Analysis
- max time kernel
132s - max time network
146s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20250610-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250610-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
18/08/2025, 04:36
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Vessel Particulars.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250610-en
General
- Target Vessel Particulars.exe
- Size 688KB
- Sample250818-e8kacscm6v
- SHA256 0cfce3e53dcdb056caf79f5cdb13fbe512e824945e5e1ee09b241cef476ff971
- MD5 c97774975938b0555355696b760d6bc9
- SHA1 c87bb469eb4e0087964194d70be070502b778b31
- SHA512 b02b7ee374e2f339dd66fc23637c46cdf52dba3e55db8e76c9f4bdb22fc0c0b0c1542b6bcf7f35b43bcf195fd905fa465c2451bf298711243ff0ae4878c53f31
- SSDEEP 12288:J1eW7CyQpbYdZQ9QJ4xWmOn5Utk8ZZxstz0Wr8avA:3eWOfS7w+kiOHstwC
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
mail.hrigroup.store
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
GoodGod@007
Extracted
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snakekeylogger
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
mail.hrigroup.store
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
GoodGod@007
Signatures
- Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
- Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4768-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp family_snakekeylogger - Snakekeylogger 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.
pid Process 1836 powershell.exe 4540 powershell.exe - Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\CA\Certificates powershell.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates powershell.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\CA\Certificates powershell.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EnterpriseCertificates\Root\Certificates powershell.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-815616237-4012932787-4224613991-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Vessel Particulars.exe - Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-815616237-4012932787-4224613991-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Vessel Particulars.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-815616237-4012932787-4224613991-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Vessel Particulars.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-815616237-4012932787-4224613991-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Vessel Particulars.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 19 checkip.dyndns.org 22 reallyfreegeoip.org 23 reallyfreegeoip.org - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2936 set thread context of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Vessel Particulars.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Vessel Particulars.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4720 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
pid Process 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 1836 powershell.exe 4540 powershell.exe 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 4768 Vessel Particulars.exe 1836 powershell.exe 4540 powershell.exe 4768 Vessel Particulars.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1836 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4540 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4768 Vessel Particulars.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2936 wrote to memory of 1836 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 91 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 1836 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 91 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 1836 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 91 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4540 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 93 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4540 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 93 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4540 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 93 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4720 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 95 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4720 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 95 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4720 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 95 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 PID 2936 wrote to memory of 4768 2936 Vessel Particulars.exe 97 - outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-815616237-4012932787-4224613991-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Vessel Particulars.exe - outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-815616237-4012932787-4224613991-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676 Vessel Particulars.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vessel Particulars.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vessel Particulars.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2936 -
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\Vessel Particulars.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1836
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cZldOznL.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4540
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\cZldOznL" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2584.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4720
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vessel Particulars.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vessel Particulars.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:4768
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
2Credentials In Files
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 bc66f05c7c8ae433ece5ccb9dae16d6343510a2cbfcfbc1974c216aadedec809
- MD5 9a298903693ad48746df47ed3ace431e
- SHA1 8ae681edd8183ebda26f048b94686a41dc140aa1
- SHA512 34d5b7efb6c8c56c3f4881f189b478ececd307e6d1de28e8609e486c557d618e2a6fa119fe777524f60c6cfe63b4262c4516f09324b9804bab73fc39bf730917
- SSDEEP 384:csf+BG9i+ixpCBizVzek+o9o2aphK6seYLME/N03SoZWfYSgcjEDkyQ0gdEtkKhD:ZfSDCoDjo2aphNgrWSpWCED/Ce3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rqx1ntcy.mf1.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2584.tmp
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 24ca35b6c13a11231d470f783cc23ac6a58124baed2dff6b97f2c4139e5ad076
- MD5 3bbf3f3c057cd3fd191b258dfe40afde
- SHA1 92c900e22d6e90594d1a187411d17810a89ec1a6
- SHA512 1eede99954968df90f1ad7a82a844c4449b77f326bcb80f2bc80573e28993093ac342dc02d098bc1c9805f31990498884376e6c1628ad9f667ac859b793a81e9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512