Technical Information
To ensure autorun and distribution
Sets the following service settings
- [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\E1618551] 'ImagePath' = '<DRIVERS>\E1618551.sys'
Creates the following services
- 'E1618551' <DRIVERS>\E1618551.sys
Malicious functions
Intercepts control using hardware breakpoints
in NTDLL dll
- 24fed2b840.exe process, ntdll.dll module
Modifies file system
Creates the following files
- <Current directory>\24fed2b840.exe
- <Current directory>\logs\overlay.log
- %TEMP%\deadstar\secureenginesdk64.dll
- %TEMP%\deadstar\vehhandler.dll
- <DRIVERS>\e1618551.sys
Sets the 'hidden' attribute to the following files
- %TEMP%\deadstar\vehhandler.dll
Deletes following files that it created itself
- %TEMP%\deadstar\secureenginesdk64.dll
- %TEMP%\deadstar\vehhandler.dll
Deletes itself.
Miscellaneous
Creates and executes the following
- '<Current directory>\24fed2b840.exe' --deadstar-morphed
Executes the following
- '<SYSTEM32>\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Wait-Process -Id 2824 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Item -LiteralPath '<Full path to file>' -Force"
- '<SYSTEM32>\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe' -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Wait-Process -Id 2824 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Item -LiteralPath '<Full path to file>' -Force"' (with hidden window)
