Analysis

  • max time kernel
    131s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    14/11/2024, 19:09

General

  • Target
    Bank Swift Copy.docx
  • Size 459KB
  • Sample241114-xtsbjasbpn
  • SHA256 27a37162f8f0baf5fe161825f8108f1f3e20bada83c2be08fe9919c60e4727b8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • vipkeylogger

Credentials

Signatures

  • VIPKeylogger

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

  • Vipkeylogger family
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Abuses OpenXML format to download file from external location
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
  • outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • 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\Bank Swift Copy.docx"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2300
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:1668
    • 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:1044
      • 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:2960
        • 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:876
        • 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:2492

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          FSD-{1AA8CAA7-A5C1-4586-8C98-7D83CBE4BECF}.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\FSD-{1AA8CAA7-A5C1-4586-8C98-7D83CBE4BECF}.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 ff7cb0a13d15b533d5cfc4144ada1326e02cce9d42df82388dc0439e432fc1a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          FSD-CNRY.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-CNRY.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 4723a73651ac22e6e73d890eb9a07302139716a89cbfed7df2b4925b8ea90452
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          FSD-{4FFE8154-F967-4E24-9842-676AD0BF4B94}.FSD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\14.0\OfficeFileCache\LocalCacheFileEditManager\FSD-{4FFE8154-F967-4E24-9842-676AD0BF4B94}.FSD
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 b97bd17da16501a3bb88fe4c370e1e93c64386750e16b31f1bebd5fb4e58c3de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          xXdquUOrM1vD3An[1].doc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\K3VL8XEP\xXdquUOrM1vD3An[1].doc
          • Size 799KB
          • SHA256 dc8ae41681fdf19abcf62b27b3d8359c32ba6f20bee1e24b7ce9b37d4faebe8b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          {7707201D-9AE5-44E0-983E-8936FD11A26B}

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{7707201D-9AE5-44E0-983E-8936FD11A26B}
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 6ed108b686176f739681fe81a82f0a6a7645ded805b312cbc2ae242102dd3711
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex
          • Size 2B
          • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          obigfdsdfgh.exe

          • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\obigfdsdfgh.exe
          • Size 783KB
          • SHA256 d854f347061d9d7b8a9788ab8633c3f07619e29bd440924507a0147484c217c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/2300-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

          memory/2300-2-0x00000000715DD000-0x00000000715E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2300-61-0x00000000715DD000-0x00000000715E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2300-0-0x000000002F121000-0x000000002F122000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-109-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-111-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-122-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-118-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-117-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-115-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2492-113-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-106-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-108-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000005F1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-98-0x0000000001010000-0x00000000010DA000-memory.dmp