General
- Target Chimera_tool.zip
- Size 15.1MB
- Sample260905-mh85ssdc49
- SHA256 2b89584d93a7bae0b2d16cc1caf77e59136abcfadef46b853ca174cb4fd9606c
- MD5 f8d73d0d7ef6cafa78d8521b99284970
- SHA1 30fc2a1763e129a6d34111119137c6de431a0eee
- SHA512 09bb1607cb172c5e73994fb7566900247a236d49df217f900a3d65765ba634b848744e31cabbee065ee757bfca20b500baddb6d1114687dfafbbaeec9d630c9f
- SSDEEP 393216:z5cQXorBW9cUxWdsY2w9u1CXWnYU/GVNk3RJXVzrjluS0Qf:zKQX799TCXWnYUuc3DXuSD
- TLSH T191F6339658F0EC780469E15F1CEA47702E2C9EBBF8ED519A7F5723CEE02567320C58A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Chimera_tool.zip
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Chimera_tool.zip
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Malware Config
Targets
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- Target Chimera_tool.zip
- Size 15.1MB
- SHA256 2b89584d93a7bae0b2d16cc1caf77e59136abcfadef46b853ca174cb4fd9606c
- MD5 f8d73d0d7ef6cafa78d8521b99284970
- SHA1 30fc2a1763e129a6d34111119137c6de431a0eee
- SHA512 09bb1607cb172c5e73994fb7566900247a236d49df217f900a3d65765ba634b848744e31cabbee065ee757bfca20b500baddb6d1114687dfafbbaeec9d630c9f
- SSDEEP 393216:z5cQXorBW9cUxWdsY2w9u1CXWnYU/GVNk3RJXVzrjluS0Qf:zKQX799TCXWnYUuc3DXuSD
- TLSH T191F6339658F0EC780469E15F1CEA47702E2C9EBBF8ED519A7F5723CEE02567320C58A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
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Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
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Identifies Xen via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
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Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
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Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.
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Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
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Looks for VMWare services registry key.
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Looks for Xen service registry key.
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Manipulates Digital Signatures
Attackers can apply techniques such as changing the registry keys of authenticode & Cryptography to make their binary seem validly signed.
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Checks BIOS information in registry
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
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Checks computer location settings
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
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Executes dropped EXE
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Identifies Wine through registry keys
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.
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Loads dropped DLL
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Checks installed software on the system
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
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Checks whether UAC is enabled
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Enumerates connected drives
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
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Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
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Drops file in System32 directory
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Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Active Setup
1Pre-OS Boot
1Bootkit
1Defense Evasion
Modify Registry
3Pre-OS Boot
1Bootkit
1Subvert Trust Controls
2Install Root Certificate
1SIP and Trust Provider Hijacking
1Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
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