Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250502-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250502-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    18/05/2025, 10:31

General

  • Target

    2025-05-18_17bf4ae8f1cedd7057f29fbab982ede7_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe

  • Size

    35.5MB

  • MD5

    17bf4ae8f1cedd7057f29fbab982ede7

  • SHA1

    5535fe3c30c3d7694c6e913b04bf85e3c35e7cc9

  • SHA256

    1278d578de119be853467a5204054166f4b1568ce1a7a4eeee53b65d6087aab0

  • SHA512

    cfbbc48602f239494896ca6d00a7e5aeb6890e2ffaea4f0b9e7952151d7b5f4a6c00a1264578c717a79ff22eb86fc0bd23b447e0896b036a04cc3428440b57fc

  • SSDEEP

    196608:gLHV5hhv5V57+btH5KUxamErRyhdGJgaMkG8K1HBRM4kqptasktkvzAgb09nde:S5htX5atH5imEoJhN1HG/wzAu

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

aresloader

C2

http://127.0.0.1:8888

http://127.0.0.1:8080

http://192.168.31.111

Signatures

  • AresLoader

    AresLoader is a loader and downloader written in C++.

  • Aresloader family
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Manipulates Digital Signatures 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attackers can apply techniques such as changing the registry keys of authenticode & Cryptography to obtain their binary as valid.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-18_17bf4ae8f1cedd7057f29fbab982ede7_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-18_17bf4ae8f1cedd7057f29fbab982ede7_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh int ipv4 set dynamicport tcp start=10000 num=55000
      2⤵
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3880
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh int ipv6 set dynamicport tcp start=10000 num=55000
      2⤵
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1436
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=SunnyNet
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4872
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=SunnyNet dir=in action=allow program=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-18_17bf4ae8f1cedd7057f29fbab982ede7_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4660
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=SunnyNetOut dir=out action=allow program=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-05-18_17bf4ae8f1cedd7057f29fbab982ede7_darkgate_elex_icedid_poet-rat_zxxz.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4856
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\certutil.exe
      certutil -addstore root C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SunnyNet.crt
      2⤵
      • Manipulates Digital Signatures
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5348
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EdgeUpdate.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1788
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EdgeUpdate.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EdgeUpdate.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3360

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

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

          Filesize

          892KB

          MD5

          65ae25b599978a8b17988085614c4bef

          SHA1

          30ca008b71bc3178ec1079007767ff5eddeb67e3

          SHA256

          5f5949bec4679a0c01eef2c1d649704ea8e699c16037754345a6b4af2f8c0960

          SHA512

          99eaeca8e8100d0a4426ee9dae7850a1168829c0dfba2f5886dc736477b9098dda96b17eb28f93aeb0eb5aa6fc201a7df11f59779f09db0667918ea7d8f37ba6

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SunnyNet.crt

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          29b54579baced4daf7153b961d02837d

          SHA1

          534e448e54a7ad827e48c97f631008b7001d5999

          SHA256

          9f42eb74eed9e79de2d2d9862676bcbd1043d74901813d01cb7fd5956bc4b55c

          SHA512

          dee57bad7afdf70c0ff8fd4b8794013b9bc2a4f1e3ccdd2af6b5f9f4c4e3128e2b0c50e2a73e02c86f1bb62a7828d1e80dce69cbf36b6d41762e72f83d64f16d

        • memory/3800-2-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000A81000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3800-1-0x0000000077092000-0x0000000077093000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3800-0-0x0000000077092000-0x0000000077093000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3800-3-0x000000006DFC0000-0x000000007029E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          34.9MB

        • memory/3800-8-0x0000000077092000-0x0000000077093000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3800-7-0x000000006DFC0000-0x000000007029E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          34.9MB

        • memory/3800-13-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000A81000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB