Malware Analysis Report

2025-03-15 07:24

Sample ID 241111-z8nm1axbmh
Target 81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc
SHA256 81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc
Tags
macro xlm discovery
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc 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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-11 21:23

Signatures

Suspicious Office macro

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

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-11 21:23

Reported

2024-11-11 21:25

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\81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc.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

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\81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc.xls"

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\cusoa1.ocx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\cusoa2.ocx

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\cusoa3.ocx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 154.239.44.20.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 strachanclark.com udp
US 172.67.192.7:443 strachanclark.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 c.pki.goog udp
GB 142.250.187.195:80 c.pki.goog tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.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 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 2.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 7.192.67.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 synapse-archive.com udp
US 69.174.52.216:443 synapse-archive.com tcp
US 69.174.52.216:443 synapse-archive.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 216.52.174.69.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 23.149.64.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 sumuvesa.com udp
ES 82.223.70.21:443 sumuvesa.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 r10.o.lencr.org udp
GB 2.23.210.82:80 r10.o.lencr.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 21.70.223.82.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 8.8.8.8:53 213.143.182.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 13.86.106.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 212.20.149.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 27.117.19.2.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

memory/956-0-0x00007FFDFF6ED000-0x00007FFDFF6EE000-memory.dmp

memory/956-1-0x00007FFDBF6D0000-0x00007FFDBF6E0000-memory.dmp

memory/956-3-0x00007FFDBF6D0000-0x00007FFDBF6E0000-memory.dmp

memory/956-2-0x00007FFDBF6D0000-0x00007FFDBF6E0000-memory.dmp

memory/956-4-0x00007FFDBF6D0000-0x00007FFDBF6E0000-memory.dmp

memory/956-6-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-7-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-9-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-10-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-11-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-8-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-13-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-12-0x00007FFDBD370000-0x00007FFDBD380000-memory.dmp

memory/956-14-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-17-0x00007FFDBD370000-0x00007FFDBD380000-memory.dmp

memory/956-19-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-18-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-16-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-15-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-5-0x00007FFDBF6D0000-0x00007FFDBF6E0000-memory.dmp

memory/956-47-0x00007FFDFF6ED000-0x00007FFDFF6EE000-memory.dmp

memory/956-48-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-49-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

memory/956-50-0x00007FFDFF650000-0x00007FFDFF845000-memory.dmp

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

MD5 691d18e31d168800948dd8feab2a1662
SHA1 62517ebd7e0539f5f31e18f52caa212634acd6cf
SHA256 dfad55ebf4d2c32a3392373d47a361ceb6dceea68cb4290fc1134d8a838fc5b1
SHA512 c2cbb5cc4d899811cb837d452b4451dcf9b1f86a7676a0529f8d81c1a876f1ee42afdaa26e9bb8b9d9bb040a2ba4c18085281252a59441966a9e178bf0cbc894

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-11 21:23

Reported

2024-11-11 21:25

Platform

win7-20240903-en

Max time kernel

118s

Max time network

119s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc.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

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:\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
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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2848 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 2592 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1728 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\81edbbd0fb9f019847a29b1615cb9a0b14cffe19f0758ef80d3342218a2ef0dc.xls

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\cusoa1.ocx

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\cusoa2.ocx

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe /S ..\cusoa3.ocx

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 strachanclark.com udp
US 104.21.20.90:443 strachanclark.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 synapse-archive.com udp
US 69.174.52.216:443 synapse-archive.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 sumuvesa.com udp
ES 82.223.70.21:443 sumuvesa.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 r10.o.lencr.org udp
GB 2.23.210.82:80 r10.o.lencr.org tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 crl.microsoft.com udp
GB 2.19.117.22:80 crl.microsoft.com tcp

Files

memory/2644-1-0x00000000728CD000-0x00000000728D8000-memory.dmp

memory/2644-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabEB4C.tmp

MD5 49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5
SHA1 1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976
SHA256 b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f
SHA512 bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarEBAC.tmp

MD5 4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1
SHA1 a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7
SHA256 8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8
SHA512 6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

memory/2644-61-0x00000000728CD000-0x00000000728D8000-memory.dmp