Analysis

  • max time kernel
    126s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    06-12-2022 06:58

General

  • Target

    89-079831221.rtf

  • Size

    27KB

  • MD5

    7491a7d24a91632ccbb5b427813b3af4

  • SHA1

    9372c849f9612e83e82d605e9c342fa9148e5367

  • SHA256

    2450e082147d46b692e3ff2cfc70c64b9e3e1e5dcab9afed208b28dc0557b4ee

  • SHA512

    a814d63a1ebb263af4301ef73a24febd71fca06cf00afea703451677892324ed1650a9cf39729df7be10d174bdbd50ed1821e2a2a1dc946ec48417f071c017c7

  • SSDEEP

    384:gQMmdOFNYY0aaaIswqPeOrka1+fHQJ+t3rQkRhZ/OqgkJQ2dshCOErzALyl/QGM5:8Fx0XaIsnPRIa4fwJMBOPcQl8X/QLBz

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 2 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
  • 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
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 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\89-079831221.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:1988
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1064
    • 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:1756
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1828
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.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:976

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Persistence

    Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

    1
    T1060

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    2
    T1112

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
      Filesize

      838KB

      MD5

      2dd2a4107767b2d3f0c8177377178d08

      SHA1

      2c8f5323705ddde2d4d8db0c853d06b5e07a0319

      SHA256

      3f08f63c3f336f3823c710a40e674421bbc6316e0088e0989d1ac06085bc5b62

      SHA512

      8a2e1cc06dc7dfc5b1b8fad76003f45f825a2559e82f39df71ba7dabc5d1b51495e4fdc196bf0018f139ed05213df978a2f61e1ec5359788efefb17e8ac1a172

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
      Filesize

      838KB

      MD5

      2dd2a4107767b2d3f0c8177377178d08

      SHA1

      2c8f5323705ddde2d4d8db0c853d06b5e07a0319

      SHA256

      3f08f63c3f336f3823c710a40e674421bbc6316e0088e0989d1ac06085bc5b62

      SHA512

      8a2e1cc06dc7dfc5b1b8fad76003f45f825a2559e82f39df71ba7dabc5d1b51495e4fdc196bf0018f139ed05213df978a2f61e1ec5359788efefb17e8ac1a172

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
      Filesize

      838KB

      MD5

      2dd2a4107767b2d3f0c8177377178d08

      SHA1

      2c8f5323705ddde2d4d8db0c853d06b5e07a0319

      SHA256

      3f08f63c3f336f3823c710a40e674421bbc6316e0088e0989d1ac06085bc5b62

      SHA512

      8a2e1cc06dc7dfc5b1b8fad76003f45f825a2559e82f39df71ba7dabc5d1b51495e4fdc196bf0018f139ed05213df978a2f61e1ec5359788efefb17e8ac1a172

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
      Filesize

      838KB

      MD5

      2dd2a4107767b2d3f0c8177377178d08

      SHA1

      2c8f5323705ddde2d4d8db0c853d06b5e07a0319

      SHA256

      3f08f63c3f336f3823c710a40e674421bbc6316e0088e0989d1ac06085bc5b62

      SHA512

      8a2e1cc06dc7dfc5b1b8fad76003f45f825a2559e82f39df71ba7dabc5d1b51495e4fdc196bf0018f139ed05213df978a2f61e1ec5359788efefb17e8ac1a172

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\killdemeyah5831.exe
      Filesize

      838KB

      MD5

      2dd2a4107767b2d3f0c8177377178d08

      SHA1

      2c8f5323705ddde2d4d8db0c853d06b5e07a0319

      SHA256

      3f08f63c3f336f3823c710a40e674421bbc6316e0088e0989d1ac06085bc5b62

      SHA512

      8a2e1cc06dc7dfc5b1b8fad76003f45f825a2559e82f39df71ba7dabc5d1b51495e4fdc196bf0018f139ed05213df978a2f61e1ec5359788efefb17e8ac1a172

    • memory/976-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/976-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/976-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/976-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/976-79-0x00000000004324DE-mapping.dmp
    • memory/976-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/976-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/976-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1064-68-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1064-69-0x000007FEFB741000-0x000007FEFB743000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1828-72-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D66000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      280KB

    • memory/1828-71-0x0000000005180000-0x00000000051FE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      504KB

    • memory/1828-70-0x0000000000240000-0x000000000024E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1828-67-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000236000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/1828-65-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000FB8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      864KB

    • memory/1828-62-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1988-58-0x0000000070C9D000-0x0000000070CA8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1988-54-0x0000000072231000-0x0000000072234000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1988-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1988-55-0x000000006FCB1000-0x000000006FCB3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1988-57-0x0000000075281000-0x0000000075283000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1988-86-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1988-87-0x0000000070C9D000-0x0000000070CA8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB