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Analysis

max time kernel
600s
max time network
415s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20220812-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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Target

https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f6952ae1-4642-495a-9bac-770cf2667d3d/microsoft_project_2019_standard_vs_professional_comparison.pdf

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 37 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = b0d8de56ebc1d801	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{7B6241E1-2DDE-11ED-8538-4A4A572A2DE9} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 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	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\GPU	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\InternetRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000e0f3d159765a7f43b6bf060b4b70c9a300000000020000000000106600000001000020000000c6589187c53bb06669b093b28e692349c316fd2eba7f7fcfb29a19f32751fa0a000000000e8000000002000020000000c561d928558062aee3db5baf53706e587768cec6034349593d17b9f22b501e1a20000000e0a796f6bb3ef1b61a2d2f9f8b3d0821173fa3f94523f5b55c96b8d1cdef4b22400000006c9fcb07c4eb446e9c8d108a80a2d69a0ba4773afad69a82411f789368b0d4d7a8d90dbb2c3cebab13db5af16cd26a1c8277e2b466b2306aa6d19fe6e3a0249e	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "369231885"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\BrowserEmulation\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IETld\LowMic	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1388	iexplore.exe
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1388	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs

pid	Process
1388	iexplore.exe
1388	iexplore.exe
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE
2012	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2012	1388	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2012	1388	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2012	1388	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1388 wrote to memory of 2012	1388	iexplore.exe	29

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f6952ae1-4642-495a-9bac-770cf2667d3d/microsoft_project_2019_standard_vs_professional_comparison.pdf
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1388
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1388 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2012

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
60KB

MD5
6c6a24456559f305308cb1fb6c5486b3

SHA1
3273ac27d78572f16c3316732b9756ebc22cb6ed

SHA256
efc3c579bd619ceab040c4b8c1b821b2d82c64fddd9e80a00ec0d7f6577ed973

SHA512
587d4a9175a6aa82cd8bb1c11ca6508f95cd218f76ac322ddbd1bc7146a0e25f8937ee426a6fb0fb0bb045cedb24d8c8a9edfe9f654112f293d8701220f726b4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

Filesize
344B

MD5
e158c5ba148e141c2957daee3143ff65

SHA1
fdcad0fcf56260d661c7b099fe6443c8383082ac

SHA256
5378dd3d919324b10d618d2d28c58564650190592db4a40f9378790b9fcdd308

SHA512
56d409dd4be4175e2c6dfd93c3309c25f7ff54e614e85741249467346ca51ac9e5a3e942372b27d162ee694337a7bffa1d8c09dafae33363d8ba38afc1593647

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\298925JP.txt

Filesize
607B

MD5
8a2fffb6df61666a8f2c72d3c8217fe1

SHA1
abedf0e1422592697432042e304cad6b68ea3119

SHA256
f75b6cd208fcb94b820dc0f7d201b191d9fe701052b4bbad52356236bf2c903e

SHA512
b96bc00af098c02a67948b5f1621a4ed933fa3d16fabf219f321fb5555cd7e7aea089314cf99c5c1b540ab6250a51ff63ebcd28b9757e21c63eeaa200db89245

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