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Analysis

max time kernel
66s
max time network
136s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20220812-en
resource tags

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

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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	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
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
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\LowRegistry\DontShowMeThisDialogAgain	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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	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\PageSetup	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Zoom	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	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\Recovery\PendingRecovery	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\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{67CABE41-2DEE-11ED-9551-6E705F4A26E5} = "0"	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 (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = b07ac734fbc1d801	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\MFV = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000e0f3d159765a7f43b6bf060b4b70c9a300000000020000000000106600000001000020000000f670f2e3f1fe34c453dd15209316dd46a070cdf9893383580f668bb1f261731e000000000e8000000002000020000000251f4478b32b6dafd69f3e9807597f74974da28495a0be3a1c791b37a80cd56390000000a0df37501d2c7aa09a12afb5f5b6056a6058e1f7ff2564ee907742477ee73551508c18f44c754dbba90d962649b59c81bb515d9995c34314eb35bb654191f20b4fc51a5ac8b665c58124f47608e692b72b376967aad5bffaad91eed0e712cf134b7a4e4622d879a98b49956c59341f16e6500edff7098b0dde2a9cb58aa8493612307ff090edbd9f654c31749110bf3e400000001c368e61e79c76405e493e1cbbd66c67fc43970dcf672187340417ee9c78fc6a66bec3ed1053a04abbeeb0cd50dca089a65d98d3fc8a62ef21737e0a5360a9eb	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\GPU	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\InternetRegistry	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\Toolbar	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\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "369238723"	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\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000e0f3d159765a7f43b6bf060b4b70c9a300000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a81f2f474e92a61ebe8dfec6e62c79ffd653824e8c4599acd48f412f3ea4cccc000000000e8000000002000020000000f9db8c51a05efbbc9d00ea2563f0b76370aa1e68fffac67b55cf0a99b391814320000000388504979715fd48374f615cd66cda56e34da3df94d006cd7be27a85030f94a540000000ae4442de501fb62a418458ce016260765e8047fe90eee1bdd1423b356dfa4f44ee5a4dce927d698b2ced07b40b9cbd987e9a08e000d371ff8bbcf424b65a4b51	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\Toolbar	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3845472200-3839195424-595303356-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs

pid	Process
1960	iexplore.exe
1960	iexplore.exe
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE
1104	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1104	1960	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1104	1960	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1104	1960	iexplore.exe	29
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1104	1960	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 use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1960
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1960 CREDAT:275457 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1104

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

Impact

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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
5c82586d53bda29cfdb0cf32d399a7e8

SHA1
13b4f1507751bedc17062cb8fc6c10a5d611a0c1

SHA256
10afcb5a15088a5e8a46a1550c6291b22b649ccba781ed4744f44dc110679675

SHA512
637ebb48b449866739b230ecde5e6c308ffcdc75ea9bd338cc45c38b288b6df76cd6debfa9e6a155191767edd13fb2a2968a786933ea2638e5dfaf253e9c26d7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\E99XVB31.txt

Filesize
603B

MD5
44ed01a3de1e8790822158855be647b1

SHA1
df925bc5517946d0619fbc58ce8849e04b8635d9

SHA256
f9db5ec267a03eccf0c3e43f320aca9a6d1bd773bc9d49b145a13e38f4fe1877

SHA512
256a42c21dc3bef5e585cfb6c11d4cf7cc9b657518d8680777c531c91e45fcf4a82e2212be9844b8cf28a986caa66f1ee4b37f13a48505c6d99dd059aae600c1

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