Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    26-01-2022 12:28

General

  • Target

    RFQ2201002 PFK.xlsx

  • Size

    1.4MB

  • MD5

    073a56cf012776f595d4a6b3fe8db7d9

  • SHA1

    af45c60581e83fa5397a555941881ff1348eaae8

  • SHA256

    7a5a6d15651f1da626bdf3859936a578e326fe9bae889a5424fae4ec553924ec

  • SHA512

    fbbcb7feeec63c0296e7c90c6a681c19a09c3a4b650a7982970a023946997bda4fd406ffb1c063a33786ac705c4c1c1f5da11b50dfe2a08f8422c63ef4d0c572

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

formbook

Version

4.1

Campaign

h4d0

Decoy

onlinefinejewelry.com

samstringermusic.com

beam-lettings.info

optimumcoin.xyz

fasa.xyz

creativedime.com

eihncuz.online

griffin2008.top

europcarlive.com

jxhcar.com

museumsshop.international

bonolaboral-lnterbank.com

kelebandis.xyz

hiddenlakeranch.net

carelessyouth.com

jfkilfoil.store

potok-it-ua.site

magdulemediation.com

shakadal.xyz

coastconstructionfl.com

Signatures

  • Formbook

    Formbook is a data stealing malware which is capable of stealing data.

  • Formbook Payload 2 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • NSIS installer 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1220
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ2201002 PFK.xlsx"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1276
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmstp.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmstp.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1640
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        /c del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1496
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1492
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:824
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:840

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Discovery

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
      MD5

      f8debe5896816bcd423808995957a655

      SHA1

      9415bcf1caba627ee0a8c757eb621716bf3689a7

      SHA256

      1dbc3cfe6ec8d60d09a82351d49935068b5e8b94d1ce7de9f83fe3f990e9c69b

      SHA512

      32c79ce4a2c1e86ee3e0efaa943b65dd3447a0ccd69433d915075541cab88da1fab4742ef8c2d25d65ba418ee8cac7bfc2f80bcecf1adabf85d058b229bb4d0c

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
      MD5

      f8debe5896816bcd423808995957a655

      SHA1

      9415bcf1caba627ee0a8c757eb621716bf3689a7

      SHA256

      1dbc3cfe6ec8d60d09a82351d49935068b5e8b94d1ce7de9f83fe3f990e9c69b

      SHA512

      32c79ce4a2c1e86ee3e0efaa943b65dd3447a0ccd69433d915075541cab88da1fab4742ef8c2d25d65ba418ee8cac7bfc2f80bcecf1adabf85d058b229bb4d0c

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
      MD5

      f8debe5896816bcd423808995957a655

      SHA1

      9415bcf1caba627ee0a8c757eb621716bf3689a7

      SHA256

      1dbc3cfe6ec8d60d09a82351d49935068b5e8b94d1ce7de9f83fe3f990e9c69b

      SHA512

      32c79ce4a2c1e86ee3e0efaa943b65dd3447a0ccd69433d915075541cab88da1fab4742ef8c2d25d65ba418ee8cac7bfc2f80bcecf1adabf85d058b229bb4d0c

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nso96B6.tmp\ddumej.dll
      MD5

      e9462c7279b82f6fdd09f28a5fb4f50a

      SHA1

      a1b71ca6c87007f4bca9ecd02dc3b9e4aadb9e1c

      SHA256

      baabc465685f6a62b403ee6a11b192674d6a6ee4d85ef6cc7705d95c71cc45f1

      SHA512

      e9140b57496246c53a84401ec2cb19475b70bd1ed86d880aba43f051d08441481e2b4611f4815e4224ce9cac600d32591ef3979d48e17295253afce4dcbdbc9c

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
      MD5

      f8debe5896816bcd423808995957a655

      SHA1

      9415bcf1caba627ee0a8c757eb621716bf3689a7

      SHA256

      1dbc3cfe6ec8d60d09a82351d49935068b5e8b94d1ce7de9f83fe3f990e9c69b

      SHA512

      32c79ce4a2c1e86ee3e0efaa943b65dd3447a0ccd69433d915075541cab88da1fab4742ef8c2d25d65ba418ee8cac7bfc2f80bcecf1adabf85d058b229bb4d0c

    • memory/840-68-0x0000000000340000-0x0000000000354000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/840-67-0x00000000008A0000-0x0000000000BA3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      3.0MB

    • memory/840-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      188KB

    • memory/1220-75-0x0000000007F40000-0x000000000801A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      872KB

    • memory/1220-69-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004E56000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      984KB

    • memory/1276-55-0x0000000070E71000-0x0000000070E73000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1276-54-0x000000002F1B1000-0x000000002F1B4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1276-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1276-57-0x00000000756C1000-0x00000000756C3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1276-76-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1640-71-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A68000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      96KB

    • memory/1640-72-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000FF000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      188KB

    • memory/1640-73-0x0000000002000000-0x0000000002303000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      3.0MB

    • memory/1640-74-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000009B3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      588KB