Analysis
- max time kernel
104s - max time network
110s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20250610-en - resource tags
- submitted
05/09/2025, 12:19
General
- Target 9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe
- Size 765KB
- Sample250905-phpghay1gv
- SHA256 9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a
Malware Config
Extracted
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Protocol
smtp
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Host
cphost14.qhoster.net
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Port
587
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Username
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Password
Grace@2025
Signatures
- 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.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs
Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.
- Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs
Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.
- 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.
- Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
- 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 7 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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\Local\Temp\9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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\XXpsDAOvoXjb.exe"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\XXpsDAOvoXjb" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBCC8.tmp"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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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
4Credentials In Files
3Credentials in Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
9ecc8f27bafbc29819f09ba664ffbcfede6f25afb3449d53d41ce9ecfc29641a.exe.log
powershell.exe.log
__PSScriptPolicyTest_m3pfu1vc.fao.ps1
tmpBCC8.tmp
memory/2256-6-0x00000000050B0000-0x00000000050C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-5-0x00000000054A0000-0x00000000054AE000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-7-0x0000000006580000-0x0000000006626000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-8-0x0000000008C30000-0x0000000008CCC000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-0-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000526000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-4-0x00000000050D0000-0x00000000050DA000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-3-0x00000000050B0000-0x00000000050C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-2-0x0000000004F10000-0x0000000004FA2000-memory.dmp
memory/2256-1-0x00000000054C0000-0x0000000005A64000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-13-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023F6000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-47-0x0000000005CC0000-0x0000000005CDE000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-19-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D12000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-21-0x0000000005540000-0x00000000055A6000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-865-0x00000000757B0000-0x00000000757FC000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-40-0x00000000056B0000-0x0000000005A04000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-14-0x0000000004850000-0x0000000004860000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-15-0x0000000004850000-0x0000000004860000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-879-0x0000000007220000-0x0000000007234000-memory.dmp
memory/3488-324-0x0000000005D50000-0x0000000005D9C000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-845-0x0000000006FA0000-0x0000000006FD2000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-20-0x00000000057F0000-0x0000000005856000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-16-0x0000000004AB0000-0x0000000004AC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-875-0x0000000007650000-0x000000000766A000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-17-0x00000000050F0000-0x0000000005718000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-864-0x0000000007550000-0x0000000007564000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-857-0x00000000071E0000-0x0000000007283000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-863-0x0000000007540000-0x000000000754E000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-876-0x0000000007630000-0x0000000007638000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-862-0x0000000007510000-0x0000000007521000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-861-0x0000000007590000-0x0000000007626000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-846-0x00000000757B0000-0x00000000757FC000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-856-0x0000000006560000-0x000000000657E000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-858-0x0000000007950000-0x0000000007FCA000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-860-0x0000000007380000-0x000000000738A000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-859-0x0000000007310000-0x000000000732A000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-161-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-107-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-163-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-159-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-157-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-167-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-169-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-51-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-53-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-55-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-65-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-81-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-95-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-155-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-153-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-151-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-149-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-147-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-143-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-141-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-109-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-139-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-138-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-135-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-131-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-129-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-127-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-125-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-119-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-117-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-115-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-113-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-111-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-166-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-105-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-103-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-102-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-99-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-97-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-93-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-91-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-89-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-87-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-85-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-83-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-79-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-77-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-75-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-73-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-71-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-69-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-67-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-63-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-61-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-59-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-57-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-49-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-48-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-121-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-123-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-133-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-145-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056CF000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-46-0x0000000005680000-0x00000000056D6000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-45-0x0000000003150000-0x00000000031A6000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045F000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045F000-memory.dmp
memory/4792-883-0x0000000006EF0000-0x0000000006F40000-memory.dmp