Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    09-12-2021 12:50

General

  • Target

    Order 191753 12205.xlsx

  • Size

    229KB

  • MD5

    c7e65e956c6c206b1fb3032ce9b4650e

  • SHA1

    9420a4c92b99736592a9e4f9a18f6c3c89e3b825

  • SHA256

    2d5cd4b22d447134ed36ef78f711b25b557f23543c481a5d56ef9cc3bf9a22de

  • SHA512

    d60444ea8e4f8582d3efed29c60b75c20f39e830e8fd6bd73160de6a5bcd3231662727e3f57eb90122c187669390f5e47380f279563cb3c19d9f99ed76e375b0

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

matiex

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot1769394961:AAF5BB35akL859CwVaXypIqpVsGWlaKvi7A/sendMessage?chat_id=1735544933

Signatures

  • Matiex

    Matiex is a keylogger and infostealer first seen in July 2020.

  • Matiex Main 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
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • 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 1 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\Order 191753 12205.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1532
  • 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:1240
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:676
      • 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
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:904
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          "netsh" wlan show profile
          4⤵
            PID:1668

    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

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    System Information Discovery

    1
    T1082

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

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

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

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

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

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

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      MD5

      8e5e31f5dd73631eddc2cb57e0f48a9a

      SHA1

      13bd3cf85edef10be8b60c96334eda4f30eda0ba

      SHA256

      356c38de132ad392f3155f48d11f97efbd7892a04499aea67dab5a76e85cb68d

      SHA512

      43cf5099575d698ffbd13dc82aa76e2358629d52217cd9d019acfb52c87a29e1ef9750dee756d164787544c76cc68464b014e3f17b3236467952ef95215a94d1

    • memory/676-67-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D61000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/676-69-0x00000000081A0000-0x0000000008313000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      1.4MB

    • memory/676-68-0x0000000000990000-0x0000000000997000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      28KB

    • memory/676-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/676-65-0x0000000001290000-0x0000000001291000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/904-79-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005911000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/904-75-0x000000000047032E-mapping.dmp
    • memory/904-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/904-71-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/904-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/904-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/904-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/904-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000476000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      472KB

    • memory/1240-57-0x0000000076C61000-0x0000000076C63000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1532-54-0x000000002F5D1000-0x000000002F5D4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1532-55-0x0000000071B41000-0x0000000071B43000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1532-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1532-82-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1668-80-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp