Analysis

  • max time kernel
    167s
  • max time network
    170s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    19-05-2022 13:31

General

  • Target

    INQUIRY-19052022.xlsx

  • Size

    223KB

  • MD5

    c5c836b9e1b1fe4f0fde289fec3259e6

  • SHA1

    bc7e32fd06cb184cd22750be32541e266410a10e

  • SHA256

    c8205c3951b61fb4bc8f6777073cfd3546982746d6dd5801a6ec39c447c9d4db

  • SHA512

    7f980116962422c739355a9bacff76b5887d4703225abcbcc9c07fdf019b5ec9f58def668b6edb3f2feda889874afa4f2d94306165e6c88218f2ec38271b632a

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.6

Campaign

be4o

Decoy

laboratoriobioixcha.com

tictocperushop.online

wild-oceans.com

belaruscountry.com

kicktmall.com

fitcoinweb.tech

mores.one

gogear.one

gxrcksy.com

samrcq.com

impossible-icecream.com

bravesxx.com

bookchainart.com

sleepsolutionsofmboro.com

ocbrazilbusinessclub.com

advisor76.xyz

xitaotech.com

mgsdtytifgf3414.xyz

johnson-brown.net

cr3drt.com

Signatures

  • Xloader

    Xloader is a rebranded version of Formbook malware.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)

    suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)

  • suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile

    suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile

  • Xloader Payload 4 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 3 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1260
    • 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\INQUIRY-19052022.xlsx
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe"
      2⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1888
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        /c del "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1900
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1992
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:336
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1904

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

      Filesize

      260KB

      MD5

      27fe38ce70fca4c4526c07a42449f11e

      SHA1

      cd9243f1b525d08290f1bb2c428235a40e0a423e

      SHA256

      fe55fb664c32bacbd76bf8859a8a2cd17f23d21f08a22ac9881cb0fa33935990

      SHA512

      d68a45d7c19e2a13da3e68b17823578e4e0cd17e949931b90d1fb211ffee3d46f90acf28e1b93b76435c6f8c5da4050150e993c8e7d6a4d5af5114702d155d80

    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

      Filesize

      260KB

      MD5

      27fe38ce70fca4c4526c07a42449f11e

      SHA1

      cd9243f1b525d08290f1bb2c428235a40e0a423e

      SHA256

      fe55fb664c32bacbd76bf8859a8a2cd17f23d21f08a22ac9881cb0fa33935990

      SHA512

      d68a45d7c19e2a13da3e68b17823578e4e0cd17e949931b90d1fb211ffee3d46f90acf28e1b93b76435c6f8c5da4050150e993c8e7d6a4d5af5114702d155d80

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

      Filesize

      260KB

      MD5

      27fe38ce70fca4c4526c07a42449f11e

      SHA1

      cd9243f1b525d08290f1bb2c428235a40e0a423e

      SHA256

      fe55fb664c32bacbd76bf8859a8a2cd17f23d21f08a22ac9881cb0fa33935990

      SHA512

      d68a45d7c19e2a13da3e68b17823578e4e0cd17e949931b90d1fb211ffee3d46f90acf28e1b93b76435c6f8c5da4050150e993c8e7d6a4d5af5114702d155d80

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

      Filesize

      260KB

      MD5

      27fe38ce70fca4c4526c07a42449f11e

      SHA1

      cd9243f1b525d08290f1bb2c428235a40e0a423e

      SHA256

      fe55fb664c32bacbd76bf8859a8a2cd17f23d21f08a22ac9881cb0fa33935990

      SHA512

      d68a45d7c19e2a13da3e68b17823578e4e0cd17e949931b90d1fb211ffee3d46f90acf28e1b93b76435c6f8c5da4050150e993c8e7d6a4d5af5114702d155d80

    • memory/336-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

    • memory/336-65-0x0000000001310000-0x0000000001356000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      280KB

    • memory/948-54-0x000000002F711000-0x000000002F714000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/948-55-0x00000000717B1000-0x00000000717B3000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/948-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/948-57-0x000000007279D000-0x00000000727A8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/948-58-0x0000000075801000-0x0000000075803000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/948-85-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1260-76-0x00000000071A0000-0x00000000072DE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.2MB

    • memory/1260-84-0x0000000006BF0000-0x0000000006CC7000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      860KB

    • memory/1888-81-0x00000000000F0000-0x000000000011B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      172KB

    • memory/1888-77-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1888-80-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1888-82-0x00000000020F0000-0x00000000023F3000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.0MB

    • memory/1888-83-0x00000000008E0000-0x0000000000970000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      576KB

    • memory/1900-79-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1904-73-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      172KB

    • memory/1904-74-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000B73000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.0MB

    • memory/1904-75-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000311000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      68KB

    • memory/1904-68-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      172KB

    • memory/1904-71-0x000000000041F270-mapping.dmp

    • memory/1904-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      172KB

    • memory/1904-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      172KB