Analysis date (UTC): 5 October 2024, 22:21Analysis environment: Windows 10 Pro, build 19045, x64

slinky.exe

MD5:7E26817146B9CA70F5A1F271B381FDC8
SHA1:A87A69FA8C6833F818F878F6C5A5EC010B99DAE4
SHA256:CEEACED15D7A6D72BEA0AA59BB3CACCC5D5E0089B4B980658C5709D3F96B31FB

Analysis result

Threat level:Malicious activity
Tags:
evasiondiscordstealeruacexfiltrationsusp-powershellcrypto-regexdiscordgrabbergenericims-apiip-checkskuld

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Bypass User Account Control (Modify registry)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 5632)

Actions looks like stealing of personal data

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Adds path to the Windows Defender exclusion list

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Steals credentials from Web Browsers

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Bypass execution policy to execute commands

  • powershell.exe (PID: 4236)

Changes powershell execution policy (Bypass)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Windows Defender preferences modified via 'Set-MpPreference'

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

SKULD has been detected (YARA)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

DISCORDGRABBER has been detected (YARA)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

SUSPICIOUS

Changes default file association

  • slinky.exe (PID: 5632)

Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain a list of video controllers

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

  • slinky.exe (PID: 5632)

Read disk information to detect sandboxing environments

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Script adds exclusion path to Windows Defender

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Starts POWERSHELL.EXE for commands execution

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain operating system information

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Accesses operating system name via WMI (SCRIPT)

  • WMIC.exe (PID: 1684)

Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain CPU information

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

The process bypasses the loading of PowerShell profile settings

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Base64-obfuscated command line is found

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Uses WMIC.EXE to obtain Windows Installer data

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Uses NETSH.EXE to obtain data on the network

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

BASE64 encoded PowerShell command has been detected

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

CSC.EXE is used to compile C# code

  • csc.exe (PID: 3824)

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

  • csc.exe (PID: 3824)

Script disables Windows Defender's real-time protection

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Script disables Windows Defender's IPS

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Checks for external IP

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)
  • svchost.exe (PID: 2256)

There is functionality for capture public ip (YARA)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Possible usage of Discord/Telegram API has been detected (YARA)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Uses ATTRIB.EXE to modify file attributes

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Found regular expressions for crypto-addresses (YARA)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

INFO

Checks supported languages

  • slinky.exe (PID: 5632)

Reads the computer name

  • slinky.exe (PID: 5632)

Drops encrypted JS script (Microsoft Script Encoder)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 5632)
  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

The process uses the downloaded file

  • cmd.exe (PID: 2340)

Sends debugging messages

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

  • WMIC.exe (PID: 1684)
  • WMIC.exe (PID: 4892)

Create files in a temporary directory

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Attempting to use instant messaging service

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)
  • svchost.exe (PID: 2256)

Found Base64 encoded reflection usage via PowerShell (YARA)

  • slinky.exe (PID: 6844)

Threats

PIDProcessClassMessage
——Misc activityET INFO External IP Address Lookup Domain (ipify .org) in TLS SNI
——Misc activityET INFO External IP Lookup Domain (ipify .org) in DNS Lookup
——Device Retrieving External IP Address DetectedET POLICY External IP Lookup api.ipify.org
——Device Retrieving External IP Address DetectedPOLICY [ANY.RUN] External IP Lookup by HTTP (api .ipify .org)
——Misc activityET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent
2256svchost.exeDevice Retrieving External IP Address DetectedET INFO External IP Lookup Domain in DNS Lookup (ip-api .com)
2256svchost.exeDevice Retrieving External IP Address DetectedINFO [ANY.RUN] External IP Check (ip-api .com)
6844slinky.exeMisc activityET USER_AGENTS Go HTTP Client User-Agent
6844slinky.exeDevice Retrieving External IP Address DetectedET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com
2256svchost.exePotentially Bad TrafficET INFO Online File Storage Domain in DNS Lookup (gofile .io)

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