Analysis

  • max time kernel
    102s
  • max time network
    133s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    30-03-2023 13:55

General

  • Target

    61d8bbf815b071d980aa91c141bfd896.rtf

  • Size

    30KB

  • MD5

    61d8bbf815b071d980aa91c141bfd896

  • SHA1

    f65ce51936aa0f68d15b7a43e1eece852d38245e

  • SHA256

    22d0b4c2c6256e73bcb60045f47f342465f8d9535c848bf6201730b26cf10f50

  • SHA512

    7463e3d33c79ade3cb0b25bdeb2ebfeee4cfe5d8d7873a851925ed04b45450708013a7033abbc42777f333cbc32646941608e620a37c121463d2589d021bcad6

  • SSDEEP

    768:nFx0XaIsnPRIa4fwJMyd2AZSKmpGU7hDc9t+SRrygd9YYSli:nf0Xvx3EMyd2KmpG6Dc9tnygd9Y5li

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 3 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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\61d8bbf815b071d980aa91c141bfd896.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:1996
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:540
    • 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:1212
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:324
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:760
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:912

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

    Execution

    Exploitation for Client Execution

    1
    T1203

    Defense Evasion

    Modify Registry

    1
    T1112

    Credential Access

    Credentials in Files

    3
    T1081

    Collection

    Data from Local System

    3
    T1005

    Email Collection

    1
    T1114

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    Downloads

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

      20KB

      MD5

      9ef5dc88a656b5685a0a10b7839f42cf

      SHA1

      4c4256658b27125d1165778a36d29e1050e078f4

      SHA256

      efc6e5b7c99556fd494a7620a86690fcbc2a90d40f1093924222586d4468ca18

      SHA512

      341fd6299e2db59e7d51c156d27067bec008daf4905c43327ddc9f4b53d388e5ea0cf689c4c302083d1c2e864a9ebd752022fb68d36834fcd64610365a334c41

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
      Filesize

      656KB

      MD5

      262b0df8faf55699067f4ba7ce82056b

      SHA1

      6d45c0bea90be7f0eaaf2546cbff58895437cd73

      SHA256

      9e45d68895100a852ffe7181d2ab20083a752f4bb3a079a76771ecff71a7ffed

      SHA512

      9486fe39d25c37b31997e7dfbbef945db0c208cd05083bf44fc667cab353c67d2fa50b232796246e40b0430c336c883dd37d540a0876d260afd593e0b5ac427a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
      Filesize

      656KB

      MD5

      262b0df8faf55699067f4ba7ce82056b

      SHA1

      6d45c0bea90be7f0eaaf2546cbff58895437cd73

      SHA256

      9e45d68895100a852ffe7181d2ab20083a752f4bb3a079a76771ecff71a7ffed

      SHA512

      9486fe39d25c37b31997e7dfbbef945db0c208cd05083bf44fc667cab353c67d2fa50b232796246e40b0430c336c883dd37d540a0876d260afd593e0b5ac427a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
      Filesize

      656KB

      MD5

      262b0df8faf55699067f4ba7ce82056b

      SHA1

      6d45c0bea90be7f0eaaf2546cbff58895437cd73

      SHA256

      9e45d68895100a852ffe7181d2ab20083a752f4bb3a079a76771ecff71a7ffed

      SHA512

      9486fe39d25c37b31997e7dfbbef945db0c208cd05083bf44fc667cab353c67d2fa50b232796246e40b0430c336c883dd37d540a0876d260afd593e0b5ac427a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
      Filesize

      656KB

      MD5

      262b0df8faf55699067f4ba7ce82056b

      SHA1

      6d45c0bea90be7f0eaaf2546cbff58895437cd73

      SHA256

      9e45d68895100a852ffe7181d2ab20083a752f4bb3a079a76771ecff71a7ffed

      SHA512

      9486fe39d25c37b31997e7dfbbef945db0c208cd05083bf44fc667cab353c67d2fa50b232796246e40b0430c336c883dd37d540a0876d260afd593e0b5ac427a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
      Filesize

      656KB

      MD5

      262b0df8faf55699067f4ba7ce82056b

      SHA1

      6d45c0bea90be7f0eaaf2546cbff58895437cd73

      SHA256

      9e45d68895100a852ffe7181d2ab20083a752f4bb3a079a76771ecff71a7ffed

      SHA512

      9486fe39d25c37b31997e7dfbbef945db0c208cd05083bf44fc667cab353c67d2fa50b232796246e40b0430c336c883dd37d540a0876d260afd593e0b5ac427a

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dollw9235795.exe
      Filesize

      656KB

      MD5

      262b0df8faf55699067f4ba7ce82056b

      SHA1

      6d45c0bea90be7f0eaaf2546cbff58895437cd73

      SHA256

      9e45d68895100a852ffe7181d2ab20083a752f4bb3a079a76771ecff71a7ffed

      SHA512

      9486fe39d25c37b31997e7dfbbef945db0c208cd05083bf44fc667cab353c67d2fa50b232796246e40b0430c336c883dd37d540a0876d260afd593e0b5ac427a

    • memory/324-72-0x0000000000760000-0x000000000076E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/324-73-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000004D90000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/324-76-0x0000000000770000-0x000000000077C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/324-77-0x00000000055C0000-0x0000000005638000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      480KB

    • memory/324-78-0x0000000001EB0000-0x0000000001EE2000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      200KB

    • memory/324-67-0x0000000000060000-0x000000000010A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      680KB

    • memory/324-74-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000004D90000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/912-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/912-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/912-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/912-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/912-84-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/912-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/912-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/912-91-0x0000000001F60000-0x0000000001FA0000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/912-109-0x0000000001F60000-0x0000000001FA0000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/912-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/1996-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1996-127-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB