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Database Entry



Phorpiex


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 48214f32e63f85fe88aff17257a746862d7530bce20b2dfc7a7b942743374a31
SHA3-384 hash: ea1a2325747aacaf269f8530a9b9d3ba73120910d1bc5564b60417c1fa38dfdfc523dfb12d5f8c893c21b469dd592eb3
SHA1 hash: ed9bb523da72781c26f46ee1464f1e5fc1283c4a
MD5 hash: 042c4da66dda2cab43007457e1e81a76
humanhash: queen-mountain-vermont-rugby
File name:042c4da66dda2cab43007457e1e81a76.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Phorpiex
File size:74'752 bytes
First seen:2022-12-12 17:25:42 UTC
Last seen:2022-12-12 18:30:54 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 83bcccb089013e02973a47f8d54106e0 (6 x Phorpiex)
ssdeep 1536:I3Mz8pr+ehOVEn/g9u1ti/jQWlCsv038L7wlfFtzl:TwoehO0gArukWMsv0+ElfFt
Threatray 25 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T106732900F550D53AF4F740FFF2BB04AE6928EFA4434698DB22D4689F6B216C1A932597
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 :
2
# of downloads :
169
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
phorpiex
ID:
1
File name:
042c4da66dda2cab43007457e1e81a76.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-12-12 17:29:34 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
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request
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
Query of malicious DNS domain
Enabling threat expansion on mass storage devices
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
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
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.evad
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
Contains functionality to determine the online IP of the system
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Drops PE files to the user root directory
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
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Send many emails (e-Mail Spam)
Tries to resolve many domain names, but no domain seems valid
Yara detected Phorpiex
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 765636 Sample: l3Qj8QhTYZ.exe Startdate: 12/12/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 38 yahoo.com.au 2->38 40 westnet.com.au 2->40 42 58 other IPs or domains 2->42 66 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->66 68 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->68 70 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->70 72 4 other signatures 2->72 9 l3Qj8QhTYZ.exe 1 1 2->9         started        13 sysfevcs.exe 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 file5 36 C:\Windows\sysfevcs.exe, PE32 9->36 dropped 90 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 9->90 92 Contains functionality to check if Internet connection is working 9->92 94 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 9->94 96 2 other signatures 9->96 15 sysfevcs.exe 7 21 9->15         started        signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 50 185.215.113.66, 49699, 49701, 49704 WHOLESALECONNECTIONSNL Portugal 15->50 52 201.111.237.231 UninetSAdeCVMX Mexico 15->52 54 13 other IPs or domains 15->54 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\2676917645.exe, PE32 15->30 dropped 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\2350331867.exe, PE32 15->32 dropped 56 Antivirus detection for dropped file 15->56 58 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->58 60 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 15->60 64 5 other signatures 15->64 20 2676917645.exe 1 1 15->20         started        24 2350331867.exe 17 15->24         started        file9 62 Tries to resolve many domain names, but no domain seems valid 50->62 signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 34 C:\Users\user\sysfevcs.exe, PE32 20->34 dropped 74 Antivirus detection for dropped file 20->74 76 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 20->76 78 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 20->78 88 2 other signatures 20->88 27 sysfevcs.exe 20->27         started        44 yahoo.com.au 24->44 46 waverleyrsl.com.au 24->46 48 550 other IPs or domains 24->48 80 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 24->80 82 Contains functionality to determine the online IP of the system 24->82 84 May check the online IP address of the machine 24->84 file13 86 Tries to resolve many domain names, but no domain seems valid 46->86 signatures14 process15 signatures16 98 Antivirus detection for dropped file 27->98 100 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 27->100 102 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 27->102
Threat name:
Win32.Worm.Phorpiex
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-12-11 19:55:40 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
23 of 24 (95.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
phorphiex
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:phorphiex evasion loader persistence trojan worm
Behaviour
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Drops file in Windows directory
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Windows security modification
Executes dropped EXE
Phorphiex
Windows security bypass
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://185.215.113.66/
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
48214f32e63f85fe88aff17257a746862d7530bce20b2dfc7a7b942743374a31
MD5 hash:
042c4da66dda2cab43007457e1e81a76
SHA1 hash:
ed9bb523da72781c26f46ee1464f1e5fc1283c4a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address

File information


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Web download

Phorpiex

Executable exe 48214f32e63f85fe88aff17257a746862d7530bce20b2dfc7a7b942743374a31

(this sample)

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