Malware analysis 2018-01-08-Lokibot-malspam-1531-UTC.eml Malicious activity

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File name:	2018-01-08-Lokibot-malspam-1531-UTC.eml
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/ac418683-121d-4b91-9e62-9158dea96b8b
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 02:46:20
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	arch-exec susp-attachments attachments attc-unc
Indicators:
MIME:	message/rfc822
File info:	RFC 822 mail, Non-ISO extended-ASCII text, with CRLF, LF line terminators
MD5:	85D7F9D71171105B737214C4566BF146
SHA1:	11888CE07BCD93905BA9085B5C99F93EB6891A8F
SHA256:	D03FE7D3BDC432912B563363BC1BE8CF1FED8A923B5859DF73DF696B1CDB0178
SSDEEP:	12288:UnUu4pBlzPKk3O3uLU25SbFeU/J7/0RYB6M2vrWuwqp4B35hO7L94n:Zut4OR2KeU/F0Rc4vjwqSB35hO7L9I

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: on
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
No malicious indicators.
SUSPICIOUS
- Email with suspicious attachment
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 516)
INFO
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 7876)
  - slui.exe (PID: 5640)
- Checks proxy server information
  - slui.exe (PID: 7876)
- Email with attachments
  - OUTLOOK.EXE (PID: 516)

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Total processes

148

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

516

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /eml C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2018-01-08-Lokibot-malspam-1531-UTC.eml

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Outlook

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\outlook.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

5640

"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

SppExtComObj.Exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

6036

C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

KMS Connection Broker

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll

6112

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

User Choice Protection Manager

Exit code:

Version:

1.0.0.414301

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\ucpdmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.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

6268

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

UCPDMgr.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7200

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\UCPDMgr.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\UCPDMgr.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

User Choice Protection Manager

Exit code:

Version:

1.0.0.414301

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\ucpdmgr.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.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

7324

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

UCPDMgr.exe

User:

SYSTEM

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7532

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "79157DC7-A565-4717-89DC-95C77651E068" "E8C69DF3-8A61-46EB-9D2F-946FBBC96E5D" "516"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe

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OUTLOOK.EXE

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64.

Version:

0.12.2.0

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\vfs\programfilescommonx64\microsoft shared\office16\ai.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\appvisvsubsystems64.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\clicktorun\c2r64.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

7876

C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding

C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows Activation Client

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\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\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll

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Total events

17 502

Read events

17 219

Write events

199

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\GracefulExit\OUTLOOK\1644
Operation:	delete value	Name:	0
Value: ซ渐�꿃僁赇臢섙䘱醛ꂾ樁င$驄摽鶲ީ湕湫睯쥮Ȇ∢්ł¢ᣂ숁씀褎예ﴏ�뾙뚠ǭ჉砃㐶ᇅ೬ዒ漋甀琀氀漀漀欀⸀攀砀攀씀‖ៅ肀줄࠘㈲㈱䐭捥
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\GracefulExit\OUTLOOK\1644
Operation:	delete key	Name:	(default)
Value:
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\OUTLOOK\516
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E10BB6F3F7181C78B42AAD4E97EE3BD97BA2300469C91C3C78E96EEED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C50E8908C91003783634C5118404D2120B6F00750074006C006F006F006B002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionId
Value: 1AF04DED0F54344FA64B25844A1769F1
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsData
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionId
Value: 713F6FBB-C781-428B-AAD4-E97EE3BD97BA
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics
Operation:	delete value	Name:	BootFailureCount
Value:
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Preferences
Operation:	delete value	Name:	ChangeProfileOnRestart
Value:
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046
Operation:	write	Name:	00030429
Value: 09000000
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsData
Operation:	write	Name:	ProfileBeingOpened
Value: Outlook
(PID) Process:	(516) OUTLOOK.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046
Operation:	write	Name:	00030397
Value: 60000000

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\Documents\Outlook Files\Outlook1.pst		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:F7D700BE73ADB42FBC3DD4298746BC73	SHA256:68469875C19904CF4EBDE1094BECA4600CC3EFDB76B597133136755FC89453A2
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$rmalEmail.dotm		binary
		MD5:B75BEDDA44A9002333B62406A0B24C77	SHA256:6CB6C8471BFE61B59FA6F17E0D6A78D9D933BFB99155CA2578A6762E0FC77582
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:535F3E0FA38EED776EA735F9D4E6A647	SHA256:79FDB9F0AC18DBCF1CE9734B1A961A5EEBD0842455B8574B0A63B569BD6C8C51
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\olkD42A.tmp		binary
		MD5:913CE2A554859E3A43A79D788B1185A3	SHA256:9EEDD4B809448F823EF111E51324A9091FB0F48352A8E0A7F73FBB12890EF439
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_TableViewPreviewPrefs_2_A712E99DCA71AD44AB6F3636A81B11DF.dat		xml
		MD5:0E092DB99AEE99FDFF9B5B222C732CFD	SHA256:D1614AD99ADED9F6F5C1BE7FE7FFA5124BD04A526580DA3818EA8A954E852AA6

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HTTP(S) requests

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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	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
3216	svchost.exe	172.211.123.248:443	client.wns.windows.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	FR	whitelisted
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.109.28.46:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.123.129.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
6544	svchost.exe	40.126.31.130:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2104	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
516	OUTLOOK.EXE	52.109.76.243:443	roaming.officeapps.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 40.127.240.158 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.110	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.248 172.211.123.249	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.28.46	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.129.14 52.123.128.14	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.130 40.126.31.128 40.126.31.71 40.126.31.67 20.190.159.75 40.126.31.131 40.126.31.2 40.126.31.0	whitelisted
roaming.officeapps.live.com	52.109.76.243	whitelisted
omex.cdn.office.net	23.48.23.30 23.48.23.18	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	20.42.65.94 20.189.173.14	whitelisted
nleditor.osi.office.net	52.111.231.23 52.111.231.26 52.111.231.25 52.111.231.24	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

2018-01-08-Lokibot-malspam-1531-UTC.eml

85D7F9D71171105B737214C4566BF146

11888CE07BCD93905BA9085B5C99F93EB6891A8F

D03FE7D3BDC432912B563363BC1BE8CF1FED8A923B5859DF73DF696B1CDB0178

12288:UnUu4pBlzPKk3O3uLU25SbFeU/J7/0RYB6M2vrWuwqp4B35hO7L94n:Zut4OR2KeU/F0Rc4vjwqSB35hO7L9I

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Email with suspicious attachment

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Reads the software policy settings

Checks proxy server information

Email with attachments

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