Managed XDR

spreadsheet.xls (Emotet) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
spreadsheet.xls
File type
Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 949, Author: Microsoft Office , Last Saved By: Maximka, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Macintosh Excel, Create Time/Date: Tue Oct 16 01:50:19 2018, Last Saved Time/Date: Tue Oct 23 09:21:02 2018, Security: 0
File size
174 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

win7/x86 en

Hashes

SHA1
36d3651f93249b7acd8d59da1ec1fef82e329746
SHA256
530d2e9615e35580d7a58cc1e1ee8336fc0958986743ad0c53b5bae96018f503
MD5
835850c489a177ef1d9bd0f65b83f1dc

Malwares

  • Emotet

Signatures

Execution

T1059.001 suspicious_powershell: Suspicious document behaviour (creates powershell process)
T1059.001 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macroses (total: 4)
T1064 office_macros_strings: Feature lines found in document macro
T1064 office_macros_autoexec: The document contains an auto-start macro
T1204.002 office_vb_load: Microsoft Office is loading VB DLL files (macros usage indicator)

Privilege Escalation

T1134 opens_thread_token: Opens the access token associated with a thread
T1134 opens_process_token: Opens the access token associated with a process

Defense Evasion

T1497 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1497.002 async_mouse: Watches for mouse clicks using GetAsyncKeyState to detect human activity
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macroses (total: 4)
T1064 office_macros_strings: Feature lines found in document macro
T1064 office_macros_autoexec: The document contains an auto-start macro
T1027 office_macros_entropy: The document contains a macro with high entropy (a possible sign of obfuscation)
T1134 opens_thread_token: Opens the access token associated with a thread
T1134 opens_process_token: Opens the access token associated with a process

Credential Access

T1555.003 cookie_files: Accesses cookie files
T1552 cookie_files: Accesses cookie files

Discovery

T1497 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1497.002 async_mouse: Watches for mouse clicks using GetAsyncKeyState to detect human activity
T1082 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1083 checks_recent_files: Attempt to check recently opened files through registry

Other

yara_rules: Static rules
creates_exe: Creates executable files in the file system
dns_without_resolve: DNS query without a response
office_summary: The document contains suspicious metadata
break_limit_exceeded: Warning: function calls limit has been exceeded
get_policy_info: Retrieves information about a Policy object
test_check_service: Starts services
antisandbox_check_graphics_card: Uses CreateDXGIFactory, potentially to detect graphics card
checktokenmembership: Checks user token with CheckTokenMembership call
suricata_alert: Malicious traffic detected

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