Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    15/03/2023, 07:41

General

  • Target

    Contract202303.rtf

  • Size

    14KB

  • MD5

    54a48e18674df3ad9165db787dfc1302

  • SHA1

    84344585aad1cef5ce33d9c2968c4616cb419154

  • SHA256

    2b45d7502ae57319af9cb8e0f44273ef0e1e7aa8ad7e2b2bc7e742e2f9d80700

  • SHA512

    01377d7012f23c5b73db9c26197114cacdbd4bfa799b7031bc3fd89cd07487292685af5d3113ab8689f3c4b956f97c2a0dd3eed8951f7040da19b33b3c617ec5

  • SSDEEP

    192:81PHedLkbI6AbNPv6FgJC+d5OCMs1M+WF8sP/UW9Iu46jtusj2+3gSmd:zL0AbZSqC+rOvs9MjIuNjtumtwSmd

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot5806691582:AAH6u3QmlmdvCPddcnWF_1vIYT8ymbk2K8M/

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
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 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
  • 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 1 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\Contract202303.rtf"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1724
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1604
    • 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:1672
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:896
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:880

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

            Filesize

            20KB

            MD5

            d7eedaa997892edf8c43b61291021c23

            SHA1

            12972e091d3840dc7059665ac25ba70384f4cff3

            SHA256

            f13e0bc47b24b9f3c4aaf5058a0b9214f17373d0fff6506883e98d06b03768b2

            SHA512

            098e660d883a33b014bb39ebe3b9d59decff111f97dcdf9270bd958d8cb5ff12f18af09df11eeef75607f7f6dad1c6ee1ce6b07989170823a79dbdcf6d74ae0e

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe

            Filesize

            806KB

            MD5

            cdabca84b4ef08654e71060776b4ff74

            SHA1

            535c3eb38852cdd9f211c4b78b752d39e0137dfa

            SHA256

            ecc7aa39849803fb71c542117755f42b8b405c3c5e5f3cbb9e500536dba8efb3

            SHA512

            60e37f4ef7e76dd64055ff56655cf77f0078dc1d74742eb38a19a9094f4dce1d2cc0e215ec7e0f3e19564d758f6ed3fc4d46ecf6015d4e5cab76d12f64364aae

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe

            Filesize

            806KB

            MD5

            cdabca84b4ef08654e71060776b4ff74

            SHA1

            535c3eb38852cdd9f211c4b78b752d39e0137dfa

            SHA256

            ecc7aa39849803fb71c542117755f42b8b405c3c5e5f3cbb9e500536dba8efb3

            SHA512

            60e37f4ef7e76dd64055ff56655cf77f0078dc1d74742eb38a19a9094f4dce1d2cc0e215ec7e0f3e19564d758f6ed3fc4d46ecf6015d4e5cab76d12f64364aae

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe

            Filesize

            806KB

            MD5

            cdabca84b4ef08654e71060776b4ff74

            SHA1

            535c3eb38852cdd9f211c4b78b752d39e0137dfa

            SHA256

            ecc7aa39849803fb71c542117755f42b8b405c3c5e5f3cbb9e500536dba8efb3

            SHA512

            60e37f4ef7e76dd64055ff56655cf77f0078dc1d74742eb38a19a9094f4dce1d2cc0e215ec7e0f3e19564d758f6ed3fc4d46ecf6015d4e5cab76d12f64364aae

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe

            Filesize

            806KB

            MD5

            cdabca84b4ef08654e71060776b4ff74

            SHA1

            535c3eb38852cdd9f211c4b78b752d39e0137dfa

            SHA256

            ecc7aa39849803fb71c542117755f42b8b405c3c5e5f3cbb9e500536dba8efb3

            SHA512

            60e37f4ef7e76dd64055ff56655cf77f0078dc1d74742eb38a19a9094f4dce1d2cc0e215ec7e0f3e19564d758f6ed3fc4d46ecf6015d4e5cab76d12f64364aae

          • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cheziedh5782956.exe

            Filesize

            806KB

            MD5

            cdabca84b4ef08654e71060776b4ff74

            SHA1

            535c3eb38852cdd9f211c4b78b752d39e0137dfa

            SHA256

            ecc7aa39849803fb71c542117755f42b8b405c3c5e5f3cbb9e500536dba8efb3

            SHA512

            60e37f4ef7e76dd64055ff56655cf77f0078dc1d74742eb38a19a9094f4dce1d2cc0e215ec7e0f3e19564d758f6ed3fc4d46ecf6015d4e5cab76d12f64364aae

          • memory/880-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/880-91-0x0000000004C80000-0x0000000004CC0000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            256KB

          • memory/880-84-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            4KB

          • memory/880-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/880-109-0x0000000004C80000-0x0000000004CC0000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            256KB

          • memory/880-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/880-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/880-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/880-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/880-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            192KB

          • memory/896-72-0x0000000004CC0000-0x0000000004D00000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            256KB

          • memory/896-79-0x0000000001170000-0x00000000011A2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            200KB

          • memory/896-78-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000CC8000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            32KB

          • memory/896-77-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000005E7A000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            680KB

          • memory/896-76-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            48KB

          • memory/896-74-0x0000000004CC0000-0x0000000004D00000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            256KB

          • memory/896-73-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000057E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            120KB

          • memory/896-67-0x00000000011A0000-0x000000000126E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            824KB

          • memory/1724-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            64KB

          • memory/1724-127-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            64KB