Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    112s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    03-10-2022 07:56

General

  • Target

    698745.rtf

  • Size

    11KB

  • MD5

    3b9b303091bd2ad953d52b4689aea888

  • SHA1

    c7c9d4d948f78c408dd7a387da8269dc33f27e04

  • SHA256

    10d50a09310d58a5c545642cb554c0480af907ff610165151365146f56fd5642

  • SHA512

    b24bbe23006f99f26610a4e73c661236ecdfb661c552aad534508baf377a6ebd25f95f7baf3d416e3972f20d484e20b5eb203bbbdcb9811132384e199c086fc8

  • SSDEEP

    192:J4NurzScc+RroLUfNXtkFN3HZbrocsNAJJNP70y238nE/rA+3AZ5y9RmEUfrDx3W:Aurz9hrcANXqFN3HZbvJXPV2sn0TAzJi

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    ftp
  • Host:
    192.3.223.202
  • Port:
    21
  • Username:
    ftplogs
  • Password:
    sPkZ7jK7P6aA

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    ftp
  • Host:
    ftp://192.3.223.202
  • Port:
    21
  • Username:
    ftplogs
  • Password:
    sPkZ7jK7P6aA

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\698745.rtf"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1392
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1060
    • 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:1764
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1716
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\JeHBvjHuYEfr.exe"
          3⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1888
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\JeHBvjHuYEfr" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp38CD.tmp"
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1352
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:1572

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Privilege Escalation

    Scheduled Task

    1
    T1053

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    2
    T1112

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Discovery

    System Information Discovery

    1
    T1082

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp38CD.tmp
      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      8ed232030def15ba748cdbb6afd6463a

      SHA1

      ffec1f68d7d7051bfa8a87a65beceb5d6c85e866

      SHA256

      87eab1f45a15083fc9782f0d74b0e2d66c0e7e548736a32a3f0c6a2af0527471

      SHA512

      d5b11a1d8d41f09df64e3a23830eec2ff94240ec646ff655d77fe675d2299ad4a43e3437273cf155fa7b37f1a6aad080ca8298d622c859931c1ae6cc1c9fbaa8

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
      Filesize

      988KB

      MD5

      d26c8282cb80ad25f07b769fb2152dff

      SHA1

      a3f42a6f49f6219b3a5ba9e2f3ac3b80f7beee78

      SHA256

      3e8538df66efc0c110ba8bca5f3f6e02aefe24f80f622b97731f46f958803f86

      SHA512

      c3353e58905087155744fc25c978a61f28069d8108fe8fec971bdcaf58cb51ae193b6bd45005132250adc27e27b3ec1e4141c708267274d4738427c7f1329388

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
      Filesize

      988KB

      MD5

      d26c8282cb80ad25f07b769fb2152dff

      SHA1

      a3f42a6f49f6219b3a5ba9e2f3ac3b80f7beee78

      SHA256

      3e8538df66efc0c110ba8bca5f3f6e02aefe24f80f622b97731f46f958803f86

      SHA512

      c3353e58905087155744fc25c978a61f28069d8108fe8fec971bdcaf58cb51ae193b6bd45005132250adc27e27b3ec1e4141c708267274d4738427c7f1329388

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
      Filesize

      988KB

      MD5

      d26c8282cb80ad25f07b769fb2152dff

      SHA1

      a3f42a6f49f6219b3a5ba9e2f3ac3b80f7beee78

      SHA256

      3e8538df66efc0c110ba8bca5f3f6e02aefe24f80f622b97731f46f958803f86

      SHA512

      c3353e58905087155744fc25c978a61f28069d8108fe8fec971bdcaf58cb51ae193b6bd45005132250adc27e27b3ec1e4141c708267274d4738427c7f1329388

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
      Filesize

      988KB

      MD5

      d26c8282cb80ad25f07b769fb2152dff

      SHA1

      a3f42a6f49f6219b3a5ba9e2f3ac3b80f7beee78

      SHA256

      3e8538df66efc0c110ba8bca5f3f6e02aefe24f80f622b97731f46f958803f86

      SHA512

      c3353e58905087155744fc25c978a61f28069d8108fe8fec971bdcaf58cb51ae193b6bd45005132250adc27e27b3ec1e4141c708267274d4738427c7f1329388

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\emedj698349.exe
      Filesize

      988KB

      MD5

      d26c8282cb80ad25f07b769fb2152dff

      SHA1

      a3f42a6f49f6219b3a5ba9e2f3ac3b80f7beee78

      SHA256

      3e8538df66efc0c110ba8bca5f3f6e02aefe24f80f622b97731f46f958803f86

      SHA512

      c3353e58905087155744fc25c978a61f28069d8108fe8fec971bdcaf58cb51ae193b6bd45005132250adc27e27b3ec1e4141c708267274d4738427c7f1329388

    • memory/1060-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1060-70-0x000007FEFB6A1000-0x000007FEFB6A3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1352-74-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1392-95-0x0000000070BFD000-0x0000000070C08000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1392-58-0x0000000070BFD000-0x0000000070C08000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1392-57-0x0000000075601000-0x0000000075603000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1392-94-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1392-67-0x0000000070BFD000-0x0000000070C08000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1392-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1392-54-0x0000000072191000-0x0000000072194000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1392-55-0x000000006FC11000-0x000000006FC13000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1572-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1572-84-0x000000000043586E-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1572-89-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1572-87-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1572-78-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1572-79-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1572-81-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1572-83-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1716-71-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000065C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1716-68-0x0000000000630000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/1716-77-0x0000000004E70000-0x0000000004EAA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      232KB

    • memory/1716-72-0x0000000005170000-0x0000000005204000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      592KB

    • memory/1716-65-0x00000000101D0000-0x00000000102CA000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      1000KB

    • memory/1716-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1888-73-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1888-91-0x0000000064F60000-0x000000006550B000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/1888-92-0x0000000004B50000-0x0000000004E22000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      2.8MB

    • memory/1888-93-0x0000000064F60000-0x000000006550B000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.7MB