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

Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
154s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
03/04/2023, 21:37

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General

Target

http://windows.msn.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 38 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "387332851"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31024779"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31024779"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\msn.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{142F3723-D27F-11ED-9EF6-DAE3AE61CC88} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "3912640847"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3912640847"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe300000000020000000000106600000001000020000000bd2a39b07573d7436f0ed53c6f3f462b690f829ce96d829deb53e9338247e5c2000000000e8000000002000020000000f9562ac1e223de4aa48cb077f03c2c57ff01b05a6e36a0baf491820a8b120cba200000001b1961b2030a195c66b32a437fc49c3cb6914a8f56d587b2874a3b25c3bea57940000000848473594654b826df796ebcea7079204d5ad8ea64eaf8df8b343729487cc91f856f8a6957dffec3b48e68d637e4d801c306b11b0f294699e475a5b96e7aef89	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 20fee7ea8b66d901	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3888	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3888	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3888	iexplore.exe
3888	iexplore.exe
5096	IEXPLORE.EXE
5096	IEXPLORE.EXE
5096	IEXPLORE.EXE
5096	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 5096	3888	iexplore.exe	85
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 5096	3888	iexplore.exe	85
PID 3888 wrote to memory of 5096	3888	iexplore.exe	85

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://windows.msn.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3888
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:3888 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:5096

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
8b82e64a7691fb70aec48c12c37eb312

SHA1
96084b73e24ced2adea93695f71a62092771ce79

SHA256
5e1b36f0cccb94221d862d2fe35c892d699d397a87f74f18a668a57ba7ef8d5e

SHA512
36802e6043f76d717a376d762f84e89be4bf5b6675bcc662f9f768dfe6487582654333ede1f871cadaa5b5120ad5147ca81bd79b5092623d38f1fbf4037237f8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\82CB34DD3343FE727DF8890D352E0D8F

Filesize
7KB

MD5
dd50a5d6139e6d8b6992797ccd04818a

SHA1
7350c9c059d598c83af220ca6d30f1b13540cfa0

SHA256
b117851f48442b165516bc5b29d58ba0efac8b73ea78bfa676d43be87d9d5df3

SHA512
273265d2df03adf0284203a021f2f1f1d13d7b3e3154a7837d8112a27db591bda198f074ce9d2ca743c400a2c90b180b4f0be03fb950c8d342624a7590aab976

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
74d1a36288f83a3ffa1c16ef21645009

SHA1
dc723e56830c95d3b2cc40a4c77216856632d9a6

SHA256
c5cddc77078b20f1177d0075880dd8b16426b3fe04d332da1d3bdd70f0fd7a28

SHA512
88e93567b7f4d3741996bed1cb7e33f3e6e51aff4bfd362ca2f5fe08334c333aded1fdee1cd67a83498c3ce64b0a21e5401746f2c2500311e9cacc3584c8a395

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\82CB34DD3343FE727DF8890D352E0D8F

Filesize
232B

MD5
5d488a45291c47a31643e6cc134f166a

SHA1
94b903f8a0aa92cb51bc7fa972192d1f2d98a8cb

SHA256
7bc534bcb5c36ecc9ff829d30cb47efc86b97ffce3996787295f034023995e1f

SHA512
268c61521b4a9a62aff3e19b95e90059c7722311128011b51ac62521829f8e34999f264c49c275baf28137e474d5216292c99fe1a20a6beb360ea9f397409b13

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

Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\feo4h2u\imagestore.dat

Filesize
942B

MD5
40957cfca793d5334541cd4e6fcc276c

SHA1
6073b2a5bbaa8da289fb35e0432ea9d062e35936

SHA256
4ce75414df3c8aad8b912075c9b71a2dfa57391f0ceacf3b7a4c066bc7c1acb3

SHA512
b6bd3df59c125fcf1d6a4c24b093a1000ae92ec4b02bca1c0c3290fc57db59cde569c0f255e0121fbda5bcc2bdc5514c9ed784d8c925c5d64398833beb614e23

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\UUIKWEAJ\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\WPCK8CWE\a5ea21[1].ico

Filesize
758B

MD5
84cc977d0eb148166481b01d8418e375

SHA1
00e2461bcd67d7ba511db230415000aefbd30d2d

SHA256
bbf8da37d92138cc08ffeec8e3379c334988d5ae99f4415579999bfbbb57a66c

SHA512
f47a507077f9173fb07ec200c2677ba5f783d645be100f12efe71f701a74272a98e853c4fab63740d685853935d545730992d0004c9d2fe8e1965445cab509c3

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