hxxp://www[.]msftconnecttest[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
164s
max time network
179s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03-04-2023 21:34

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General

Target

http://www.msftconnecttest.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000051d6db365ce0f843a8e6cfaf226c4d2b00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000b866919a0d2924c4df972854a11abffb06e820fac3319203be4a12901eb46e4f000000000e80000000020000200000008e7e4f65746e1116445d5d3ceb6e69d057a3af25df84e9dfb98c072f3c2b315b20000000055bb3f04cbbd87866f9a3d928af8a3abb210f03b016b3751d3b8311488b3860400000008711ec55131a8b3c3109284346da29e1a0502458c32974ca25a5b11c868514d589a5c5b9aee0c88271851845cee09c0f337881fa78b35859e34503b614362ce1	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 107861cd8966d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	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\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\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "387331926"	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
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3184783721"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	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
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3184783721"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024777"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	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\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	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 (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f06140ca8966d901	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\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 = "31024777"	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
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000051d6db365ce0f843a8e6cfaf226c4d2b0000000002000000000010660000000100002000000046a782f7ed7d109661d1c7d4ef8653abd01c41ec6d9c26d5981c932a7b56fb6e000000000e8000000002000020000000b57ab043a772bff78598a363faeed2069bec97fba105351e7874ae5e233ade6e20000000f9c822232924a2424d01e34eb225203d2b6439276f78ab70965ee0067df1c03a4000000081778052798f646650a1c90a223c0d6c19ba676ca9e61fc1e216b42e3a1ca74cab4b302df1df32efad455425522d5a21d51febfe0999f9f08e57de9ad90e089b	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\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{E29204FE-D27C-11ED-8227-CA267358E1AC} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2805025096-2326403612-4231045514-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2984	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2984	iexplore.exe
2984	iexplore.exe
1336	IEXPLORE.EXE
1336	IEXPLORE.EXE
1336	IEXPLORE.EXE
1336	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2984 wrote to memory of 1336	2984	iexplore.exe	84
PID 2984 wrote to memory of 1336	2984	iexplore.exe	84
PID 2984 wrote to memory of 1336	2984	iexplore.exe	84

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://www.msftconnecttest.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2984
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2984 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1336

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\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\GPVLIKPI\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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