Analysis

  • max time kernel
    100s
  • max time network
    46s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    12/01/2023, 15:28

General

  • Target

    RFQ 4828321.rtf

  • Size

    2KB

  • MD5

    d7f879da5d1949496071a7b61aa8be39

  • SHA1

    58b2243e9b058d2750398ac5943bd91b71d0712c

  • SHA256

    b640c6322e1f331b92abccc466223e1cff2a7a0b3818d5346c29dc6d95c03755

  • SHA512

    ccb109ea81cadb19502ff2226830f994d25a999367c4a75e240eb38dde342c0154ce57a9e4baef233544b0f5af6c48f4e3a3672bb837e7318b179ac2298d6870

Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 5 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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\RFQ 4828321.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:1708
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1044
    • 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
      • Launches Equation Editor
      PID:1980

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          • memory/1044-62-0x000007FEFBD81000-0x000007FEFBD83000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8KB

          • memory/1708-54-0x00000000726D1000-0x00000000726D4000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            12KB

          • memory/1708-55-0x0000000070151000-0x0000000070153000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8KB

          • memory/1708-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            64KB

          • memory/1708-57-0x0000000076121000-0x0000000076123000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8KB

          • memory/1708-58-0x000000007113D000-0x0000000071148000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            44KB

          • memory/1708-60-0x000000007113D000-0x0000000071148000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            44KB

          • memory/1708-63-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            64KB

          • memory/1708-64-0x000000007113D000-0x0000000071148000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            44KB