| URL: | https://www.securonix.com/blog/threat-labs-security-advisory-new-starkvortex-attack-campaign-threat-actors-use-drone-manual-lures-to-deliver-merlinagent-payloads |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f895560e-6d64-46d3-b299-e149f54cb0cb |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | July 22, 2024, 21:41:54 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 3755500B9327728FCFE994A69B2AFB7C |
| SHA1: | 6AE7AAD8481E39A3F1D733258CC17F2181CFCF83 |
| SHA256: | 98EBB4A84A587B942362ED0862C390C52087251BD2BBCCA405D1A3722F011481 |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8DSLRHrKvGGGQcRxNMIcWx5f3vOI8lIsJVxhrENPDQTA4KEXPczW:2OLRLuaPRxNWWf/OI8msJVxA4Pk6 |
MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Application launched itself
- firefox.exe (PID: 2788)
- firefox.exe (PID: 3140)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- firefox.exe (PID: 2788)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- firefox.exe (PID: 2788)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 7308)
Drops the executable file immediately after the start
- firefox.exe (PID: 2788)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 7308)
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Total processes
146
Monitored processes
15
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=5484 -childID 4 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5476 -prefMapHandle 5472 -prefsLen 31207 -prefMapSize 244343 -jsInitHandle 1440 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {ceca9c91-52c8-4619-aa0f-87878406f27b} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b53805a10 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 1272 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=5212 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 5364 -prefMapHandle 3688 -prefsLen 38841 -prefMapSize 244343 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {35a52f29-10ff-4806-b488-93bfa123dd6b} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b55e5a110 utility | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 2228 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=5464 -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5456 -prefMapHandle 5316 -prefsLen 31207 -prefMapSize 244343 -jsInitHandle 1440 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {cfa95790-7c1c-4d96-9c9a-8d8bb7b82feb} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b53805850 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 2788 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://www.securonix.com/blog/threat-labs-security-advisory-new-starkvortex-attack-campaign-threat-actors-use-drone-manual-lures-to-deliver-merlinagent-payloads | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | firefox.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 2988 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3140 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "https://www.securonix.com/blog/threat-labs-security-advisory-new-starkvortex-attack-campaign-threat-actors-use-drone-manual-lures-to-deliver-merlinagent-payloads" | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 3184 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=5628 -childID 6 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 6020 -prefMapHandle 6016 -prefsLen 38841 -prefMapSize 244343 -jsInitHandle 1440 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {c0f207d5-82c7-4f7c-b85a-417994c406d3} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b569ef850 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 4196 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=1908 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -prefsHandle 1848 -prefMapHandle 1840 -prefsLen 30537 -prefMapSize 244343 -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {7d491e62-0869-4eee-9832-2d7776949152} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b4c5c8310 gpu | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 4328 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=2956 -childID 1 -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 2948 -prefMapHandle 2944 -prefsLen 26706 -prefMapSize 244343 -jsInitHandle 1440 -jsInitLen 235124 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {f0ab1087-335a-47b2-88ca-a75f0fcf466f} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b51e62150 tab | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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| 4636 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc --channel=2288 -parentBuildID 20240213221259 -prefsHandle 2280 -prefMapHandle 2276 -prefsLen 30537 -prefMapSize 244343 -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - {29206f61-cb1e-4df7-9880-f56347c4dc37} 2788 "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2788" 29b3fa89b10 socket | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe | — | firefox.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Firefox Version: 123.0 Modules
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Total events
16 335
Read events
16 313
Write events
21
Delete events
1
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3140) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Launcher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe|Launcher |
Value: 87019BC500000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Launcher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe|Browser |
