Analysis Overview
SHA256
b4dfa03a75594d4eb89ee173a82f976245ef874079ffa9359c748d5ee9ff5d33
Threat Level: Known bad
The file b4dfa03a75594d4eb89ee173a82f976245ef874079ffa9359c748d5ee9ff5d33 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
PlugX Rat Payload
PlugX
Suspicious Office macro
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Process spawned suspicious child process
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
NTFS ADS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V6
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2022-03-29 23:25
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2022-03-29 23:25
Reported
2022-03-29 23:29
Platform
win7-20220311-en
Max time kernel
4294209s
Max time network
123s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
Executes dropped EXE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\"" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\"" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{47FF8FE4-6198-11CF-8CE8-00AA006CB389}\ = "WHTMLControlEvents5" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{04598FC8-866C-11CF-AB7C-00AA00C08FCF}\ = "_UserForm" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8BD21D43-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\TypeLib\{238D26FD-34D2-432F-A065-B464D7905FE7}\2.0 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{5512D11D-5CC6-11CF-8D67-00AA00BDCE1D}\ = "IWHTMLHidden" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic\ = "system" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8A683C90-BA84-11CF-8110-00A0C9030074} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{8BD21D63-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3}\ = "IMdcToggleButton" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{47FF8FE3-6198-11CF-8CE8-00AA006CB389}\ = "WHTMLControlEvents4" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{47FF8FE5-6198-11CF-8CE8-00AA006CB389} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\0\0 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{BEF6E003-A874-101A-8BBA-00AA00300CAB} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8BD21D63-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3}\ = "IMdcToggleButton" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{47FF8FE1-6198-11CF-8CE8-00AA006CB389} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{9A4BBF53-4E46-101B-8BBD-00AA003E3B29} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8BD21D33-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3}\ = "IMdcCombo" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{5512D11F-5CC6-11CF-8D67-00AA00BDCE1D}\ = "IWHTMLPassword" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{79176FB2-B7F2-11CE-97EF-00AA006D2776}\ = "SpinbuttonEvents" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{4C5992A5-6926-101B-9992-00000B65C6F9} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{8BD21D42-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3}\ = "MdcCheckBoxEvents" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{238D26FD-34D2-432F-A065-B464D7905FE7}\2.0\FLAGS | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{04598FC4-866C-11CF-AB7C-00AA00C08FCF} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{79176FB2-B7F2-11CE-97EF-00AA006D2776} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{47FF8FE9-6198-11CF-8CE8-00AA006CB389} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{04598FC2-866C-11CF-AB7C-00AA00C08FCF} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{7B020EC7-AF6C-11CE-9F46-00AA00574A4F} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{796ED650-5FE9-11CF-8D68-00AA00BDCE1D}\ = "WHTMLControlEvents" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{5CEF5613-713D-11CE-80C9-00AA00611080} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_Classes\Local Settings | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{92E11A03-7358-11CE-80CB-00AA00611080}\ = "Pages" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8A683C90-BA84-11CF-8110-00A0C9030074}\ = "IReturnSingle" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{5512D115-5CC6-11CF-8D67-00AA00BDCE1D} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{5512D11B-5CC6-11CF-8D67-00AA00BDCE1D} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8BD21D32-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3}\ = "MdcComboEvents" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{BEF6E003-A874-101A-8BBA-00AA00300CAB}\ = "Font" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{8BD21D42-EC42-11CE-9E0D-00AA006002F3}\ = "MdcCheckBoxEvents" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Wow6432Node\Interface\{47FF8FE6-6198-11CF-8CE8-00AA006CB389} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{04598FC6-866C-11CF-AB7C-00AA00C08FCF}\ = "IControl" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{944ACF93-A1E6-11CE-8104-00AA00611080} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2199625441-3471261906-229485034-1000_CLASSES\Interface\{82B02371-B5BC-11CF-810F-00A0C9030074} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\b4dfa03a75594d4eb89ee173a82f976245ef874079ffa9359c748d5ee9ff5d33.xlsm
