Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-11 01:42

Sample ID 221109-xqxrvadadn
Target fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92.xls
SHA256 fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92
Tags
macro xlm emotet epoch5 banker persistence trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92

Threat Level: Known bad

The file fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92.xls was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro xlm emotet epoch5 banker persistence trojan

Process spawned unexpected child process

Emotet

Suspicious Office macro

Downloads MZ/PE file

Loads dropped DLL

Adds Run key to start application

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2022-11-09 19:04

Signatures

Suspicious Office macro

macro xlm
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-11-09 19:04

Reported

2022-11-09 19:06

Platform

win10-20220901-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

147s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92.xls"

Signatures

Process spawned unexpected child process

Description Indicator Process Target
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Processes

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92.xls"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv1.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv2.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv3.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv4.ooocccxxx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 bundlefilm.com udp
N/A 100.122.142.46:80 bundlefilm.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 camsanparke.net udp
N/A 100.84.22.66:80 camsanparke.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 royreid.co.uk udp
N/A 100.69.0.127:80 royreid.co.uk tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 cs.com.sg udp
N/A 100.117.217.42:443 cs.com.sg tcp
US 20.189.173.2:443 tcp
NL 87.248.202.1:80 tcp

Files

memory/2864-120-0x00007FFC4E220000-0x00007FFC4E230000-memory.dmp

memory/2864-121-0x00007FFC4E220000-0x00007FFC4E230000-memory.dmp

memory/2864-122-0x00007FFC4E220000-0x00007FFC4E230000-memory.dmp

memory/2864-123-0x00007FFC4E220000-0x00007FFC4E230000-memory.dmp

memory/2864-132-0x00007FFC4B4B0000-0x00007FFC4B4C0000-memory.dmp

memory/2864-133-0x00007FFC4B4B0000-0x00007FFC4B4C0000-memory.dmp

memory/4956-262-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3392-263-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/4892-264-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3648-267-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2022-11-09 19:04

Reported

2022-11-09 19:06

Platform

win10-20220812-en

Max time kernel

143s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92.xls"

Signatures

Emotet

trojan banker emotet

Process spawned unexpected child process

Description Indicator Process Target
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

Downloads MZ/PE file

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe N/A

Adds Run key to start application

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\gFXdwqPKIWTf.dll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr32.exe \"C:\\Windows\\system32\\LqgAXRFRvnIQmYLI\\gFXdwqPKIWTf.dll\"" C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\mlRPmESO.dll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr32.exe \"C:\\Windows\\system32\\FyLtxzh\\mlRPmESO.dll\"" C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\HGEAcfEuhxagxiAN.dll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr32.exe \"C:\\Windows\\system32\\YlExtWS\\HGEAcfEuhxagxiAN.dll\"" C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\sEAFtcEFimF.dll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr32.exe \"C:\\Windows\\system32\\VDTsOw\\sEAFtcEFimF.dll\"" C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe N/A

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 4624 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 4624 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 4624 wrote to memory of 840 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 4624 wrote to memory of 840 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 500 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 500 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 500 wrote to memory of 1596 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 500 wrote to memory of 1596 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 1468 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 1468 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3368 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1468 wrote to memory of 3368 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 3316 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 3316 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 2356 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
PID 3316 wrote to memory of 2356 N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

Processes

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fe996f7a16c72bb3a849d07f6bd36bdecf5f09a46c3be6c04f858c02c062aa92.xls"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv1.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe "C:\Windows\system32\FyLtxzh\mlRPmESO.dll"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv2.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe "C:\Windows\system32\YlExtWS\HGEAcfEuhxagxiAN.dll"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv3.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe "C:\Windows\system32\VDTsOw\sEAFtcEFimF.dll"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\elv4.ooocccxxx

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe "C:\Windows\system32\LqgAXRFRvnIQmYLI\gFXdwqPKIWTf.dll"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
GB 51.105.71.137:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 bundlefilm.com udp
US 74.207.252.187:80 bundlefilm.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 camsanparke.net udp
TR 213.142.148.59:80 camsanparke.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 royreid.co.uk udp
GB 77.68.64.0:80 royreid.co.uk tcp
US 93.184.221.240:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 cs.com.sg udp
SG 103.237.169.99:443 cs.com.sg tcp
KR 218.38.121.17:443 218.38.121.17 tcp
KR 218.38.121.17:443 218.38.121.17 tcp
KR 218.38.121.17:443 218.38.121.17 tcp
KR 218.38.121.17:443 218.38.121.17 tcp

Files

memory/1756-116-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-117-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-118-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-119-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-128-0x00007FFA5A110000-0x00007FFA5A120000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-129-0x00007FFA5A110000-0x00007FFA5A120000-memory.dmp

memory/4624-253-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\elv1.ooocccxxx

