Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-05 16:22

Sample ID 231023-mghlfshg72
Target Quotation_Oct23.doc
SHA256 976314b7a78022730e95f94ec9bde2c2336be574eccdc364ac26757fc7c1e267
Tags
formbook o5gu rat spyware stealer trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

976314b7a78022730e95f94ec9bde2c2336be574eccdc364ac26757fc7c1e267

Threat Level: Known bad

The file Quotation_Oct23.doc was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

formbook o5gu rat spyware stealer trojan

Formbook

Formbook payload

Downloads MZ/PE file

Blocklisted process makes network request

Loads dropped DLL

Executes dropped EXE

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Drops file in Windows directory

Program crash

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Modifies registry class

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Launches Equation Editor

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2023-10-23 10:26

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-10-23 10:26

Reported

2023-10-23 10:28

Platform

win7-20231020-en

Max time kernel

118s

Max time network

121s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quotation_Oct23.rtf"

Signatures

Formbook

trojan spyware stealer formbook

Formbook payload

rat
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Blocklisted process makes network request

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE N/A

Downloads MZ/PE file

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2776 set thread context of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

Drops file in Windows directory

Description Indicator Process Target
File opened for modification C:\Windows\Debug\WIA\wiatrace.log C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Program crash

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Launches Equation Editor

exploit
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE N/A

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

adware spyware
Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
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\"" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000 C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
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\"" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986878123-1347213090-2173403696-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Modifies registry class

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

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2776 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2776 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2776 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 1928 wrote to memory of 2776 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2020 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2020 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2020 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2020 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 2776 wrote to memory of 1748 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe
PID 1748 wrote to memory of 1052 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 1748 wrote to memory of 1052 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 1748 wrote to memory of 1052 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
PID 1748 wrote to memory of 1052 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

Processes

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_Oct23.rtf"

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe"

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1748 -s 36

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 china.dhabigroup.top udp
US 172.67.132.61:80 china.dhabigroup.top tcp

Files

memory/2112-0-0x000000002FA51000-0x000000002FA52000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-2-0x00000000710CD000-0x00000000710D8000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

memory/2776-15-0x00000000012B0000-0x000000000135A000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-16-0x000000006AB50000-0x000000006B23E000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-21-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004D80000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-22-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003EC000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-23-0x0000000000350000-0x000000000035C000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-24-0x00000000710CD000-0x00000000710D8000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-25-0x000000006AB50000-0x000000006B23E000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-26-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004D80000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-28-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp

memory/2776-29-0x000000000A5C0000-0x000000000A62E000-memory.dmp

memory/1748-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

memory/1748-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

memory/1748-33-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

memory/1748-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

memory/2776-43-0x000000006AB50000-0x000000006B23E000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\owen49674.exe

MD5 fe3629f841657d1ae164d8350eef1009
SHA1 a9026e2e80aaa7393a7e4dd2a39acc64d19ead0a
SHA256 2fd50e5697f2d8aa6f9bea9d946b1fbf6145aedd6cca90ee4032cbbae229e934
SHA512 b5f85e540c21bfbd363be902a4c9cf4662181534d855b497bfd9d1af1671d0f0f981661e1e71fa93c7177071048affc69ae86f16fe45fbdbc0fbc13a4f0cc738

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

MD5 871bdeeaa0e0ca01ea7e83fc44c3d866
SHA1 e4695954d144a468916910f756633ce67f06be70
SHA256 cbc77d4628643555977db145b581ff9ef2926d181926b4c61ca8b15e46277e41
SHA512 cdda68f2cd5d024657b4bafd1380e8e016bc0d56ff54b891b42231b6a52adcee2b967390a4d71f8e6ed996af56cc14b3c89f1d4344dc16d836fcba62260a2b3b

memory/2112-62-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-63-0x00000000710CD000-0x00000000710D8000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-10-23 10:26

Reported

2023-10-23 10:28

Platform

win10v2004-20231020-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

146s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quotation_Oct23.rtf" /o ""

Signatures

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE N/A

Processes

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quotation_Oct23.rtf" /o ""

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 205.47.74.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 90.65.42.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 11.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4568-0-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-2-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-1-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-3-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-4-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-5-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-6-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-7-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-8-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-9-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-10-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-11-0x00007FFC31A00000-0x00007FFC31A10000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-12-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-13-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-14-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-15-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-17-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-18-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-16-0x00007FFC31A00000-0x00007FFC31A10000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-19-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-20-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-21-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-30-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-31-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-32-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-55-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-56-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-57-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-59-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-58-0x00007FFC33BF0000-0x00007FFC33C00000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-60-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-61-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp

memory/4568-62-0x00007FFC73B70000-0x00007FFC73D65000-memory.dmp