Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211014
  • submitted
    19-10-2021 07:01

General

  • Target

    Shipment Documents.xlsx

  • Size

    301KB

  • MD5

    f4d40b4b78f2056ebcfaf52b52163be1

  • SHA1

    5c627e0e50a1211e2557c87358b360720f3a52da

  • SHA256

    abb24af23f4bb11299c2e428f36242b872ca4ebe7757500322c2ad0b6bdee43a

  • SHA512

    3d1f9e5c39588813d57416ddc24939fc5203d19426689fd1abdb340f3883a812d2845db502ec4cdc845c68b7aee9a5cdf956bcad0c341577fca2da16b4a451cb

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.croatiahunt.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    VilaVrgade852

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

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

  • AgentTesla Payload 5 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • 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 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 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\Shipment Documents.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1572
  • 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:912
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1428
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\WnVIHwRlcWCt" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpA3FD.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1016
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:2008

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Exploitation for Client Execution

1
T1203

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Scripting

1
T1064

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Credential Access

Credentials in Files

3
T1081

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Query Registry

1
T1012

Collection

Data from Local System

3
T1005

Email Collection

1
T1114

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    6bf59ae6437f31c26e4c68c62fff895f

    SHA1

    7fb4e8e9da014853bd6b74136ea7c63a588b83fe

    SHA256

    55827efa0f144f47c34b99d416bc1ffce3daf421da009cbf02f03dd1a3511a22

    SHA512

    eea13b410ce0747395c64451f85db28dcc5a660c9092b30020764ca805e812f6c74e7bfe79119735ba4c59812915fb8b752dad692c454f9c30dd8fc7f76a0af8

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    6bf59ae6437f31c26e4c68c62fff895f

    SHA1

    7fb4e8e9da014853bd6b74136ea7c63a588b83fe

    SHA256

    55827efa0f144f47c34b99d416bc1ffce3daf421da009cbf02f03dd1a3511a22

    SHA512

    eea13b410ce0747395c64451f85db28dcc5a660c9092b30020764ca805e812f6c74e7bfe79119735ba4c59812915fb8b752dad692c454f9c30dd8fc7f76a0af8

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    6bf59ae6437f31c26e4c68c62fff895f

    SHA1

    7fb4e8e9da014853bd6b74136ea7c63a588b83fe

    SHA256

    55827efa0f144f47c34b99d416bc1ffce3daf421da009cbf02f03dd1a3511a22

    SHA512

    eea13b410ce0747395c64451f85db28dcc5a660c9092b30020764ca805e812f6c74e7bfe79119735ba4c59812915fb8b752dad692c454f9c30dd8fc7f76a0af8

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    6bf59ae6437f31c26e4c68c62fff895f

    SHA1

    7fb4e8e9da014853bd6b74136ea7c63a588b83fe

    SHA256

    55827efa0f144f47c34b99d416bc1ffce3daf421da009cbf02f03dd1a3511a22

    SHA512

    eea13b410ce0747395c64451f85db28dcc5a660c9092b30020764ca805e812f6c74e7bfe79119735ba4c59812915fb8b752dad692c454f9c30dd8fc7f76a0af8

  • memory/912-57-0x0000000075AC1000-0x0000000075AC3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1016-67-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1428-59-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1428-62-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000351000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1428-64-0x0000000007190000-0x0000000007191000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1428-65-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000308000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/1428-66-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004B18000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    352KB

  • memory/1572-55-0x0000000070FD1000-0x0000000070FD3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1572-54-0x000000002FCF1000-0x000000002FCF4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1572-78-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1572-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2008-69-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2008-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2008-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2008-73-0x00000000004375AE-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2008-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2008-75-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2008-77-0x0000000004BF0000-0x0000000004BF1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2008-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/2008-79-0x0000000004BF1000-0x0000000004BF2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB