Malware analysis d6a479704bd6b481edc8c53ab9601c34bff8558fb7a90389e7259c879c96d7df Malicious activity

Add for printing

File name:	d6a479704bd6b481edc8c53ab9601c34bff8558fb7a90389e7259c879c96d7df
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/b3d959ab-8d5d-4e82-acde-cf18fa9f2190
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Arkei is a stealer type malware capable of collecting passwords, autosaved forms, cryptocurrency wallet credentials, and files. AZORult can steal banking information, including passwords and credit card details, as well as cryptocurrency. This constantly updated information stealer malware should not be taken lightly, as it continues to be an active threat. 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. Remote access trojans (RATs) are a type of malware that enables attackers to establish complete to partial control over infected computers. Such malicious programs often have a modular design, offering a wide range of functionalities for conducting illicit activities on compromised systems. Some of the most common features of RATs include access to the users’ data, webcam, and keystrokes. This malware is often distributed through phishing emails and links. Stealers are a group of malicious software that are intended for gaining unauthorized access to users’ information and transferring it to the attacker. The stealer malware category includes various types of programs that focus on their particular kind of data, including files, passwords, and cryptocurrency. Stealers are capable of spying on their targets by recording their keystrokes and taking screenshots. This type of malware is primarily distributed as part of phishing campaigns. Trojans are a group of malicious programs distinguished by their ability to masquerade as benign software. Depending on their type, trojans possess a variety of capabilities, ranging from maintaining full remote control over the victim’s machine to stealing data and files, as well as dropping other malware. At the same time, the main functionality of each trojan family can differ significantly depending on its type. The most common trojan infection chain starts with a phishing email. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	December 06, 2018, 16:07:34
OS:	Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:	macros macros-on-open trojan stealer arkei loader nocturnal evasion rat azorult
Indicators:
MIME:	application/msword
File info:	Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.1, Code page: 1252, Author: Little Pig, Template: Normal.dotm, Last Saved By: Little Pig, Revision Number: 1, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Office Word, Total Editing Time: 01:00, Create Time/Date: Thu Nov 29 17:41:00 2018, Last Saved Time/Date: Thu Nov 29 17:42:00 2018, Number of Pages: 2, Number of Words: 0, Number of Characters: 3, Security: 0
MD5:	4B6977F65207F40A703CC3108BD616DA
SHA1:	A26152C2CF2E8880D1EC730F574F1D80E329E6FC
SHA256:	D6A479704BD6B481EDC8C53AB9601C34BFF8558FB7A90389E7259C879C96D7DF
SSDEEP:	6144:UXA5ivBFLyG4AcLXmeJUguD4Bl7XnpSHLW7W/bMlj:OA5ivOPDRuDm7X8qsb2

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.

Launch configuration

Task duration:: 300 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: on
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: 240 seconds
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: off
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 (68.0.3440.106)
Google Update Helper (1.3.33.17)
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 61.0.2 (x86 en-US) (61.0.2)
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

Add for printing

MALICIOUS
- Unusual execution from Microsoft Office
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2972)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2972)
- Requests a remote executable file from MS Office
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2972)
- ARKEI was detected
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 1760)
  - UANZQNJNPV.exe (PID: 712)
  - UANZQNJNPV.exe (PID: 3600)
- Downloads executable files from the Internet
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Loads dropped or rewritten executable
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Actions looks like stealing of personal data
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Stealing of credential data
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- AZORULT was detected
  - UANZQNJNPV.exe (PID: 3600)
- Connects to CnC server
  - UANZQNJNPV.exe (PID: 3600)
SUSPICIOUS
- Unusual connect from Microsoft Office
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2972)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Creates files in the program directory
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Reads the cookies of Google Chrome
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Starts itself from another location
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Reads the cookies of Mozilla Firefox
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Checks for external IP
  - ubyj.exe (PID: 856)
- Uses TASKKILL.EXE to kill process
  - cmd.exe (PID: 3216)
- Connects to server without host name
  - UANZQNJNPV.exe (PID: 3600)
INFO
- Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2972)
- Creates files in the user directory
  - WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2972)

Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report

Add for printing

No Malware configuration.

