File name:

POC-CVE-2023-21716.rtf

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/96ed450b-b642-48fd-918c-f0ade868332e
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: January 01, 2025, 11:59:19
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: text/rtf
File info: Rich Text Format data, version 1
MD5:

D1E8C1498D56E7DA0E8FC0671B5AB2B5

SHA1:

8276FACC6EF40DF6385DD3DD49E41848228C7735

SHA256:

ACF196F673746A742CC77AB864E0A81C2AC85200BC33EE27543E7D4C257ECDEA

SSDEEP:

3072:2S3COPNhY0WulaBX+g3iXHfEPsOMf0ReLwtKnMht197h5IbS9MP2BwxPSmqO5G5/:r/Z1Od5IbS9MP2BGfBrDBPZvzjZU1

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Unusual execution from MS Office

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 6348)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executes application which crashes

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 6348)

  • INFO

    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 7032)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 7032)

    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 6348)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 7032)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • WerFault.exe (PID: 7032)
      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 5064)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 5064)

    • Checks supported languages

      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 5064)

    • Manual execution by a user

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 6220)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 5064)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.rtf | Rich Text Format (100)
No data.
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Total processes
134
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start winword.exe werfault.exe winword.exe no specs searchapp.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
5064"C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mcaC:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Search application
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemapps\microsoft.windows.search_cw5n1h2txyewy\searchapp.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
6220"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\POC-CVE-2023-21716.rtf" /o ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Version:
16.0.16026.20146
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\winword.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
6348"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POC-CVE-2023-21716.rtf /o ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Exit code:
255
Version:
16.0.16026.20146
Modules
Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\winword.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
7032C:\WINDOWS\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 6348 -s 3444C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe
WINWORD.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Problem Reporting
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\werfault.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\cryptsp.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
Total events
11 124
Read events
10 842
Write events
270
Delete events
12

Modification events

(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
017012000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\WINWORD\6348
Operation:writeName:0
Value:
0B0E10F3A5AB37CA44734E9C15B406366943B5230046C290C5D8C988D7ED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511CC31D2120B770069006E0077006F00720064002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:en-US
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:de-de
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:fr-fr
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:es-es
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:it-it
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:ja-jp
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:ko-kr
Value:
2
(PID) Process:(6348) WINWORD.EXEKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:writeName:pt-br
Value:
2
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
69
Text files
18
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7032WerFault.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\WINWORD.EXE.6348.dmp —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
7032WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_WINWORD.EXE_7d193f321d3dfd097d07787288fc64eb44a20f_0c83796a_6d9177f2-2521-49be-ac13-0da91139b7ec\Report.wer —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
6348WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WebServiceCache\AllUsers\officeclient.microsoft.com\825A1125-C003-4674-8809-DE19D19A0875xml
MD5:C53748513B59A55008FBA8667D953E8F
SHA256:BAE4A018AF9E0F2C6E0ACF9FD73C4870A5BADDF9CAD0A638E9E60F9DE4F918F9
6348WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntitiesUpdated.bintext
MD5:40755A64BCFA1BAE7BAC7C7B43F6F8FD
SHA256:B912AB53388F783B171150BECFFA6F67E137D49680C0D340384618954D8C61F3
6348WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbresbinary
MD5:5C21630AB2C67A0399BDAB0C9339B5D0
SHA256:5062F00045899520D39CAE9EDC8C80D5153C9BDD368BDFD39D7F381C2B442CEA
6348WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~$C-CVE-2023-21716.rtfbinary
MD5:D9DA692D7928908885ED0805BE2A6B8B
SHA256:7A2AE73619F43DA3E4BC501EB7E40DF11EDE076EC051428BB0FF766B6F0F4424
6348WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotmpgc
MD5:B76696E6324E3B989A14D34DF3E94056
SHA256:C67DDA34A95E695E5AFC6E5A6ECF4850AB5067DCB4F0F073A7764D64F10D289B
5064SearchApp.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\ConstraintIndex\Apps_{002807ef-fdd3-40aa-8947-30813f3e75c0}\0.0.filtertrie.intermediate.txttext
MD5:313FB75B427790D01342FE144D9C3C06
SHA256:50DBBA1A26C02E1C1B831C474708E68C9B11E3FCF6B254AE908A2C3007D88100
6348WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbresbinary
MD5:7EFA0FCC97E37FB9305F59A277F1DB11
SHA256:CAA1EAE0658A7206FC4C7C566B27939739CF00540758DFC08E321E7CEC257E70
5064SearchApp.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\ConstraintIndex\Apps_{002807ef-fdd3-40aa-8947-30813f3e75c0}\0.1.filtertrie.intermediate.txttext
MD5:34BD1DFB9F72CF4F86E6DF6DA0A9E49A
SHA256:8E1E6A3D56796A245D0C7B0849548932FEE803BBDB03F6E289495830E017F14C
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HTTP(S) requests
13
TCP/UDP connections
44
DNS requests
26
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5064
SearchApp.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.113:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7032
WerFault.exe
GET
200
2.16.164.16:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1176
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
2.16.164.113:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5888
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
7032
WerFault.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
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/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
20.73.194.208:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
unknown
5064
SearchApp.exe
2.23.209.182:443
www.bing.com
Akamai International B.V.
GB
whitelisted
5064
SearchApp.exe
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.16.164.113:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
—
—
2.16.164.113:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
4712
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
88.221.169.152:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
—
—
88.221.169.152:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
6348
WINWORD.EXE
52.109.76.240:443
officeclient.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6348
WINWORD.EXE
52.113.194.132:443
ecs.office.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.73.194.208
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 2.23.209.182
  • 2.23.209.149
  • 2.23.209.187
  • 2.23.209.140
  • 2.23.209.165
  • 2.23.209.133
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.164.113
  • 2.16.164.112
  • 2.16.164.16
  • 2.16.164.130
  • 2.16.164.34
  • 2.16.164.72
  • 2.16.164.115
  • 2.16.164.81
  • 2.16.164.67
  • 2.16.164.90
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.184.206
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 88.221.169.152
whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com
  • 52.109.76.240
whitelisted
ecs.office.com
  • 52.113.194.132
whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net
  • 2.16.168.119
  • 2.16.168.101
whitelisted
watson.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.20
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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