Analysis

  • max time kernel
    131s
  • max time network
    14s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20210408
  • submitted
    04-05-2021 14:03

General

  • Target

    LM Approved Invoice-04-05-2021.doc

  • Size

    3.8MB

  • MD5

    95f8e935279c289154b784d37bfdbae7

  • SHA1

    3e711dc23a09ef291f95b7e06c9ba708e35dbe95

  • SHA256

    4caa64908b36893b18dca45402ee03d15381c605b6c0f07497f209f73a1c038d

  • SHA512

    cb7d9d0849087f0800fb1dec9185debe1b3baae0244ac62e32adcf49e2058df29514b801b2802a35c4acc33c2d142a84ebbc27f91e8f95f104d4a519b8efc5bb

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    smtp.nilkarnal.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    logs@nilkarnal.com
  • Password:
    company1960

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 2 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 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\LM Approved Invoice-04-05-2021.doc"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1088
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1612
    • 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:1156
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KSDHFU.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KSDHFU.exe
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:748
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\AhuFCWIiU" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp45C7.tmp"
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:384
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KSDHFU.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\KSDHFU.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1980

    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

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp45C7.tmp
      MD5

      01dc1ed1183dc0aa981275637d3e81bf

      SHA1

      44b95374dd34571b7085e70c14fa4d04a4636942

      SHA256

      9295bd678071e53a8e22896a37191e2f573f3a479e03f718f9b3878435be33a1

      SHA512

      c92c63e99e3b6af93646976afce6776620effb64b35bbd5da77da6f1ae5aa2e3f1aed002fa81ef9cc06886d80cb620f639e64fe09ce2f529813fa6db67c5cec2

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

      9dfaa6afc47f0bf01155b7f8253f719b

      SHA1

      0e82d1395e219ed0400959e6315675fdd03f0a54

      SHA256

      fd0be553157fca2a0a5f4cc559d95a3d6ec4b27b6f1368cad25997cac0ccac8f

      SHA512

      95f379a10ffd895be1b653dfb32227be31764c13ce75f35f21be6472045e385bb0aca718a6a1b0c57158c1449094b409c3192f19c47900e2d3829588b9980e2e

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

      9dfaa6afc47f0bf01155b7f8253f719b

      SHA1

      0e82d1395e219ed0400959e6315675fdd03f0a54

      SHA256

      fd0be553157fca2a0a5f4cc559d95a3d6ec4b27b6f1368cad25997cac0ccac8f

      SHA512

      95f379a10ffd895be1b653dfb32227be31764c13ce75f35f21be6472045e385bb0aca718a6a1b0c57158c1449094b409c3192f19c47900e2d3829588b9980e2e

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

      9dfaa6afc47f0bf01155b7f8253f719b

      SHA1

      0e82d1395e219ed0400959e6315675fdd03f0a54

      SHA256

      fd0be553157fca2a0a5f4cc559d95a3d6ec4b27b6f1368cad25997cac0ccac8f

      SHA512

      95f379a10ffd895be1b653dfb32227be31764c13ce75f35f21be6472045e385bb0aca718a6a1b0c57158c1449094b409c3192f19c47900e2d3829588b9980e2e

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

      9dfaa6afc47f0bf01155b7f8253f719b

      SHA1

      0e82d1395e219ed0400959e6315675fdd03f0a54

      SHA256

      fd0be553157fca2a0a5f4cc559d95a3d6ec4b27b6f1368cad25997cac0ccac8f

      SHA512

      95f379a10ffd895be1b653dfb32227be31764c13ce75f35f21be6472045e385bb0aca718a6a1b0c57158c1449094b409c3192f19c47900e2d3829588b9980e2e

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

      9dfaa6afc47f0bf01155b7f8253f719b

      SHA1

      0e82d1395e219ed0400959e6315675fdd03f0a54

      SHA256

      fd0be553157fca2a0a5f4cc559d95a3d6ec4b27b6f1368cad25997cac0ccac8f

      SHA512

      95f379a10ffd895be1b653dfb32227be31764c13ce75f35f21be6472045e385bb0aca718a6a1b0c57158c1449094b409c3192f19c47900e2d3829588b9980e2e

    • memory/384-79-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/748-71-0x0000000004B81000-0x0000000004B82000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/748-65-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/748-68-0x0000000000D80000-0x0000000000D81000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/748-70-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000004B81000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/748-72-0x0000000004B82000-0x0000000004B83000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/748-78-0x0000000004980000-0x00000000049BE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      248KB

    • memory/748-73-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004EE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/748-77-0x0000000005190000-0x000000000520B000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      492KB

    • memory/1088-76-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1088-59-0x0000000072DB1000-0x0000000072DB4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1088-61-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1088-60-0x0000000070831000-0x0000000070833000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1156-62-0x0000000075DA1000-0x0000000075DA3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1612-75-0x000007FEFC1D1000-0x000007FEFC1D3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1612-74-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1980-81-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      240KB

    • memory/1980-82-0x00000000004375FE-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1980-84-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      240KB

    • memory/1980-86-0x0000000004B20000-0x0000000004B21000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB