Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 07:16

Sample ID 230314-ksp4kage6x
Target b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50
SHA256 80a486187ccdb41674fbdcff3cd29ba939fa7ecb802fc7d64a44b9303089cbfe
Tags
macro xlm
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

80a486187ccdb41674fbdcff3cd29ba939fa7ecb802fc7d64a44b9303089cbfe

Threat Level: Known bad

The file b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro xlm

Process spawned unexpected child process

Suspicious Office macro

Deletes itself

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Enumerates system info in registry

Views/modifies file attributes

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Modifies registry class

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Checks processor information in registry

NTFS ADS

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2023-03-14 08:52

Signatures

Suspicious Office macro

macro xlm
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-03-14 08:52

Reported

2023-03-14 08:54

Platform

win7-20230220-en

Max time kernel

100s

Max time network

33s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50.xls

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

adware spyware
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\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
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\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\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
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\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell 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 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 HTML Editor\shell\edit\command 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
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-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\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-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key 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 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 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 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 MHTML Editor\shell\edit 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
Key created \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\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\"" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1563773381-2037468142-1146002597-1000\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 (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
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 deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell 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

Modifies registry class

Description Indicator Process Target
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\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command 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
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\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\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit 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
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version\14\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.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
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\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment" 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 created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shellex\IconHandler 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\ddeexec\topic 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
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm 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\application\ = "Excel" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\ = "&Print" 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
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command 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
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command 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\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" 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\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
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shellex\IconHandler\ = "{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec 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\Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command 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\mhtmlfile\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
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\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%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 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\Excel.exe\shell\edit 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
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\ShellEx 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\ = "[open(\"%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\application\ = "Excel" 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\WinWord.exe\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\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 Publisher\shell\edit\command C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open" 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
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]" 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
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit 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\Microsoft Publisher C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command 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} 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\FD3C6000\: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 WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 660 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 660 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 660 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 660 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1952 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1952 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1952 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1952 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1700 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1700 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1700 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1700 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 660 wrote to memory of 1328 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
PID 660 wrote to memory of 1328 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
PID 660 wrote to memory of 1328 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
PID 660 wrote to memory of 1328 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe

Views/modifies file attributes

evasion
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\b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50.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

N/A

Files

memory/1960-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/1960-381-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-03-14 08:52

Reported

2023-03-14 08:54

Platform

win10v2004-20230220-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50.xls"

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

macro xlm
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\~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

NTFS ADS

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\64275E00\: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

Views/modifies file attributes

evasion
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\b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50.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 Del /F /Q "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
US 93.184.221.240:80 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 149.220.183.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 210.81.184.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 133.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 203.151.224.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 52.152.110.14:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 35.146.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 33.18.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 52.152.110.14:443 tcp
NL 173.223.113.164:443 tcp
NL 173.223.113.131:80 tcp
US 204.79.197.203:80 tcp
US 52.152.110.14:443 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 103.169.127.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 177.238.32.23.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/1088-133-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-135-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-134-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-136-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-137-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-138-0x00007FFAAB260000-0x00007FFAAB270000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-139-0x00007FFAAB260000-0x00007FFAAB270000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b0f09f5816add23c678b2aa0a8d17b50.xls

MD5 e158c34d473fc1edaf49c613dd53fedc
SHA1 e6bc19656ec32538cd4980375cd5bab5d40001ae
SHA256 e92bd9f6f5943507852c6517a62e27578d40ee000fee0eb60267838106ed2959
SHA512 7ae6b9b9cb562e547cdce949792b00b68800db7f2eb9765021b24f656254f8b9496509c19ae3a0bb1af362fed0187a3d01716a1f7b78e2a37afb9e16ba8f40bd

memory/1088-226-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-227-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-228-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp

memory/1088-229-0x00007FFAAD790000-0x00007FFAAD7A0000-memory.dmp