Analysis

  • max time kernel
    112s
  • max time network
    88s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220901-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    25-11-2022 16:58

General

  • Target

    PO-SKT11242201.xls

  • Size

    1.0MB

  • MD5

    f9abd406f8d2bafbf786c29d2b8d6d90

  • SHA1

    6b949183c15d423e071f21d208596f5927081157

  • SHA256

    732a1480c447020c0f2fb3050cac80e0dc1067fa212740fe859408ce51f876f7

  • SHA512

    fceb298e235991d5347f6d7c51d44a1ab4bcee21b54f6dbd871b9583138a9f28ed949bc2273a8a0d93a0d22ac0ba3f2cbcbaf85e3c5927cb0f56c3f63a80ab97

  • SSDEEP

    24576:ir5XXXXXXXXXXXXUXXXXXXXSXXXXXXXXtmyr5XXXXXXXXXXXXUXXXXXXXSXXXXXF:4x

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

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 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 52 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO-SKT11242201.xls
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1284
  • 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:268
    • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1556
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1360
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:1804
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe
            "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:1572
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil.exe"
              3⤵
              • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
              • Adds Run key to start application
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • outlook_office_path
              • outlook_win_path
              PID:1964

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

          Filesize

          1.4MB

          MD5

          6485c53b3856bc435502490d0337c2bb

          SHA1

          eb9369983e8b4579f9219e2882b955d36f55a653

          SHA256

          1ecb491558de8c62b18aaa99230be6620a9ebe3fb7f3ea938a82fa05bcf110f9

          SHA512

          1306c2dd664c8d729df43c587201d083f6ada6c2d3c56e35187129ec64fad5230e5338ee674515794faabba240c8f143d4974bd0962254552c72b782d77fb1d1

        • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

          Filesize

          1.4MB

          MD5

          6485c53b3856bc435502490d0337c2bb

          SHA1

          eb9369983e8b4579f9219e2882b955d36f55a653

          SHA256

          1ecb491558de8c62b18aaa99230be6620a9ebe3fb7f3ea938a82fa05bcf110f9

          SHA512

          1306c2dd664c8d729df43c587201d083f6ada6c2d3c56e35187129ec64fad5230e5338ee674515794faabba240c8f143d4974bd0962254552c72b782d77fb1d1

        • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

          Filesize

          1.4MB

          MD5

          6485c53b3856bc435502490d0337c2bb

          SHA1

          eb9369983e8b4579f9219e2882b955d36f55a653

          SHA256

          1ecb491558de8c62b18aaa99230be6620a9ebe3fb7f3ea938a82fa05bcf110f9

          SHA512

          1306c2dd664c8d729df43c587201d083f6ada6c2d3c56e35187129ec64fad5230e5338ee674515794faabba240c8f143d4974bd0962254552c72b782d77fb1d1

        • memory/1284-54-0x000000002FA01000-0x000000002FA04000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          12KB

        • memory/1284-58-0x00000000762E1000-0x00000000762E3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/1284-57-0x0000000072A9D000-0x0000000072AA8000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          44KB

        • memory/1284-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/1284-55-0x0000000071AB1000-0x0000000071AB3000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/1284-99-0x0000000072A9D000-0x0000000072AA8000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          44KB

        • memory/1284-98-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/1284-67-0x0000000072A9D000-0x0000000072AA8000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          44KB

        • memory/1360-71-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000CC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1360-75-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000CC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1360-74-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000CC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1360-72-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000CC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1556-61-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1556-70-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009E6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          24KB

        • memory/1556-69-0x00000000022F0000-0x000000000230A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          104KB

        • memory/1556-68-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000968000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          96KB

        • memory/1556-66-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007C0000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1556-64-0x00000000000A0000-0x0000000000210000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.4MB

        • memory/1964-91-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1964-92-0x0000000000437C8E-mapping.dmp

        • memory/1964-94-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB

        • memory/1964-96-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          240KB