Analysis

  • max time kernel
    72s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    30-03-2023 10:46

General

  • Target

    50...............50..........rtf

  • Size

    24KB

  • MD5

    5eb3eacfdfdb969d2bab0b64be2a5bf7

  • SHA1

    dd56c02a8069a24d01ea3cba2dd6f3c3f53c6d51

  • SHA256

    456900846bc7241e40616d9f1b075f0144b2f374eb5973efd74500d0dba1fb14

  • SHA512

    31afa24c502e0a63a2d40cc02eed4a7a75fb67c66044a0726656bafb6c681c2e2c6ceffde7ee4ed8d84897145c28cf3132be6be0472cf9af42df18e875eaf352

  • SSDEEP

    384:sUTsO06RX+ZjfPRKkmZQqgtX5MicRux6diEAXiRzcYh5q3P6It5j8j072Xau69:sqsO0xVf5KQX2iOEvJXSgYqiII072Xat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

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.

  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 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\50...............50..........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:1520
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1284
    • 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:1056
      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
        "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:772
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PQCrUHKoqi.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:1944
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\PQCrUHKoqi" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE5CE.tmp"
            3⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1740
          • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe
            "C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe"
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • outlook_office_path
            • outlook_win_path
            PID:1384

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE5CE.tmp

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        490de104f4a89ecb8177cb42f4735905

        SHA1

        fba046b82c6a4cd57dd8ee0a770cf3a7907803a7

        SHA256

        4c6e97f8f17303fa2d3930cf87a3976b23ac3dd8f9b89181f6f5298115f8b5c5

        SHA512

        d219eef9b55ba988d07491068797e57aa40a34af8c1a11e6ddbcebdd658849ad1bb2d3a8011ed71a05488f33843299b04fa9839b29315994396dcda79d3d1ff8

      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

        Filesize

        658KB

        MD5

        131fc2043b4c740cb1a3bd4a8398a780

        SHA1

        041be9bfdbed62d56906f5fe2ebdad0f1f7037d5

        SHA256

        191529d733524665838e0d27b44844ca0a3c914d8577d4f2d8c8b93ea4a7729a

        SHA512

        e2f5bd59a57b4a47756643e8395d9b8bdf2d1b02e3f4eb20409195027d7921e7614153b93efda90daa00e31cfd72f4f1e26774121d90b3995e681463c69af31c

      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

        Filesize

        658KB

        MD5

        131fc2043b4c740cb1a3bd4a8398a780

        SHA1

        041be9bfdbed62d56906f5fe2ebdad0f1f7037d5

        SHA256

        191529d733524665838e0d27b44844ca0a3c914d8577d4f2d8c8b93ea4a7729a

        SHA512

        e2f5bd59a57b4a47756643e8395d9b8bdf2d1b02e3f4eb20409195027d7921e7614153b93efda90daa00e31cfd72f4f1e26774121d90b3995e681463c69af31c

      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

        Filesize

        658KB

        MD5

        131fc2043b4c740cb1a3bd4a8398a780

        SHA1

        041be9bfdbed62d56906f5fe2ebdad0f1f7037d5

        SHA256

        191529d733524665838e0d27b44844ca0a3c914d8577d4f2d8c8b93ea4a7729a

        SHA512

        e2f5bd59a57b4a47756643e8395d9b8bdf2d1b02e3f4eb20409195027d7921e7614153b93efda90daa00e31cfd72f4f1e26774121d90b3995e681463c69af31c

      • C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe

        Filesize

        658KB

        MD5

        131fc2043b4c740cb1a3bd4a8398a780

        SHA1

        041be9bfdbed62d56906f5fe2ebdad0f1f7037d5

        SHA256

        191529d733524665838e0d27b44844ca0a3c914d8577d4f2d8c8b93ea4a7729a

        SHA512

        e2f5bd59a57b4a47756643e8395d9b8bdf2d1b02e3f4eb20409195027d7921e7614153b93efda90daa00e31cfd72f4f1e26774121d90b3995e681463c69af31c

      • \Users\Public\vbc.exe

        Filesize

        658KB

        MD5

        131fc2043b4c740cb1a3bd4a8398a780

        SHA1

        041be9bfdbed62d56906f5fe2ebdad0f1f7037d5

        SHA256

        191529d733524665838e0d27b44844ca0a3c914d8577d4f2d8c8b93ea4a7729a

        SHA512

        e2f5bd59a57b4a47756643e8395d9b8bdf2d1b02e3f4eb20409195027d7921e7614153b93efda90daa00e31cfd72f4f1e26774121d90b3995e681463c69af31c

      • memory/772-84-0x0000000004930000-0x0000000004962000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        200KB

      • memory/772-67-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A5A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        680KB

      • memory/772-75-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E80000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        256KB

      • memory/772-77-0x0000000000470000-0x000000000047C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/772-78-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005408000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        480KB

      • memory/772-69-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E80000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        256KB

      • memory/772-70-0x0000000000460000-0x000000000046E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1384-96-0x0000000004460000-0x00000000044A0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        256KB

      • memory/1384-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-89-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/1384-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-93-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-95-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        192KB

      • memory/1384-126-0x0000000004460000-0x00000000044A0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        256KB

      • memory/1520-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/1944-100-0x0000000065C60000-0x0000000065ED8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.5MB

      • memory/1944-103-0x00000000660C0000-0x0000000066121000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        388KB