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Analysis

max time kernel
133s
max time network
157s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
08/05/2023, 03:17

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General

Target

META-INF/links.xml
Size

53B
MD5

bac13fd9a0bd005cfd344275fb7d0066
SHA1

c79751e25a6c608006fb75421d21f8382430ab04
SHA256

82fa176d3135d85af874dbf34339848dd8f82fc0bccbfb3d20f1ffd1bb07641a
SHA512

bcfd73174c3ee2d37b36848c7331bcea8e9977530d3055b3298b186e4cf8c684f27060bb7d881440df81a61e748c7d72c05ade982d8e6b2b2f2a33eac2b703bc

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	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\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{CDE79B08-ED5F-11ED-B7D7-E63637889D5B} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 008bdaa36c81d901	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\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "2732758181"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 20a4cea36c81d901	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\DomainSuggestion	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 (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
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d000000000200000000001066000000010000200000003a68d7ba65f6a25a3ecde2df769fc544fae1f96a2b55d61d27c79609eda5948e000000000e80000000020000200000003f2f6fd803cbf6e773dee614cddb43c1a519686d762644da59a8e34568b1356e200000000faca56a5885d536e9add96c7373a507e76832b4506a5f207bff22430edcf1c24000000096b5e74a66f56585366c93e961abce63223a8f2f4d605f122dc12b02b1b1926b32f93210b602d58a2be21181ef9c00d88fb70a9d7c054a3d9c51b42ef6538a21	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\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	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\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31031660"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31031660"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000c884d0db6b01394f84d012a5eedc1d2d00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000dcc77883d571af9d08573cce1c7e145d00c20b5ec565c1f96afbee1a4547dcab000000000e8000000002000020000000860c89d29fc8360ff233e52e53248128ed1140ee66353e467efd412d8180453f20000000a7add2db6b7574cecbd5b7027ca5cf75ddc883aa71c3bb81f87614057b1b5a5a400000007a17549044d4ae6d506d57a7ef18cf8708df02aa72dc885c3fdf596946379bd2b02f0412601b869c8d8b73b01b6ae89ae909d7033579dcc2e768cb96e979efd0	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\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "2732758181"	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\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "389685006"	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\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1013461898-3711306144-4198452673-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1492	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1492	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1492	iexplore.exe
1492	iexplore.exe
3916	IEXPLORE.EXE
3916	IEXPLORE.EXE
3916	IEXPLORE.EXE
3916	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 1492	1164	MSOXMLED.EXE	82
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 1492	1164	MSOXMLED.EXE	82
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 3916	1492	iexplore.exe	84
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 3916	1492	iexplore.exe	84
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 3916	1492	iexplore.exe	84

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Office16\MSOXMLED.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Office16\MSOXMLED.EXE" /verb open "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\META-INF\links.xml"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1164
- C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\META-INF\links.xml
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1492
- - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:1492 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
    3⤵
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3916

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

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\ver5999.tmp

Filesize
15KB

MD5
1a545d0052b581fbb2ab4c52133846bc

SHA1
62f3266a9b9925cd6d98658b92adec673cbe3dd3

SHA256
557472aeaebf4c1c800b9df14c190f66d62cbabb011300dbedde2dcddd27a6c1

SHA512
bd326d111589d87cd6d019378ec725ac9ac7ad4c36f22453941f7d52f90b747ede4783a83dfff6cae1b3bb46690ad49cffa77f2afda019b22863ac485b406e8d

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memory/1164-133-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-134-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-135-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-136-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-137-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1164-138-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-140-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-139-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1164-141-0x00007FFBA7B10000-0x00007FFBA7B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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