Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 16:08

Sample ID 241111-vn74pa1mb1
Target ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492
SHA256 ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492
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

ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492

Threat Level: Known bad

The file ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492 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 use of FindShellTrayWindow

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-11 17:09

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 17:09

Reported

2024-11-11 17:11

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\ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492.xlsm

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

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\regsvr32.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

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\ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492.xlsm

C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe -s ..\xda.ocx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 sorathlions.com udp
HK 23.235.163.144:80 sorathlions.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.ajaxmatters.com udp
US 172.67.147.196:80 www.ajaxmatters.com tcp
US 172.67.147.196:443 www.ajaxmatters.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 c.pki.goog udp
GB 142.250.187.227:80 c.pki.goog tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 crl.microsoft.com udp
GB 2.19.117.18:80 crl.microsoft.com tcp

Files

memory/2432-1-0x000000007207D000-0x0000000072088000-memory.dmp

memory/2432-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\xda.ocx

MD5 4ed8ca5542b641fddd200acebadf4e3c
SHA1 41fd7fb6cb84805fbc229cbf13620f80a5008003
SHA256 3f03ee986c82c3be72da6272448f92d97426f53e07079334edeb502f6386cc33
SHA512 866719609b7200cdd4d97b6a83d7fb6424d3900b555e23d2db8744539b1ae204c0da0a5e595c676ee4cad7df3f743aad1e746c750cd30afe3a74d89bf188979a

memory/2432-22-0x000000007207D000-0x0000000072088000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-11 17:09

Reported

2024-11-11 17:11

Platform

win10v2004-20241007-en

Max time kernel

133s

Max time network

137s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492.xlsm"

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\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\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

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 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\ab2480e6efe9a71a4ea8d59ba2d136d1480dc882a5fff3b093f2a3a4d1390492.xlsm"

C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe -s ..\xda.ocx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 209.205.72.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 83.210.23.2.in-addr.arpa udp
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 sorathlions.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 47.28.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.32.109.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
HK 23.235.163.144:80 sorathlions.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 www.ajaxmatters.com udp
US 172.67.147.196:80 www.ajaxmatters.com tcp
US 172.67.147.196:443 www.ajaxmatters.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 c.pki.goog udp
GB 142.250.187.227:80 c.pki.goog tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 133.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 144.163.235.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 196.147.67.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 227.187.250.142.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 67.112.168.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 18.31.95.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 98.209.201.84.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 75.209.201.84.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/2400-0-0x00007FFB17E30000-0x00007FFB17E40000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-1-0x00007FFB57E4D000-0x00007FFB57E4E000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-4-0x00007FFB17E30000-0x00007FFB17E40000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-3-0x00007FFB17E30000-0x00007FFB17E40000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-2-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-6-0x00007FFB17E30000-0x00007FFB17E40000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-12-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-11-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-14-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-15-0x00007FFB15DD0000-0x00007FFB15DE0000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-13-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-10-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-9-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-8-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-7-0x00007FFB17E30000-0x00007FFB17E40000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-5-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-16-0x00007FFB15DD0000-0x00007FFB15DE0000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\xda.ocx

MD5 4ed8ca5542b641fddd200acebadf4e3c
SHA1 41fd7fb6cb84805fbc229cbf13620f80a5008003
SHA256 3f03ee986c82c3be72da6272448f92d97426f53e07079334edeb502f6386cc33
SHA512 866719609b7200cdd4d97b6a83d7fb6424d3900b555e23d2db8744539b1ae204c0da0a5e595c676ee4cad7df3f743aad1e746c750cd30afe3a74d89bf188979a

memory/2400-38-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-39-0x00007FFB57E4D000-0x00007FFB57E4E000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-40-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

memory/2400-41-0x00007FFB57DB0000-0x00007FFB57FA5000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 0337ffae56372777d9c5be007f73e759
SHA1 46b6fb68fb31a0696d532a531538071d76446ce1
SHA256 f6aba676cbdec7a123d04ee83198392baeed44a2721b32988808901f15bebfb4
SHA512 42922f219e47934337effdc64432723c2c4de193e16c8548498de9153b0c4b805eb1334b9ffc3854e8806b6345fe05d5a986dec768d872e91c7bbb81d2610375