Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    22/10/2024, 06:44

General

  • Target
    MT103-539 PAYMENT (1).docx
  • Size 319KB
  • Sample241022-hhg9vsvbql
  • SHA256 30e0259012e5808f7a34b0a9c7fba9194ae40bfa6fcba4a6f28787623a5f8cb1
  • 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\MT103-539 PAYMENT (1).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:3000
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1564
    • 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\rekigobi34567.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rekigobi34567.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1668
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rekigobi34567.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:1244
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rekigobi34567.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rekigobi34567.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:1764

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          FSD-{1B742350-D41E-4592-9E8C-D286A5E02F0D}.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\FSD-{1B742350-D41E-4592-9E8C-D286A5E02F0D}.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 8808075327173e65b4d0d1d69ff293e0f7b5d5e1e3451585aa7d7c14b7d69fdf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          FSD-CNRY.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-CNRY.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 8848a86ab05c40adb92160a35cdc59fda15b553d06e34eca0513c3b8ecf251b4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          FSD-{E40E3027-6993-44FB-9222-B5DDD71A220E}.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-{E40E3027-6993-44FB-9222-B5DDD71A220E}.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 9698c0ad64bf19a6f989e16061a791f4d4b178d0b717dc57c15e201fa704f290
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          7vbu8ZW8lFI8mn5[1].doc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\633SXO0D\7vbu8ZW8lFI8mn5[1].doc
          • Size 687KB
          • SHA256 fe6dc6138bf4bd851087fcc708493877ff458ba2da42f499ced66164e8e9dcd2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          {0E53ED7D-F25D-4A0D-953D-96A590BBB931}

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{0E53ED7D-F25D-4A0D-953D-96A590BBB931}
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 b70bb14ac281e14b713133fce7a27c388fa70e7cd5b7d460516d902e2f356a96
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

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

          rekigobi34567.exe

          • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rekigobi34567.exe
          • Size 730KB
          • SHA256 2a53872f573a1817be1848779e60c7db22501badc0afd7f364ee30a77dce3395
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1668-110-0x0000000000340000-0x000000000035C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1668-111-0x0000000004980000-0x0000000004A0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1668-94-0x0000000001090000-0x000000000114C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-120-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-116-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-123-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-121-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-118-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-114-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/1764-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/3000-109-0x00000000712FD000-0x0000000071308000-memory.dmp

          memory/3000-0-0x000000002F331000-0x000000002F332000-memory.dmp

          memory/3000-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          memory/3000-2-0x00000000712FD000-0x0000000071308000-memory.dmp