Backdoored 3CXDesktopApp Installer Used in Active Threat Campaign

2023-03-30 Rapid7

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/03/30/backdoored-3cxdesktopapp-installer-used-in-active-threat-campaign/

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Rapid7 analyzed the 3CXDesktopApp Windows supply-chain compromise after multiple vendors observed malicious activity from a legitimate signed communications application on Windows and macOS. The MSI drops benign 3CXDesktopApp.exe, which loads backdoored ffmpeg.dll; that DLL reads an RC4-encrypted blob from d3dcompiler.dll and reflectively loads code that retrieves .ico files with appended Base64 command-and-control data from GitHub. Rapid7 MDR observed the backdoored installer in several customer environments and identified affected Electron Windows versions 18.12.407 and 18.12.416 and macOS versions 18.11.1213, 18.12.402, 18.12.407, and 18.12.416. The source recommends uninstalling 3CXDesktopApp, using the PWA client temporarily, and hunting known malicious domains and hashes associated with the campaign.

Indicators of Compromise

Type Value First Seen Last Seen
DOMAIN visualstudiofactory.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN akamaitechcloudservices.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN msedgepackageinfo.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN msstorageazure.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN azureonlinestorage.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN zacharryblogs.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN officestoragebox.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN pbxphonenetwork.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN sourceslabs.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN officeaddons.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN glcloudservice.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN pbxcloudeservices.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN azuredeploystore.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN pbxsources.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN msstorageboxes.com 2023-03-29 2024-09-09
DOMAIN journalide.org 2023-03-29 2023-05-09
HASH 7986bbaee8940da11ce089383521ab4… 2023-03-30 2023-04-28
HASH 11be1803e2e307b647a8a7e02d12833… 2023-03-30 2023-04-28
HASH dde03348075512796241389dfea5560… 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
HASH fad482ded2e25ce9e1dd3d3ecc3227a… 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
HASH aa124a4b4df12b34e74ee7f6c683b2e… 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
DOMAIN qwepoi123098.com 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
DOMAIN akamaicontainer.com 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
DOMAIN dunamistrd.com 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
DOMAIN azureonlinecloud.com 2023-03-29 2023-04-28
DOMAIN msedgeupdate.net 2023-03-30 2023-04-03
HASH 92005051ae314d61074ed94a52e76b1… 2023-03-29 2023-03-31
HASH b86c695822013483fa4e2dfdf712c5e… 2023-03-29 2023-03-31
DOMAIN convieneonline.com 2023-03-29 2023-03-30
DOMAIN soyoungjun.com 2023-03-29 2023-03-30

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