Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    101s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20210920
  • submitted
    28-10-2021 09:50

General

  • Target

    Shipping Invoice & BL.xlsx

  • Size

    358KB

  • MD5

    4db752c789a2038d78d8067db7c6f79c

  • SHA1

    dce36fecfd52b3df8dd134f0dbc0e2d36a0a114d

  • SHA256

    c2c8ddcbdbed110a1b07aa3180297125eb82353ddadbc540b92e7ee2f1cb4574

  • SHA512

    c04bb6a0b48296843e3e9c507b942d44de1003d418201f82d49b05b8fd81738675cc4ca4441ee3d15016cc56ec0a804db114350b6322f9aef5b3b00aabcb700e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    mail.enerzi.co
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    [email protected]
  • Password:
    Enerzis@123!#

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

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

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

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

  • 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\Shipping Invoice & BL.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1624
  • 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:1760
    • 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:844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ccquWzFl" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp15B2.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1664
      • 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:1528

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

    0c8a26b69495724a46d7299ed9a8dd69

    SHA1

    e52d2fa8628351af258214795dc1165edf6befa7

    SHA256

    7284b6f9216d4b5ce89420eee2e6f805e1f4c6b21212befe41d07e3badd390b3

    SHA512

    7371bb39f2b3a0c0ff214bc38353d1203ac31cf132fbb8f4776316d7ec70dceeabc67db92bcb0a7eafafd410d4055f08bd8c7da1d14de26cf7948abd931fad72

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    0c8a26b69495724a46d7299ed9a8dd69

    SHA1

    e52d2fa8628351af258214795dc1165edf6befa7

    SHA256

    7284b6f9216d4b5ce89420eee2e6f805e1f4c6b21212befe41d07e3badd390b3

    SHA512

    7371bb39f2b3a0c0ff214bc38353d1203ac31cf132fbb8f4776316d7ec70dceeabc67db92bcb0a7eafafd410d4055f08bd8c7da1d14de26cf7948abd931fad72

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    0c8a26b69495724a46d7299ed9a8dd69

    SHA1

    e52d2fa8628351af258214795dc1165edf6befa7

    SHA256

    7284b6f9216d4b5ce89420eee2e6f805e1f4c6b21212befe41d07e3badd390b3

    SHA512

    7371bb39f2b3a0c0ff214bc38353d1203ac31cf132fbb8f4776316d7ec70dceeabc67db92bcb0a7eafafd410d4055f08bd8c7da1d14de26cf7948abd931fad72

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    0c8a26b69495724a46d7299ed9a8dd69

    SHA1

    e52d2fa8628351af258214795dc1165edf6befa7

    SHA256

    7284b6f9216d4b5ce89420eee2e6f805e1f4c6b21212befe41d07e3badd390b3

    SHA512

    7371bb39f2b3a0c0ff214bc38353d1203ac31cf132fbb8f4776316d7ec70dceeabc67db92bcb0a7eafafd410d4055f08bd8c7da1d14de26cf7948abd931fad72

  • memory/844-64-0x0000000004B00000-0x0000000004B01000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/844-68-0x0000000004420000-0x0000000004477000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    348KB

  • memory/844-65-0x00000000002F0000-0x00000000002F6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/844-59-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/844-62-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BA1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1528-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1528-74-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1528-81-0x0000000004991000-0x0000000004992000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1528-79-0x0000000004990000-0x0000000004991000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1528-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1528-75-0x00000000004375DE-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1528-71-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1528-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1528-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1624-54-0x000000002F741000-0x000000002F744000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1624-55-0x0000000071281000-0x0000000071283000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1624-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1624-67-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000006ADA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB

  • memory/1624-80-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1624-66-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000006ADA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB

  • memory/1664-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1760-57-0x0000000075C11000-0x0000000075C13000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB