hxxps://go[.]microsoft[.]com/fwlink/?linkid=2104226

General

Target

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2104226

Score

5^/10

microsoft phishing

Malware Config

Signatures

Detected potential entity reuse from brand microsoft.
phishing microsoft

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 36 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3201530408"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = b07113c2cd5ad901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3201530408"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000bec277dfb438ce022116de50595c99a112c72bdede30cf286ac01d323cab5606000000000e8000000002000020000000352300577e50d7f4fcd2801c026a222a0f7e0f43dcd876f2911db3f10366cf2a20000000b66f01c7facb4539e00f03bad34493447976a133759f07188678beb7f002defb400000006797085641c81f99888d4fc99c51b39edb78687d40f8ad00cbc961d9dbb5db132800385e4535f093160aeaadd2a6b68a85aaa385a13d81d2063a2c3799a68cd9	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000010d3bb75b0ea114e9ca1233a5a090b7b000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005a7f9986312608b31aadf95cd3a8642ad9124d2770f3d51de2cca95783141f56000000000e8000000002000020000000bb5b7e73b93b94325bd5f2259bbb087dcd5b99fa4e42964639f42bdaf17cc20c20000000e663b56031e6e2aaccfa16a12dce58fab8440b80e9381a821ee693720d0530af400000007b1e1eb6aa0e1a1713720d3d3706a178a8191228b50eec4e97b0b6fb4c4aca192c373db5ee8674773318ee2ed1ff5205a8ff0864b74a04ed36182079ab771b48	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{E9F2AA88-C6C0-11ED-8FFF-6A8031F758F8} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31021773"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "386041713"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31021773"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f0a3fbc1cd5ad901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-144354903-2550862337-1367551827-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4104 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4104 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

4104 iexplore.exe
4104 iexplore.exe
1568 IEXPLORE.EXE
1568 IEXPLORE.EXE
1568 IEXPLORE.EXE
1568 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
4104	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4104	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4104	iexplore.exe
4104	iexplore.exe
1568	IEXPLORE.EXE
1568	IEXPLORE.EXE
1568	IEXPLORE.EXE
1568	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 1568	4104	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 1568	4104	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4104 wrote to memory of 1568	4104	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2104226
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4104

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4104 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1568

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\ver2C8E.tmp

Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\phzg4yt\imagestore.dat

Filesize
17KB

MD5
79356b80c37d8658ae1af87977f7868d

SHA1
bd3ee9eaaff163d36ecedf9feba91b0e57d2be3e

SHA256
e5fac1d3e89f087a7f459b04ec42b93008c78a586f0dcb64e8d02733f7b6ded9

SHA512
ba47d307dacf01a5a2c99344cae24adca9928b87d1da6db029cadb47afa75fc02bac085a4affac08d70a73987fb76d430bbf05f4f7aa37e024f6e468b1c01621

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\phzg4yt\imagestore.dat

Filesize
17KB

MD5
79356b80c37d8658ae1af87977f7868d

SHA1
bd3ee9eaaff163d36ecedf9feba91b0e57d2be3e

SHA256
e5fac1d3e89f087a7f459b04ec42b93008c78a586f0dcb64e8d02733f7b6ded9

SHA512
ba47d307dacf01a5a2c99344cae24adca9928b87d1da6db029cadb47afa75fc02bac085a4affac08d70a73987fb76d430bbf05f4f7aa37e024f6e468b1c01621

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\EY3KXMB3\favicon[1].ico

Filesize
16KB

MD5
12e3dac858061d088023b2bd48e2fa96

SHA1
e08ce1a144eceae0c3c2ea7a9d6fbc5658f24ce5

SHA256
90cdaf487716184e4034000935c605d1633926d348116d198f355a98b8c6cd21

SHA512
c5030c55a855e7a9e20e22f4c70bf1e0f3c558a9b7d501cfab6992ac2656ae5e41b050ccac541efa55f9603e0d349b247eb4912ee169d44044271789c719cd01

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\U4IULL1L\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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