Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20210920
  • submitted
    26-10-2021 08:54

General

  • Target

    工行支ä»_é_šçŸ¥ - ICBC Payment Advice (Ref MT10385748472).docx

  • Size

    10KB

  • MD5

    431ce22a09ba2fdbf2818559a8e3d765

  • SHA1

    4d2a4167f1c115b5cc13348a91adc7ff8a86be91

  • SHA256

    dd5a8452993e5300474923f6f48b666bc7157254298568c9325367e35f86f203

  • SHA512

    60697715fde6092ecf4a9efbbdf3c20e74b9e903eeac40efe87afc345e03f519114d5e1a333c4f2ef3bbca6580f6b5c41931f15e6323bd942ea8abe7b1b515fd

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Guloader,Cloudeye

    A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile

    suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 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\工行支ä»_é_šçŸ¥ - ICBC Payment Advice (Ref MT10385748472).docx"
    1⤵
    • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:472
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:548
    • 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:1164
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1584

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scripting

    1
    T1064

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Defense Evasion

    Scripting

    1
    T1064

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      a17eac0567816dfd66d562b01df7fb33

      SHA1

      0b311dad3a0ac89aebe34a2a296e904acbfd5645

      SHA256

      0a061b8ad4ddbd0a47656d783a6637cc6bcdf4f1709175fc75d79eefadc3d26c

      SHA512

      4f16f48437fdef7836bf547a05343fd12b974252b5e81ae88ac12cec05e55c930ee02ac8f6a92e08700f0ea9398510724d5a95a85711bb482b38f32babc4dd79

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      a17eac0567816dfd66d562b01df7fb33

      SHA1

      0b311dad3a0ac89aebe34a2a296e904acbfd5645

      SHA256

      0a061b8ad4ddbd0a47656d783a6637cc6bcdf4f1709175fc75d79eefadc3d26c

      SHA512

      4f16f48437fdef7836bf547a05343fd12b974252b5e81ae88ac12cec05e55c930ee02ac8f6a92e08700f0ea9398510724d5a95a85711bb482b38f32babc4dd79

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      a17eac0567816dfd66d562b01df7fb33

      SHA1

      0b311dad3a0ac89aebe34a2a296e904acbfd5645

      SHA256

      0a061b8ad4ddbd0a47656d783a6637cc6bcdf4f1709175fc75d79eefadc3d26c

      SHA512

      4f16f48437fdef7836bf547a05343fd12b974252b5e81ae88ac12cec05e55c930ee02ac8f6a92e08700f0ea9398510724d5a95a85711bb482b38f32babc4dd79

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      a17eac0567816dfd66d562b01df7fb33

      SHA1

      0b311dad3a0ac89aebe34a2a296e904acbfd5645

      SHA256

      0a061b8ad4ddbd0a47656d783a6637cc6bcdf4f1709175fc75d79eefadc3d26c

      SHA512

      4f16f48437fdef7836bf547a05343fd12b974252b5e81ae88ac12cec05e55c930ee02ac8f6a92e08700f0ea9398510724d5a95a85711bb482b38f32babc4dd79

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      a17eac0567816dfd66d562b01df7fb33

      SHA1

      0b311dad3a0ac89aebe34a2a296e904acbfd5645

      SHA256

      0a061b8ad4ddbd0a47656d783a6637cc6bcdf4f1709175fc75d79eefadc3d26c

      SHA512

      4f16f48437fdef7836bf547a05343fd12b974252b5e81ae88ac12cec05e55c930ee02ac8f6a92e08700f0ea9398510724d5a95a85711bb482b38f32babc4dd79

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      a17eac0567816dfd66d562b01df7fb33

      SHA1

      0b311dad3a0ac89aebe34a2a296e904acbfd5645

      SHA256

      0a061b8ad4ddbd0a47656d783a6637cc6bcdf4f1709175fc75d79eefadc3d26c

      SHA512

      4f16f48437fdef7836bf547a05343fd12b974252b5e81ae88ac12cec05e55c930ee02ac8f6a92e08700f0ea9398510724d5a95a85711bb482b38f32babc4dd79

    • memory/472-57-0x0000000075821000-0x0000000075823000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/472-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/472-54-0x0000000072A31000-0x0000000072A34000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/472-55-0x00000000704B1000-0x00000000704B3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/472-71-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/548-68-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/548-69-0x000007FEFBE61000-0x000007FEFBE63000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1584-67-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001BA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1584-66-0x00000000001B0000-0x00000000001B6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      24KB

    • memory/1584-70-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      76KB

    • memory/1584-64-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp