Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211014
  • submitted
    21-10-2021 06:02

General

  • Target

    Payment Supplier.xlsx

  • Size

    369KB

  • MD5

    02695386400579cc3dc56290575ed450

  • SHA1

    caa3604d4f67f440d47462619907445bec88e357

  • SHA256

    2de1a61b2484311c0f90b40e7bc01cb0638c86ad2a20735af3c55adc99deaec3

  • SHA512

    c58cb66874954149b55eccc588f13deea18ea287819ae42d134599fc1ed9d9c36e662dc901773533d0b0b86ef4a2c3466215baa3ee56a52a051fb7ab730e9dad

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 4 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\Payment Supplier.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1764
  • 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:760
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:608
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\jpBqeIqzCgNfJ" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6A19.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1888
      • 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:1728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Exploitation for Client Execution

1
T1203

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Scripting

1
T1064

Modify Registry

1
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

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    b1ed59d8b5aa3dd544e3ec56e260b484

    SHA1

    2d8217da42bde43d1eae04f7221ce51e1389e4b6

    SHA256

    a06012876cea6d4e0f2aded8aa3f2bc90d31a808c64002fbddc052f9c2306a7f

    SHA512

    de102e60fbeef3e0496616ce321e02b2178ac9dd4e7a868ab816c44131c8eee353c07be8ae5e0ce2868204894b8981cfad7b3532f298f9b1b21331ef71b686ed

  • memory/608-68-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000337000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    28KB

  • memory/608-69-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000541000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/608-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/608-65-0x00000000012F0000-0x00000000012F1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/608-70-0x0000000004DE0000-0x0000000004E38000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    352KB

  • memory/760-57-0x0000000075B71000-0x0000000075B73000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1728-77-0x000000000043768E-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1728-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1728-83-0x0000000000F41000-0x0000000000F42000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1728-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1728-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1728-74-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1728-75-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1728-81-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000000F41000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1728-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1764-55-0x0000000071C31000-0x0000000071C33000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1764-54-0x000000002F611000-0x000000002F614000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1764-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1764-82-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1888-71-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp