Malware analysis 407a09db9965e60a43e18ef4510ff90ac835a40a6fc3ca638b77975ce387e9cd.xlsx Malicious activity

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File name:	407a09db9965e60a43e18ef4510ff90ac835a40a6fc3ca638b77975ce387e9cd.xlsx
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/1db3d510-fd3d-43a2-883d-72d4c3ad7563
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	AZORult can steal banking information, including passwords and credit card details, as well as cryptocurrency. This constantly updated information stealer malware should not be taken lightly, as it continues to be an active threat. Remote access trojans (RATs) are a type of malware that enables attackers to establish complete to partial control over infected computers. Such malicious programs often have a modular design, offering a wide range of functionalities for conducting illicit activities on compromised systems. Some of the most common features of RATs include access to the users’ data, webcam, and keystrokes. This malware is often distributed through phishing emails and links. Trojans are a group of malicious programs distinguished by their ability to masquerade as benign software. Depending on their type, trojans possess a variety of capabilities, ranging from maintaining full remote control over the victim’s machine to stealing data and files, as well as dropping other malware. At the same time, the main functionality of each trojan family can differ significantly depending on its type. The most common trojan infection chain starts with a phishing email. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	September 11, 2019, 03:04:00
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	exploit cve-2017-11882 trojan rat azorult
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
File info:	Microsoft Excel 2007+
MD5:	965033BDC4BA2DB14DADC2EE2C3E2B7A
SHA1:	5E4B324A9978F7CB0447F24C418BEB0FD358783A
SHA256:	407A09DB9965E60A43E18EF4510FF90AC835A40A6FC3CA638B77975CE387E9CD
SSDEEP:	192:AFZXTbOV8vdQjm11ACcVT/OCu40qfZDaE7nK:AFZm8qm1mCcVbOZ40qfnnK

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

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 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 (75.0.3770.100)
Google Update Helper (1.3.34.7)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (4.7.03062)
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++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702.2)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.21.27702 (14.21.27702)
Mozilla Firefox 68.0.1 (x86 en-US) (68.0.1)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 (KB4087364) (1)
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
KB4019990
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
- Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3324)
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3652)
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3700)
- Equation Editor starts application (CVE-2017-11882)
  - EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 3348)
- Connects to CnC server
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3700)
- AZORULT was detected
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3700)
SUSPICIOUS
- Application launched itself
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3324)
- Executed via COM
  - EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 3348)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 3348)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 3348)
- Connects to server without host name
  - susponmetf569032.exe (PID: 3700)
INFO
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3520)

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TRiD

.xlsx	\|	Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (61.2)
.zip	\|	Open Packaging Conventions container (31.5)
.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (7.2)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion:	20
ZipBitFlag:	0x0002
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipModifyDate:	2019:09:10 19:21:02
ZipCRC:	0x52293798
ZipCompressedSize:	381
ZipUncompressedSize:	1641
ZipFileName:	[Content_Types].xml

XMP

Creator:	SLYOPEZ

XML

LastModifiedBy:	SLYOPEZ
CreateDate:	2019:09:10 18:03:05Z
ModifyDate:	2019:09:10 18:03:36Z
Application:	Microsoft Excel
DocSecurity:	None
ScaleCrop:	No
HeadingPairs:	Worksheets 3
TitlesOfParts:	Sheet1 Sheet2 Sheet3
Company:	Hewlett-Packard
LinksUpToDate:	No
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
AppVersion:	12

No data.

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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

3324

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\susponmetf569032.exe

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EQNEDT32.EXE

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\susponmetf569032.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\wsock32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ws2_32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\nsi.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll

3348

"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Design Science, Inc.

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Equation Editor

Exit code:

Version:

00110900

Modules

Images
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\equation\eqnedt32.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

3520

"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:

Version:

14.0.6024.1000

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\excel.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\user32.dll

3652

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\susponmetf569032.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\susponmetf569032.exe

—

susponmetf569032.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\susponmetf569032.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll

3700

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\susponmetf569032.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\susponmetf569032.exe

susponmetf569032.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\susponmetf569032.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll

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Total events

635

Read events

564

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	write	Name:	j$
Value: 6A7F2400C00D0000010000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	1033
Value: Off
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	1033
Value: On
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel
Operation:	write	Name:	MTTT
Value: C00D0000547944984D68D50100000000
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	delete value	Name:	j$
Value: 6A7F2400C00D0000010000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	delete key	Name:
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency
Operation:	delete key	Name:
Value:
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	UNCAsIntranet
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	AutoDetect
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(3520) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\DocumentRecovery\16A07C
Operation:	write	Name:	16A07C
Value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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
3520	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR9B6A.tmp.cvr		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3348	EQNEDT32.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\LH043OAM\chfazo[1].exe		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
3348	EQNEDT32.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\susponmetf569032.exe		executable
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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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
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	POST	200	79.124.8.128:80	http://79.124.8.128/index.php	BG	text	7 b	malicious

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
3348	EQNEDT32.EXE	208.115.234.234:443	yogeshcycles.com	Limestone Networks, Inc.	US	malicious
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	79.124.8.128:80	—	Transact Payment Services Group - Bulgaria EOOD	BG	malicious

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
yogeshcycles.com	208.115.234.234	malicious

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	ET TROJAN AZORult Variant.4 Checkin M2
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	AV TROJAN Azorult CnC Beacon
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	AV TROJAN AZORult CnC Beacon
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] AZORult client request
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] AZORult.Stealer HTTP Header
3700	susponmetf569032.exe	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET INFO GENERIC SUSPICIOUS POST to Dotted Quad with Fake Browser 1

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General Info

407a09db9965e60a43e18ef4510ff90ac835a40a6fc3ca638b77975ce387e9cd.xlsx

965033BDC4BA2DB14DADC2EE2C3E2B7A

5E4B324A9978F7CB0447F24C418BEB0FD358783A

407A09DB9965E60A43E18EF4510FF90AC835A40A6FC3CA638B77975CE387E9CD

192:AFZXTbOV8vdQjm11ACcVT/OCu40qfZDaE7nK:AFZm8qm1mCcVbOZ40qfnnK

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

Equation Editor starts application (CVE-2017-11882)

Connects to CnC server

AZORULT was detected

SUSPICIOUS

Application launched itself

Executed via COM

Creates files in the user directory

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Connects to server without host name

INFO

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Malware configuration

Static information

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ZIP

XMP

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