a7f99897900ec79806a46ee315b6a53379dfeeb66b2ca5026cb71582d9bb643b

General

Target
extension-fix-631F5L.hta
Size 3KB
Sample260803-lybc2aff74
SHA256 a7f99897900ec79806a46ee315b6a53379dfeeb66b2ca5026cb71582d9bb643b
MD5 ee6b73b39c743dfc0d74c7c30089ab9b
SHA1 e43112290e57aeae160a008a3188f78680732c55
SHA512 a5596fd05411a6cb42c3c0bc2e057ff24f9723f8373cdde5d49bd776c347b50a06776eb583e0a92aec01c097f9e7f561d3ae7b8c5bfe311c8b0cf7e505de2c44
TLSH
T1DC6187F7794692D6BC32998B1A6F50CE549017022366E0F8E7A6EC00DFC8F4944B87D8
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Score

8^/10

adware discovery 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
6	1968	mshta.exe
13	1968	mshta.exe
15	1968	mshta.exe
17	1968	mshta.exe
18	1968	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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\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	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	mshta.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	rundll32.exe

Modifies registry class 24 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Cookies\CacheVersion = "1"	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CacheLimit = "51200"	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	rundll32.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_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-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache	rundll32.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache	rundll32.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\windows_ie_ac_001\Internet Settings\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	rundll32.exe

Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

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

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	17	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3200	rundll32.exe
3980	rundll32.exe
848	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1968 wrote to memory of 3980	1968	mshta.exe	86
PID 1968 wrote to memory of 3200	1968	mshta.exe	87
PID 1968 wrote to memory of 848	1968	mshta.exe	88
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 4344	3980	rundll32.exe	89
PID 3200 wrote to memory of 1648	3200	rundll32.exe	90
PID 848 wrote to memory of 432	848	rundll32.exe	91

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\extension-fix-631F5L.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:1968
- 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:3980
- - 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:4344
- 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:3200
- - 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:1648
- 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:848
- - 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:432