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -command "& ($env:TEMP + \"\SPD.exe\") \"[email protected]\" \"Nhh2H5urwHv0\" \"https://finansco.sharepoint.com/Delte dokumenter/Finansco Gruppen Fellesmappe/Modellporteføljer/\" \"Produktark MPF Kopi.xlsx\""
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe" [email protected] Nhh2H5urwHv0 "https://finansco.sharepoint.com/Delte dokumenter/Finansco Gruppen Fellesmappe/Modellporteføljer/" "Produktark MPF Kopi.xlsx"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | finansco.sharepoint.com | udp |
| US | 13.107.136.9:443 | finansco.sharepoint.com | tcp |
| US | 13.107.136.9:443 | finansco.sharepoint.com | tcp |
Files
memory/1980-54-0x000000002F711000-0x000000002F714000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-55-0x0000000070D41000-0x0000000070D43000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-57-0x0000000071D2D000-0x0000000071D38000-memory.dmp
memory/1108-58-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
memory/1108-59-0x000007FEFB551000-0x000007FEFB553000-memory.dmp
memory/1980-60-0x0000000008DC0000-0x0000000009A0A000-memory.dmp
memory/1528-61-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
memory/1528-62-0x0000000075081000-0x0000000075083000-memory.dmp
memory/1528-63-0x0000000069770000-0x0000000069D1B000-memory.dmp
memory/1528-64-0x0000000002592000-0x0000000002594000-memory.dmp
memory/1528-65-0x0000000002490000-0x00000000024D3000-memory.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe
| MD5 | 9c478210112e070de0a90944850a774b |
| SHA1 | a63608beeb2a4ef2b0ca284d0360776493e2abf7 |
| SHA256 | 9a305116bdb925cd20126f7ee3cc07174ca90bf558cf5e72665093297695bcd6 |
| SHA512 | bacab26d6dc7a9d23f8ba7035f0a02030181c33abf86be9f6d99e2d4ab61bc5371ce78d61deece96e196300df9fb22eb98e7c7e470c4b1225206a9fa9bffbf8a |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe
| MD5 | 9c478210112e070de0a90944850a774b |
| SHA1 | a63608beeb2a4ef2b0ca284d0360776493e2abf7 |
| SHA256 | 9a305116bdb925cd20126f7ee3cc07174ca90bf558cf5e72665093297695bcd6 |
| SHA512 | bacab26d6dc7a9d23f8ba7035f0a02030181c33abf86be9f6d99e2d4ab61bc5371ce78d61deece96e196300df9fb22eb98e7c7e470c4b1225206a9fa9bffbf8a |
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe
| MD5 | 9c478210112e070de0a90944850a774b |
| SHA1 | a63608beeb2a4ef2b0ca284d0360776493e2abf7 |
| SHA256 | 9a305116bdb925cd20126f7ee3cc07174ca90bf558cf5e72665093297695bcd6 |
| SHA512 | bacab26d6dc7a9d23f8ba7035f0a02030181c33abf86be9f6d99e2d4ab61bc5371ce78d61deece96e196300df9fb22eb98e7c7e470c4b1225206a9fa9bffbf8a |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe
| MD5 | 9c478210112e070de0a90944850a774b |
| SHA1 | a63608beeb2a4ef2b0ca284d0360776493e2abf7 |
| SHA256 | 9a305116bdb925cd20126f7ee3cc07174ca90bf558cf5e72665093297695bcd6 |
| SHA512 | bacab26d6dc7a9d23f8ba7035f0a02030181c33abf86be9f6d99e2d4ab61bc5371ce78d61deece96e196300df9fb22eb98e7c7e470c4b1225206a9fa9bffbf8a |
memory/1556-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SPD.exe
| MD5 | 9c478210112e070de0a90944850a774b |
| SHA1 | a63608beeb2a4ef2b0ca284d0360776493e2abf7 |
| SHA256 | 9a305116bdb925cd20126f7ee3cc07174ca90bf558cf5e72665093297695bcd6 |
| SHA512 | bacab26d6dc7a9d23f8ba7035f0a02030181c33abf86be9f6d99e2d4ab61bc5371ce78d61deece96e196300df9fb22eb98e7c7e470c4b1225206a9fa9bffbf8a |
memory/1556-72-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E8E000-memory.dmp
memory/1556-73-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000D0C000-memory.dmp
memory/1556-74-0x000000001AD70000-0x000000001AD72000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2022-03-29 23:25
Reported
2022-03-29 23:29
Platform
win10v2004-en-20220113
Max time kernel
144s
Max time network
156s
Command Line
Signatures
PlugX
PlugX Rat Payload
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
Process spawned suspicious child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS | C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU | C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe | N/A |
