Analysis

  • max time kernel
    127s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20210920
  • submitted
    19-10-2021 08:16

General

  • Target

    attached MT103.xlsx

  • Size

    369KB

  • MD5

    4359de779972f2e1e11722812f5fdfaf

  • SHA1

    b51912d549cb4c79030a9d30bee8e0117a5f9332

  • SHA256

    0ca77c81c4440102c13817bc4b1e52a844e7384e0b523021b453f15114cc0406

  • SHA512

    5cdd6edc834b3eb3ea7e40e21c3445fc521cb5c435a52af6e93fa4d2524b02eee2f9b86c21ace2f38699a8e5c7dde23a5788b3c623aceb8702764ee679e3dfbb

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.sgsabah.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    Newlife8

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
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 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\attached MT103.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1508
  • 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:788
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1972
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\UjfPBE" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBD37.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:968
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:1708

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    d4444398dcb1366ac99eb1074031d5db

    SHA1

    abc8ce0f06f0d726b99e85818b29df163161725d

    SHA256

    6127a09a636fac38861b7d547f31797ba41aaf9eccd825a580a27bdddd6c01d9

    SHA512

    d53d544044407256768ced8b11e7e1eb795e133d206ab4d8b3d7eb95a673eff282f3e4360f0ac32132ff3743eff18854f4ce53288fa0a3df22c8634001075e4d

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    d4444398dcb1366ac99eb1074031d5db

    SHA1

    abc8ce0f06f0d726b99e85818b29df163161725d

    SHA256

    6127a09a636fac38861b7d547f31797ba41aaf9eccd825a580a27bdddd6c01d9

    SHA512

    d53d544044407256768ced8b11e7e1eb795e133d206ab4d8b3d7eb95a673eff282f3e4360f0ac32132ff3743eff18854f4ce53288fa0a3df22c8634001075e4d

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    d4444398dcb1366ac99eb1074031d5db

    SHA1

    abc8ce0f06f0d726b99e85818b29df163161725d

    SHA256

    6127a09a636fac38861b7d547f31797ba41aaf9eccd825a580a27bdddd6c01d9

    SHA512

    d53d544044407256768ced8b11e7e1eb795e133d206ab4d8b3d7eb95a673eff282f3e4360f0ac32132ff3743eff18854f4ce53288fa0a3df22c8634001075e4d

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    d4444398dcb1366ac99eb1074031d5db

    SHA1

    abc8ce0f06f0d726b99e85818b29df163161725d

    SHA256

    6127a09a636fac38861b7d547f31797ba41aaf9eccd825a580a27bdddd6c01d9

    SHA512

    d53d544044407256768ced8b11e7e1eb795e133d206ab4d8b3d7eb95a673eff282f3e4360f0ac32132ff3743eff18854f4ce53288fa0a3df22c8634001075e4d

  • memory/788-56-0x0000000076B61000-0x0000000076B63000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/968-66-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1508-53-0x000000002FDD1000-0x000000002FDD4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1508-55-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1508-77-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1508-54-0x0000000071B41000-0x0000000071B43000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1708-72-0x000000000043768E-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1708-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1708-78-0x0000000000D41000-0x0000000000D42000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1708-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1708-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1708-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1708-69-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1708-76-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1708-74-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1972-58-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1972-63-0x0000000007180000-0x0000000007181000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1972-65-0x00000000071C0000-0x0000000007218000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    352KB

  • memory/1972-61-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000011C1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1972-64-0x0000000000880000-0x0000000000888000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB