Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
win7-20241010-en -
resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
26/03/2025, 06:39
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
PurchaseOrder40360414.rtf
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
PurchaseOrder40360414.rtf
Resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
General
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Target
PurchaseOrder40360414.rtf
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Size
600KB
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MD5
62d9f219d4c67d21a6a125597804821b
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SHA1
48a46d13ff5571ba085cbd4b9f6575a400199d24
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SHA256
0c10532495658ae6099011796249e76b9ef33235a019df54086bd07547685354
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SHA512
3296f44e94c842d970de96ccb1c4dc41516f4e7aecd4b5dc22ebfa50238c1f853a169fb90bbfbc8eece44b047987a4bc765f63c263b93deac2eb4162bf274b44
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SSDEEP
6144:KwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAE:j
Malware Config
Extracted
lokibot
http://94.156.177.41/alpha/five/fre.php
http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.php
Signatures
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Lokibot family
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Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
flow pid Process 3 2880 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.
pid Process 2624 powershell.exe -
Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
flow pid Process 3 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 2964 docalpha.exe 2628 docalpha.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE -
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
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 docalpha.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook docalpha.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook docalpha.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
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
description pid Process procid_target PID 2964 set thread context of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe 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 docalpha.exe -
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
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Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.
pid Process 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 1612 WINWORD.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs
pid Process 2624 powershell.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2624 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2628 docalpha.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1612 WINWORD.EXE 1612 WINWORD.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2964 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE 31 PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2964 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE 31 PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2964 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE 31 PID 2880 wrote to memory of 2964 2880 EQNEDT32.EXE 31 PID 1612 wrote to memory of 2204 1612 WINWORD.EXE 33 PID 1612 wrote to memory of 2204 1612 WINWORD.EXE 33 PID 1612 wrote to memory of 2204 1612 WINWORD.EXE 33 PID 1612 wrote to memory of 2204 1612 WINWORD.EXE 33 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2624 2964 docalpha.exe 34 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2624 2964 docalpha.exe 34 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2624 2964 docalpha.exe 34 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2624 2964 docalpha.exe 34 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 PID 2964 wrote to memory of 2628 2964 docalpha.exe 36 -
outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook docalpha.exe -
outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
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 docalpha.exe
Processes
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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\PurchaseOrder40360414.rtf"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1612 -
C:\Windows\splwow64.exeC:\Windows\splwow64.exe 122882⤵PID:2204
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding1⤵
- 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:2880 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\docalpha.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\docalpha.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2964 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\docalpha.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:2624
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\docalpha.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\docalpha.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
PID:2628
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Exploitation for Client Execution
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\0f5007522459c86e95ffcc62f32308f1_6110149a-fcf0-442a-a749-601093ba4822
Filesize46B
MD5d898504a722bff1524134c6ab6a5eaa5
SHA1e0fdc90c2ca2a0219c99d2758e68c18875a3e11e
SHA256878f32f76b159494f5a39f9321616c6068cdb82e88df89bcc739bbc1ea78e1f9
SHA51226a4398bffb0c0aef9a6ec53cd3367a2d0abf2f70097f711bbbf1e9e32fd9f1a72121691bb6a39eeb55d596edd527934e541b4defb3b1426b1d1a6429804dc61
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\0f5007522459c86e95ffcc62f32308f1_6110149a-fcf0-442a-a749-601093ba4822
Filesize46B
MD5c07225d4e7d01d31042965f048728a0a
SHA169d70b340fd9f44c89adb9a2278df84faa9906b7
SHA2568c136c7ae08020ad16fd1928e36ad335ddef8b85906d66b712fff049aa57dc9a
SHA51223d3cea738e1abf561320847c39dadc8b5794d7bd8761b0457956f827a17ad2556118b909a3e6929db79980ccf156a6f58ac823cf88329e62417d2807b34b64b
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Filesize
704KB
MD5a0e1a3e40489c7f1f73964a679cbe862
SHA19e629c75ad614f703239dce280550bacfd37999f
SHA256b2b9b4ee2a4edc1926c1bfdfa07061968a2e8f3685f5cae15bfbe4723f9156c9
SHA512f1be03672347150930467964711b696536a52f4e078853ba8fc228ebbd005f1312d9828772cac758ac18c109a5f915e677341510610feec99e95197441ec3f52