Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    105s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    15-02-2023 09:01

General

  • Target

    productXspecifications.docx

  • Size

    10KB

  • MD5

    a54faaf77e243d002a066ed24194f186

  • SHA1

    4f7ec24108e808a8ee6cbf77e2f1f760afc19dbe

  • SHA256

    45c80bfc78f3864e69056d98e91847c0da257e05469f1538978aa6e844f49224

  • SHA512

    6f5bf069c2ba67da690b4f1ed5798a69f410980f0e838c6fe24c9b616292adc8a1d0ffe989e35fd5b50898f89f43450827097b2cefb787583869ea6f9cdfc275

  • SSDEEP

    192:ScIMmtP5hG/b7XN+eOSFbO+5+5F7Jar/YEChI3hBt:SPXRE7XtOa7wtar/YECOF

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

  • Protocol:
    smtp
  • Host:
    us2.smtp.mailhostbox.com
  • Port:
    587
  • Username:
    lawsaman@steveboi.com
  • Password:
    !Gphfth8
  • Email To:
    lawsaman@steveboi.com

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
  • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 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\productXspecifications.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:1992
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1768
    • 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:2008
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1188
        • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
          "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:1596

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Scripting

    1
    T1064

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Defense Evasion

    Scripting

    1
    T1064

    Modify Registry

    1
    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\Public\vbc.exe
      Filesize

      582KB

      MD5

      4295bff5e9f283afd83977dc9d63e0eb

      SHA1

      17e7fd3c613a05ad45a3b1f940598ee0e0f9d5e2

      SHA256

      974a4e81189dc36258dc5a799e9e409f14505396b213c16b1172a53d43b899f6

      SHA512

      00e2be36e02786beede846e5ff3baaf0a4e73601cf31da502b5bbb127d44ac1e1fce297bc5fed2dc5661b3bf1b5d8348900a5fe66654a617f92a2bd99ba21746

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

      582KB

      MD5

      4295bff5e9f283afd83977dc9d63e0eb

      SHA1

      17e7fd3c613a05ad45a3b1f940598ee0e0f9d5e2

      SHA256

      974a4e81189dc36258dc5a799e9e409f14505396b213c16b1172a53d43b899f6

      SHA512

      00e2be36e02786beede846e5ff3baaf0a4e73601cf31da502b5bbb127d44ac1e1fce297bc5fed2dc5661b3bf1b5d8348900a5fe66654a617f92a2bd99ba21746

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

      582KB

      MD5

      4295bff5e9f283afd83977dc9d63e0eb

      SHA1

      17e7fd3c613a05ad45a3b1f940598ee0e0f9d5e2

      SHA256

      974a4e81189dc36258dc5a799e9e409f14505396b213c16b1172a53d43b899f6

      SHA512

      00e2be36e02786beede846e5ff3baaf0a4e73601cf31da502b5bbb127d44ac1e1fce297bc5fed2dc5661b3bf1b5d8348900a5fe66654a617f92a2bd99ba21746

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      Filesize

      582KB

      MD5

      4295bff5e9f283afd83977dc9d63e0eb

      SHA1

      17e7fd3c613a05ad45a3b1f940598ee0e0f9d5e2

      SHA256

      974a4e81189dc36258dc5a799e9e409f14505396b213c16b1172a53d43b899f6

      SHA512

      00e2be36e02786beede846e5ff3baaf0a4e73601cf31da502b5bbb127d44ac1e1fce297bc5fed2dc5661b3bf1b5d8348900a5fe66654a617f92a2bd99ba21746

    • \Users\Public\vbc.exe
      Filesize

      582KB

      MD5

      4295bff5e9f283afd83977dc9d63e0eb

      SHA1

      17e7fd3c613a05ad45a3b1f940598ee0e0f9d5e2

      SHA256

      974a4e81189dc36258dc5a799e9e409f14505396b213c16b1172a53d43b899f6

      SHA512

      00e2be36e02786beede846e5ff3baaf0a4e73601cf31da502b5bbb127d44ac1e1fce297bc5fed2dc5661b3bf1b5d8348900a5fe66654a617f92a2bd99ba21746

    • memory/1188-70-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000394000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/1188-72-0x00000000053E0000-0x0000000005460000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/1188-73-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000852000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/1188-63-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1188-71-0x0000000000550000-0x000000000055C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1188-66-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000EB6000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      600KB

    • memory/1596-80-0x000000000042A63E-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1596-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1596-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1596-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1596-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1596-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1596-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1596-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1768-67-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
    • memory/1768-69-0x000007FEFC361000-0x000007FEFC363000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1992-59-0x000000007171D000-0x0000000071728000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1992-54-0x0000000072CB1000-0x0000000072CB4000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      12KB

    • memory/1992-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1992-55-0x0000000070731000-0x0000000070733000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1992-88-0x000000007171D000-0x0000000071728000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1992-58-0x000000007171D000-0x0000000071728000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1992-87-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1992-57-0x00000000763A1000-0x00000000763A3000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      8KB