Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    06/06/2024, 14:55

General

  • Target
    90404.xls
  • Size 280KB
  • Sample240606-saffeagf65
  • SHA256 f74e82ed2a6beb901db5cd4ec0dbf5d14333b9e72d13250d0abf83434fdfe230
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • agenttesla

Credentials

Signatures

  • AgentTesla

    Agent Tesla is a remote access tool (RAT) written in visual basic.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.

  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

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\90404.xls
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2076
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2672
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1304
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2000
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\igcc.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\igcc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:704
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\igcc.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\igcc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2096

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          FSD-CNRY.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-CNRY.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 53fc9b84ab3ada60c59d34b5af2e2894f2fdb1204aff8976399e968ca41b7f31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          lionsarekingandudfdidthekingofjungleentireworldandforestalwaysneedthekingoflionsjungleandheisthepowerfulmangerat__lionkingofjungletrulygreat[1].doc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\9ZQLLOZN\lionsarekingandudfdidthekingofjungleentireworldandforestalwaysneedthekingoflionsjungleandheisthepowerfulmangerat__lionkingofjungletrulygreat[1].doc
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 5cab3678a5a674440af6d17db32d72b3a00c3890bbd5932221cc166f600470e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          {7C0B5CB5-F030-4FBA-9A56-B5BE37256614}

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{7C0B5CB5-F030-4FBA-9A56-B5BE37256614}
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 55b6ad68b4cb9b5686f075726d4d842aec6af0cb72855814aeb00275c46d0ba8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          X5PPYXDX.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\X5PPYXDX.txt
          • Size 73B
          • SHA256 46702375d81bd361fda1fa94e5b0985573eca7e504c17eaab4c24edf6f794a5d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          igcc.exe

          • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\igcc.exe
          • Size 766KB
          • SHA256 d7d85feb390da925a7f895859050d29e429c812f05f6b5d11546b0b372524fda
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/704-103-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/704-107-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E94000-memory.dmp

          memory/704-106-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000550000-memory.dmp

          memory/704-105-0x0000000000530000-0x000000000053E000-memory.dmp

          memory/704-101-0x0000000001290000-0x0000000001354000-memory.dmp

          memory/2076-9-0x0000000001D10000-0x0000000001D12000-memory.dmp

          memory/2076-1-0x0000000071EED000-0x0000000071EF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2076-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          memory/2076-104-0x0000000071EED000-0x0000000071EF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-114-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-108-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-119-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-117-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-116-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2096-110-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000442000-memory.dmp

          memory/2672-8-0x0000000004190000-0x0000000004192000-memory.dmp

          memory/2672-6-0x0000000071EED000-0x0000000071EF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2672-4-0x000000002F4D1000-0x000000002F4D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2672-122-0x0000000071EED000-0x0000000071EF8000-memory.dmp