Analysis Overview
SHA256
226ad9680e604d4d538fb5e48948f2a72084da86407a93bf7d4f2c9efbb2742c
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 226ad9680e604d4d538fb5e48948f2a72084da86407a93bf7d4f2c9efbb2742c was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious Office macro
Office macro that triggers on suspicious action
Drops file in Windows directory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Checks processor information in registry
Runs ping.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-07-19 21:01
Signatures
Office macro that triggers on suspicious action
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-19 21:01
Reported
2024-07-19 21:02
Platform
win10v2004-20240709-en
Max time kernel
35s
Max time network
36s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ping.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE |
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 |
Runs ping.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ping.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 |
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| 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 |
| 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 |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2464 wrote to memory of 1268 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ping.exe |
| PID 2464 wrote to memory of 1268 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ping.exe |
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\226ad9680e604d4d538fb5e48948f2a72084da86407a93bf7d4f2c9efbb2742c.doc" /o ""
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ping.exe
ping -n 1 149.28.22.48
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 46.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | udp |
| NL | 52.109.89.19:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 0.205.248.87.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 19.89.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 183.142.211.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 140.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 28.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 121.170.16.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/2464-0-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-2-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-1-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-4-0x00007FFD59FED000-0x00007FFD59FEE000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-5-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-3-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-8-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-6-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-7-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-9-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-13-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-15-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-18-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-17-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-19-0x00007FFD17670000-0x00007FFD17680000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-16-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-14-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-12-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-11-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-10-0x00007FFD17670000-0x00007FFD17680000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-30-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-31-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-40-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-59-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-60-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-62-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-61-0x00007FFD19FD0000-0x00007FFD19FE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2464-63-0x00007FFD59F50000-0x00007FFD5A145000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-07-19 21:01
Reported
2024-07-19 21:02
Platform
win7-20240704-en
Max time kernel
20s
Max time network
16s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ping.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.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 |
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Runs ping.exe
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ping.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 FindShellTrayWindow
| 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
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\226ad9680e604d4d538fb5e48948f2a72084da86407a93bf7d4f2c9efbb2742c.doc"
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ping.exe
ping -n 1 149.28.22.48
Network
Files
memory/2092-0-0x000000002F3F1000-0x000000002F3F2000-memory.dmp
memory/2092-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/2092-2-0x0000000070A9D000-0x0000000070AA8000-memory.dmp
memory/2092-7-0x0000000006280000-0x0000000006380000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm
| MD5 | 6f5f5dc733c9bcc25ce6cf7d33bd33da |
| SHA1 | ed5d8a678c4b9012dff10248d117713913ad9bcf |
| SHA256 | b3de183d129db2170cc9769d7415d7e36623b22384cd20c85038068efae207ab |
| SHA512 | 71e3593d36e2aa9f36eaf6fbaa3e19c5c56a28a6b5bae0669db68283ceb797bab8383fc9968ed8b61fa2d59ae45305cc32c8116206c905a605ae7e82ce3aca85 |
memory/2092-23-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/2092-24-0x0000000070A9D000-0x0000000070AA8000-memory.dmp