General

  • Target
    Chimera_tool.zip
  • Size 15.1MB
  • Sample260905-mh85ssdc49
  • SHA256 2b89584d93a7bae0b2d16cc1caf77e59136abcfadef46b853ca174cb4fd9606c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      Chimera_tool.zip
    • Size 15.1MB
    • SHA256 2b89584d93a7bae0b2d16cc1caf77e59136abcfadef46b853ca174cb4fd9606c
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys

    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Identifies Xen via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

      Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.

    • Looks for Xen service registry key.

    • Manipulates Digital Signatures

      Attackers can apply techniques such as changing the registry keys of authenticode & Cryptography to make their binary seem validly signed.

    • Checks BIOS information in registry

      BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Identifies Wine through registry keys

      Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Checks installed software on the system

      Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    • 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

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

    • UPX packed file

      Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks