Overview

overview

6

Static

static

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windhawk_setup.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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windhawk_setup.exe

windows11-21h2-x64

4

$LOCALAPPD...im.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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$LOCALAPPD...im.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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$LOCALAPPD...im.dll

windows10-2004-x64

1

$LOCALAPPD...im.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

1

$PLUGINSDI...ol.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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$PLUGINSDI...ol.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Compiler/i...ing.js

windows10-2004-x64

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Compiler/i...ing.js

windows11-21h2-x64

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Compiler/x...++.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Compiler/x...++.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Compiler/x...nd.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Compiler/x...nd.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Compiler/x...im.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Compiler/x...im.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows10-2004-x64

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Engine/$R1...wk.dll

windows11-21h2-x64

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General

  • Target
    windhawk_setup.exe
  • Size 11.0MB
  • Sample260422-pc8cesev5j
  • SHA256 5116cc1703384aac88b8d7a3b57f172aea5da32b6df7355fb2f8247d23813c8f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalationspywaretrojan

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      windhawk_setup.exe
    • Size 11.0MB
    • SHA256 5116cc1703384aac88b8d7a3b57f172aea5da32b6df7355fb2f8247d23813c8f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    6/10
    discoveryexecutionpersistencedefense_evasionspywaretrojan

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Using powershell.exe command.

      execution

    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

      discovery

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    behavioral1behavioral2
    • Target
      $LOCALAPPDATA/Windhawk/Engine/Mods/32/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 80KB
    • SHA256 1c0e8105bdfb3c6a7f3a2ebd2f25e38e7c23dd66619364a3fe620e6603a0ba2d
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral3behavioral4
    • Target
      $LOCALAPPDATA/Windhawk/Engine/Mods/64/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 88KB
    • SHA256 cb4808ede8e31abb5142657187ebf51449331112c1679a3bca6792d6d1fe09bf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral5behavioral6
    • Target
      $PLUGINSDIR/AccessControl.dll
    • Size 15KB
    • SHA256 5fd5d8aec97cffaad9b7df6371b348d436cf1401e86fab614dc4cb8575428e52
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral7behavioral8
    • Target
      Compiler/include/wil/windowing.h
    • Size 5KB
    • SHA256 1a998285702f7fe94c5c4173d469a209b04555dbae3c5bec7162d68b8a7a138c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    execution
    behavioral10behavioral9
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libc++.dll
    • Size 2.0MB
    • SHA256 74c541f76732d738642072e90f26343e44d66d97bb258db76f2f3bee7e30060c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral11behavioral12
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/libunwind.dll
    • Size 211KB
    • SHA256 6e6d1e74d17ee361b3f3661faa3d07fa7597257df1cd3dd360719222e54aa36c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral13behavioral14
    • Target
      Compiler/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/windhawk-mod-shim.dll
    • Size 88KB
    • SHA256 cb4808ede8e31abb5142657187ebf51449331112c1679a3bca6792d6d1fe09bf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral15behavioral16
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 2.1MB
    • SHA256 d9c4fd69f7bc0bf1f9066df0502a57de5f6d73dfff99c9fe5c75b491aecee86b
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral17behavioral18
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 320KB
    • SHA256 7a9fadded044916c645789a1e7185b0bc83f226052dc93015d59826541dcfa4a
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral19
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/32/windhawk.dll
    • Size 905KB
    • SHA256 67cdaaf26d342b3f2a2a84ea6f7474ac43340711675b66edef34cc3fcee1ea8f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    3/10
    discovery
    behavioral20behavioral21
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 2.1MB
    • SHA256 6465aca7b9a162726ca98c6e633fc70b8cb2a8c0a4f90c2b32e0ca99fb5f9cf8
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    5/10
    persistenceprivilege_escalation

    • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking

      Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

      persistenceprivilege_escalation
    behavioral22behavioral23
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 422KB
    • SHA256 67bdff85d161888f2c6a8a385f9b35aa1c1c231ed3b59c01fa54f598ac37d374
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral24
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/64/windhawk.dll
    • Size 956KB
    • SHA256 0aad074caf156200be7a77e4615f9171cea884cde96baf90397366c28c4f10a1
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral25behavioral26
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/msdia140_windhawk.dll
    • Size 4.8MB
    • SHA256 385ce9aae0dc0cdcbfa21e86abca5a9ea4a7fbf891d43b51852fa7d023a629cf
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral27behavioral28
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/symsrv_windhawk.dll
    • Size 708KB
    • SHA256 97610e918b8f33fa5ce3b337512534d817057f1bcbed257241aca0c7f30c65ea
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral29behavioral30
    • Target
      Engine/$R1/arm64/windhawk.dll
    • Size 1.7MB
    • SHA256 60c72a84289f333704c8e35d21e7b1362d0481c426041daac0e5eb7af7d13c1c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    behavioral31behavioral32

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

2
T1059

JavaScript

1
T1059.007

PowerShell

1
T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

1
T1546.015

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

1
T1546

Component Object Model Hijacking

1
T1546.015

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Subvert Trust Controls

1
T1553

Install Root Certificate

1
T1553.004

Credential Access

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

1
T1217

Network Share Discovery

1
T1135

Query Registry

3
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

System Location Discovery

1
T1614

System Language Discovery

1
T1614.001

System Time Discovery

1
T1124

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Tasks

static1

Score
3/10

behavioral1

discoveryexecutionpersistence
Score
6/10

behavioral2

defense_evasiondiscoveryspywaretrojan
Score
4/10

behavioral3

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral4

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral5

Score
1/10

behavioral6

Score
1/10

behavioral7

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral8

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral9

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral10

execution
Score
3/10

behavioral11

Score
1/10

behavioral12

Score
1/10

behavioral13

Score
1/10

behavioral14

Score
1/10

behavioral15

Score
1/10

behavioral16

Score
1/10

behavioral17

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral18

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral19

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral20

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral21

discovery
Score
3/10

behavioral22

persistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
5/10

behavioral23

persistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
5/10

behavioral24

Score
1/10

behavioral25

Score
1/10

behavioral26

Score
1/10

behavioral27

Score
1/10

behavioral28

Score
1/10

behavioral29

Score
1/10

behavioral30

Score
1/10

behavioral31

Score
1/10

behavioral32

Score
1/10