MD5 5f04d2e6eeb8df0d76016bd209d59be2
SHA1 2b4ef824d17286c46accb996af968a5c7e1e5823
SHA256 2bdbae1e248ed343948edd156ccdbecd642e968311b44d47eac9a772713f9c94
SHA512 51f069cfdb469c184262a19da5165b2fd776d708243ba4cfb53dfe373e1098fd508c6dca622fee6a825e520bbbf245012198c5cbefa24849a94bec08c00e6a70

\Users\Admin\elv1.ooocccxxx

MD5 5f04d2e6eeb8df0d76016bd209d59be2
SHA1 2b4ef824d17286c46accb996af968a5c7e1e5823
SHA256 2bdbae1e248ed343948edd156ccdbecd642e968311b44d47eac9a772713f9c94
SHA512 51f069cfdb469c184262a19da5165b2fd776d708243ba4cfb53dfe373e1098fd508c6dca622fee6a825e520bbbf245012198c5cbefa24849a94bec08c00e6a70

memory/4624-256-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180030000-memory.dmp

memory/840-261-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/500-267-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\elv2.ooocccxxx

MD5 9c8f00e14b4b52b38bb5fbe52794c4dd
SHA1 a2c4c431b6a90bf6c2563d3f50268f3df2081919
SHA256 54dd1c745a964f11e4203a2ef907c7b25d48668eb72fc0a1a675f646eeeba308
SHA512 5614eda5787be6c4dfde40ead0b2fa9944ed25c7a1cff82a2b1d7ce176fb69d8adcf9043a8a70047efa6a4ad18bb2f1f6ff73bafd1ec40421bdbdd70ae2d56da

\Users\Admin\elv2.ooocccxxx

MD5 9c8f00e14b4b52b38bb5fbe52794c4dd
SHA1 a2c4c431b6a90bf6c2563d3f50268f3df2081919
SHA256 54dd1c745a964f11e4203a2ef907c7b25d48668eb72fc0a1a675f646eeeba308
SHA512 5614eda5787be6c4dfde40ead0b2fa9944ed25c7a1cff82a2b1d7ce176fb69d8adcf9043a8a70047efa6a4ad18bb2f1f6ff73bafd1ec40421bdbdd70ae2d56da

memory/1596-275-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1468-281-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\elv3.ooocccxxx

MD5 243d7271cdb5d8f5d7d76fa6c733e51e
SHA1 6a422907d1ff8a0ebc78c04a30175f0d8b3c761c
SHA256 399d4ef7fdd503db0c5e558c02beb73ca230e141b169b5784f2ee74ae784c883
SHA512 e34211a45fcd7351d8b3f5c440ad1e8cb0e8ce292aade586fe9e4d84f01fe309e47ee832195f2820151b5a00123d349784ecd7d14d7950a37bc78c88f98b9b32

\Users\Admin\elv3.ooocccxxx

MD5 243d7271cdb5d8f5d7d76fa6c733e51e
SHA1 6a422907d1ff8a0ebc78c04a30175f0d8b3c761c
SHA256 399d4ef7fdd503db0c5e558c02beb73ca230e141b169b5784f2ee74ae784c883
SHA512 e34211a45fcd7351d8b3f5c440ad1e8cb0e8ce292aade586fe9e4d84f01fe309e47ee832195f2820151b5a00123d349784ecd7d14d7950a37bc78c88f98b9b32

memory/3368-291-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3316-297-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\elv4.ooocccxxx

MD5 691ecff2e5acc42434712b64a8f01a90
SHA1 f7a06fb5a495bbbdd70ddf9757fac7e76e395df7
SHA256 ddd01651b9db906d977b53e95c2ee4637489c53189563d0b300c1aa2a95f5449
SHA512 0ae0f18142d5bc035777e5668325fa78a5f2d7edcba275bc9919d65faf868e9fbb495381fb4e09f06f4ba7a6e42655160e8e184c5b504457c5fbfce5277676f4

\Users\Admin\elv4.ooocccxxx

MD5 691ecff2e5acc42434712b64a8f01a90
SHA1 f7a06fb5a495bbbdd70ddf9757fac7e76e395df7
SHA256 ddd01651b9db906d977b53e95c2ee4637489c53189563d0b300c1aa2a95f5449
SHA512 0ae0f18142d5bc035777e5668325fa78a5f2d7edcba275bc9919d65faf868e9fbb495381fb4e09f06f4ba7a6e42655160e8e184c5b504457c5fbfce5277676f4

memory/2356-308-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1756-334-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-335-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-336-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp

memory/1756-337-0x00007FFA5CE30000-0x00007FFA5CE40000-memory.dmp