53ef6154aadb83c2404263cd571f3e9f52605757116361735eccc4d78659242d

General

Target
extension-fix-N98ZUW.hta
Size 3KB
Sample260803-lm7bbsterc
SHA256 53ef6154aadb83c2404263cd571f3e9f52605757116361735eccc4d78659242d
MD5 dfd8e14dd2943ccc81d29a2929edb4e7
SHA1 53cd9888a72b82f1dd723acb2a5d2983d4664244
SHA512 460b42cbfd7776fa504113e453ea1c9ba96222227734b496f88eca89f752d1d32225e75fb8542107c7be5b157be6ccbc34157307b855a017733b5ce191cf95b8
TLSH
T18761DAF77A4642C6BC328AAB5A2F509D009417022326E4F8F3D7DC01EF88F8944B87C8
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Score

8^/10

adware defense_evasion discovery execution spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

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

flow	pid	Process
4	4748	mshta.exe
7	4748	mshta.exe
8	4748	mshta.exe
9	4748	mshta.exe
10	4748	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
6136	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 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	attrib.exe
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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
6136	cmd.exe
5860	PING.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
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
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

Modifies registry class 24 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
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
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 (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
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 (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
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\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\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
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	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
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 (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\History\CacheVersion = "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\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

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
5860	PING.EXE

Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

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

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	10	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3704	rundll32.exe
5932	rundll32.exe
2456	rundll32.exe
5040	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 5932	4748	mshta.exe	90
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 3704	4748	mshta.exe	91
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 2456	4748	mshta.exe	92
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 5040	4748	mshta.exe	93
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 752	4748	mshta.exe	94
PID 5040 wrote to memory of 5100	5040	rundll32.exe	96
PID 2456 wrote to memory of 4672	2456	rundll32.exe	97
PID 3704 wrote to memory of 4568	3704	rundll32.exe	98
PID 5932 wrote to memory of 4752	5932	rundll32.exe	99

Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Hidden Files and Directories

T1564.001

pid	Process
752	attrib.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\extension-fix-N98ZUW.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
1⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4748
- 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:5932
- - 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
    PID:4752
- 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:3704
- - 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:4568
- 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:2456
- - 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:4672
- 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:5040
- - 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:5100
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\attrib.exe" +h +s "C:\idhiofre\"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Views/modifies file attributes
  PID:752
- C:\idhiofre\idhiofre.exe
  "C:\idhiofre\idhiofre.exe" C:\idhiofre\idhiofre
  2⤵
  PID:5984
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
  2⤵
  PID:3444
- - 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⤵
    PID:2468
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping -n 300 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 >nul
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  PID:6136
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
    ping -n 300 -w 1000 127.0.0.1
    3⤵
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Runs ping.exe
    PID:5860

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Windows Command Shell

1

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Hide Artifacts

1

T1564

Hidden Files and Directories

Modify Registry

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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a1.zip

Path C:\idhiofre\a1.zip
Size 494KB
SHA256 77c5eb9a0603ebd36d7de6f70384eb87fcd3e4ec222b58b6e7ba5e53ac72c515
MD5 3c690bb0e3a5441c691218e8ee3c790f
SHA1 0df7c5639b95574d7e1ce3dbb9945728e6e33435
SHA512 b0ae746185d0180e39387f50cfa88ec566d7341827875388556e3770ed0ab5eab834776eadf3967efc6cb96641c6e6dd0d169d441d718ede21d1acf1281c6269
SSDEEP 12288:OxU7hblQnL+/dh+Gez4yOGtBan225oCWp8SrI8:Oq7hblmK/dgGeVlk22aCarI8
TLSH
T1DAB4231C22C4BD086D3D97FB58539F7405E6269E14B8024CE18B63C4ABCEF815F829E5
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a2.zip

Path C:\idhiofre\a2.zip
Size 1.3MB
SHA256 de0b466fa85d7a42f3aca8ec7bbd1dca9089cdc5449b0c45c2ba03111cbfe6c4
MD5 ca99ef1a1b21819f50aa284c01751763
SHA1 59e61af61c719ce77fd0dd2b4f0fb9c82f13fe17
SHA512 a7d48c52f1aa4aacc50325deb4024d867b868e7e67809a7c3f4758f0ccbd55c8c5db1308802044b446f71617127493330c60245ddd945190cf8a86535f8414b5
SSDEEP 24576:TAuYNwua6NduNqjRt1pSdu4E0mcKptG6lgVT0kQkmSp9QpDH1tMlyat:TAuSw7Ku4xpSd7m7BlgVQmvQJH1ts
TLSH
T1CF553355B7EDDF14E07C52A1C9C14ED42EE304ADBFE8CC081AC84788D5D236DA948EBA
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a3.zip

Path C:\idhiofre\a3.zip
Size 2KB
SHA256 bd94aa9de553469c4056f1f4c55e2f6b764553ed55bbac85e82f3b683b8b810c
MD5 e8ecdc756350875711be9575469192a7
SHA1 1183315862120def1d4c33d07bcba7787339f7cf
SHA512 52ac9c8e70bd805f3dca7c7967e3655d570f5f45daf49c21e220b7a0b7efc799f9e84d336a6bb23245ce34a800659788d1a988a48a53cba6aa8d749b2db543d4
TLSH
T1AC413AE88D7CBDA0D28FBA349A14587055373EC499C461680EBFEC04213139DDB2E42C
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idhiofre

Path C:\idhiofre\idhiofre
Size 1.3MB
SHA256 30af0a4b9b7c7d8cf41c169be3d51c03d9dabd0c18ed699b31850b618b5db55e
MD5 3acd16edf0a4a2c6ece5bdb47bbfe252
SHA1 f2c68a96d6233778d1900a859ff089284c1672f2
SHA512 db484aa924751393a2bb72b482dea0882e2ea077a48f24e9535c1dd4fb49491779832533a50b509770220503952dc01253e62205b3a376ee4660d7c7f3348172
SSDEEP 24576:wAsYBwwc6NnutqPLth3SduIE0mcKppG2RgzTckokmGpVQpHH3tghysG:wAsiw7WuYn3Sdpm7PRgzIYrQhH3tb
TLSH
T121553355B7EDDF04E0BD51A1D9C14ED42EE304ADBFE8CC081AC84788D5D236DA948EBA
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idhiofre.exe

Path C:\idhiofre\idhiofre.exe
Size 957KB
SHA256 bdd2b7236a110b04c288380ad56e8d7909411da93eed2921301206de0cb0dda1
MD5 279274f8a137bf31425a9c2c14444b66
SHA1 6f7f971406854309d94139aa70bdc772308aff52
SHA512 2e69e99ae2c2f0c3361351853ecfcd1982ea542ef8aff9314e991642f106a87d45479f21f53367ad93b29ce9d98b60706ff9554a9c9d2a793fbed1589b90a85d
SSDEEP 24576:8SmEH7kpRArkvBz1oxovFDVeAj2HoB3a33rfBH:827kpRA4R1oGDVeQXsrf
TLSH
T11B259E0373D18022FF93A9721E5FE72656BC6D2A0323956F13D81EB9F9305B14A1E672
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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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