Add for printing

TRiD

.doc	\|	Microsoft Word document (80)

EXIF

FlashPix

CompObjUserType:	-
CompObjUserTypeLen:	-
HeadingPairs:	Название 1
TitleOfParts:	-
HyperlinksChanged:	No
SharedDoc:	No
LinksUpToDate:	No
ScaleCrop:	No
AppVersion:	14
CharCountWithSpaces:	3
Paragraphs:	1
Lines:	1
Company:	Microsoft
CodePage:	Unicode (UTF-8)
Security:	None
Characters:	3
Words:	-
Pages:	2
ModifyDate:	2018:11:29 17:42:00
CreateDate:	2018:11:29 17:41:00
TotalEditTime:	1.0 minutes
Software:	Microsoft Office Word
RevisionNumber:	1
LastModifiedBy:	Little Pig
Template:	Normal.dotm
Author:	Little Pig

No data.

Add for printing

All screenshots are available in the full report

Add for printing

Total processes

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details

Process information

PID	CMD	Path	Indicators	Parent process
2972	"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6a479704bd6b481edc8c53ab9601c34bff8558fb7a90389e7259c879c96d7df.doc"	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE		explorer.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Word Version: 14.0.6024.1000
1760	C:\Users\Public\ubyj.exe	C:\Users\Public\ubyj.exe	—	WINWORD.EXE
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0
856	C:\Users\Public\ubyj.exe	C:\Users\Public\ubyj.exe		ubyj.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0
712	"C:\ProgramData\UANZQNJNPV.exe"	C:\ProgramData\UANZQNJNPV.exe	—	ubyj.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0
3216	"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /im ubyj.exe /f & erase C:\Users\Public\ubyj.exe & exit	C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe	—	ubyj.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
3600	"C:\ProgramData\UANZQNJNPV.exe"	C:\ProgramData\UANZQNJNPV.exe		UANZQNJNPV.exe
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0
2416	taskkill /im ubyj.exe /f	C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe	—	cmd.exe
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Terminates Processes Exit code: 128 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Add for printing

Total events

1 166

Read events

799

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

No data

Add for printing

Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
2972	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRA888.tmp.cvr		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
856	ubyj.exe	C:\ProgramData\EZSFTVFMC4137HO8J9HP\c-shm		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
856	ubyj.exe	C:\ProgramData\EZSFTVFMC4137HO8J9HP\history		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
856	ubyj.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\R9ZEWH8D\169[1].txt		text
		MD5:A6036C9DD4E0FD015412B652744DC1B4	SHA256:B7ED3BBF8CF92DE7F2EC0E0BCB3957B0A6314C703BAAA9348C6F89A0AEDA0EA7
2972	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\RB73MZ6Y\AU3_EXE[1].exe		executable
		MD5:EDF874AC0F20AE735D14A033A590A281	SHA256:46014241FF27B8BFC974F49684EBF4D2025FBDBA9172D4DEB745DE778B167E60
856	ubyj.exe	C:\ProgramData\EZSFTVFMC4137HO8J9HP\history-shm		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
2972	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm		pgc
		MD5:32CA13FE69C2270F4F0B5DB85CD58DD7	SHA256:20D4E0981933360A07ED8556C072B9E0871C26ADAEBB51BC2EDE902CD2407690
2972	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\Public\ubyj.exe		executable
		MD5:EDF874AC0F20AE735D14A033A590A281	SHA256:46014241FF27B8BFC974F49684EBF4D2025FBDBA9172D4DEB745DE778B167E60
856	ubyj.exe	C:\ProgramData\EZSFTVFMC4137HO8J9HP\c		sqlite
		MD5:33FAA3C0AB3E0E5F8E5446ED0D52CA32	SHA256:2AE728D9D195C37B8041CC088F9A28BB666B670E1A2410EFAEE5B26047C08BBF
2972	WINWORD.EXE	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~$a479704bd6b481edc8c53ab9601c34bff8558fb7a90389e7259c879c96d7df.doc		pgc
		MD5:65487C27981B0C8FCA0F268876BF2CDF	SHA256:EF979079943671D222B008873A4377BF42BBE7243251E8FDBA0F2C8BA7CB90C0

Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Add for printing

HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
2972	WINWORD.EXE	GET	200	122.10.96.66:80	http://linyidyhg.com/data/cache/listcache/ae/c5/3b/AU3_EXE.exe	HK	executable	697 Kb	suspicious
856	ubyj.exe	GET	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/nss3.dll	RU	executable	1.19 Mb	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	POST	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/	RU	text	94 b	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	GET	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/msvcp140.dll	RU	executable	429 Kb	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	GET	200	91.194.60.236:80	http://www.bsprotection.fr/modules/gridextjs/extjs/resources/images/default/progress/imag.exe	FR	executable	309 Kb	suspicious
856	ubyj.exe	GET	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/freebl3.dll	RU	executable	326 Kb	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	GET	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/softokn3.dll	RU	executable	141 Kb	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	GET	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/mozglue.dll	RU	executable	133 Kb	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	POST	200	79.143.28.114:80	http://benderio.com/169	RU	text	156 b	malicious
856	ubyj.exe	POST	200	185.194.141.58:80	http://ip-api.com/line/	DE	text	115 b	shared

Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
856	ubyj.exe	185.194.141.58:80	ip-api.com	netcup GmbH	DE	unknown
856	ubyj.exe	91.194.60.236:80	www.bsprotection.fr	Octopuce s.a.r.l.	FR	suspicious
856	ubyj.exe	79.143.28.114:80	benderio.com	Frame Design Ltd	RU	malicious
3600	UANZQNJNPV.exe	185.198.57.181:80	—	Host Sailor Ltd.	NL	malicious
2972	WINWORD.EXE	122.10.96.66:80	linyidyhg.com	Hutchison Global Communications	HK	suspicious

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
linyidyhg.com	122.10.96.66	suspicious
benderio.com	79.143.28.114	malicious
ip-api.com	185.194.141.58	shared
www.bsprotection.fr	91.194.60.236	unknown

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
2972	WINWORD.EXE	Potential Corporate Privacy Violation	ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
856	ubyj.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23869 (Arkei)
856	ubyj.exe	Potential Corporate Privacy Violation	ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
856	ubyj.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23869 (Arkei)
856	ubyj.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] Nocturnal Stealer
856	ubyj.exe	Potential Corporate Privacy Violation	ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com
856	ubyj.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] Trojan.PWS.Stealer.23869 (Arkei)
856	ubyj.exe	Potential Corporate Privacy Violation	ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
3600	UANZQNJNPV.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] AZORult HTTP Header
3600	UANZQNJNPV.exe	A Network Trojan was detected	MALWARE [PTsecurity] AZORult Request

4 ETPRO signatures available at the full report

Add for printing

No debug info

General Info

d6a479704bd6b481edc8c53ab9601c34bff8558fb7a90389e7259c879c96d7df

4B6977F65207F40A703CC3108BD616DA

A26152C2CF2E8880D1EC730F574F1D80E329E6FC

D6A479704BD6B481EDC8C53AB9601C34BFF8558FB7A90389E7259C879C96D7DF

6144:UXA5ivBFLyG4AcLXmeJUguD4Bl7XnpSHLW7W/bMlj:OA5ivOPDRuDm7X8qsb2

Software environment set and analysis options

Launch configuration

Software preset

Hotfixes

Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

Unusual execution from Microsoft Office

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Requests a remote executable file from MS Office

ARKEI was detected

Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

Downloads executable files from the Internet

Loads dropped or rewritten executable

Actions looks like stealing of personal data

Stealing of credential data

AZORULT was detected

Connects to CnC server

SUSPICIOUS

Unusual connect from Microsoft Office

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

Creates files in the program directory

Creates files in the user directory

Reads the cookies of Google Chrome

Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

Starts itself from another location

Reads the cookies of Mozilla Firefox

Checks for external IP

Uses TASKKILL.EXE to kill process

Connects to server without host name

INFO

Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

Creates files in the user directory

Malware configuration

Static information

TRiD

EXIF

FlashPix

Video and screenshots

Processes

Behavior graph

Specs description

Process information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Information

Registry activity

Modification events

Files activity

Dropped files

Network activity

HTTP requests

Connections

DNS requests

Threats

Debug output strings