4d190fffe482e99437ee796ee1b2e66938dfd77100ede00584733ec5442f6716

Analysis

max time kernel
118s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20230831-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230831-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
12/10/2023, 16:44

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General

Target

Quotation.rtf
Size

1.4MB
MD5

1d615678fe4e768a0b8ff9f15d4a2884
SHA1

cf5c72330c3f6448e6db9323f459ec516803a6bb
SHA256

4d190fffe482e99437ee796ee1b2e66938dfd77100ede00584733ec5442f6716
SHA512

277578ae5f63c4629d51bb6bdc692e88fd2dadd4c907ec5be3c1cd4d325241b831b1a47aca5c57a148d4d6ea829646400ab20a8bae33c70a5c6bb74933eba486
SSDEEP

24576:e0A012D/XAViyGfUA48/+1sBe7v+zq6rI9JwzPCp/fgDQ1zPV4LgXxs5pmNJRTB6:m

Score

8^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
4	2180	EQNEDT32.EXE

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Debug\WIA\wiatrace.log	WINWORD.EXE

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

exploit

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

pid	Process
2180	EQNEDT32.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-86725733-3001458681-3405935542-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\MSPUB.EXE\" %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon\htmlfile	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\MSPUB.EXE\" %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" /p %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\ = "&Print"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon\mhtmlfile	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\DefaultIcon\ = "\"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shellex\IconHandler	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version\14\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\InprocServer32\ = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohevi.dll"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application\ = "Excel"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\DefaultIcon	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\DefaultIcon\ = "\"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\application\ = "Excel"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shellex\IconHandler\ = "{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	WINWORD.EXE
3020	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 1804	3020	WINWORD.EXE	33
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 1804	3020	WINWORD.EXE	33
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 1804	3020	WINWORD.EXE	33
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 1804	3020	WINWORD.EXE	33

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quotation.rtf"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3020
- C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
  C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
  2⤵
  PID:1804

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
- Launches Equation Editor
PID:2180

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

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\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

Filesize
20KB

MD5
15479c7c80e9dc22e2438bcb6df9b9b3

SHA1
61a358f3a3bfb6fa53a2b6205520e71212d30571

SHA256
32afc71150d58deaf501fc400e8a3db741fb27df2b3d2fcdb974a50c4ad2372e

SHA512
a420d6d3a50584dc0dd169b7e3084070df11601c096ead141e9ecee70a0e58ee3b210751c4750923ab8924a4200587a840b5837c96f07282e560ef78e854c9f6

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memory/3020-0-0x000000002F9E1000-0x000000002F9E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3020-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3020-2-0x0000000070DDD000-0x0000000070DE8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/3020-10-0x0000000070DDD000-0x0000000070DE8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/3020-29-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/3020-30-0x0000000070DDD000-0x0000000070DE8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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