General

  • Target
    VMware-Workstation-Full-26H1-25388281.exe
  • Size 274.3MB
  • Sample260728-3q298acf32
  • SHA256 a0ef9087607d9cad20b08139e73e41242e044ad5bd8cee141d3bad314586737f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      VMware-Workstation-Full-26H1-25388281.exe
    • Size 274.3MB
    • SHA256 a0ef9087607d9cad20b08139e73e41242e044ad5bd8cee141d3bad314586737f
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Drops file in Drivers directory

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Looks for VMWare drivers on disk

    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.

    • Sets service image path in registry

      This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Badlisted process makes network request

      Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

    • Enumerates connected drives

      Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

    • Network Share Discovery

      Attempt to gather information on host network.

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

      Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • 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.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks