Analysis

  • max time kernel
    114s
  • max time network
    111s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    23-11-2022 08:57

General

  • Target

    SUBM70N.docx

  • Size

    10KB

  • MD5

    3ceee6358bc4c0a06359a579704476dd

  • SHA1

    da9abf03b94f81b936415673cc708ee39b6c5f88

  • SHA256

    59a7e2d1b792debf604a45fdfe24715d855473075ede2c3a417c8f4e7fb0249f

  • SHA512

    6b4b1744e63f1b4848a7be36c7cc9ef12f40a34c1909dac13dfcc230a9b8001e69657c8d6662565e17f54604e8c46f4641b5f1ff37089b3702d15f89f41093b4

  • SSDEEP

    192:ScIMmtPqCJuEG/bBLgO35Xhz2ru5JhBH3QBV:SPXyJTJgOJEaJrQ/

Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • 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
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 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\SUBM70N.docx"
    1⤵
    • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1928
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1816
    • 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:1700
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1916
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn COMSurrogate /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tr "C:\Users\Admin\Libalo rorecime yanem movequew baka pen yof yadequi fequa\Quivafe_mef.exe"
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1752
        • C:\Users\Admin\Libalo rorecime yanem movequew baka pen yof yadequi fequa\Quivafe_mef.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Libalo rorecime yanem movequew baka pen yof yadequi fequa\Quivafe_mef.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1776
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c chcp 65001 && ping 127.0.0.1 && DEL /F /S /Q /A "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2008
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
            chcp 65001
            4⤵
              PID:1840
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
              ping 127.0.0.1
              4⤵
              • Runs ping.exe
              PID:1696

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

      Execution

      Scripting

      1
      T1064

      Scheduled Task

      1
      T1053

      Exploitation for Client Execution

      1
      T1203

      Persistence

      Scheduled Task

      1
      T1053

      Privilege Escalation

      Scheduled Task

      1
      T1053

      Defense Evasion

      Scripting

      1
      T1064

      Modify Registry

      1
      T1112

      Discovery

      System Information Discovery

      1
      T1082

      Remote System Discovery

      1
      T1018

      Replay Monitor

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\Libalo rorecime yanem movequew baka pen yof yadequi fequa\Quivafe_mef.exe
        Filesize

        295.4MB

        MD5

        46eba07d6f56645a0da3bfff8a076637

        SHA1

        027cadd09efddb18e0b133e27092214ea2b049ad

        SHA256

        ce8fcef7fb9e1b6a7547db422f682b11cc5927b9cb9261f76a16679717a39431

        SHA512

        6e1ce6de44f04d004d1f746cbd382e2df5b6e75e1fbac6f684d7501c3c6ab260e93fbfa6663918027c813a7bcd8111b2113428f95a82ada30f61e352e632fd17

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

        1.5MB

        MD5

        6cfd66231ad6321329aa7c193b35906f

        SHA1

        a49b452f2e230e68903fbde8ffb16f18134f1930

        SHA256

        0cb9ffbc77206540a648b96e790d884f5662c114e831533e1eb31b63157e3953

        SHA512

        43f3ec9ae37e79b28266bcdbb0caea41b2e6d07692d893ac87ec9c1f146389f01db07f958a90fdb7fd790e978eefc4cacc73ebc79309a51ec3547f6ea22e5a92

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

        1.5MB

        MD5

        6cfd66231ad6321329aa7c193b35906f

        SHA1

        a49b452f2e230e68903fbde8ffb16f18134f1930

        SHA256

        0cb9ffbc77206540a648b96e790d884f5662c114e831533e1eb31b63157e3953

        SHA512

        43f3ec9ae37e79b28266bcdbb0caea41b2e6d07692d893ac87ec9c1f146389f01db07f958a90fdb7fd790e978eefc4cacc73ebc79309a51ec3547f6ea22e5a92

      • \Users\Admin\Libalo rorecime yanem movequew baka pen yof yadequi fequa\Quivafe_mef.exe
        Filesize

        295.8MB

        MD5

        1a486bbe89732faa6b37f211c71dde14

        SHA1

        31205884572c951d0028d350cdbc7ffd6a639262

        SHA256

        263d2cea6d0707b9b3f90c5d9d9568c5de303f62651f70c90f7472ba8dea7636

        SHA512

        d3760e52a3f5d7709d4f3379fd10853bcf760bd8b64d4809765ff273b77a4e85510b43d8500fbba227bf98d716681daeb49a58e2b4dfc10717c3395a13373529

      • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
        Filesize

        1.5MB

        MD5

        6cfd66231ad6321329aa7c193b35906f

        SHA1

        a49b452f2e230e68903fbde8ffb16f18134f1930

        SHA256

        0cb9ffbc77206540a648b96e790d884f5662c114e831533e1eb31b63157e3953

        SHA512

        43f3ec9ae37e79b28266bcdbb0caea41b2e6d07692d893ac87ec9c1f146389f01db07f958a90fdb7fd790e978eefc4cacc73ebc79309a51ec3547f6ea22e5a92

      • memory/1696-78-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1752-71-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1776-79-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        7.1MB

      • memory/1776-80-0x0000000002850000-0x00000000029BA000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        1.4MB

      • memory/1776-82-0x000000000D870000-0x000000000DD91000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.1MB

      • memory/1776-83-0x000000000D870000-0x000000000DD91000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        5.1MB

      • memory/1776-73-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1776-86-0x0000000002850000-0x00000000029BA000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        1.4MB

      • memory/1816-70-0x000007FEFC161000-0x000007FEFC163000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1816-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1840-76-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1916-77-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000B7A000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        1.4MB

      • memory/1916-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
      • memory/1916-64-0x00000000024C0000-0x0000000002BE0000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        7.1MB

      • memory/1916-67-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000B7A000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        1.4MB

      • memory/1916-68-0x00000000024C0000-0x0000000002BE0000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        7.1MB

      • memory/1928-59-0x000000007176D000-0x0000000071778000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        44KB

      • memory/1928-54-0x0000000072D01000-0x0000000072D04000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        12KB

      • memory/1928-58-0x000000007176D000-0x0000000071778000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        44KB

      • memory/1928-57-0x00000000762B1000-0x00000000762B3000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1928-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/1928-84-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/1928-85-0x000000007176D000-0x0000000071778000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        44KB

      • memory/1928-55-0x0000000070781000-0x0000000070783000-memory.dmp
        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/2008-75-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp