URL:

http://eternalstarculture.com/wp-admin/INC/fPNtDK2mYYg0IVkH10T/

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/a4a0d411-b47c-4860-ac0f-2b13b1e27c7f
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.

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Analysis date: September 30, 2020, 06:46:13
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
loader
trojan
emotet
emotet-doc
Indicators:
MD5:

07139681AC8728AD258CFD34C8970F44

SHA1:

A6C9A0C6AFEEC1C55400E3E3841FC4FC86FEC901

SHA256:

7A9A339DF13A892153793CA8353EA7D54CAAC8485122206400E3F546876BCA84

SSDEEP:

3:N1KbmbT0GQfkVgKZFWGa:CKAGpVgKZFfa

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • Nyczl3x.exe (PID: 3724)
      • msvcrt40.exe (PID: 3280)

    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • msvcrt40.exe (PID: 3280)

    • EMOTET was detected

      • msvcrt40.exe (PID: 3280)

    • Connects to CnC server

      • msvcrt40.exe (PID: 3280)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts Microsoft Office Application

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3848)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2240)

    • Application launched itself

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2240)

    • Executed via WMI

      • POwersheLL.exe (PID: 3928)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • POwersheLL.exe (PID: 3928)

    • PowerShell script executed

      • POwersheLL.exe (PID: 3928)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • POwersheLL.exe (PID: 3928)
      • Nyczl3x.exe (PID: 3724)

    • Starts itself from another location

      • Nyczl3x.exe (PID: 3724)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • msvcrt40.exe (PID: 3280)

  • INFO

    • Reads the hosts file

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3848)
      • chrome.exe (PID: 4008)

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2240)

    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 3316)
      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2240)

    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3848)

    • Application launched itself

      • chrome.exe (PID: 3848)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.
No data.
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Total processes
56
Monitored processes
18
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start drop and start drop and start chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs winword.exe no specs winword.exe no specs powershell.exe chrome.exe no specs chrome.exe no specs nyczl3x.exe #EMOTET msvcrt40.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
856"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=988,14198859155313192240,16313687477297528882,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=4962640018211825458 --renderer-client-id=8 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3520 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
988"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:7 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" "--metrics-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=75.0.3770.100 --initial-client-data=0x7c,0x80,0x84,0x78,0x88,0x6f15a9d0,0x6f15a9e0,0x6f15a9ecC:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
1072"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=988,14198859155313192240,16313687477297528882,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=9878152702280188560 --renderer-client-id=7 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3600 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2168"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=988,14198859155313192240,16313687477297528882,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=4100647828747208340 --renderer-client-id=5 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2272 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2240"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\3023626_049310.doc"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Exit code:
0
Version:
14.0.6024.1000
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\winword.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.6161_none_50934f2ebcb7eb57\msvcr90.dll
c:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\comctl32.dll
2420"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=988,14198859155313192240,16313687477297528882,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=4551067099656647069 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4060 /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2436"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=988,14198859155313192240,16313687477297528882,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --gpu-preferences=KAAAAAAAAADgAAAgAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAACgAAAAEAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAoAAAAAAAAADAAAAAAAAAAOAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAGAAAA --service-request-channel-token=16868540103290047480 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=940 --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2672"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --field-trial-handle=988,14198859155313192240,16313687477297528882,131072 --enable-features=PasswordImport --lang=en-US --enable-offline-auto-reload --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --service-request-channel-token=7904200016008570323 --renderer-client-id=6 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1924 /prefetch:1C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3280"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ELSCore\msvcrt40.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ELSCore\msvcrt40.exe
Nyczl3x.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Flex Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Replacement for the Masked Edit Control v 2.0.
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.8.0.3
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\elscore\msvcrt40.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvbvm60.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
3300"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=watcher --main-thread-id=1200 --on-initialized-event-handle=324 --parent-handle=328 /prefetch:6C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe—chrome.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Exit code:
0
Version:
75.0.3770.100
Modules
Images
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\chrome.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\google\chrome\application\75.0.3770.100\chrome_elf.dll
c:\windows\system32\version.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll
c:\windows\system32\shlwapi.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
Total events
3 908
Read events
2 943
Write events
764
Delete events
201

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:failed_count
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\ThirdParty
Operation:writeName:StatusCodes
Value:
01000000
(PID) Process:(3300) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:writeName:3848-13245921987943875
Value:
259
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon
Operation:writeName:state
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:dr
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome
Operation:writeName:UsageStatsInSample
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes
Operation:delete valueName:3228-13245745346152343
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3848) chrome.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}
Operation:writeName:usagestats
Value:
0
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
27
Text files
72
Unknown types
8

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\BrowserMetrics-5F7429C4-F08.pma —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\BudgetDatabase\LOG.old —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\8d4f87ec-1baf-4f8e-b054-edee45442894.tmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\000046.dbtmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Site Characteristics Database\LOG.old~RF3ba4bc.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old~RF3ba49d.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Feature Engagement Tracker\EventDB\LOG.oldtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
3848chrome.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\data_reduction_proxy_leveldb\LOG.old~RF3ba4bc.TMPtext
MD5:—
SHA256:—
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HTTP(S) requests
3
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
13
Threats
5

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
4008
chrome.exe
GET
200
106.55.37.109:80
http://eternalstarculture.com/wp-admin/INC/fPNtDK2mYYg0IVkH10T/
CN
document
140 Kb
suspicious
3928
POwersheLL.exe
GET
200
74.208.87.98:80
http://employmentplacestaffing.com/wp-images/6V9/
US
executable
400 Kb
suspicious
3280
msvcrt40.exe
POST
200
202.22.141.45:80
http://202.22.141.45/612y3W4yr7S/QEmE/
NC
binary
132 b
malicious
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4008
chrome.exe
172.217.22.99:443
clientservices.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4008
chrome.exe
106.55.37.109:80
eternalstarculture.com
—
CN
suspicious
—
—
106.55.37.109:80
eternalstarculture.com
—
CN
suspicious
4008
chrome.exe
172.217.16.206:443
sb-ssl.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4008
chrome.exe
172.217.22.67:443
ssl.gstatic.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
4008
chrome.exe
216.58.210.14:443
safebrowsing.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3928
POwersheLL.exe
205.144.171.98:80
cab-wise.com
Sharktech
US
suspicious
4008
chrome.exe
172.217.18.106:443
safebrowsing.googleapis.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
3928
POwersheLL.exe
74.208.87.98:80
employmentplacestaffing.com
1&1 Internet SE
US
suspicious
3280
msvcrt40.exe
202.22.141.45:80
—
OFFRATEL
NC
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
clientservices.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.22.99
whitelisted
accounts.google.com
  • 142.250.74.205
shared
eternalstarculture.com
  • 106.55.37.109
suspicious
sb-ssl.google.com
  • 172.217.16.206
whitelisted
ssl.gstatic.com
  • 172.217.22.67
whitelisted
safebrowsing.google.com
  • 216.58.210.14
whitelisted
cab-wise.com
  • 205.144.171.98
suspicious
employmentplacestaffing.com
  • 74.208.87.98
suspicious
www.gstatic.com
  • 216.58.206.3
whitelisted
safebrowsing.googleapis.com
  • 172.217.18.106
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
4008
chrome.exe
Misc activity
SUSPICIOUS [PTsecurity] Download DOC file with VBAScript
3928
POwersheLL.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
3928
POwersheLL.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download
3928
POwersheLL.exe
Misc activity
ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP
3280
msvcrt40.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M10
No debug info
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