Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    14/10/2025, 07:26

General

  • Target
    e-dekont.pdf.exe
  • Size 1.6MB
  • Sample251014-h9rydazry5
  • SHA256 35a9d0a41ffc3fcc67dc174be1905bd83037f6877ea342b215559b9cbd8fd0de
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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

Extracted

Family
  • snakekeylogger

C2
  • https://api.telegram.org/bot8360585127:AAGeicxRHP9hCsYhfQdAkFSMlzxv4toTnsI/sendMessage?chat_id=1673719962

Signatures

  • Snake Keylogger

    Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.

  • Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs
  • Snakekeylogger family
  • Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Xred family
  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • 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 9 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 5 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 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
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 39 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e-dekont.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e-dekont.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5500
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4908
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2024
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3660
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1880
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:1624
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2212
  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4776
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2808
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:5512
  • 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:5900

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Synaptics.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 35a9d0a41ffc3fcc67dc174be1905bd83037f6877ea342b215559b9cbd8fd0de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        ._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4c17576f64dea465c45a50573ee41771f7be9962ab2d07f961af4df5589bdcce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        ._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_e-dekont.pdf.exe
        • Size 851KB
        • SHA256 ba82134005b56c7e9f2106f926df57b1614301e69f5811f986aded6395345165
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        gRo6aKes.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gRo6aKes.xlsm
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        gRo6aKes.xlsm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gRo6aKes.xlsm
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 a855a44eeace6f96a6c063d886899204bdf8c9b241aff6f60fe022eb76ac1eb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1880-258-0x0000000004EA0000-0x0000000004EB4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2024-330-0x0000000006700000-0x00000000068C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2024-329-0x00000000064E0000-0x0000000006530000-memory.dmp

        memory/2024-317-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

        memory/2808-259-0x0000000006350000-0x0000000006364000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-345-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-311-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-316-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-130-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-354-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/3660-288-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/4776-256-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-134-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F92000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-133-0x00000000054B0000-0x0000000005A56000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-128-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-186-0x00000000050A0000-0x00000000050AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-211-0x0000000005170000-0x000000000520C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-312-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4908-246-0x0000000006070000-0x0000000006084000-memory.dmp

        memory/5500-0-0x0000000002430000-0x0000000002431000-memory.dmp

        memory/5500-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000597000-memory.dmp

        memory/5500-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-260-0x00007FFF67930000-0x00007FFF67940000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-262-0x00007FFF67930000-0x00007FFF67940000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-264-0x00007FFF67930000-0x00007FFF67940000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-266-0x00007FFF65460000-0x00007FFF65470000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-265-0x00007FFF65460000-0x00007FFF65470000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-261-0x00007FFF67930000-0x00007FFF67940000-memory.dmp

        memory/5900-263-0x00007FFF67930000-0x00007FFF67940000-memory.dmp