Managed XDR

invoice.xls (Emotet) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
invoice.xls
File type
Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Author: Avirup Ukil, Last Saved By: Avirup Ukil, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Sun Feb 23 17:56:53 2025, Last Saved Time/Date: Sun Feb 23 17:56:53 2025, Security: 0
File size
34.5 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

win7/x86 en

Hashes

SHA1
f98735583ca786291ec7358b6f29b076b4ee828c
SHA256
309583087ba0a7140728a61e70227f39746e1ee36ef0c7b403cba58a1ceab6d6
MD5
6ae77bf14269ca8ec42c3d5ce58136c3

Malwares

  • Emotet

Signatures

Execution

T1059.001 suspicious_powershell: Suspicious document behaviour (creates powershell process)
T1203 office_write_exe: Office document dropped an executable file
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1059 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1059.001 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1559.001 com_exec: Execution of Win32_Process.Create COM Method
T1204.002 office_wmi_load: Microsoft Office loads WMI DLL files (WMI usage indicator in macros)
T1059.001 url_cmdline: Cmdline of process contains URL
T1059.003 url_cmdline: Cmdline of process contains URL
T1204.002 office_vb_load: Microsoft Office is loading VB DLL files (macros usage indicator)
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

Persistence

T1547.001 persistence_autorun: Makes itself run automatically on Windows startup

Privilege Escalation

T1547.001 persistence_autorun: Makes itself run automatically on Windows startup
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

T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
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
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1497.001 antisandbox_script_timer: Detected script timer window (indicative of sleep style evasion)
T1497.002 async_mouse: Watches for mouse clicks using GetAsyncKeyState to detect human activity
T1218 suspicious_cmdline_keywords: Cmdline with suspicious keywords
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 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
T1518 locates_browser: Attempts to identify where browsers are installed
T1083 checks_recent_files: Attempt to check recently opened files through registry
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1497.001 antisandbox_script_timer: Detected script timer window (indicative of sleep style evasion)
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

Command and Control

T1102.003 cloud_github: Connects to cloud services of Github (potentially for malicious payload delivery)

Other

yara_rules: Static rules
caon_rat_behavior: Exhibits behavior characteristics of BoxCaon RAT
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
changes_ext_type: File extension changed from executable to non-executable or vice versa
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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