Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    27-06-2022 13:34

General

  • Target

    FACTURA.xlsx

  • Size

    80KB

  • MD5

    54471ddd206fafeba1c73948f48ef258

  • SHA1

    2f59811f4afcef21b532358025d5a355387530d4

  • SHA256

    16ea528e9912bfca30351fb41ecd54eceab33f52d011c9b68f34d122c71980ec

  • SHA512

    c7420e2b986cc61dba7b2e94394616f258a099b297dd3148f216e20d580801415b29bace9af178561a80d9c4bb38e5c421fce471c5ee54adc91b6c868775166b

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.8

Campaign

nn40

Decoy

LYAg0yANOGEAGeaFOrA/

MQWuERZplP+VZy/uszI=

CF0oDN0JimIaGy/uszI=

ltJnyC+ReohYaiTvj1qbEA==

B9OkgdctVKBAFjSUaw==

sbDVwSZVVqVB11/deow8GA==

v1gHDe0pzno=

i+/0n2vHUfGPR98k77tukZ90MQ==

SUtCnbS96Qm21g==

8X9qzyt1dpAo31jXrXfKb49fBPY=

5KlPxqHzSstuFjSUaw==

0r/Kesv/zuanroxvNQW0Gm8=

FFgS7kfPYAqpdhhgRgnBJHY=

LgusAHrkrIoWr0FWIe2o/04UXPw=

vBq9Gvxa9wbKbS/uszI=

Z+q6HAZNNeqwwQ==

wbS4fMb06SjU5Kbseow8GA==

1mZEuZvJ/m0L9bof56PkkZ90MQ==

JCJIM74lHk/o+tiFOrA/

d14FrM8rGEgIzVkT67+3XaEh

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 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • 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 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1424
    • 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\FACTURA.xlsx
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Gathers network information
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1144
  • 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:1148
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1168
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1544

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Command-Line Interface

1
T1059

Exploitation for Client Execution

1
T1203

Defense Evasion

Scripting

1
T1064

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    517KB

    MD5

    a09f93f7606aa64851c9a8f82317b72f

    SHA1

    c33ea2eb219a088610847905251e5e2c3d2c87a2

    SHA256

    c9777cb78779de98104f1a01584f9df07e39b7ace7d5e6686d225e7261bd9447

    SHA512

    c5923ec47cc02a048fbbe8876c6f982d56dd6ea8936848db5a51ec6ad8ce16df9271a00c187a9ea653beaa490ba769c1339a5c3384180ba4d3961c471b7dfd59

  • memory/988-55-0x0000000070F51000-0x0000000070F53000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/988-54-0x000000002FAD1000-0x000000002FAD4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/988-58-0x0000000075C71000-0x0000000075C73000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/988-57-0x0000000071F3D000-0x0000000071F48000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/988-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/988-93-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/988-94-0x0000000071F3D000-0x0000000071F48000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/988-71-0x0000000071F3D000-0x0000000071F48000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1144-90-0x0000000001EA0000-0x0000000001F30000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    576KB

  • memory/1144-88-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1144-84-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1144-89-0x00000000020E0000-0x00000000023E3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.0MB

  • memory/1144-87-0x0000000000870000-0x000000000087A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1168-73-0x0000000000570000-0x00000000005A2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/1168-72-0x0000000004BD0000-0x0000000004C3A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    424KB

  • memory/1168-70-0x0000000000220000-0x000000000022E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/1168-68-0x00000000013B0000-0x0000000001438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    544KB

  • memory/1168-65-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1424-92-0x0000000008EC0000-0x0000000008FE6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/1424-91-0x0000000008EC0000-0x0000000008FE6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/1424-83-0x0000000007210000-0x0000000007356000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.3MB

  • memory/1544-74-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1544-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1544-82-0x0000000000130000-0x0000000000141000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/1544-81-0x00000000008F0000-0x0000000000BF3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.0MB

  • memory/1544-78-0x000000000041F640-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1544-77-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1544-75-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB