public news website (avaddongun7rngel.onion) and after 7 days the whole downloaded info.
You can get more information on our page, which is located in a Tor hidden network.
How to get to our page
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| 1. Download Tor browser - https://www.torproject.org/
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| 2. Install Tor browser
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| 3. Open link in Tor browser - avaddonbotrxmuyl.onion
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| 4. Follow the instructions on this page
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Your ID:
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* DO NOT TRY TO RECOVER FILES YOURSELF!
* DO NOT MODIFY ENCRYPTED FILES!
* * * OTHERWISE, YOU MAY LOSE ALL YOUR FILES FOREVER! * * *
qEN
URLs
http://avaddongun7rngel.onion
http://avaddonbotrxmuyl.onion
Signatures
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Avaddon
Ransomware-as-a-service first released in June 2020 and currently expanding its userbase among criminal actors.
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Avaddon family
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Avaddon payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00040000000227b2-468.dat family_avaddon -
Process spawned unexpected child process 3 IoCs
This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.
description pid pid_target Process procid_target Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2152 764 wmic.exe 87 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2372 764 wmic.exe 87 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 936 764 wmic.exe 87 -
UAC bypass 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" ab.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin = "0" ab.exe -
Deletes shadow copies 3 TTPs
Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.
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Renames multiple (162) files with added filename extension
This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.
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Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 6124 ab.exe -
Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" ab.exe -
Drops desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification \??\Z:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-446031748-3036493239-2009529691-1000\desktop.ini ab.exe -
Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 24 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\T: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\F: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: ab.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: ab.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language wmic.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language wmic.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language wmic.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ab.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ab.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe 1176 ab.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 2152 wmic.exe Token: 33 2152 wmic.exe Token: 34 2152 wmic.exe Token: 35 2152 wmic.exe Token: 36 2152 wmic.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 2372 wmic.exe Token: 33 2372 wmic.exe Token: 34 2372 wmic.exe Token: 35 2372 wmic.exe Token: 36 2372 wmic.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 2836 wmic.exe Token: 33 2836 wmic.exe Token: 34 2836 wmic.exe Token: 35 2836 wmic.exe Token: 36 2836 wmic.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 936 wmic.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2836 1176 ab.exe 93 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2836 1176 ab.exe 93 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2836 1176 ab.exe 93 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 400 1176 ab.exe 99 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 400 1176 ab.exe 99 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 400 1176 ab.exe 99 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 4916 1176 ab.exe 101 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 4916 1176 ab.exe 101 PID 1176 wrote to memory of 4916 1176 ab.exe 101 -
System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" ab.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin = "0" ab.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLinkedConnections = "1" ab.exe -
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab.exe"1⤵
- UAC bypass
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:1176 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\wmic.exewmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE /nointeractive2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2836
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\wmic.exewmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE /nointeractive2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:400
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\wmic.exewmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE /nointeractive2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4916
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C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exewmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE /nointeractive1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2152
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C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exewmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE /nointeractive1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2372
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C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exewmic SHADOWCOPY DELETE /nointeractive1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:936
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C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exeC:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe1⤵PID:388
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ab.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\ab.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:6124
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Indicator Removal
1File Deletion
1Modify Registry
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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Filesize
775KB
MD50b486fe0503524cfe4726a4022fa6a68
SHA1297dea71d489768ce45d23b0f8a45424b469ab00
SHA2561228d0f04f0ba82569fc1c0609f9fd6c377a91b9ea44c1e7f9f84b2b90552da2
SHA512f4273ca5cc3a9360af67f4b4ee0bf067cf218c5dc8caeafbfa1b809715effe742f2e1f54e4fe9ec8d4b8e3ae697d57f91c2b49bdf203648508d75d4a76f53619
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Filesize
3KB
MD5b8aabfadd826d2b68688ef604c28102a
SHA1a7833996f70390c2addce1cd12b97284fa3de58a
SHA256667a3fb1b08af6c8cf93a7a7e60a03ddb67c5db9312bc129276a9fd22fa0ba75
SHA512849eee5375ef9f4b0517d6c104a3b7141df701b301dc743269a13aaee5953e1905a6bbb037c75ec6d81591cb34a697e4f336d7085dd9163018d26dda9bb3e005