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02 | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1346565761-3498240568-4147300184-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File opened for modification | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{3831766F-A500-405A-8C69-D5AA754572E5}\SPD.exe:Zone.Identifier | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\b4dfa03a75594d4eb89ee173a82f976245ef874079ffa9359c748d5ee9ff5d33.xlsm"
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k PrintWorkflow -s PrintWorkflowUserSvc
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
powershell -command "& ($env:TEMP + \"\SPD.exe\") \"[email protected]\" \"Nhh2H5urwHv0\" \"https://finansco.sharepoint.com/Delte dokumenter/Finansco Gruppen Fellesmappe/Modellporteføljer/\" \"Produktark MPF Kopi.xlsx\""
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE" -x -s 7012
C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe
C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe -x -s 7012
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 72.21.81.240:80 | tcp | |
| US | 72.21.81.240:80 | tcp | |
| US | 52.109.8.20:443 | tcp |
Files
memory/1932-130-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-131-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-132-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-133-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-134-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1520-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
memory/1932-136-0x0000027246FA0000-0x0000027246FA4000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-137-0x0000027260E00000-0x0000027260FA2000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-138-0x00007FFC7D600000-0x00007FFC7E0C1000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-139-0x0000027248A60000-0x0000027248A62000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-140-0x0000027263A10000-0x0000027266470000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-141-0x0000027261250000-0x00000272614E4000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-142-0x00000272489D0000-0x0000027248A2C000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-143-0x00000272614F0000-0x00000272616B2000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-144-0x00000272453F0000-0x0000027245412000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-145-0x0000027262450000-0x00000272631E0000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-146-0x00000272453D0000-0x00000272453E0000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-147-0x0000027248A80000-0x0000027248A8A000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-148-0x0000027248A90000-0x0000027248AB2000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-149-0x0000027248A63000-0x0000027248A65000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-150-0x000002726A790000-0x000002726EAA6000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-151-0x0000027248BE0000-0x0000027248C08000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-152-0x0000027260CA0000-0x0000027260CF0000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-153-0x00000272453E0000-0x00000272453F0000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-154-0x0000027248C10000-0x0000027248C28000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-155-0x0000027260D80000-0x0000027260DDA000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-156-0x0000027248A66000-0x0000027248A68000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-158-0x0000027248A6B000-0x0000027248A6F000-memory.dmp
memory/1932-157-0x0000027248A69000-0x0000027248A6B000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-159-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
memory/1020-160-0x000001EFCAD40000-0x000001EFCAD62000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-161-0x00007FFC7D600000-0x00007FFC7E0C1000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-162-0x000001EFCAE20000-0x000001EFCAE22000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-163-0x000001EFCAE23000-0x000001EFCAE25000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-164-0x000001EFCAE26000-0x000001EFCAE28000-memory.dmp
memory/1772-165-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
memory/2380-171-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
memory/1772-172-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1772-173-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1772-174-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp
memory/1772-175-0x00007FFC69430000-0x00007FFC69440000-memory.dmp