Analysis

  • max time kernel
    102s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230621-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230621-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    27/06/2023, 12:08

General

  • Target

    REQUEST FOR QUOTATION.xls

  • Size

    1.3MB

  • MD5

    4bdecf933cf87cac4f8aed299fdcd572

  • SHA1

    f51de953af94d96108b1f8269aa91274de64e4dd

  • SHA256

    5278127c9e67bad3f8f2470c767aac3c0801cbbcf7c68c1d2e57a37e989b83ed

  • SHA512

    4458aff6ce0e3e85668b5aead589716d49e62fb449f940126f7c4b80b2566d274e7ca23a1c02bb70eb3ffa41dfeaf89217de46bd3bf921eb39fbf8dd28d817fb

  • SSDEEP

    24576:84xqLKYjW4DLwBkLjVcDLwBk9iw17IpuLLkDePd6ACmdg1rl7FeYp:bQLKYjWPgjVboX1sMkQCmdql5e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

agenttesla

Credentials

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 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 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
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 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\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\REQUEST FOR QUOTATION.xls"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1696
  • 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:1488
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:564
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\cpHEVhhhe.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1272
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\cpHEVhhhe" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpDA2A.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1772
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1200
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • outlook_office_path
        • outlook_win_path
        PID:1604

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.MSO\2D981182.emf

          Filesize

          642KB

          MD5

          264a31e9f8c92a0164a6d2ec2014dd2b

          SHA1

          c135d4704a6ee5f30af95bc79081a0febf082abb

          SHA256

          916bbc46fa7894afa4d21a7f26e9fee6c748ebd1a914e5d8194f12e29929c7c4

          SHA512

          109395ecc8ffee84600a782c1d0c9f50d5bc9c659b38eed6d205a57b6e9332e9af510d0ffe80c116b801bb4a2cbb5d1360d463ee22a1191a5962e0a6fd515c83

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabED9C.tmp

          Filesize

          62KB

          MD5

          3ac860860707baaf32469fa7cc7c0192

          SHA1

          c33c2acdaba0e6fa41fd2f00f186804722477639

          SHA256

          d015145d551ecd14916270efad773bbc9fd57fad2228d2c24559f696c961d904

          SHA512

          d62ad2408c969a95550fb87efda50f988770ba5e39972041bf85924275baf156b8bec309ecc6409e5acdd37ec175dea40eff921ab58933b5b5b5d35a6147567c

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpDA2A.tmp

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          2ee3ee69c49b3c2e125c55b9bccc9382

          SHA1

          d646fb0343e822d065513f1924d72ed1da685685

          SHA256

          dbbf414582a7cab175ce23d39d1067e899dcf8b01145587d2db4addfaa937e52

          SHA512

          07a24e55e49b8ef75a12a0790273afcd31362b1233eb4aab652bcebd65c8d21aed6bc9543b2e4a088a94a14d9e68ba3633b059d79a232f3e4f4c0abfddcfdf85

        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ibm_Centos_OS.exe

          Filesize

          574KB

          MD5

          153bed9772c83355fafea2e3671a540f

          SHA1

          63d150d84515394da50a5355a2a8cf84163fcef1

          SHA256

          e5dbce139ab26dc9f743ca4161894d49adddd7c9bd0f1ac4adf4177aec479b69

          SHA512

          092464664a04ae154bc4ecfb99f7ff017af73314941afa2027f7b17560f187cdd84d81e001e705b5fd3a98391263afab3e51219421d4749b4176e93c09430c3f

        • memory/564-74-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000005FC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          48KB

        • memory/564-75-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000004BC0000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          256KB

        • memory/564-76-0x0000000000630000-0x000000000063C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          48KB

        • memory/564-72-0x0000000000930000-0x00000000009C6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          600KB

        • memory/564-73-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000004BC0000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          256KB

        • memory/564-77-0x0000000006140000-0x00000000061AA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          424KB

        • memory/1272-100-0x00000000023C0000-0x0000000002400000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          256KB

        • memory/1604-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1604-90-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/1604-91-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1604-96-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1604-98-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1604-89-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1604-99-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D30000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          256KB

        • memory/1604-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1604-118-0x0000000004CF0000-0x0000000004D30000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          256KB

        • memory/1604-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          192KB

        • memory/1696-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB

        • memory/1696-125-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          64KB