Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20210408
  • submitted
    21-04-2021 18:26

General

  • Target

    Purchase Order.doc

  • Size

    4KB

  • MD5

    9ef6eb1c4c2bc4c409fc59e4bbf36854

  • SHA1

    e4e956b1f7e500073bab3ccef88e6c4bf784c663

  • SHA256

    9aec6bdb253c4e34d6f4629baadc8a01d4674ac5bd084b791820160ed27d2b2b

  • SHA512

    45764eb0feb82a7da251461fcf02e56e7b6468a4f45c89f8b3a9826cc81444d50126ad0595d7c19e3e551530763ee8fe94a37423316dd102e990a71fb829d1ca

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.privateemail.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    prodip@precisionenergy.me
  • Password:
    @Mexico1.,

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
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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.doc"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1820
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1696
    • 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:1580
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1000
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\iDGbuSl" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE3D9.tmp"
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:900
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe
          "{path}"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1004

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Persistence

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Discovery

    System Information Discovery

    1
    T1082

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE3D9.tmp
      MD5

      837266c7e0bcaea7b14bf4729f03e789

      SHA1

      9ee8946cb3b4b7abb24f18709dd5b85abcb62a25

      SHA256

      36ebb612446f4ec480ad5d844d49bf2bcb2d33f7adc3f6394b092900b6cb6582

      SHA512

      ec0a229dadf0d0b9568c2dcdc262cf3861d77664b72e222bff1390de28b2d38f629a42feb59d61767ef2b611255adde772a9985e914985910586d05c9583987d

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe
      MD5

      30bd38d2a90db3510019a3fe7dae45cd

      SHA1

      ac16719ecd9103689f42ee1719eb6f1b444dba4b

      SHA256

      5d2ecd7210251e5d86670bd25655976536c0ac15f65185ea7003467be2ee5b19

      SHA512

      a41ed21642beee783f844d7eac920d2edcab180def732afcbd5d021bf8a72c09a2fe33ab6da5980dabca3230c4a0e73af29ee883bfac2e94aac71cdbd595be84

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe
      MD5

      30bd38d2a90db3510019a3fe7dae45cd

      SHA1

      ac16719ecd9103689f42ee1719eb6f1b444dba4b

      SHA256

      5d2ecd7210251e5d86670bd25655976536c0ac15f65185ea7003467be2ee5b19

      SHA512

      a41ed21642beee783f844d7eac920d2edcab180def732afcbd5d021bf8a72c09a2fe33ab6da5980dabca3230c4a0e73af29ee883bfac2e94aac71cdbd595be84

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe
      MD5

      30bd38d2a90db3510019a3fe7dae45cd

      SHA1

      ac16719ecd9103689f42ee1719eb6f1b444dba4b

      SHA256

      5d2ecd7210251e5d86670bd25655976536c0ac15f65185ea7003467be2ee5b19

      SHA512

      a41ed21642beee783f844d7eac920d2edcab180def732afcbd5d021bf8a72c09a2fe33ab6da5980dabca3230c4a0e73af29ee883bfac2e94aac71cdbd595be84

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\biggest.exe
      MD5

      30bd38d2a90db3510019a3fe7dae45cd

      SHA1

      ac16719ecd9103689f42ee1719eb6f1b444dba4b

      SHA256

      5d2ecd7210251e5d86670bd25655976536c0ac15f65185ea7003467be2ee5b19

      SHA512

      a41ed21642beee783f844d7eac920d2edcab180def732afcbd5d021bf8a72c09a2fe33ab6da5980dabca3230c4a0e73af29ee883bfac2e94aac71cdbd595be84

    • memory/900-75-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1000-64-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1000-67-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DC1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1000-69-0x0000000007340000-0x0000000007341000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1000-72-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D5000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      20KB

    • memory/1000-73-0x0000000008450000-0x00000000084FF000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      700KB

    • memory/1000-74-0x0000000002340000-0x00000000023A9000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      420KB

    • memory/1004-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      240KB

    • memory/1004-82-0x0000000004CC0000-0x0000000004CC1000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1004-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      240KB

    • memory/1004-78-0x00000000004375CE-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1580-62-0x0000000076641000-0x0000000076643000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1696-71-0x000007FEFBED1000-0x000007FEFBED3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1696-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1820-61-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1820-60-0x0000000070451000-0x0000000070453000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1820-59-0x00000000729D1000-0x00000000729D4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1820-83-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB