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

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
213s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
31/03/2023, 14:34

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General

Target

http://windows.msn.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 54 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.msn.com\ = "133"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "133"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com\Total = "133"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = b051265df563d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31024117"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d000000000200000000001066000000010000200000008b220cb2a5a71c24264289342822870af5f665a9f50323d81cbeecd2ac20fdc0000000000e800000000200002000000021f7e79516ecabad2b7364a4ab2ac9d7c9068bcacf7b7cf8512de13736a61c752000000029b3491fd41bfe3cab61dd48369dc77d639e5bf044975de4c3cb94910f8362db40000000c2ebc55e49ed37a7b757639a3d68ae78cda44897213542ee6c91598aedab1bfbdaebba77cd2a852475674d74ed130abcf809cb3b17a0d3fb525368d5b569be72	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000e4186446d95c539a56b6ce15bd8c93c043c9c3060489e6ca1f5c2179d6eb3197000000000e8000000002000020000000fd3cd4b1172cf1e62b8199ecb65a446229ccca3305934b34fe33e7d71a0e3642200000004ac3c9e06df400dd53ebafed726928cdf1585eb98f7285849892fbc4352ba043400000001cf1d1f5ca06337cf32e01cc13fffeb20fc5bdcf9c6af0a3bace029ed7e1fb9c69fbea589ed5b460534ead3be8815842a40f71ea1d4c09f6bd2211ace3eb02e3	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024117"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 50f83967f563d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "387048277"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.msn.com\ = "97"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com\Total = "97"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "70"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.msn.com\ = "70"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{803C101A-CFE8-11ED-B7D7-62507EA95193} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000e42389755657108c90caa2cf66bd8495db04ac73935bfe0a451c89569f720b6c000000000e80000000020000200000001e950d07a9b4e2a34e0dd684d1ec37f7434e78e71329fe923291cecd6fac3f1e2000000009a52782e978440db9a1f9d62f780bdb4e68dfb85ba88d9c87004110132c8d8540000000deaaa8db6b902ea009497739995a37b49cb538ea2fa0a8f6f5ad7421365ef5179360982b3c60eb0cfe49acb223cde7a71727a73b7e8062cf91306ba6ab213d91	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com\Total = "70"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 7033e678f563d901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1616390239"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1616390239"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.msn.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "97"	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4368	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4368	iexplore.exe
4368	iexplore.exe
3756	IEXPLORE.EXE
3756	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4368 wrote to memory of 3756	4368	iexplore.exe	81
PID 4368 wrote to memory of 3756	4368	iexplore.exe	81
PID 4368 wrote to memory of 3756	4368	iexplore.exe	81

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: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:3756

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_1DC6D7385EA816C957BA2B715AC5C442

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8461a037b38246996c5f98a64b5fd918

SHA1
db8bf194f154ebcdedf9b0a8a9adc62d02dff008

SHA256
c85675b72791f932ebe52b51bc13dcb761a469b1fbde881c6c4ef6ba93a1b36f

SHA512
1ed13f73bd0e64d5609764ee65d642d3c9b658a117616e8e3ed4149b546695183f10befb51f24d471f134ddd02fd3068ea88cf949fde9c8be19bfaddff4a3880

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\6BADA8974A10C4BD62CC921D13E43B18_1DC6D7385EA816C957BA2B715AC5C442

Filesize
446B

MD5
9bdd836bac9553a4247707033d7dab07

SHA1
b217966410527180188c8afe495c022145740fd6

SHA256
82bdcdaa66c0ec39d236c6881dc335749c408151f46c5ca16c329d6760fbdc13

SHA512
49daef603792d98cc89f6283f8a5f04347d3a11bc4874b4d0acd4de0ab9cb35de65387aec3194817232d271fd36c7d9748327573c4e8038bdead03c9950201a7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\9afmek3\imagestore.dat

Filesize
942B

MD5
adee9bd8497e859570becd0aeed5e2ce

SHA1
21316050e47072a8341cb6fc7010931038883650

SHA256
6fd06d2187fd34e45b00c9845ddd942810fd66128fc7f0303a64ef1292e9a401

SHA512
4d8afccd21402d43d7971a630bab5dc9816ee5f3089ed61b20187a055d4920642fed94fe4e573c823475c34225f754d45ce48c2ed42de98d7a1823e881c7580d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\9YACFB9R\a5ea21[1].ico

Filesize
758B

MD5
84cc977d0eb148166481b01d8418e375

SHA1
00e2461bcd67d7ba511db230415000aefbd30d2d

SHA256
bbf8da37d92138cc08ffeec8e3379c334988d5ae99f4415579999bfbbb57a66c

SHA512
f47a507077f9173fb07ec200c2677ba5f783d645be100f12efe71f701a74272a98e853c4fab63740d685853935d545730992d0004c9d2fe8e1965445cab509c3

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\9YACFB9R\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\G1ORIWBN\rum[1].gif

Filesize
43B

MD5
325472601571f31e1bf00674c368d335

SHA1
2daeaa8b5f19f0bc209d976c02bd6acb51b00b0a

SHA256
b1442e85b03bdcaf66dc58c7abb98745dd2687d86350be9a298a1d9382ac849b

SHA512
717ea0ff7f3f624c268eccb244e24ec1305ab21557abb3d6f1a7e183ff68a2d28f13d1d2af926c9ef6d1fb16dd8cbe34cd98cacf79091dddc7874dcee21ecfdc

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\G1ORIWBN\xuid[2].gif

Filesize
37B

MD5
3eacd0132310ea44cad756b378a3bc07

SHA1
e2216a7e9b73f5cb0279351c78ce61c33475cea7

SHA256
bb229a48bee31f5d54ca12dc9bd960c63a671f0d4be86a054c1d324a44499d96

SHA512
bd9ab35dde3a5242b04c159187732e13b0a6da50ddcff7015dfb78cdd68743e191eaf5cddedd49bef7d2d5a642c217272a40e5ba603fe24ca676a53f8c417c5d

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