hxxps://go[.]microsoft[.]com/fwlink/?Linkid=844050

Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
146s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
04/05/2023, 15:17

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General

Target

https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=844050

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 51 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 10751271ac7ed901	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{97E0FBBC-EA9F-11ED-9F77-4221DB3A75C8} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1817668172"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31030956"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1817668172"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\Total\ = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\Total = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31030956"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000038a9e23718fe574b84afdc36f043bb4c00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000d67f25e7eaae2683cbb91f3d786a574924685da7e1b5e380c48dd1a1a6259606000000000e800000000200002000000062c83f2884d2598c0098db8a60bca99695345ac7832a18dffef65e73aad6726b20000000f07a41ff0224c44cf7c449ece858beba32ce7ebcb515c7722a17f92f8252a0d140000000ffdbda6fd23a7d4fe01dc5950d00661e5039249c26996777f4f43135b80ffecb8a0ea225ad1b5cf9d3c7a40523083ba4ebe56c84c49de58d14f8f238d6c1e221	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 605df870ac7ed901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "389985644"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\support.microsoft.com\ = "124"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31030956"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1828606920"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000038a9e23718fe574b84afdc36f043bb4c000000000200000000001066000000010000200000007066486aea175009c86d5f98434da70907e1d2e00eb594e9f1a6a5387aa6ac6b000000000e800000000200002000000076269088eaa6ce12133cace7253e0abb4db4a26e487e6a2f1e649144e0073b412000000048b7e2bbc14a8de858efb72a732759b7ea984a6eb05f156ad8201b9055635ef44000000049a53cf0e8a88243c74e3f7312a38718c6e4047bcbfd988733281558845b53d32aad25356d2f0702527177d4a110628a96db34c44f67dc29ad8c8af7ad53a829	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\microsoft.com	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1675742406-747946869-1029867430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1268	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1268	iexplore.exe
1268	iexplore.exe
3932	IEXPLORE.EXE
3932	IEXPLORE.EXE
3932	IEXPLORE.EXE
3932	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1268 wrote to memory of 3932	1268	iexplore.exe	83
PID 1268 wrote to memory of 3932	1268	iexplore.exe	83
PID 1268 wrote to memory of 3932	1268	iexplore.exe	83

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=844050
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1268
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1268 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3932

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
d3ad1d0180b7dc7052dca9f110805264

SHA1
7f0a4da85d18ecf0fe83c6e064dbfdf588e0b49b

SHA256
0d4664a81907644f48f5edf1051ccab1fd2ffdf8eeb70d0a0bc548d8b3a32db9

SHA512
ea6c1ff898da350fb14663e7cf181c2a85a59855aeffc0579a2c88552f8d6c9d6f322b5e1c727fe05e52afdee078e80f699070443d60f81349313ef827905068

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

Filesize
416B

MD5
d4b9e591cd6812bcd4d8291fc09acd83

SHA1
15b1be5f0838020818abad9d5f7ebc77b621b781

SHA256
d2a3c68c035c6e1c1a54f608577234148427309b4a5b064cd2d5d687e9932e43

SHA512
8b90e226ca5262e55a82cb4b36172ed2d73491253781ec129a8c0e8847bb76441e84892889bf161885bba9ba03cf6f65ce313c10035454a40c4315eb84e858ca

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\30M8LV1B\support.microsoft[1].xml

Filesize
17B

MD5
3ff4d575d1d04c3b54f67a6310f2fc95

SHA1
1308937c1a46e6c331d5456bcd4b2182dc444040

SHA256
021a5868b6c9e8beba07848ba30586c693f87ac02ee2ccaa0f26b7163c0c6b44

SHA512
2b26501c4bf86ed66e941735c49ac445d683ad49ed94c5d87cc96228081ae2c8f4a8f44a2a5276b9f4b0962decfce6b9eeee38e42262ce8d865d5df0df7ec3d6

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\30M8LV1B\support.microsoft[1].xml

Filesize
13B

MD5
c1ddea3ef6bbef3e7060a1a9ad89e4c5

SHA1
35e3224fcbd3e1af306f2b6a2c6bbea9b0867966

SHA256
b71e4d17274636b97179ba2d97c742735b6510eb54f22893d3a2daff2ceb28db

SHA512
6be8cec7c862afae5b37aa32dc5bb45912881a3276606da41bf808a4ef92c318b355e616bf45a257b995520d72b7c08752c0be445dceade5cf79f73480910fed

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

Filesize
771B

MD5
42d1ed70096ae6643db1fb966922914e

SHA1
32b487e0edae3dbbd6ff7fa7e8ea1ed76ea61cf4

SHA256
fad7116b18541ee33de50ff56adcc079bdc53ac018ac38ddf9c08f5e3f42e3d4

SHA512
ec2fe66945d63c55683f4ef099a56b8db8dd72f53c50829bea2b401fba5c94e047de79fd21fbc281b5a1c4be9e78c7ffc6fec865159508e3969f1ddacc3a1597

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\S1Q31HZS\favicon-32x32[1].png

Filesize
631B

MD5
fb2ed9313c602f40b7a2762acc15ff89

SHA1
8a390d07a8401d40cbc1a16d873911fa4cb463f5

SHA256
b241d02fab4b17291af37993eb249f9303eb5897610abafac4c9f6aa6a878369

SHA512
9cbcf5c7b8409494f6d543434ecaff42de8a2d0632a17931062d7d1cc130d43e61162eedb0965b545e65e0687ded4d4b51e29631568af34b157a7d02a3852508

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\YYL8D8JJ\OffSMDL2.4.50[1].woff

Filesize
43KB

MD5
4c6c928daf19e2a06faf12bd2f002d2e

SHA1
027d4709db809d9e9b2627b74a152aec29066ee8

SHA256
2c9728c235211d8956826af42d99936b409536e6027e9162835731d5b005d462

SHA512
62445364d9696d1ffa4bacb49b6d04d4d2415d3145b628885d48348c233a11fa336c5de8133564c541d73152950b33a3661f190d3f86a326ceff13cb0d52005e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\YYL8D8JJ\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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