368841e77ddd772ee04021c295700a92392129c4de94e3caa7549c91292e9f4f

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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Target
merit-capital/images/logo-white.svg
Size 1KB
Sample260925-vrld4a1hrc
SHA256 368841e77ddd772ee04021c295700a92392129c4de94e3caa7549c91292e9f4f
MD5 aa09a733a31b4808841c85e3a9adacae
SHA1 72017b11ad63999cd14b89019789b0007b668284
SHA512 25e54622bcf343048ae2ce691a465c822bf79c9511d6c21f92a1813267f38b8c312b048be8e07502e0fa6f322ff78b70f6bdc1af2594662a23c3acc39533a834
TLSH
T1DE21F018E25C593DE6000208E71EB4F0316DE2CB87548514F46AD739795A4CF4C7B7D8
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Score

3^/10

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Malware Config

Signatures

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	IEXPLORE.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 35 IoCs

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Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31280401"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f0b253a5194ddd01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1121909143"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1102221560"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31280401"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "497121384"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000005f595d6568c78041904f5e7e998782ca00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000363305cd172588cfb256a906b537997126cff6ebaf517a728106f04f21357ee9000000000e800000000200002000000068ec62f9cf90e99ec91597f0002066d834d51e7998b5ee6ebe6f91db192ff07b20000000d69e464fb8f2e0f708b985d523a1876bfd39c247569f185708687b54b2455c184000000039030ac0aac2f392b023c355bc18444e520206e776f96347e63f1dc9930bbd63864d140a2cba54273711b005616c154355b02c410e921341d3814c0589275f55	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 201143a5194ddd01	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb010000005f595d6568c78041904f5e7e998782ca00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a498e2357b58131a0edf94b51386d055d3adb2c8f7e98f6627def3653b67415a000000000e8000000002000020000000bd2523172702426bec1546f119aaca70b5d4b4a2c2d83b7e04dbc0b12eaa965e20000000632f444e4a603831e71e7e6c033af2e02e9aea1a8915e749e5a8591ce06c0cf6400000006fddcef1dd9fb1e23709f3eda453b08b67ada25af04db1e3ee90f9aea081778e8ec3e0c6749d87b45602aceaf8e682dda808ecd2aa75b0dfce4a6aec11a5f31e	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{6D0F600A-B904-11F1-8F8C-F674913B7AC0} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-240542094-4193773837-3211495583-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4548	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4548	iexplore.exe
4548	iexplore.exe
1328	IEXPLORE.EXE
1328	IEXPLORE.EXE
1328	IEXPLORE.EXE
1328	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4548 wrote to memory of 1328	4548	iexplore.exe	86

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\merit-capital\images\logo-white.svg
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4548
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4548 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1328

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
Size 471B
SHA256 8f5ef418109cb2dfe12e0069395efad2d71b6dfbe60ffd06cbcd1b01c6aae8b6
MD5 5e1089528f73474550931f4537c16b96
SHA1 46cb9555bff567e95686144d594393078f191488
SHA512 d60a2f8357acb41f3f0ad8c0e38df61a2aaa9b4a885267a2e0e6fa80c66aba5de404a5e53541f16e441b5b212ce3adba40c6e9958c4ccb48b41e94183d05dbc7
TLSH
T1B7F0DC95A47BA8A03E52AADC1ABDC33D3530E1FA406226667038D9E1062666C730F02A
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E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
Size 416B
SHA256 1b0ba4fd20a03ad5d5d18916fd14641ad8dc248a3574cbcf1c8eb8cff71ac9e5
MD5 3a21392efe6954135eff0fca58ce6fe5
SHA1 2df3a541800247a531de4b0de0bcca0f9b328dd3
SHA512 3ad4010190248daa4f99e333d40b7a9fae56155c06a03dedbb34c26b84ed02b5e0488b147a46c936c0ebfab98c62f7a7695471c7b4aa616eb01011ff7f3702ee
TLSH
T188E0C03411F6411FE1F4D0354BC6F8714659F0330428D3B929C46B04A703E409D03E25
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suggestions[1].en-US

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\9GMOGYPF\suggestions[1].en-US
Size 17KB
SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
MD5 5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a
SHA1 3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f
SHA512 e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee
SSDEEP 384:K4gN8sGygaEKfWYSJUKbO7UckxtBjCdY7mO3D0C5l+piEieDSV126ry1/XSGKwG3:K4gNFXiKfWfJ1Kockxbd7mAt5Mp5ie2F
TLSH
T13A823E4E61D88F57EA47B6B2D9084EA702E0C8794716DB93D62CFE63CDE33B25D02161
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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