Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
135s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/10/2026, 17:38
General
- Target MercurialGrabber.exe
- Size 42KB
- Sample261002-v7p28asdmd
- SHA256 68dc3a71983e824afea6819a4f5b9680d8b22c4d61cc001d991a82e59dcfe423
Malware Config
Extracted
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mercurialgrabber
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https://discord.com/api/webhooks/883797217662615572/LDjpOriDHi3YmYJcAM1OPNvEotT_7iMweb-uo9L7reGoVIl9S3lKEfZo6S_FsGuxj6Xi
Signatures
- Family: Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
- Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MercurialGrabber.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MercurialGrabber.exe"1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
memory/5864-0-0x00000000000E0000-0x00000000000F0000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-1-0x00007FF875ACF000-0x00007FF875AD0000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-2-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-3-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-4-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-5-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-6-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-7-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-8-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp
memory/5864-9-0x00007FF875940000-0x00007FF8762E4000-memory.dmp