Analysis

  • max time kernel
    143s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    16-06-2022 11:34

General

  • Target

    dllhost.hta

  • Size

    21KB

  • MD5

    3e55bd78bb922420e76ebaf2f5e13bce

  • SHA1

    8e46a458697d4cf862c5b355e0dc4982363e3d15

  • SHA256

    2bc598361c057879174a09c0833ef223225124d6745df5615a7a1a9c6d273f4c

  • SHA512

    d91869d5bf46c988915b39d5e6f7a34941333af3b2c385e089b7662635895a6937d9cc0b3aabb8f76e8723a9034674a19b0e07f492e727950e21f0b698eb3632

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Cobaltstrike

    Detected malicious payload which is part of Cobaltstrike.

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 JQuery Custom Profile Response

    suricata: ET MALWARE Cobalt Strike Malleable C2 JQuery Custom Profile Response

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dllhost.hta"
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    PID:1856
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1164
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      PID:1992

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

1
T1082

Replay Monitor

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Downloads

  • memory/1164-55-0x000000002F5E1000-0x000000002F5E4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1164-56-0x0000000070371000-0x0000000070373000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1164-57-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1164-58-0x000000007135D000-0x0000000071368000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1164-60-0x000000007135D000-0x0000000071368000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1164-1731-0x000000007135D000-0x0000000071368000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1856-54-0x0000000075CE1000-0x0000000075CE3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1992-97-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-89-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-115-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-113-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-111-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-109-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-107-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-105-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-103-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-101-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-99-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-119-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-95-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-93-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-91-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-117-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-85-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-83-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-81-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-79-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-77-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-75-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-73-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-65-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-63-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-61-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-1729-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1992-87-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1992-1732-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002F70000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4.0MB