Analysis Overview
SHA256
af9e9b5792c58a4fb8c70da658a6a012d560426e29c4b183acaacc8db684166b
Threat Level: Likely malicious
The file af9e9b5792c58a4fb8c70da658a6a012d560426e29c4b183acaacc8db684166b was found to be: Likely malicious.
Malicious Activity Summary
Suspicious Office macro
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks processor information in registry
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-05-31 02:22
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-31 02:22
Reported
2024-05-31 02:23
Platform
win7-20240215-en
Max time kernel
46s
Max time network
16s
Command Line
Signatures
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
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\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 (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\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 |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2248906074-2862704502-246302768-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" | 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\af9e9b5792c58a4fb8c70da658a6a012d560426e29c4b183acaacc8db684166b.xlsm
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | docs.google.com | udp |
| GB | 142.250.200.14:443 | docs.google.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | www.dropbox.com | udp |
| GB | 162.125.64.18:443 | www.dropbox.com | tcp |
| GB | 162.125.64.18:443 | www.dropbox.com | tcp |
Files
memory/1276-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-1-0x0000000071F9D000-0x0000000071FA8000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-9-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-3-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-12-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-6-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-5-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-4-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-7-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-8-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-26-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-25-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-24-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-23-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-21-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-20-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-19-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-18-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-17-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-16-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-15-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-14-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-13-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-11-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-10-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-29-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-39-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-38-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-37-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-36-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-46-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-41-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-59-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-65-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-64-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-63-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-61-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-60-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-58-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-57-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-56-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-55-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-54-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-53-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-52-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-51-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-49-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-48-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-47-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-45-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-44-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-43-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-62-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-42-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-50-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-40-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-35-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-34-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-33-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-32-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-31-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-30-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-28-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-27-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-66-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-67-0x0000000071F9D000-0x0000000071FA8000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-68-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-69-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-70-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-71-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
memory/1276-72-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000320000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-05-31 02:22
Reported
2024-05-31 02:23
Platform
win10v2004-20240508-en
Max time kernel
37s
Max time network
34s
Command Line
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\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
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\af9e9b5792c58a4fb8c70da658a6a012d560426e29c4b183acaacc8db684166b.xlsm"
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 | 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | udp |
| FR | 52.109.68.129:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 178.238.32.23.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 129.68.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | docs.google.com | udp |
| GB | 142.250.200.14:443 | docs.google.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | www.dropbox.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 76.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| GB | 162.125.64.18:443 | www.dropbox.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 204.79.197.237:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| NL | 23.62.61.194:443 | www.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 18.64.125.162.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 194.61.62.23.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| NL | 23.62.61.194:443 | www.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 26.35.223.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 72.239.69.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 157.123.68.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/2932-3-0x00007FFCDDD70000-0x00007FFCDDD80000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-2-0x00007FFCDDD70000-0x00007FFCDDD80000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-1-0x00007FFCDDD70000-0x00007FFCDDD80000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-0-0x00007FFCDDD70000-0x00007FFCDDD80000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-4-0x00007FFD1DD8D000-0x00007FFD1DD8E000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-5-0x00007FFCDDD70000-0x00007FFCDDD80000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-10-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-12-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-13-0x00007FFCDBBB0000-0x00007FFCDBBC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-11-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-9-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-8-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-14-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-15-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-7-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-16-0x00007FFCDBBB0000-0x00007FFCDBBC0000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-18-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-17-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-6-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-72-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp
memory/2932-155-0x00007FFD1DCF0000-0x00007FFD1DEE5000-memory.dmp