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Database Entry



Phorpiex


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 3a8eaf1dbbf401932d21a925da718704dbc6118abbb635d13d380c9a875830fe
SHA3-384 hash: 4d54a903666e72b11065720ae717e1149e5b016af6741a296dd887c13a2eb3ad81b67e7f00f947c394f0293fd6b70cce
SHA1 hash: a91b2e4f9cc5c4e55486c978f30af400e1eabcb1
MD5 hash: 00623df2e344a8af515ce1c48b97541b
humanhash: tennessee-oscar-kansas-mango
File name:00623df2e344a8af515ce1c48b97541b.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Phorpiex
File size:77'312 bytes
First seen:2023-01-30 12:42:49 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash dac8ae7c837e7fe3a3ea62e0b6800155 (8 x Phorpiex, 2 x CoinMiner, 1 x CoinMiner.XMRig)
ssdeep 1536:g53Mz8y5D0FLcNU33CxcuxrMhenfF3I8eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWeeeee:BwLFLQs3vuxrPnfF3
Threatray 34 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1C6731700F650C13BF0F680FFF6FF5699192C9FA4434598D7A2E0688F6A256C5BA36097
TrID 37.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
20.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
12.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
7.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Phorpiex

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
196
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
phorpiex
ID:
1
File name:
00623df2e344a8af515ce1c48b97541b.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-01-30 12:45:52 UTC
Tags:
trojan phorpiex

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the Windows directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file
Launching a process
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Blocking the Windows Security Center notifications
Creating a file in the mass storage device
Enabling threat expansion on mass storage devices
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
CallSleep
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
83%
Tags:
greyware shell32.dll
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
Phorpiex, Xmrig
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad.mine
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to check if Internet connection is working
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Detected Stratum mining protocol
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Phorpiex
Yara detected Xmrig cryptocurrency miner
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 794426 Sample: zoc1amZDDA.exe Startdate: 30/01/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 66 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->66 68 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->68 70 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->70 72 7 other signatures 2->72 8 zoc1amZDDA.exe 1 1 2->8         started        12 powershell.exe 32 2->12         started        14 powershell.exe 13 2->14         started        16 3 other processes 2->16 process3 file4 48 C:\Windows\sysagrsv.exe, PE32 8->48 dropped 86 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 8->86 88 Contains functionality to check if Internet connection is working 8->88 90 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 8->90 94 2 other signatures 8->94 18 sysagrsv.exe 7 18 8->18         started        92 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 12->92 23 conhost.exe 12->23         started        25 conhost.exe 14->25         started        27 schtasks.exe 1 14->27         started        29 conhost.exe 16->29         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 50 185.215.113.66, 49716, 49722, 49726 WHOLESALECONNECTIONSNL Portugal 18->50 52 189.146.120.190, 40500 UninetSAdeCVMX Mexico 18->52 54 24 other IPs or domains 18->54 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\3140224623.exe, PE32 18->44 dropped 74 Antivirus detection for dropped file 18->74 76 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 18->76 78 Contains functionality to check if Internet connection is working 18->78 80 4 other signatures 18->80 31 3140224623.exe 16 18->31         started        file8 signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 56 185.215.113.84, 49724, 49735, 5151 WHOLESALECONNECTIONSNL Portugal 31->56 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\2645223536.exe, PE32+ 31->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\xmr[1].exe, PE32+ 31->42 dropped 58 Antivirus detection for dropped file 31->58 60 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 31->60 62 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 31->62 36 2645223536.exe 3 31->36         started        file12 64 Detected Stratum mining protocol 56->64 signatures13 process14 file15 46 C:\Users\user\...\winsvrupd.exe, PE32+ 36->46 dropped 82 Antivirus detection for dropped file 36->82 84 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 36->84 signatures16
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.FWDisable
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-01-30 08:32:46 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 26 (88.46%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phorphiex family:xmrig evasion loader miner persistence trojan upx worm
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Windows security modification
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
UPX packed file
XMRig Miner payload
Phorphiex
Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
Windows security bypass
xmrig
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://185.215.113.66/
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3a8eaf1dbbf401932d21a925da718704dbc6118abbb635d13d380c9a875830fe
MD5 hash:
00623df2e344a8af515ce1c48b97541b
SHA1 hash:
a91b2e4f9cc5c4e55486c978f30af400e1eabcb1
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Phorpiex

Executable exe 3a8eaf1dbbf401932d21a925da718704dbc6118abbb635d13d380c9a875830fe

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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