Malware analysis SUSPICIOUS Fw ‼️ Microsoft 365 Renewal Failure – Expert Team On Standby All Week.eml Malicious activity

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File name:	SUSPICIOUS Fw ‼️ Microsoft 365 Renewal Failure – Expert Team On Standby All Week.eml
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/078a1864-863f-426c-a69c-2d8acfe06f76
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	May 28, 2025, 23:14:11
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	susp-attachments attachments attc-html attc-unc dkim-fail
Indicators:
MIME:	message/rfc822
File info:	RFC 822 mail, ASCII text, with very long lines (2104), with CRLF line terminators
MD5:	AA9EA68B06D8810A9AEA93CC80821DE4
SHA1:	E242E2FEEDB3E235E6AF778547FCF63A2DF2F076
SHA256:	25074F6AABF1889E32E84D4751ECDE951A71A76EEF7913FE5C85DA393E82C394
SSDEEP:	6144:GgpQBJF//tm/eLHHPObeTn9vvwjzmJTferBab/O4lki7YORiEN:GgpQBJNM/eKWYjzmJ7t/N9LiEN

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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:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Email with suspicious attachment
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 5416)
INFO
- Email verification fail (SPF, DKIM or DMARC)
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 5416)
- Email with attachments
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 5416)

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TRiD

.eml	\|	E-Mail message (Var. 5) (100)

No data.

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Total processes

135

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

4224

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "6DC7C30E-B2D9-485B-AB66-A832679A2F4B" "C604AACF-972F-4F51-9520-DD71C3C20CEC" "5416"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe

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OUTLOOK.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64.

Version:

0.12.2.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\vfs\programfilescommonx64\microsoft shared\office16\ai.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\c2r64.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll

4272

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

5416

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /eml "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SUSPICIOUS Fw ‼️ Microsoft 365 Renewal Failure – Expert Team On Standby All Week.eml"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Outlook

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlook.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlookservicing.dll
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\vcruntime140_1.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll

7036

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

—

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

9 608

Read events

9 238

Write events

321

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	6
Value: 01941A000000001000B24E9A3E06000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\OUTLOOK\5416
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E103B47E6125ED55D439116F9AA89752D92230046F3ABECF3E384F4ED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511A82AD2120B6F00750074006C006F006F006B002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	BootCommand
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	BootFailureCount
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	delete key	Name:	(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	CantBootResolution
Value: BootSuccess
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	ProfileBeingOpened
Value: Outlook
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionId
Value: C3D8E96E-C1AF-4750-8D52-F4E28119C131
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession
Operation:	write	Name:	BootDiagnosticsLogFile
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Outlook Logging\OUTLOOK_16_0_16026_20146-20240718T1116060318-1644.etl
(PID) Process:	(5416) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	ProfileBeingOpened
Value:

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\Documents\Outlook Files\Outlook1.pst		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\D2D65FDB-2A31-47F5-9878-3CAE14E22867		xml
		MD5:3607C1D5B24C64868F9677006EFCA5CE	SHA256:AF1946381D820564AAC0691FE38450038348951508577E0F96346DA759668831
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:B605B3C1006A6603F2FF868CC48B9F8F	SHA256:2687EECDFA0E4CABA516B3EE74C2B07D8D0112F19F3119365D2B4685F2085AF4
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_363582827213C09529A76F35FB615187		binary
		MD5:F63952909A50460834D03DF32E663258	SHA256:9174C41ADE976B2A5979D1AE02FAF9AB9781D74258AF4D6A5C4CB3FA9AAEE437
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\msoEE3B.tmp		image
		MD5:ED3C1C40B68BA4F40DB15529D5443DEC	SHA256:039FE79B74E6D3D561E32D4AF570E6CA70DB6BB3718395BE2BF278B9E601279A
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO\D7EA4AD0.dat		image
		MD5:D54CDCFABA94C62582FADCB07C348DDA	SHA256:C778C6F3D557F178BF08369A30F4A1C1AB29777B30191A52E43239A44490F192
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_363582827213C09529A76F35FB615187		binary
		MD5:B9C9EEC47A86FF26F8FEBB1D0858518F	SHA256:1B1C15A96D150AC2BEABBBDC4BD36C87214AD0AD3F9F0893FF54CDCA22A4BA7F
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$rmalEmail.dotm		binary
		MD5:84CE3C61D138D8FF0B645CAF0A5BF526	SHA256:207C8EBA79920290A688DE1D7D1301EE35871F528B4D8C4460D6E99EAE0F7359
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin		text
		MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572	SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_6372E0472AFF76BB926C97818BC773B9		binary
		MD5:E2BE52415ACACF0905431E30FFE5D6C3	SHA256:9D68C4F9A240F824DCFA0CF9795BE795CADFC63D18C48A65939B1E562A47D8FE

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.177:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
920	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
920	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.35.229.160:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
—	—	23.48.23.177:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	23.35.229.160:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.250:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.109.28.46:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.123.128.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.109.89.19:443	roaming.officeapps.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
5416	OUTLOOK.EXE	23.50.131.87:443	omex.cdn.office.net	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.186.46	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.177 23.48.23.164 23.48.23.147 23.48.23.194	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.35.229.160	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.250	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.28.46	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.128.14 52.123.129.14	whitelisted
roaming.officeapps.live.com	52.109.89.19	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	23.50.131.87 23.50.131.86	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

SUSPICIOUS Fw ‼️ Microsoft 365 Renewal Failure – Expert Team On Standby All Week.eml

AA9EA68B06D8810A9AEA93CC80821DE4

E242E2FEEDB3E235E6AF778547FCF63A2DF2F076

25074F6AABF1889E32E84D4751ECDE951A71A76EEF7913FE5C85DA393E82C394

6144:GgpQBJF//tm/eLHHPObeTn9vvwjzmJTferBab/O4lki7YORiEN:GgpQBJNM/eKWYjzmJ7t/N9LiEN

Software environment set and analysis options

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Email with suspicious attachment

INFO

Email verification fail (SPF, DKIM or DMARC)

Email with attachments

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TRiD

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