hxxp://windows[.]msn[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
209s
max time network
281s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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30/03/2023, 22:14

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General

Target

http://windows.msn.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1619762210"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1619762210"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31023978"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = e0ac2d796a63d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "386988622"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000051d6db365ce0f843a8e6cfaf226c4d2b000000000200000000001066000000010000200000001772293bad48367e71c45f51d7a924edad9fe037b56b7a47b6bfa09baf7505d1000000000e80000000020000200000005ef218d967d05ff3b6083764fac384b0faf445c9c2c25f97129a72081aa3b83120000000f36477ea978200c12aacc8a0f7cdbd94eb9eff259e11c12aa1ab6320cf991e3e400000000cd4159aeba143c164cc859ab48edfc06014a6d0927efc513f103c5681bcccf20d9b99e5f81dcc48fdcdbd5d5a1478018101a39d3b7e77f98fbd9be19c4ee82f	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000051d6db365ce0f843a8e6cfaf226c4d2b000000000200000000001066000000010000200000007de618a3d94c589fc8d6171cfb2dd5fe933ae957dfe2455c690ef924172770ce000000000e800000000200002000000036af3f43ec6cb910ed7168d14b8e786590103db73269bf2425903c0f71e2b6a5200000006564f4f5ced41419598383ce4d8a54a41f6a8db91c81a7a762ba0fc5ebfa6b1d40000000dcb054fe52a6443d06ea09f7fb389355832e9840210254dc60d97ae0e48d19902a2aca95dec215313998f37589635d394f42997bdae6ab261069e1dc3b87cdce	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31023978"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 40d8f0846a63d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{817F4B97-CF5D-11ED-8227-6E4EC519A222} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4072	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4072	iexplore.exe
4072	iexplore.exe
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE
4048	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4072 wrote to memory of 4048	4072	iexplore.exe	79
PID 4072 wrote to memory of 4048	4072	iexplore.exe	79
PID 4072 wrote to memory of 4048	4072	iexplore.exe	79

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://windows.msn.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4072
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4072 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4048

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
471B

MD5
1f2ac3b9ce5b74841f45b205ee0d6303

SHA1
8296c76ab6df2f4b337828efa21aaf7589f279e6

SHA256
54847f8ad2f6c38686e5e70f4f328478d4335aecc5cef68e653873ba4213bef3

SHA512
bf93d24560fb33101ac6b69ae27d5831e9535e06f10e4dc049ec02140fbc8b3f74c8b9a3a6d543fe11c42f0f5d3eb0eacffe7f606508be87379af85592fb7c84

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\7423F88C7F265F0DEFC08EA88C3BDE45_AA1E8580D4EBC816148CE81268683776

Filesize
434B

MD5
b284eb3cf3155c9aa523b31a63f959e4

SHA1
53c46dabc34bfb563e30599f9e1741e51bd8c3f5

SHA256
31cdbc2a2093d0172e76d45110774b52eb46b9062d3c636b89afe79aebf3cc1e

SHA512
9c276231622a7d1a02de82e2758a956202a1cd34e99f1eafe8d46ed96fad7a8032330abefb54354e3b81fbe127ffdefc0fca2e7c7b1ce3fc42755e2b90e1a55c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\verA00F.tmp

Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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