Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    30-01-2025 02:52

General

  • Target

    06ffd5cfe0c7895062e69385f6393c13022499342f4c80582561913583f850a0.rtf

  • Size

    628KB

  • MD5

    a51f9396d4804b48af9e79902e32580f

  • SHA1

    1f9f9209145556c22bfa74f8a3654aceb81b8ad9

  • SHA256

    06ffd5cfe0c7895062e69385f6393c13022499342f4c80582561913583f850a0

  • SHA512

    7016a546d4a3a1804a3d6e54887d0eee311b87f14e7b7d466d91c4785e877859c3d8d32b2324bc690b117f19319243bf1ea4946885ee6768dca78584effe8c75

  • SSDEEP

    6144:UwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAl:nRQ

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 2 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 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 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
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 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\06ffd5cfe0c7895062e69385f6393c13022499342f4c80582561913583f850a0.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:1984
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:476
    • 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
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2528
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chromeendy.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chromeendy.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2984
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chromeendy.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:592
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chromeendy.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chromeendy.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1716
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1716 -s 1000
            4⤵
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Program crash
            PID:1776

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\chromeendy.exe

      Filesize

      1.1MB

      MD5

      e2bfaca136923b4e21f5ec3c94fa5add

      SHA1

      4e4705871e548966fc2c842e0e05b949fac3b77f

      SHA256

      286372582689c270359b64708765ec150af3fdf17f907bbacaa1680cbb8870d7

      SHA512

      4a95ba2ff98c6ca6e520671c24c2bd98b1fea0b5511f73d93184d4a452d32986665b343c1d6e237b6343cd0018859bab2317026a1b9038e52957a07a55b96f11

    • memory/1716-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1716-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1716-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1716-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1716-43-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1716-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1716-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1716-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      288KB

    • memory/1984-2-0x000000007177D000-0x0000000071788000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1984-33-0x000000007177D000-0x0000000071788000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/1984-0-0x000000002FC01000-0x000000002FC02000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1984-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2984-34-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A6E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      568KB

    • memory/2984-28-0x0000000000340000-0x000000000035E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/2984-27-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000E1A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.2MB