Analysis Overview
SHA256
023df819a6f642e52daee27c8edc3fa0f7897eb1fe6fa3afde1a4048aebc07c5
Threat Level: Known bad
The file 023df819a6f642e52daee27c8edc3fa0f7897eb1fe6fa3afde1a4048aebc07c5 was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious Office macro
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Checks processor information in registry
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2024-11-11 21:07
Signatures
Suspicious Office macro
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-11 21:07
Reported
2024-11-11 21:09
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
117s
Max time network
121s
Command Line
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
| 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 |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2648 | 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\023df819a6f642e52daee27c8edc3fa0f7897eb1fe6fa3afde1a4048aebc07c5.xlsm
C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe
C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe /s ..\aew.ocx
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | dan-bau.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | advisereviews.com | udp |
| US | 195.35.10.123:443 | advisereviews.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | www.advisereviews.com | udp |
| US | 195.35.10.123:443 | www.advisereviews.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | crl.microsoft.com | udp |
| GB | 2.19.117.18:80 | crl.microsoft.com | tcp |
Files
memory/1316-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
memory/1316-1-0x00000000724BD000-0x00000000724C8000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\aew.ocx
| MD5 | b0a39786369bdb2495b6bab7448e0b7d |
| SHA1 | c54874baddd7aa29b0277c6592ea462c74dfd903 |
| SHA256 | b80beafab5e8d1dfe0d1292ad71b4dc9dd0aedfbb7e7305e430438de5696f364 |
| SHA512 | eb8b3ef43b94c4454e3f3a290761347ca7a4dff51319aaa5b66356b4511d20660239851325f98bc36a6f48a667c705381bfd287c51c6e5e91c32a3882799c40f |
memory/1316-19-0x00000000724BD000-0x00000000724C8000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2024-11-11 21:07
Reported
2024-11-11 21:09
Platform
win10v2004-20241007-en
Max time kernel
133s
Max time network
150s
Command Line
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
| 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 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 |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 | 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 |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 3600 wrote to memory of 1320 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 3600 wrote to memory of 1320 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
| PID 3600 wrote to memory of 1320 | N/A | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe |
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\023df819a6f642e52daee27c8edc3fa0f7897eb1fe6fa3afde1a4048aebc07c5.xlsm"
C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe
C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe /s ..\aew.ocx
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | udp |
| IE | 52.109.76.243:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 133.211.185.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | dan-bau.com | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | advisereviews.com | udp |
| US | 195.35.10.123:443 | advisereviews.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 243.76.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 67.31.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 70.208.201.84.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 123.10.35.195.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 32.169.19.2.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | www.advisereviews.com | udp |
| US | 195.35.10.123:443 | www.advisereviews.com | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 25.73.42.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 149.220.183.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 56.163.245.4.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 22.236.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.227.111.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
Files
memory/3600-0-0x00007FF89F430000-0x00007FF89F440000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-1-0x00007FF8DF44D000-0x00007FF8DF44E000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-3-0x00007FF89F430000-0x00007FF89F440000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-4-0x00007FF89F430000-0x00007FF89F440000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-5-0x00007FF89F430000-0x00007FF89F440000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-2-0x00007FF89F430000-0x00007FF89F440000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-9-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-10-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-12-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-11-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-14-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-13-0x00007FF89CEB0000-0x00007FF89CEC0000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-17-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-16-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-15-0x00007FF89CEB0000-0x00007FF89CEC0000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-20-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-19-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-18-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-8-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-7-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-6-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\aew.ocx
| MD5 | b0a39786369bdb2495b6bab7448e0b7d |
| SHA1 | c54874baddd7aa29b0277c6592ea462c74dfd903 |
| SHA256 | b80beafab5e8d1dfe0d1292ad71b4dc9dd0aedfbb7e7305e430438de5696f364 |
| SHA512 | eb8b3ef43b94c4454e3f3a290761347ca7a4dff51319aaa5b66356b4511d20660239851325f98bc36a6f48a667c705381bfd287c51c6e5e91c32a3882799c40f |
memory/3600-40-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-41-0x00007FF8DF44D000-0x00007FF8DF44E000-memory.dmp
memory/3600-42-0x00007FF8DF3B0000-0x00007FF8DF5A5000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms
| MD5 | ed83a121093a8c936baa3defeb89950d |
| SHA1 | c7af80e89c59e8e078c334135ea8ca8b95ea1fe7 |
| SHA256 | cb29b22e9997d62e5557b1d50933cd23bb48f58e7ecba7e55e78b5d919afe384 |
| SHA512 | fc522d81292b24fe7cc1b7c16101c833f622bef138f801d4832b33e5b5fad2bc042eac44028c3b519b0cd901c1689d12d888b76854fb8f99b1d16eb3608ac212 |