hxxp://cred[.]microsoft[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
151s
max time network
168s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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09/05/2023, 22:48

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General

Target

http://cred.microsoft.com

Score

5^/10

microsoft phishing

Malware Config

Signatures

Detected potential entity reuse from brand microsoft.
phishing microsoft

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 29 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000675316f82fdac74aa8f3bd7995064a970000000002000000000010660000000100002000000063800ce19b457bc90979442487550a339fb0bbb61fd5cc8b4c7951bec875ecd7000000000e8000000002000020000000d817ec04343942b0593b0166654e09bedddfe6fcd77963f70d038c0b4eafcc8620000000325b96c960ba046d7aba826921f2271bcd890868fb05eebd414be17565b1ced3400000008644d66f696378e22072ffd6a57d587d6ce8f8ca18c1a3ddea2c66ae18dd6cca08b583142f910eabbef3ce872f4996e302bb4c7c4538a3dfae60622b493b3601	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000675316f82fdac74aa8f3bd7995064a9700000000020000000000106600000001000020000000cf59ad23815b0eda39555ff7eb1cd4a83f659572bc270cf898f966f96558720d000000000e8000000002000020000000d6a08b28dd7b231ba848e384cb3ad947fb8a6e6cc04df129acf8ac836a2d04f520000000e1dce467662b9721c30131042b1cac0e2acd751031c11c872d3150aa55b7b68940000000789c826bb42f4aa765b938f3388ad450e6255375b270811378c9a9b2b3ce3cb63163f0d0b1d2e24f2f971a8915084c09507b455a71ca6ec7de2f35dc90d84250	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = f01bdb37dd82d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{3BE3FA48-EED0-11ED-ABF7-4E963766237A} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "390446369"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a02e5e38dd82d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1529757233-3489015626-3409890339-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4056	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4056	iexplore.exe
4056	iexplore.exe
1596	IEXPLORE.EXE
1596	IEXPLORE.EXE
1596	IEXPLORE.EXE
1596	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 1596	4056	iexplore.exe	86
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 1596	4056	iexplore.exe	86
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 1596	4056	iexplore.exe	86

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://cred.microsoft.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4056
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4056 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1596

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\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157

Filesize
340B

MD5
696d994d11eb0682c986f70786f43830

SHA1
0f39b1cfa977725720da65154b16ebbbc4732f65

SHA256
f445f3d91ec658c34c3d18fa411e010dcdf6a8936c65072d481ea888aa3ab086

SHA512
aae8db3558dd05e42a7807f0f00972be8ae650c1b25b7468250a9b8ea625de70ba191199ff2512c0d247b5be28d4fbaab211a978f73140bebf0e4f701e78ff66

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\dcpq11e\imagestore.dat

Filesize
17KB

MD5
24319b75fc4445b3ca552304c27df07c

SHA1
5549f58ac9d5aca940d242b0c5d7310b8aafa5b0

SHA256
66c88fd8024419e1691bd538709433f9834367dad9aa25c3823a18d86b6101f4

SHA512
743596904a449b6b7db13e541dafc6a64891c6bfe177d7edf17b240663aa11b95ac3ee5449ed80b131bbe6c46936764565c39600e1c6e0e940a13af098b268a8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\imagestore\dcpq11e\imagestore.dat

Filesize
17KB

MD5
24319b75fc4445b3ca552304c27df07c

SHA1
5549f58ac9d5aca940d242b0c5d7310b8aafa5b0

SHA256
66c88fd8024419e1691bd538709433f9834367dad9aa25c3823a18d86b6101f4

SHA512
743596904a449b6b7db13e541dafc6a64891c6bfe177d7edf17b240663aa11b95ac3ee5449ed80b131bbe6c46936764565c39600e1c6e0e940a13af098b268a8

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\LZ0AI98S\favicon[1].ico

Filesize
16KB

MD5
12e3dac858061d088023b2bd48e2fa96

SHA1
e08ce1a144eceae0c3c2ea7a9d6fbc5658f24ce5

SHA256
90cdaf487716184e4034000935c605d1633926d348116d198f355a98b8c6cd21

SHA512
c5030c55a855e7a9e20e22f4c70bf1e0f3c558a9b7d501cfab6992ac2656ae5e41b050ccac541efa55f9603e0d349b247eb4912ee169d44044271789c719cd01

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\LZ0AI98S\suggestions[1].en-US

Filesize
17KB

MD5
5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a

SHA1
3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f

SHA256
c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad

SHA512
e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee

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