Analysis

  • max time kernel
    102s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    03-05-2023 11:09

General

  • Target

    Payment_Advice02052023_PDF.rtf

  • Size

    29KB

  • MD5

    a0036c0ddc5e446bb58859bbf3dc82bf

  • SHA1

    3e81bfb875f7cf81e61358a8559e14880103ddd6

  • SHA256

    a18cddd93f3a184dea5e873c393fa88b9002d4e23fa4725360f7333b4a8da51c

  • SHA512

    053582a4f6c54c454a9ae815ab21d8d326b418c0f86b45373e8b3ece1008e8dd0914ad4269df5b5456ce6610c7cdcfcaace86751937e3a6f1caf41e0a1631c71

  • SSDEEP

    768:tFx0XaIsnPRIa4fwJMJjO/O2+SHWaC3N0Fr:tf0Xvx3EM9R2DHA3N0Fr

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

C2

https://api.telegram.org/bot5350270151:AAHiqzi7CQnEGEk3Xi-PyJX8ov0x6B-8S1I/

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 4 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 4 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\Payment_Advice02052023_PDF.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:1476
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1336
    • 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:752
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:608
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:1172
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:1960
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:292

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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    Downloads

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

      Filesize

      20KB

      MD5

      14bcb45ea3ea246b3cb7a057e0fddca1

      SHA1

      f3c904a587759ba4e0155533fd99744058d12083

      SHA256

      2b0c2eb5bf695458d809abe2676a1537a5bb5f757780189fc6807bd8029a8297

      SHA512

      67986e36c4a1d5d8fcf4c9de8dd6641b6a9387838efef048918ae6ff31f42aa72f112a6496520d52d999018c07aa85de21ffe42d455104abb0241b32fa2acf9a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\prosperwns79251.exe

      Filesize

      699KB

      MD5

      7e31b76e322f1ed1197da8b2e0e40567

      SHA1

      3e184da471a5340586c0b1278e1498c74a0aa480

      SHA256

      eb77b5d84aa59f04708cc6a68fba809d6d9cb507a325e272fb83ca2c8b416295

      SHA512

      fc71b9a449e8e6a2eae1ca109cbfcf3885d22a6861c1e0b01943522de4409b6abec593ace387223578a15acefd0fd4b45170c038df51f513cae2c5ba6e1a6c56

    • memory/292-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/292-89-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/292-110-0x0000000004D80000-0x0000000004DC0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/292-92-0x0000000004D80000-0x0000000004DC0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/292-91-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/292-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/292-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/292-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/292-85-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/292-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      192KB

    • memory/608-73-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/608-72-0x0000000004E00000-0x0000000004E40000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/608-76-0x0000000000450000-0x000000000045C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/608-74-0x0000000004E00000-0x0000000004E40000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/608-78-0x0000000001F30000-0x0000000001F70000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/608-77-0x0000000005770000-0x00000000057EA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      488KB

    • memory/608-67-0x0000000000090000-0x0000000000146000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      728KB

    • memory/1476-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1476-128-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB