Analysis

  • max time kernel
    132s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    02/10/2024, 11:41

General

  • Target
    30092463687563.docx
  • Size 264KB
  • Sample241002-ntwvaayakc
  • SHA256 97a4fe736ddd0955e218e7f7fb00d2fddee7896db60aa90e175b4824c9192825
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • vipkeylogger

Credentials

Signatures

  • VIPKeylogger

    VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

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\30092463687563.docx"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2252
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1824
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2612
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wealtken20309.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wealtken20309.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2004
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wealtken20309.exe"
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1800
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wealtken20309.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wealtken20309.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • outlook_office_path
          • outlook_win_path
          PID:2568

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          FSD-CNRY.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-CNRY.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 7040d17da449308cf2460522e5495ddaffea8edd787b2be52aa15eae552c478c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          FSD-{96E47E6C-170C-4C3F-98E1-D8B9A741D571}.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-{96E47E6C-170C-4C3F-98E1-D8B9A741D571}.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 b91e1013b2113fe1875a1bb44c962db3756d369160b36f0e4cdda1ce70211024
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          wealthzxcv[1].doc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WCATT3E5\wealthzxcv[1].doc
          • Size 565KB
          • SHA256 42d08df15b74f7a598895de1590dab57cd973d1b4dd8531f88ac3150260f7e63
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          {5A2B2299-D02A-4F34-8FA6-5E382910A6BE}

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{5A2B2299-D02A-4F34-8FA6-5E382910A6BE}
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 c987711c23a13fe6f2879edf218f2b88a565edf88372958178d755f54a830b3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          index.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 ecbb43b054e8615b8227e5317d92c7edec0d87de76294c7c61d4175d7dec8f13
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex
          • Size 2B
          • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          wealtken20309.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wealtken20309.exe
          • Size 858KB
          • SHA256 ebf5271d5f3a9a052cd487e949d80ca43d84bb108dd0cf0c773f2139a57c6137
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/2004-96-0x0000000000270000-0x000000000028E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2004-94-0x00000000010D0000-0x00000000011AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2004-104-0x0000000000440000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2252-2-0x0000000070CCD000-0x0000000070CD8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2252-0-0x000000002F381000-0x000000002F382000-memory.dmp

          memory/2252-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          memory/2252-103-0x0000000070CCD000-0x0000000070CD8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-105-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-118-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-116-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-114-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-113-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-111-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-109-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp