Malware analysis ARE_2018Q4.xlsm Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	ARE_2018Q4.xlsm
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/5474dcc8-7cc4-4f24-8ddb-5839ed1629e0
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	December 18, 2018, 20:38:44
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	macros macros-on-open
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
File info:	Microsoft Excel 2007+
MD5:	9E954215D16299ACBA4CA5A735E4C446
SHA1:	D5CAD9A28BA44DD6F29282E852ED737CDF810526
SHA256:	6388157C1ECA72254B2B2AF0B3F0B54B813C75D2B6CD1D815C82A501C0170277
SSDEEP:	384:4w/waEQ/HdfTW9ZiiI4+dh/D/CF4MMlTYlLITGY8ySAXelHdIZJC8RRwM:DvEQfdfekI+vjC2MM9mcGcSAXeUZJoM

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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 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 (68.0.3440.106)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.17)
Java 8 Update 92 (8.0.920.14)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.92.14)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 (4.6.01055)
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++ 2017 Redistributable (x86) - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Additional Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 x86 Minimum Runtime - 14.15.26706 (14.15.26706)
Mozilla Firefox 61.0.2 (x86 en-US) (61.0.2)
Notepad++ (32-bit x86) (7.5.1)
Opera 12.15 (12.15.1748)
Skype version 8.29 (8.29)
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
KB976902
LocalPack AU Package
LocalPack CA Package
LocalPack GB Package
LocalPack US Package
LocalPack ZA Package
ProfessionalEdition
UltimateEdition

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Unusual connect from Microsoft Office
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2952)
- Reads Internet Cache Settings
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2952)
- Reads internet explorer settings
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2952)
INFO
- Changes internet zones settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 4028)
- Reads Internet Cache Settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 2232)
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2952)
- Application launched itself
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 4028)
- Reads internet explorer settings
  - iexplore.exe (PID: 2232)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.xlam	\|	Excel Macro-enabled Open XML add-in (42.4)
.xlsm	\|	Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (with Macro) (29.2)
.xlsx	\|	Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (17.3)
.zip	\|	Open Packaging Conventions container (8.9)
.zip	\|	ZIP compressed archive (2)

EXIF

XMP

Creator:	-
Title:	-

XML

ModifyDate:	2016:12:15 17:05:11Z
CreateDate:	2016:09:02 14:01:03Z
LastModifiedBy:	-
AppVersion:	16.03
HyperlinksChanged:	No
SharedDoc:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
TitlesOfParts:	Sheet 1 Sheet2
HeadingPairs:	Worksheets 2
ScaleCrop:	No
DocSecurity:	None
Application:	Microsoft Excel

ZIP

ZipFileName:	[Content_Types].xml
ZipUncompressedSize:	1490
ZipCompressedSize:	394
ZipCRC:	0xc4b9cb2a
ZipModifyDate:	2018:12:13 17:41:00
ZipCompression:	Deflated
ZipBitFlag:	-
ZipRequiredVersion:	20

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Parent process
2952	"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
4028	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe	svchost.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 1 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2232	"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:4028 CREDAT:71937	C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe	iexplore.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: LOW Description: Internet Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

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Total events

1 027

Read events

934

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

No data

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2952	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR69E6.tmp.cvr		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
4028	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\R9ZEWH8D\favicon[1].ico		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
4028	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2952	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF888C50FB30B050AA.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
4028	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF7E26630DCF6D562E.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2232	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\index.dat		dat
		MD5:218A28022FA3B688165236E12A2C3356	SHA256:4AFD7651592B2B3F95BE45C1556BCE120AD5F2BCCA6F989754650123CF414C5B
4028	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF8D1FEA98D00745C2.TMP		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2232	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\PP6KS563\js[1]		text
		MD5:B7E6CC64FF3EB5D5A00FB0D877A24DDE	SHA256:909B2553E991DD98EAF88BB13F2B0CD4FA5EEB6DC4B5E969C236DDFD19F5EC5F
2232	iexplore.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\U2ZG9DE0\annotated_email[1].jpg		image
		MD5:D81EBE4A093F2B7EE60046B277608D2D	SHA256:BA67A8464290F9A3A5D9AA845DFCB784412BE4C55E720964D2FE59799E84C91A
2952	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\R9ZEWH8D\88edd556-069d-4285-90d7-bad0971e9cc2[1].txt		html
		MD5:A8DB70C7C9AF6F04CA7F2B0033DC143F	SHA256:9CDC180B2A40E7DB92FD881E38E686EA5F18FFC8C3BBDB8B52D72EA19C1C1C3A

