hxxps://aka[.]ms/qtex0l

General

Target

https://aka.ms/qtex0l

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-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "386197393"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = d009d63a385cd901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{62450607-C82B-11ED-9EF6-660D1B6B73D3} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "935235917"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe3000000000200000000001066000000010000200000000e42101c59a63319678f08533d233c8be714900b4d1ab43acf10d3ab0bff9918000000000e800000000200002000000039792c0cbcff02b24ab8508d1ee90b33fc04d932bbb2b6f2d89025ca2d8c91c4200000005ffa715cb4ff48821e1e6ad50982cd910b1e468c60b090b2b7d6fe5117c0c9524000000006a39f3eb67ce90864151561f6b4d85b048d936bc56c3e14f427ec278e79b61e37e297f0558c0393f36ce1192ea88dc2dbd000f3e09c6d68532cdf49f04ad167	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31022136"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31022136"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe3000000000200000000001066000000010000200000000d425cdfe39484be780fc4f4fb1ef8de045fb789d86c19573b9466d0433e562c000000000e8000000002000020000000b89e4ef8b813ced5df2c483907afb483fcc65986328c34786c307145fa09998f20000000bc90eeb6f169e3ba82ed5d24fdb21d9a5991d3de5dfc47daff641c87caec893f40000000750b0b407d177442606eca4038c8a3ce1acb158e649f55ee88e05cd15a3b13d47e9c39ee29c5c806ae8488cc05254532dc3f165a4cb5b5dff0ed1a3ae2f1b1b1	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "935235917"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f0b1c73a385cd901	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

pid process

4368 iexplore.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exeIEXPLORE.EXE

pid process

4368 iexplore.exe
4368 iexplore.exe
840 IEXPLORE.EXE
840 IEXPLORE.EXE
840 IEXPLORE.EXE
840 IEXPLORE.EXE

pid	process
4368	iexplore.exe

pid	process
4368	iexplore.exe
4368	iexplore.exe
840	IEXPLORE.EXE
840	IEXPLORE.EXE
840	IEXPLORE.EXE
840	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes:

iexplore.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4368 wrote to memory of 840	4368	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4368 wrote to memory of 840	4368	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE
PID 4368 wrote to memory of 840	4368	iexplore.exe	IEXPLORE.EXE

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://aka.ms/qtex0l
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4368

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4368 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
2⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:840

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\imagestore\feo4h2u\imagestore.dat
Filesize
17KB

MD5
f3c131f488d4232c2279889b1389287c

SHA1
835fbb9fe0d45957d089daf658601411ecab3cc2

SHA256
bd9fe635caa68993eec11a3454d32dab2f1f8c479e122b4f383f915fde77a145

SHA512
4e95e31c7f1b08f63eb65218123bd9ca5c64be3a89b1fa5f4483e39200a3e8f3d36acaeb1ba3b06859c892dffadce1999ab1c7b01ead453c12d15238213331bd

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\feo4h2u\imagestore.dat
Filesize
17KB

MD5
f3c131f488d4232c2279889b1389287c

SHA1
835fbb9fe0d45957d089daf658601411ecab3cc2

SHA256
bd9fe635caa68993eec11a3454d32dab2f1f8c479e122b4f383f915fde77a145

SHA512
4e95e31c7f1b08f63eb65218123bd9ca5c64be3a89b1fa5f4483e39200a3e8f3d36acaeb1ba3b06859c892dffadce1999ab1c7b01ead453c12d15238213331bd

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\6K3GJRJ1\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\8OI4IV75\suggestions[1].en-US
Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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