Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    12-01-2022 08:33

General

  • Target

    tmp/5f68d743559b59681d1bc2b6bac40f5cc4e3155a2c77f11cbbde4337729fbe02.xls

  • Size

    310KB

  • MD5

    a3d4cdc8a20ab70adb1e9cb60a4b5a17

  • SHA1

    b216487eafb1f1e8017a1a4992484a720c6852be

  • SHA256

    5f68d743559b59681d1bc2b6bac40f5cc4e3155a2c77f11cbbde4337729fbe02

  • SHA512

    1d6168562018006ca5c29a4af03938b328fe00de3d5c4bf0e1141a90172643d1977cafddaacc8a6a7759747d69d39300c1c790e280c57db3aa966b019c7b3329

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.5

Campaign

nt3f

Decoy

tricyclee.com

kxsw999.com

wisteria-pavilion.com

bellaclancy.com

promissioskincare.com

hzy001.xyz

checkouthomehd.com

soladere.com

point4sales.com

socalmafia.com

libertadysarmiento.online

nftthirty.com

digitalgoldcryptostock.net

tulekiloscaird.com

austinfishandchicken.com

wlxxch.com

mgav51.xyz

landbanking.global

saprove.com

babyfaces.skin

Signatures

  • Xloader

    Xloader is a rebranded version of Formbook malware.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)

    suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)

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

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

  • Xloader Payload 4 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • 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 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1260
    • 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\tmp\5f68d743559b59681d1bc2b6bac40f5cc4e3155a2c77f11cbbde4337729fbe02.xls
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:620
  • 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:740
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:808
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wLPRsknlyKFXuL.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1948
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wLPRsknlyKFXuL" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1E0C.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1880
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:892

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

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Query Registry

1
T1012

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp1E0C.tmp
    MD5

    65c01da1fa469f02723f5d8219086757

    SHA1

    32ac09c65c6527666c595807fe689adc5f669f94

    SHA256

    91a4c81bf4d8714fbeaec1a637308535a850a8396ec22a6037fe3a8582033e74

    SHA512

    671e4eb6e8dddbcf4237e0a71ce803435328ade89ba79b95581f14732ec8345451d20117e64a3cfabb41a4d1e98e04422acd9684472145fc2125f4af119d45a5

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    MD5

    97ccf6ebd6abe7786677f0e6e6b8aef0

    SHA1

    be06f330c04450b80848d8c5ed680dd8fce61c21

    SHA256

    44ed69358c6ef98ffc0e4da5aee0692f74fd03b8a7ea7c5c3b08f427f32a45e5

    SHA512

    0f4d549a3798ba0e9e10bc2e7f680290f5fc5b11c39e3f784cf04c1c0969739d906bd556f5c7f722c4a6d4d2d1ed2ab3246d2e668f03149fa1a033eeff17e761

  • memory/620-94-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A40000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    576KB

  • memory/620-91-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D4E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/620-93-0x0000000002150000-0x0000000002453000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.0MB

  • memory/620-92-0x0000000000130000-0x0000000000159000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    164KB

  • memory/620-89-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/740-58-0x0000000075DF1000-0x0000000075DF3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/808-63-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/808-67-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A54000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    912KB

  • memory/808-66-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A54000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    912KB

  • memory/808-68-0x0000000004880000-0x0000000004881000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/808-69-0x0000000000390000-0x000000000039E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/808-70-0x0000000004900000-0x000000000495E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    376KB

  • memory/892-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    164KB

  • memory/892-87-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/892-78-0x000000000041D460-mapping.dmp
  • memory/892-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    164KB

  • memory/892-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    164KB

  • memory/892-81-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000D63000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.0MB

  • memory/892-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    164KB

  • memory/892-82-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000221000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/1260-96-0x00000000072B0000-0x0000000007430000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.5MB

  • memory/1260-83-0x0000000007110000-0x00000000072A3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.6MB

  • memory/1260-88-0x0000000005010000-0x0000000005117000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.0MB

  • memory/1668-56-0x0000000071C01000-0x0000000071C03000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1668-55-0x000000002FA51000-0x000000002FA54000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1668-57-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1668-95-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1880-73-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1948-71-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1948-85-0x0000000002480000-0x00000000030CA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB

  • memory/1948-84-0x0000000002480000-0x00000000030CA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB