Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    28-06-2022 09:59

General

  • Target

    kkk.xlsx

  • Size

    163KB

  • MD5

    5f8e0c5da36c7ef9cb29286e51f9af09

  • SHA1

    28f6c3f7a318b7a8efa42d921977dcf94b027475

  • SHA256

    0e226c1cfbbeae5ad79674adf46902b2e402833c011a0e39311ccdc000660581

  • SHA512

    7fbb83a524a56085173dbfbdbdc1fde3f65244f4a71d83f751c18ee8e95f1e5b20b8a29892a9c8a54613e9c5887bb50f50475003006b4d3a7f3d2899db8ba0ca

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
  • 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: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 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:1220
    • 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\kkk.xlsx
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1056
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\raserver.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\raserver.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1520
  • 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:1280
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1804
      • 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:1412

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scripting

1
T1064

Exploitation for Client Execution

1
T1203

Defense Evasion

Scripting

1
T1064

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

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

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

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

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

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

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

  • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
    Filesize

    641KB

    MD5

    85be6547409011c0804230f2f09f7ca3

    SHA1

    33eb9c66bb959332f963ab928fdbd655ac9e5e4e

    SHA256

    1d9fc02237d06ae3ee5ea85ae14a05ab41ee99f03ac660e3f6360ac6864bf7fd

    SHA512

    5e9e790f043d47bf21cd77caa556d18b957ab2c9587ef63836f84b8f42b102a8de085a2c6c2cf5a504b5a034c74dc25f2961b8415779311323e71c15b4432b7b

  • memory/1056-58-0x00000000764C1000-0x00000000764C3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1056-57-0x000000007237D000-0x0000000072388000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1056-95-0x000000007237D000-0x0000000072388000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1056-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1056-55-0x0000000071391000-0x0000000071393000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1056-94-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1056-54-0x000000002F5D1000-0x000000002F5D4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1056-71-0x000000007237D000-0x0000000072388000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/1220-85-0x0000000004BB0000-0x0000000004CA8000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    992KB

  • memory/1220-92-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004ED2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    776KB

  • memory/1220-93-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004ED2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    776KB

  • memory/1412-79-0x000000000041F640-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1412-76-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1412-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1412-75-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1412-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1412-83-0x0000000000910000-0x0000000000C13000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.0MB

  • memory/1412-84-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/1520-90-0x0000000002140000-0x0000000002443000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.0MB

  • memory/1520-91-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000A80000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    576KB

  • memory/1520-86-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1520-88-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D3C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/1520-89-0x0000000000140000-0x000000000016C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    176KB

  • memory/1804-72-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1804-70-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/1804-73-0x0000000005090000-0x00000000050FA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    424KB

  • memory/1804-74-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000992000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/1804-68-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000001096000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    664KB

  • memory/1804-65-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp