e597ebe2f6b5ce3baf91f5793b63bf531d7c02cd4a952b29107ec09963564e11

General

Target
extension-fix-L9S3F2.hta
Size 2KB
Sample260803-llcqbstejf
SHA256 e597ebe2f6b5ce3baf91f5793b63bf531d7c02cd4a952b29107ec09963564e11
MD5 e4e9f8d1863333dfc037a22a2077c6d7
SHA1 275b019d44865c1e41ba6206eb8c0be1688832d5
SHA512 93e9c240aae46e6a94e59ce58bcf43872e98a5d290e26abe980482c6a02ec6b7c6cc105abd418acd57ac650695c7056972f6f186138364afbc1174bed93abe15
TLSH
T14C5178F7AA8653C5BC32599FAA3F508914D41A0723A5D4F8F686DC00FF88E5A50743E8
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Score

8^/10

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Malware Config

Signatures

Badlisted process makes network request 6 IoCs

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

flow	pid	Process
6	4604	mshta.exe
8	4604	mshta.exe
24	4604	mshta.exe
27	4604	mshta.exe
28	4604	mshta.exe
29	4604	mshta.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	mshta.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mshta.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe

Modifies registry class 24 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CacheLimit = "1"	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CacheLimit = "1"	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Extensible Cache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe

Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

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

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	28	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3692	rundll32.exe
1916	rundll32.exe
4840	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 3692	4604	mshta.exe	95
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 1916	4604	mshta.exe	96
PID 4604 wrote to memory of 4840	4604	mshta.exe	97
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 4284	1916	rundll32.exe	98
PID 4840 wrote to memory of 1392	4840	rundll32.exe	100
PID 3692 wrote to memory of 400	3692	rundll32.exe	99

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\extension-fix-L9S3F2.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
1⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4604
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3692
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Modifies registry class
    PID:400
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1916
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Modifies registry class
    PID:4284
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4840
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Modifies registry class
    PID:1392