Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 16:11

Sample ID 241111-v9m1mssgpb
Target a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503
SHA256 a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503
Tags
macro xlm 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

a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503

Threat Level: Known bad

The file a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro xlm discovery

Process spawned unexpected child process

Suspicious Office macro

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-11 17:41

Signatures

Suspicious Office macro

macro xlm
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-11 17:41

Reported

2024-11-11 17:44

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

121s

Max time network

122s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503.xls

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\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

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 use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2116 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2648 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2812 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 1916 wrote to memory of 2832 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.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\a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503.xls

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci1.ocx

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci2.ocx

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci3.ocx

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci4.ocx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.sunflowerlaboratory.in udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 dirigent.co.uk udp
DK 93.191.156.143:80 dirigent.co.uk tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 agtrade.hu udp
HU 217.13.100.44:80 agtrade.hu tcp
HU 217.13.100.44:443 agtrade.hu tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 r11.o.lencr.org udp
GB 2.23.210.75:80 r11.o.lencr.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.zachboyle.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 crl.microsoft.com udp
GB 2.19.117.22:80 crl.microsoft.com tcp

Files

memory/1916-1-0x000000007228D000-0x0000000072298000-memory.dmp

memory/1916-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

memory/1916-15-0x000000007228D000-0x0000000072298000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-11 17:41

Reported

2024-11-11 17:44

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

133s

Max time network

141s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503.xls"

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\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

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 value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
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

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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

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\a468ba8981c2ffea9d4d3a0319fe71d110da71fa5f190b21ae52c331cf4bd503.xls"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci1.ocx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci2.ocx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci3.ocx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\soci4.ocx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 88.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 roaming.officeapps.live.com udp
GB 52.109.32.7:443 roaming.officeapps.live.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.sunflowerlaboratory.in udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 18.89.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 7.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 dirigent.co.uk udp
DK 93.191.156.143:80 dirigent.co.uk tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 agtrade.hu udp
HU 217.13.100.44:80 agtrade.hu tcp
HU 217.13.100.44:443 agtrade.hu tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 r11.o.lencr.org udp
GB 2.23.210.82:80 r11.o.lencr.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 134.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 143.156.191.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 44.100.13.217.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 32.169.19.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 82.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.zachboyle.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 131.72.42.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 149.220.183.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 212.20.149.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.42.69.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 31.243.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/3648-0-0x00007FFD9D3B0000-0x00007FFD9D3C0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-2-0x00007FFD9D3B0000-0x00007FFD9D3C0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-3-0x00007FFDDD3CD000-0x00007FFDDD3CE000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-5-0x00007FFD9D3B0000-0x00007FFD9D3C0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-8-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-4-0x00007FFD9D3B0000-0x00007FFD9D3C0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-1-0x00007FFD9D3B0000-0x00007FFD9D3C0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-6-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-11-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-10-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-12-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-13-0x00007FFD9B0E0000-0x00007FFD9B0F0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-9-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-7-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-14-0x00007FFD9B0E0000-0x00007FFD9B0F0000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-15-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-16-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-17-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-19-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-20-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-18-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-21-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

memory/3648-37-0x00007FFDDD330000-0x00007FFDDD525000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms

MD5 d1c0e641526a45383e4580fbcc5e8279
SHA1 e32cc47c88b717c247f3c9ba5511c84340318a97
SHA256 cedf60e622244d9df9995ca561d5ca955781e359010234cb823b165e822f4bcf
SHA512 95b0b0faea69a8b1370207ce0e48d2a8345b9d8a859d40745f4fcc3cca4bfffaa3e35195e0784c8ca5a7b723680549fdaba884609c10cd5e806fa56de0c7aa97