Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 06:59

Sample ID 231228-smdscaccb5
Target e61975f2db92078b52dce8d849ea13e1
SHA256 18ff7d16bdc1a633ac1c6aa2bac58d8b5fa1589aa74d456d0f06aa7037576a37
Tags
macro xlm
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

18ff7d16bdc1a633ac1c6aa2bac58d8b5fa1589aa74d456d0f06aa7037576a37

Threat Level: Known bad

The file e61975f2db92078b52dce8d849ea13e1 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro xlm

Process spawned unexpected child process

Suspicious Office macro

Deletes itself

Process spawned suspicious child process

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Views/modifies file attributes

Enumerates system info in registry

NTFS ADS

Modifies registry class

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2023-12-28 15:14

Signatures

Suspicious Office macro

macro xlm
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-12-28 15:14

Reported

2024-01-08 19:36

Platform

win7-20231215-en

Max time kernel

121s

Max time network

126s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e61975f2db92078b52dce8d849ea13e1.xls

Signatures

Process spawned unexpected child process

Description Indicator Process Target
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE

Deletes itself

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

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

adware spyware
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\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\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3427588347-1492276948-3422228430-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key deleted \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Modifies registry class

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

NTFS ADS

Description Indicator Process Target
File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73967F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

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

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2724 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2724 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2724 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2724 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1692 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1692 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1692 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1692 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2400 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2400 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2400 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 2400 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1532 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1532 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1532 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1532 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
PID 1692 wrote to memory of 1196 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
PID 1692 wrote to memory of 1196 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
PID 1692 wrote to memory of 1196 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
PID 1692 wrote to memory of 1196 N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe

Views/modifies file attributes

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe N/A

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\e61975f2db92078b52dce8d849ea13e1.xls

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Del /F /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c RD /S /Q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe

attrib -S -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\K4.XLS"

Network

N/A

Files

memory/1112-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-1-0x0000000071FCD000-0x0000000071FD8000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-3-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-4-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-5-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-6-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-7-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-8-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-10-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-11-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-12-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-9-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-13-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-14-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-16-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-17-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-15-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-18-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-19-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-20-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-21-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-22-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-23-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-24-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-25-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-26-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-27-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-28-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-29-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-30-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-31-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-32-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-34-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-56-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-80-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-103-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-125-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-148-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-170-0x0000000071FCD000-0x0000000071FD8000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-172-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-195-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-222-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-224-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-246-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-269-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-292-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-316-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-343-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-344-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-345-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-346-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-347-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-348-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-349-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-350-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-351-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

memory/1112-355-0x0000000071FCD000-0x0000000071FD8000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2023-12-28 15:14

Reported

2024-01-08 19:36

Platform

win10v2004-20231215-en

Max time kernel

0s

Max time network

133s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e61975f2db92078b52dce8d849ea13e1.xls"

Signatures

Process spawned suspicious child process

Description Indicator Process Target
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

Processes

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

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e61975f2db92078b52dce8d849ea13e1.xls"

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k PrintWorkflow -s PrintWorkflowUserSvc

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE" -x -s 4708

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe -x -s 4708

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.76.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 146.78.124.51.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 85.177.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 20.231.121.79:80 tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 200.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
GB 88.221.134.11:80 tcp

Files

memory/4444-5-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-9-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-11-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-14-0x00007FF90CE10000-0x00007FF90CE20000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-16-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-18-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-20-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-23-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-22-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-21-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-19-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-17-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-15-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-13-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-12-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-10-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-8-0x00007FF90CE10000-0x00007FF90CE20000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-7-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-6-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-4-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-3-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-2-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-1-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-0-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-39-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-43-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-42-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-41-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-54-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-53-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-52-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-51-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp

memory/4444-55-0x00007FF94F6F0000-0x00007FF94F8E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4512-50-0x00007FF90F770000-0x00007FF90F780000-memory.dmp