Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    91s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20201028
  • submitted
    28-01-2021 11:39

General

  • Target

    Purchase Order nr53781.doc

  • Size

    310KB

  • MD5

    abf61590ceeb774adc2ecf02f799735b

  • SHA1

    a336b3ba62e428c8eaa7d283ff029180dd77921c

  • SHA256

    07f36154cb584be7679faa22398bf9f79ee95639964a73b1f31c0fec6883b842

  • SHA512

    3f16dc8201eb065176d757b46ff0346dbeede8c28a33535ca09bdd87ece7ae3f95d4c10c21ac1f646ada5e4d4d697986bd478c9707059244fb3227038b3db3d8

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    polar.argondns.net
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    ]4&w8LUz9*LT

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • AgentTesla Payload 3 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Purchase Order nr53781.doc"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1096
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Blocklisted process makes network request
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Launches Equation Editor
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1732
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1504
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1212
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1152

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Exploitation for Client Execution

1
T1203

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

3
T1081

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
    MD5

    c355692d41228d977213a283698069d3

    SHA1

    cdd411a44fc46ee2a498574508610425a63109af

    SHA256

    d39c4f9e017a562f5d60d3d8576b4dc0f360aed5be9804b7671c7bcaf9046a18

    SHA512

    8672443fe1c36ba0329d5859ff7d5a9876c390259ef74104a1d29aec67f2af026dd6e3150b6c29a2ca466df6826b4ffd8d62a3abf86db73d9897fa852a86c971

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
    MD5

    c355692d41228d977213a283698069d3

    SHA1

    cdd411a44fc46ee2a498574508610425a63109af

    SHA256

    d39c4f9e017a562f5d60d3d8576b4dc0f360aed5be9804b7671c7bcaf9046a18

    SHA512

    8672443fe1c36ba0329d5859ff7d5a9876c390259ef74104a1d29aec67f2af026dd6e3150b6c29a2ca466df6826b4ffd8d62a3abf86db73d9897fa852a86c971

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
    MD5

    c355692d41228d977213a283698069d3

    SHA1

    cdd411a44fc46ee2a498574508610425a63109af

    SHA256

    d39c4f9e017a562f5d60d3d8576b4dc0f360aed5be9804b7671c7bcaf9046a18

    SHA512

    8672443fe1c36ba0329d5859ff7d5a9876c390259ef74104a1d29aec67f2af026dd6e3150b6c29a2ca466df6826b4ffd8d62a3abf86db73d9897fa852a86c971

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
    MD5

    c355692d41228d977213a283698069d3

    SHA1

    cdd411a44fc46ee2a498574508610425a63109af

    SHA256

    d39c4f9e017a562f5d60d3d8576b4dc0f360aed5be9804b7671c7bcaf9046a18

    SHA512

    8672443fe1c36ba0329d5859ff7d5a9876c390259ef74104a1d29aec67f2af026dd6e3150b6c29a2ca466df6826b4ffd8d62a3abf86db73d9897fa852a86c971

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\haitian574.scr
    MD5

    c355692d41228d977213a283698069d3

    SHA1

    cdd411a44fc46ee2a498574508610425a63109af

    SHA256

    d39c4f9e017a562f5d60d3d8576b4dc0f360aed5be9804b7671c7bcaf9046a18

    SHA512

    8672443fe1c36ba0329d5859ff7d5a9876c390259ef74104a1d29aec67f2af026dd6e3150b6c29a2ca466df6826b4ffd8d62a3abf86db73d9897fa852a86c971

  • memory/1096-14-0x0000000001DC0000-0x0000000001DC1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1096-3-0x00000000708A1000-0x00000000708A3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1096-4-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1096-2-0x0000000072E21000-0x0000000072E24000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1152-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1152-18-0x00000000004374BE-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1152-20-0x000000006BA40000-0x000000006C12E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/1152-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1152-23-0x0000000004B20000-0x0000000004B21000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1152-24-0x0000000004B21000-0x0000000004B22000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1504-12-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000081000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1504-13-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1504-11-0x000000006BA40000-0x000000006C12E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/1504-15-0x0000000002240000-0x000000000227E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/1504-8-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1732-5-0x0000000075711000-0x0000000075713000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1764-6-0x000007FEF6930000-0x000007FEF6BAA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    2.5MB