Analysis Overview
SHA256
48a3e9b980b570c4414685c37a4cce6a81e32005c825559bc6049f5045385242
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 48a3e9b980b570c4414685c37a4cce6a81e32005c825559bc6049f5045385242 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious Office macro
Blocklisted process makes network request
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V6
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2023-01-29 19:21
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-01-29 19:21
Reported
2023-01-29 19:25
Platform
win10v2004-20221111-en
Max time kernel
167s
Max time network
192s
Command Line
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\explorer.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
Blocklisted process makes network request
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| 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 |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | 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 |
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2386679933-1492765628-3466841596-1000_Classes\Local Settings | C:\Windows\explorer.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 SetWindowsHookEx
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 4540 wrote to memory of 4768 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\explorer.exe |
| PID 4540 wrote to memory of 4768 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\explorer.exe |
| PID 1152 wrote to memory of 456 | N/A | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe |
| PID 1152 wrote to memory of 456 | N/A | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | C:\Windows\System32\WScript.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\48a3e9b980b570c4414685c37a4cce6a81e32005c825559bc6049f5045385242.xls"
C:\Windows\explorer.exe
explorer.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\L8eI.vbs
C:\Windows\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Public\Documents\L8eI.vbs"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| N/A | 72.21.91.29:80 | tcp | |
| N/A | 84.53.175.11:80 | tcp | |
| N/A | 20.189.173.3:443 | tcp | |
| N/A | 96.16.53.137:80 | tcp | |
| N/A | 96.16.53.137:80 | tcp | |
| N/A | 96.16.53.137:80 | tcp | |
| N/A | 104.80.225.205:443 | tcp | |
| N/A | 20.189.173.11:443 | tcp | |
| N/A | 8.8.8.8:53 | statedauto.com | udp |
| N/A | 54.209.32.212:443 | statedauto.com | tcp |
| N/A | 8.8.8.8:53 | 106.89.54.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| N/A | 52.71.57.184:443 | statedauto.com | tcp |
Files
memory/4540-132-0x00007FFB54410000-0x00007FFB54420000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-134-0x00007FFB54410000-0x00007FFB54420000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-133-0x00007FFB54410000-0x00007FFB54420000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-135-0x00007FFB54410000-0x00007FFB54420000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-136-0x00007FFB54410000-0x00007FFB54420000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-137-0x00007FFB51AB0000-0x00007FFB51AC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4540-138-0x00007FFB51AB0000-0x00007FFB51AC0000-memory.dmp
memory/4768-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
C:\Users\Public\Documents\L8eI.vbs
| MD5 | 17803c6b6961acec9b27d7a4b025444a |
| SHA1 | 3986beb10d337ad145a62b1df574e1f00851c23b |
| SHA256 | 7d2630ec3008c8706c58f1f6ec00f9922e80892b56e98c742467475fc3ad2d02 |
| SHA512 | 653cbc455fea8e3f64505b833934af5b06aa1c175b4d5a456caecd534fcd418f560193f2e41c80a36e675c5cfa17040446e0d22c5d4e5dbd44154218113310cf |
memory/456-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-01-29 19:21
Reported
2023-01-29 19:27
Platform
win7-20221111-en
Max time kernel
251s
Max time network
335s
Command Line
Signatures
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1214520366-621468234-4062160515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
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\48a3e9b980b570c4414685c37a4cce6a81e32005c825559bc6049f5045385242.xls
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| N/A | 8.8.8.8:53 | statedauto.com | udp |
| N/A | 52.71.57.184:443 | statedauto.com | tcp |
| N/A | 54.209.32.212:443 | statedauto.com | tcp |
| N/A | 8.8.8.8:53 | markens.online | udp |
Files
memory/620-54-0x000000002F071000-0x000000002F074000-memory.dmp
memory/620-55-0x00000000715C1000-0x00000000715C3000-memory.dmp
memory/620-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/620-57-0x00000000725AD000-0x00000000725B8000-memory.dmp
memory/620-58-0x0000000075491000-0x0000000075493000-memory.dmp
memory/620-59-0x00000000725AD000-0x00000000725B8000-memory.dmp
memory/620-60-0x00000000725AD000-0x00000000725B8000-memory.dmp