| File name: | Melissa_Employee_Hand-book.docx |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/a80d3440-d4de-4845-830f-292854f0d6c8 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Analysis date: | March 24, 2025, 17:54:04 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
| File info: | Microsoft Word 2007+ |
| MD5: | AE18760E142AC40670C70631B356F8B3 |
| SHA1: | 1BE3137FA75266FF515A6804353C13FE68C24275 |
| SHA256: | DB2689721A44152687E74557A092936C7BF1B7094F4553B1020897B9C4A04095 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:OIZrNjOkycYIhUX59Dsdl6am+wDRBbgYl7dOSBDrS3W/a5qjNFBo3xP4bnm2LOr7:f |
MALICIOUS
QR code contains URL with email
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1676)
Suspicious URL found
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1676)
SUSPICIOUS
No suspicious indicators.INFO
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 7480)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- BackgroundTransferHost.exe (PID: 8036)
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TRiD
| .docx | | | Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (52.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .zip | | | Open Packaging Conventions container (38.8) |
| .zip | | | ZIP compressed archive (8.8) |
EXIF
ZIP
| ZipRequiredVersion: | 10 |
|---|---|
| ZipBitFlag: | - |
| ZipCompression: | None |
| ZipModifyDate: | 2025:03:20 20:28:02 |
| ZipCRC: | 0x00000000 |
| ZipCompressedSize: | - |
| ZipUncompressedSize: | - |
| ZipFileName: | word/ |
XMP
| Title: | - |
|---|---|
| Subject: | - |
| Creator: | html-to-docx |
| Description: | - |
XML
| Keywords: | html-to-docx |
|---|---|
| LastModifiedBy: | html-to-docx |
| RevisionNumber: | 1 |
| CreateDate: | 2025:03:20 16:28:58.474Z |
| ModifyDate: | 2025:03:20 16:28:58.474Z |
Total processes
149
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1056 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1676 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Melissa_Employee_Hand-book.docx /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
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| 5380 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7348 | 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 Version: 10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7404 | "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 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7480 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7776 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "91288F95-BC64-424A-AA67-2D7E2C698681" "EDFDDA62-E3BC-490B-9A95-7C898EC7C1EC" "1676" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe | — | WINWORD.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
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| 7904 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 8036 | "BackgroundTransferHost.exe" -ServerName:BackgroundTransferHost.1 | C:\Windows\System32\BackgroundTransferHost.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Download/Upload Host Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
15 670
Read events
15 306
Write events
344
Delete events
20
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: 017012000000001000B24E9A3E02000000000000000600000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\WINWORD\1676 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: 0B0E10E2931249C06F724D936410FA04B5E0D2230046FEA2A782DC9CE7ED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C5118C0DD2120B770069006E0077006F00720064002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | en-US |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | de-de |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | fr-fr |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | es-es |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | it-it |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ja-jp |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ko-kr |
Value: 2 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1676) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledEditingLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | pt-br |
Value: 2 | |||
Executable files
34
Suspicious files
130
Text files
16
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm | binary | |
MD5:3A1C580312C1BA507037EA3C05997865 | SHA256:B23B66F6C099974ED118D51F2D1A665394104208E3FABB6078E6DA29E9D2A57C | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres | binary | |
MD5:0E971CF25981AE41A02C6C4B6D566B05 | SHA256:D66BE07094D218C891A52E90881E3A554F1F69E56B5F5EB3401AB6E96A7F7CC1 | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_CBDCCBFE4F7A916411C1E69BDD97BB04 | binary | |
MD5:8C8FA63D7E5D0C029BC121750BF75CF9 | SHA256:EA5BB59E05DEB1B8E33F72D011FD7CED32A55D6AA9834648A23C199A2BDE039E | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat | text | |
MD5:BD0A97C70FFD0C0359E2EFFB13199DDF | SHA256:FCAD2A2A611BAB03460249C31E5A3403944F354983FA3168564BB4082706EFC7 | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Personalization\Governance\Anonymous\floodgatecampaigns.json.tmp | binary | |
MD5:F25B431A6A12F79273A109C73499414E | SHA256:D0896F699B7BFC742FA0B6151AD45F49FE035E68C06D8A2C7A4BA071902E4486 | |||
| 7480 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\BackgroundTransferApi\9a0f61b4-961c-4ba1-968c-824bdb90a9d8.down_data | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin | text | |
MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572 | SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899 | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\fb3b0dbfee58fac8.customDestinations-ms | binary | |
MD5:E4A1661C2C886EBB688DEC494532431C | SHA256:B76875C50EF704DBBF7F02C982445971D1BBD61AEBE2E4B28DDC58A1D66317D5 | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof\ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex | text | |
MD5:F3B25701FE362EC84616A93A45CE9998 | SHA256:B3D510EF04275CA8E698E5B3CBB0ECE3949EF9252F0CDC839E9EE347409A2209 | |||
| 1676 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\UsageMetricsStore\FileActivityStoreV3\Word\ASkwMDAwMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAtMDAwMC0wMDAwMDAwMDAwMDBfTnVsbAA.S | binary | |
MD5:BD5D235EF403687DFD3728EE3CDFB39A | SHA256:8E91DA7AD37C0F07DB60F469EC8D6985A68431D6F144672FE76762699F254B2E | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
15
TCP/UDP connections
60
DNS requests
27
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.176:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEA77flR%2B3w%2FxBpruV2lte6A%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEApDqVCbATUviZV57HIIulA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7268 | backgroundTaskHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7480 | BackgroundTransferHost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.54.109.203:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/microsoftrootcert.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicCodSigPCA_08-31-2010.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.178:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicrosoftTimeStampPCA.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7748 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.53.40.176:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | 52.109.76.240:443 | officeclient.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | 52.109.89.19:443 | roaming.officeapps.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | 52.123.243.92:443 | ecs.office.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | DE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 20.197.71.89:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | SG | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | 23.54.109.203:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
1676 | WINWORD.EXE | 23.53.40.25:443 | omex.cdn.office.net | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
officeclient.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
roaming.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ecs.office.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
omex.cdn.office.net |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |