Malware analysis 2020-10-12-XLS-with-macros-for-Lokibot.bin Malicious activity

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File name:	2020-10-12-XLS-with-macros-for-Lokibot.bin
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/ee769c36-0fac-48b4-aa5b-ff200fea0512
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	A loader is malicious software that infiltrates devices to deliver malicious payloads. This malware is capable of infecting victims’ computers, analyzing their system information, and installing other types of threats, such as trojans or stealers. Criminals usually deliver loaders through phishing emails and links by relying on social engineering to trick users into downloading and running their executables. Loaders employ advanced evasion and persistence tactics to avoid detection. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	April 29, 2025, 09:13:29
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:	macros macros-on-open loader
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.ms-excel
File info:	Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.2, Code page: 1252, Author: oplup, Last Saved By: HP, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Mon Oct 12 09:44:19 2020, Last Saved Time/Date: Mon Oct 12 10:00:32 2020, Security: 0
MD5:	E98B2AC88A1F33A371175E24C189EF5E
SHA1:	BD9207D48D365C37466ABD11C4E10AF114632BAD
SHA256:	D5A68A111C359A22965206E7AC7D602D92789DD1AA3F0E0C8D89412FC84E24A5
SSDEEP:	1536:XRRRRNoR50V93u91k7wps9KgX7HGLbNfqGy+7iJ+cR0Y2nR+z8RAcFT1/mR7pxm6:fX7HGPNiRR1AwSAaT1/Zmpv

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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
- Opens an HTTP connection (SCRIPT)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2564)
- Creates internet connection object (SCRIPT)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2564)
- Gets path to any of the special folders (SCRIPT)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2564)
- Sends HTTP request (SCRIPT)
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2564)
SUSPICIOUS
- Process requests binary or script from the Internet
  - EXCEL.EXE (PID: 2564)
INFO
- Reads the software policy settings
  - slui.exe (PID: 664)
  - slui.exe (PID: 1764)
- Checks proxy server information
  - slui.exe (PID: 1764)

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TRiD

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

EXIF

FlashPix

Author:	oplup
LastModifiedBy:	HP
Software:	Microsoft Excel
CreateDate:	2020:10:12 09:44:19
ModifyDate:	2020:10:12 10:00:32
Security:	None
CodePage:	Windows Latin 1 (Western European)
AppVersion:	14
ScaleCrop:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
SharedDoc:	No
HyperlinksChanged:	No
TitleOfParts:	Sheet1 Sheet2 Sheet3
HeadingPairs:	Worksheets 3
CompObjUserTypeLen:	31
CompObjUserType:	Microsoft Excel 2003 Worksheet

No data.

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Total processes

136

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

664

"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

1764

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

2564

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2020-10-12-XLS-with-macros-for-Lokibot.bin.xls

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Microsoft Excel

Version:

16.0.16026.20146

Modules

Images
c:\program files\microsoft office\root\office16\excel.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll

6944

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

C:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe

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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

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Total events

15 092

Read events

15 003

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling
Operation:	write	Name:	1
Value: 01D014000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\EXCEL\2564
Operation:	write	Name:	0
Value: 0B0E103F45BFA2B160C249820BA1D9077C56DE230046B1D9D7AEF09CEEED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C5118414D2120965007800630065006C002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	en-US
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	de-de
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	fr-fr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	es-es
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	it-it
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ja-jp
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	ko-kr
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(2564) EXCEL.EXE	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages
Operation:	write	Name:	pt-br
Value: 2

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2564	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres		binary
		MD5:4C0856CF16F0CDA79A9C4AC5BA6A3338	SHA256:CB8F164365B21CDC6D59B224448E19C65B59CC5648CBDE2EAB9A89D52BA031D8
2564	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres		binary
		MD5:95E86BF128637E7FA02EFC1B294DFC9A	SHA256:55651C84246A97CB6BB1C0173B21310C420DBA4BF6FBAD49128847F26C8D0A28
2564	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\UsageMetricsStore\FileActivityStoreV3\Excel\ASkwMDAwMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfTnVsbAA.S		binary
		MD5:F015EAC27691D58D1A5C821291EF40DB	SHA256:ACF82A05C1530ED5FDF05AEA89094AF2438014FB8B6EEC1F781EE2C16BB726E0
2564	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\STBOSROP1AKFSWTTA8C6.temp		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228
2564	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\excel.exe_Rules.xml		text
		MD5:6E777ED8A64C8D314E44C19C1AB6A99A	SHA256:5635FA87DC677DF7B62C190853B41088759C1A5B765C413F6D67142B3B342FBC
2564	EXCEL.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\b8ab77100df80ab2.customDestinations-ms		binary
		MD5:4FCB2A3EE025E4A10D21E1B154873FE2	SHA256:90BF6BAA6F968A285F88620FBF91E1F5AA3E66E2BAD50FD16F37913280AD8228

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2564	EXCEL.EXE	GET	404	49.13.77.253:80	http://millsmiltinon.com/ojHYhkfkmuofwuendkfptktnbujgmfkgtdeitobregvdgetyhsk/Xehmigm.exe	unknown	—	—	unknown

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
2104	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
5496	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2112	svchost.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
2564	EXCEL.EXE	52.109.28.46:443	officeclient.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	GB	whitelisted
2564	EXCEL.EXE	52.123.130.14:443	ecs.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
2564	EXCEL.EXE	49.13.77.253:80	millsmiltinon.com	Hetzner Online GmbH	DE	unknown
2564	EXCEL.EXE	52.111.229.36:443	messaging.lifecycle.office.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	US	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
google.com	142.250.186.78	whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.104.136.2	whitelisted
officeclient.microsoft.com	52.109.28.46	whitelisted
ecs.office.com	52.123.130.14 52.123.131.14	whitelisted
millsmiltinon.com	49.13.77.253	unknown
messaging.lifecycle.office.com	52.111.229.36	whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com	20.189.173.2 20.50.201.204	whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com	172.211.123.249 172.211.123.250	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.109.210.53	whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com	52.165.164.15 2603:1030:c02:2::284	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

2020-10-12-XLS-with-macros-for-Lokibot.bin

E98B2AC88A1F33A371175E24C189EF5E

BD9207D48D365C37466ABD11C4E10AF114632BAD

D5A68A111C359A22965206E7AC7D602D92789DD1AA3F0E0C8D89412FC84E24A5

1536:XRRRRNoR50V93u91k7wps9KgX7HGLbNfqGy+7iJ+cR0Y2nR+z8RAcFT1/mR7pxm6:fX7HGPNiRR1AwSAaT1/Zmpv

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Launch configuration

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Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Opens an HTTP connection (SCRIPT)

Creates internet connection object (SCRIPT)

Gets path to any of the special folders (SCRIPT)

Sends HTTP request (SCRIPT)

SUSPICIOUS

Process requests binary or script from the Internet

INFO

Reads the software policy settings

Checks proxy server information

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

FlashPix

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