Analysis Overview
SHA256
6ddaa16fb1e813a34f8872b60ef183459c389d4936e22a5215023252c5c8f7ca
Threat Level: Known bad
The file f45c8da11da80d1fa97f94178dc45597 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious Office macro
Deletes itself
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
NTFS ADS
Modifies registry class
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Views/modifies file attributes
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V6
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2023-03-01 07:03
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-03-01 07:03
Reported
2023-03-01 07:05
Platform
win7-20230220-en
Max time kernel
103s
Max time network
31s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
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 |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\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 deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\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 |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3499517378-2376672570-1134980332-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\"" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\"" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Modifies registry class
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application\ = "Excel" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\ShellEx | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\InprocServer32 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\ShellEx | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shellex\IconHandler | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version\14 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" /p %1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597} | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic\ = "system" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\DefaultIcon\ = "\"%1\"" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" %1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shellex\IconHandler\ = "{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic\ = "system" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\MSPUB.EXE\" %1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key deleted | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\"" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic\ = "system" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (data) | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D82C6000\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA | 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 behavior: RenamesItself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
| 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 |
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 |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Views/modifies file attributes
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.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\f45c8da11da80d1fa97f94178dc45597.xls
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Del /F /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
Network
Files
memory/2008-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/2008-381-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-03-01 07:03
Reported
2023-03-01 07:05
Platform
win10v2004-20230220-en
Max time kernel
114s
Max time network
148s
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\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Checks processor information in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| 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 |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | 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 |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\39C65E00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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 FindShellTrayWindow
| 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 |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2388 wrote to memory of 332 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 2388 wrote to memory of 332 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 2388 wrote to memory of 252 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 2388 wrote to memory of 252 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 2388 wrote to memory of 216 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 2388 wrote to memory of 216 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe |
| PID 332 wrote to memory of 4240 | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe |
| PID 332 wrote to memory of 4240 | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe |
Views/modifies file attributes
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe | N/A |
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\f45c8da11da80d1fa97f94178dc45597.xls"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Del /F /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| NL | 20.190.160.14:443 | tcp | |
| US | 209.197.3.8:80 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 210.81.184.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 209.197.3.8:80 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 140.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 198.111.78.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 104.208.16.88:443 | tcp | |
| US | 93.184.221.240:80 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 68.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| NL | 173.223.113.164:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 191.88.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 14.110.152.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 2.36.159.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 86.8.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 176.122.125.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 209.197.3.8:80 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 202.74.101.95.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/2388-133-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-134-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-135-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-136-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-137-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-138-0x00007FFD22680000-0x00007FFD22690000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-139-0x00007FFD22680000-0x00007FFD22690000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f45c8da11da80d1fa97f94178dc45597.xls
| MD5 | d2ab7677a1c0fb613b43be0bf8aaf9e8 |
| SHA1 | f7f0f3bb9804ad32fe679456f67cd13741af142d |
| SHA256 | c1f72a798058e704e55aa2ec52017c940b2c61d1b623e766647277da719c3ae8 |
| SHA512 | d7668cb8a816e9740efdac1c1b75ee68fbd17d79be658fc8d2cb4844bb33bcef4ab6e9faed5e438aa09941e8b77dfbf82c30301ca4e27acd03a793b28e9227a8 |
memory/2388-225-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-228-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-227-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp
memory/2388-226-0x00007FFD24B50000-0x00007FFD24B60000-memory.dmp