Value: A5AD9DC500000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\PreXULSkeletonUISettings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe|Progress |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\PreXULSkeletonUISettings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe|Progress |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Installer\308046B0AF4A39CB |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | installer.taskbarpin.win10.enabled |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Launcher |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe|Telemetry |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\DllPrefetchExperiment |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\PreXULSkeletonUISettings |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe|Theme |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Default Browser Agent |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox|DisableTelemetry |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2788) firefox.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\Default Browser Agent |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox|DisableDefaultBrowserAgent |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
155
Text files
34
Unknown types
21
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\cookies.sqlite-shm | binary | |
MD5:B7C14EC6110FA820CA6B65F5AEC85911 | SHA256:FD4C9FDA9CD3F9AE7C962B0DDF37232294D55580E1AA165AA06129B8549389EB | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\sessionCheckpoints.json | binary | |
MD5:EA8B62857DFDBD3D0BE7D7E4A954EC9A | SHA256:792955295AE9C382986222C6731C5870BD0E921E7F7E34CC4615F5CD67F225DA | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\prefs.js | text | |
MD5:7A97B8DBC4F98D175F958C00F463A52A | SHA256:92074D2ED1AA1FD621287E35DB9EF1AE3DC04777EFAE5F09E7A3B4534C201548 | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\sessionCheckpoints.json.tmp | binary | |
MD5:EA8B62857DFDBD3D0BE7D7E4A954EC9A | SHA256:792955295AE9C382986222C6731C5870BD0E921E7F7E34CC4615F5CD67F225DA | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\prefs-1.js | text | |
MD5:7A97B8DBC4F98D175F958C00F463A52A | SHA256:92074D2ED1AA1FD621287E35DB9EF1AE3DC04777EFAE5F09E7A3B4534C201548 | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\1451318868ntouromlalnodry--epcr.sqlite-shm | binary | |
MD5:B7C14EC6110FA820CA6B65F5AEC85911 | SHA256:FD4C9FDA9CD3F9AE7C962B0DDF37232294D55580E1AA165AA06129B8549389EB | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\cert9.db-journal | binary | |
MD5:AB427DEA6F35DA639E647A96DDD9534F | SHA256:6285D977FAE97E9190162F97137FEAA2896610D0AA620E854BA22D4BA6ADE401 | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\AlternateServices.bin | binary | |
MD5:3F1298FB2DA19086496B9106D2E53404 | SHA256:CCD4D0DD95E791622EC8A543D53B11371040101AE0FA812392B367F0E40BF6E3 | |||
| 2788 | firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9kie7cg6.default-release\SiteSecurityServiceState.bin | binary | |
MD5:C80B03AE3AE5FA8DE0A8EF1888629D09 | SHA256:79929EAEFE7748DB5252FDE12B2F7D478FAB95BA111BCCFA33CD5E8E5706198A | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
40
TCP/UDP connections
155
DNS requests
249
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2788 | firefox.exe | GET | 200 | 34.107.221.82:80 | http://detectportal.firefox.com/canonical.html | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2788 | firefox.exe | GET | 200 | 34.107.221.82:80 | http://detectportal.firefox.com/success.txt?ipv4 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.79:80 | http://r10.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.79:80 | http://r10.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.52:80 | http://r3.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.186.35:80 | http://o.pki.goog/wr2 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.79:80 | http://r10.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 142.250.186.35:80 | http://o.pki.goog/wr2 | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.79:80 | http://r10.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | POST | 200 | 184.24.77.62:80 | http://r11.o.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3500 | RUXIMICS.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
6012 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
2068 | svchost.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2788 | firefox.exe | 141.193.213.20:443 | www.securonix.com | Cloudflare London, LLC | US | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
2788 | firefox.exe | 34.107.221.82:80 | detectportal.firefox.com | GOOGLE | US | whitelisted |
2788 | firefox.exe | 34.117.188.166:443 | contile.services.mozilla.com | GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM | US | unknown |
2788 | firefox.exe | 34.160.144.191:443 | content-signature-2.cdn.mozilla.net | GOOGLE | US | unknown |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
www.securonix.com |
| unknown |
detectportal.firefox.com |
| whitelisted |
prod.detectportal.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net |
| whitelisted |
10l8xyba81sk.wpeproxy.com |
| unknown |
ipv4only.arpa |
| whitelisted |
example.org |
| whitelisted |
contile.services.mozilla.com |
| whitelisted |
spocs.getpocket.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2284 | svchost.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Requests to a free CDN for open source projects (jsdelivr .net) |
2788 | firefox.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Global content delivery network (unpkg .com) |