hxxp://msn[.]com

Analysis

max time kernel
94s
max time network
122s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230220-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
17/05/2023, 16:05

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General

Target

http://msn.com

Score

1^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 40 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	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\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	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 (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1619788828"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastUpdateHighDateTime = "31033578"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe300000000020000000000106600000001000020000000a096b990579c6e8f56b4295a615de48be91af7c81a3e755d686eab2da360838c000000000e8000000002000020000000ff5828f76ed6b271755762e1f1e7ce60380ef9a15a7d9ad41b681713b134444020000000f543d2ab008651592d8544b9ef389833ad7591eec36a36ae942a88486014c19f40000000c98f2186627b4fe8360e1c768cb5ecd8ee2589a5fe591850d18512a66d8aa50eba76a0a6be6b9fb7d865bc39dd1c22bbbf18f2e58bc10ad6bda3c2580d2a3af5	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 = "391111764"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{8BA6F00D-F4DD-11ED-9EF6-42C2EBB090FB} = "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\LastUpdateLowDateTime = "1619788828"	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\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	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\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	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\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	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\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 70fe7a63ea88d901	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	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
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastTTLHighDateTime = "50"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31033578"	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 (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\DOMStorage\msn.com	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\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\VersionManager\LastTTLLowDateTime = "1251635200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000016b1b6fc7cfc59429b2ebf78760d5fe30000000002000000000010660000000100002000000050e3489dd9b72362870f9fa16cdae028977bcc62386be1bc5d0fe0ad951e77fe000000000e80000000020000200000001ce0f2f2b21b9ee86f5493d981c8f28997cd77ecd2107c6a0c7e027b751c03372000000067618c9e9576ad8f43efd6df08595b73d3e23c9b51469736a231e52aa3f27f8940000000c627de9c57de2c42d6088b0b517cfcc419f91133948b6d4e53a145eed37fa8d60fb48e598a9bf72a1ee365a40f5901e2caabb7dfa7cf533128ace8a558740a1f	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2275444769-3691835758-4097679484-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a0eb6763ea88d901	iexplore.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2208	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2208	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2208	iexplore.exe
2208	iexplore.exe
3984	IEXPLORE.EXE
3984	IEXPLORE.EXE
3984	IEXPLORE.EXE
3984	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 3984	2208	iexplore.exe	86
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 3984	2208	iexplore.exe	86
PID 2208 wrote to memory of 3984	2208	iexplore.exe	86

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://msn.com
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2208
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2208 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3984

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
07016cdc594feecfe290545becbfb4aa

SHA1
24444840f000be99fd72c1ba38a562438ef40ce2

SHA256
d04b8eba1bb5f80734384331bf9591e1348bbc07256b2cdaaced7398a5632202

SHA512
98fe1e1eeeb54bf7467f51b09b2913ced06fba7838e6b362b2538937a328c7321d6bf564696a39facfb0885fcb9317ed1e81b49d769096a3f3d4343b2a60e9d5

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

Filesize
434B

MD5
631c36a57c5a585ec16406ecfc234d7f

SHA1
d5c7d5f84ae3a202654f0b3ebf333639ddf55d70

SHA256
5899a3539905b8440d19453e8dd69b8b88c4da4aeae08181ef919b65acaebea0

SHA512
6e6c88bf063a37c562778ecedd979679433aa73d2d9e3222438b16b49e92d8152d4443152b823bce908e3a5804248134b53848eb1f7f1f4882f1d368245d7c67

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\verE1BA.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
2d971ac1e9c3b1b7a925e1f3dcd719e9

SHA1
4eca24413114dc72e9f05a5b4bf703dd2aa2c0a0

SHA256
14d4289f0057bea5c559f4e6ea308986d04ea74d5ad2d43708e410290b302d6f

SHA512
689aa4acff229a81202feba62314c701e8107c0b175d7a89687d2349e91631421863e2487819498068c6b9e7672e6b4e90e12a5851acb422e37579a3ff553161

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

Filesize
758B

MD5
84cc977d0eb148166481b01d8418e375

SHA1
00e2461bcd67d7ba511db230415000aefbd30d2d

SHA256
bbf8da37d92138cc08ffeec8e3379c334988d5ae99f4415579999bfbbb57a66c

SHA512
f47a507077f9173fb07ec200c2677ba5f783d645be100f12efe71f701a74272a98e853c4fab63740d685853935d545730992d0004c9d2fe8e1965445cab509c3

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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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