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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
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	404	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/fonts/shared_landing/vodafonerg-webfont.woff)%20format(%22woff%22	US	—	—	suspicious
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	404	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/fonts/shared_landing/vodafonergbd-webfont.woff)%20format(%22woff%22	US	—	—	suspicious
2952	EXCEL.EXE	GET	200	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/88edd556-069d-4285-90d7-bad0971e9cc2	US	html	12.2 Kb	suspicious
4028	iexplore.exe	GET	200	204.79.197.200:80	http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico	US	image	237 b	whitelisted
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	404	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/shared_landing/fonts/MS-UIGothic.ttf)%20format(%22truetype%22	US	—	—	suspicious
4028	iexplore.exe	GET	404	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/favicon.ico	US	—	—	suspicious
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	200	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/log_info?_=1545165565175&tid=88edd556-069d-4285-90d7-bad0971e9cc2	US	—	—	suspicious
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	200	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/shared_landing/fonts/Raleway-Bold-webfont.eot?	US	eot	26.5 Kb	suspicious
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	200	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/shared_landing/fonts/Montserrat-Bold-webfont.eot?	US	eot	21.1 Kb	suspicious
2232	iexplore.exe	GET	200	54.146.151.112:80	http://training.phishme.com/log_info?_=1545165555018&tid=88edd556-069d-4285-90d7-bad0971e9cc2	US	—	—	suspicious

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4028	iexplore.exe	204.79.197.200:80	www.bing.com	Microsoft Corporation	US	whitelisted
2952	EXCEL.EXE	54.146.151.112:80	training.phishme.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
2232	iexplore.exe	54.146.151.112:80	training.phishme.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
2232	iexplore.exe	172.217.18.168:443	www.googletagmanager.com	Google Inc.	US	whitelisted
2232	iexplore.exe	54.230.95.17:80	images.pmeimg.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
4028	iexplore.exe	54.146.151.112:80	training.phishme.com	Amazon.com, Inc.	US	unknown
2232	iexplore.exe	151.101.2.110:443	js-agent.newrelic.com	Fastly	US	suspicious
2232	iexplore.exe	162.247.242.19:443	bam.nr-data.net	New Relic	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
training.phishme.com	54.146.151.112 34.225.103.99	suspicious
www.bing.com	204.79.197.200 13.107.21.200	whitelisted
www.googletagmanager.com	172.217.18.168	whitelisted
images.pmeimg.com	54.230.95.17 54.230.95.119 54.230.95.229 54.230.95.234	shared
js-agent.newrelic.com	151.101.2.110 151.101.66.110 151.101.130.110 151.101.194.110	whitelisted
bam.nr-data.net	162.247.242.19 162.247.242.21 162.247.242.20 162.247.242.18	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

ARE_2018Q4.xlsm

9E954215D16299ACBA4CA5A735E4C446

D5CAD9A28BA44DD6F29282E852ED737CDF810526

6388157C1ECA72254B2B2AF0B3F0B54B813C75D2B6CD1D815C82A501C0170277

384:4w/waEQ/HdfTW9ZiiI4+dh/D/CF4MMlTYlLITGY8ySAXelHdIZJC8RRwM:DvEQfdfekI+vjC2MM9mcGcSAXeUZJoM

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

SUSPICIOUS

Unusual connect from Microsoft Office

Reads Internet Cache Settings

Reads internet explorer settings

INFO

Changes internet zones settings

Reads Internet Cache Settings

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Application launched itself

Reads internet explorer settings

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

XMP

XML

ZIP

Video and screenshots

Processes

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Process information

Information

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Information

Registry activity

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Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

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