vipkeylogger | dc8ae41681fdf19abcf62b27b3d8359c32ba6f20bee1e24b7ce9b37d4faebe8b

General

Target

xXdquUOrM1vD3An.rtf
Size

799KB
MD5

2087de574fefae441db7ced132da6407
SHA1

6d8b4083d71075be31068808232805ea486f77d8
SHA256

dc8ae41681fdf19abcf62b27b3d8359c32ba6f20bee1e24b7ce9b37d4faebe8b
SHA512

02ead1047af13379ee161c25e1db2c83033daf752629159b9c5836ed0c1d5f6436da73299d920cc10cefe6d4edd3272266d9b4f2088225bc434a53c20ba43ce9
SSDEEP

6144:cwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAaZqGYZHtRD5+XHFTqG9:96e

Score

10^/10

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Malware Config

Extracted

Family

vipkeylogger

Credentials

Protocol: smtp
Host:
mail.jhxkgroup.online
Port:
587
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
7213575aceACE@@
Email To:
[email protected]

Signatures

VIPKeylogger
VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.
stealer keylogger vipkeylogger
Vipkeylogger family
vipkeylogger

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

Processes:

EQNEDT32.EXE

flow	pid	Process
4	2008	EQNEDT32.EXE

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.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

Processes:

powershell.exe

pid	Process
340	powershell.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exeobigfdsdfgh.exe

pid	Process
2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe
2608	obigfdsdfgh.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

EQNEDT32.EXE

pid	Process
2008	EQNEDT32.EXE
2008	EQNEDT32.EXE

Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	obigfdsdfgh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	obigfdsdfgh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	obigfdsdfgh.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow	ioc
5	checkip.dyndns.org

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2764 set thread context of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Debug\WIA\wiatrace.log	WINWORD.EXE

Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
discovery

Browser Information Discovery
T1217
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

WINWORD.EXEEQNEDT32.EXEobigfdsdfgh.exeobigfdsdfgh.exepowershell.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WINWORD.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EQNEDT32.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	obigfdsdfgh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	obigfdsdfgh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe

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.

exploit

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

Processes:

EQNEDT32.EXE

pid	Process
2008	EQNEDT32.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

pid	Process
804	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exepowershell.exe

pid	Process
2608	obigfdsdfgh.exe
340	powershell.exe
2608	obigfdsdfgh.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exepowershell.exe

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2608	obigfdsdfgh.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	340	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

pid	Process
804	WINWORD.EXE
804	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes:

EQNEDT32.EXEWINWORD.EXEobigfdsdfgh.exe

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 2764	2008	EQNEDT32.EXE	33
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 2764	2008	EQNEDT32.EXE	33
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 2764	2008	EQNEDT32.EXE	33
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 2764	2008	EQNEDT32.EXE	33
PID 804 wrote to memory of 2664	804	WINWORD.EXE	35
PID 804 wrote to memory of 2664	804	WINWORD.EXE	35
PID 804 wrote to memory of 2664	804	WINWORD.EXE	35
PID 804 wrote to memory of 2664	804	WINWORD.EXE	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 340	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	36
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 340	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	36
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 340	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	36
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 340	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	36
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2608	2764	obigfdsdfgh.exe	38

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	obigfdsdfgh.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes:

obigfdsdfgh.exe

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	obigfdsdfgh.exe

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\xXdquUOrM1vD3An.rtf"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:804
- C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
  C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
  2⤵
  PID:2664

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:2008
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2764
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.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:340
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.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:2608

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

PowerShell

1

T1059.001

Exploitation for Client Execution

1

T1203

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

1

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

1

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

2

T1552

Credentials In Files

2

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

1

T1217

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

Email Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.exe

Filesize
783KB

MD5
4f80565082ea4d95d933decf9cd50c61

SHA1
2830f9d5f41bbecd2ae105ed0b9a8d49327c8594

SHA256
d854f347061d9d7b8a9788ab8633c3f07619e29bd440924507a0147484c217c3

SHA512
9dcdae5c7a5b4181ade738884e208508bf317742ca2be0726716aa71236670a50dae2bec947b3fcc12cfc85c756810f18a9f403de4eb428b4a73a4759037f227

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memory/804-22-0x000000007104D000-0x0000000071058000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/804-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/804-2-0x000000007104D000-0x0000000071058000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/804-0-0x000000002FE41000-0x000000002FE42000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-34-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2608-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2608-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2608-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2608-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2608-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2608-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

Filesize
288KB

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memory/2764-24-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2764-25-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
568KB

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memory/2764-17-0x00000000002A0000-0x000000000036A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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