Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    12s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20210410
  • submitted
    28-07-2021 09:26

General

  • Target

    Invoice#P.O474746.xlsx

  • Size

    602KB

  • MD5

    80126b0c7190360c63cdfc0b57839920

  • SHA1

    191ffb490653ca129ed7fe603f2d7734d3d0c157

  • SHA256

    dae10b4be19f81707d8c9b2fab7539a0f5a9c82ef37f5c0ee3500c161c68fb20

  • SHA512

    6ccb4cf91abfa2693b79099d9e498aa24658fb1a5c6f85420487fa8998208fc6ac9caf4ca1053179e0c331cabaf411607a8e0344654c920f67d991b0a6fa0979

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.simpleitalian.com.au
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    SIpassword101$

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

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

  • AgentTesla Payload 3 IoCs
  • CustAttr .NET packer 1 IoCs

    Detects CustAttr .NET packer in memory.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 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
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Invoice#P.O474746.xlsx
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1996
  • 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\ashlye51.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:300
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1628

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

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

Replay Monitor

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe
    MD5

    dfcca1c0512fb60c55bc167340b8e653

    SHA1

    95931116c675f2b616c169c2bd62af810751ce22

    SHA256

    d2ac9d14c748cb3068f47fb3b8e0c30466f14a706eb17737b9122a8f8a023f0c

    SHA512

    e76a9c15f77173ea568b912260ff970420dbdd962d46fc2575491257cd45a684c2f0577eafc15aa693c6fe46738487a86b64933c2c17ea062ebdf96fe7ec080e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe
    MD5

    dfcca1c0512fb60c55bc167340b8e653

    SHA1

    95931116c675f2b616c169c2bd62af810751ce22

    SHA256

    d2ac9d14c748cb3068f47fb3b8e0c30466f14a706eb17737b9122a8f8a023f0c

    SHA512

    e76a9c15f77173ea568b912260ff970420dbdd962d46fc2575491257cd45a684c2f0577eafc15aa693c6fe46738487a86b64933c2c17ea062ebdf96fe7ec080e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe
    MD5

    dfcca1c0512fb60c55bc167340b8e653

    SHA1

    95931116c675f2b616c169c2bd62af810751ce22

    SHA256

    d2ac9d14c748cb3068f47fb3b8e0c30466f14a706eb17737b9122a8f8a023f0c

    SHA512

    e76a9c15f77173ea568b912260ff970420dbdd962d46fc2575491257cd45a684c2f0577eafc15aa693c6fe46738487a86b64933c2c17ea062ebdf96fe7ec080e

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ashlye51.exe
    MD5

    dfcca1c0512fb60c55bc167340b8e653

    SHA1

    95931116c675f2b616c169c2bd62af810751ce22

    SHA256

    d2ac9d14c748cb3068f47fb3b8e0c30466f14a706eb17737b9122a8f8a023f0c

    SHA512

    e76a9c15f77173ea568b912260ff970420dbdd962d46fc2575491257cd45a684c2f0577eafc15aa693c6fe46738487a86b64933c2c17ea062ebdf96fe7ec080e

  • memory/300-70-0x0000000000330000-0x000000000033B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/300-71-0x0000000004DB0000-0x0000000004E2B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    492KB

  • memory/300-72-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004DD000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    244KB

  • memory/300-64-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/300-67-0x0000000001320000-0x0000000001321000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/300-69-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000011C1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1628-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1628-74-0x00000000004374CE-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1628-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1628-78-0x0000000004BA0000-0x0000000004BA1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1628-80-0x0000000004BA1000-0x0000000004BA2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1732-62-0x0000000075D41000-0x0000000075D43000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1996-59-0x000000002F561000-0x000000002F564000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1996-61-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1996-60-0x0000000070F91000-0x0000000070F93000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1996-79-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB