Managed XDR

testmacropayload.xlsm (Cobalt Strike) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
testmacropayload.xlsm
File type
Microsoft Excel 2007+
File size
18.3 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

w10/x64 en

Hashes

SHA1
57e6afbe6b91fb4d81bb1cb47eb421a24598fd48
SHA256
73a80206a00b8dce9a924bf7abfc1d51e12f96af154dbe04024158cc26dbd4d3
MD5
25ebc8a530b1c4bb44f13775d09f7a7c

Malwares

  • Cobalt Strike

Signatures

Execution

T1203 office_runs_dll: Suspicious document behavior (tries to execute DLL file)
T1559 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1203 office_start_thread: Allocates memory and starts a thread inside an office application
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1204.002 office_vb_load: Microsoft Office is loading VB DLL files (macros usage indicator)
T1204.002 office_com_load: Microsoft Office loads COM DLL files (indicator of COM usage in macros)
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macro
T1064 office_macros_strings: Feature lines found in document macro
T1064 office_macros_autoexec: The document contains an auto-start macro

Privilege Escalation

T1055.012 injection_runpe: Injects code into another process
T1055 injection_failed: The attempt to inject into a process has failed
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

T1055.012 injection_runpe: Injects code into another process
T1027.002 unnamed_memory_regions: Code was executed in unnamed regions
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macro
T1064 office_macros_strings: Feature lines found in document macro
T1064 office_macros_autoexec: The document contains an auto-start macro
T1055 injection_failed: The attempt to inject into a process has failed
T1134 opens_thread_token: Opens the access token associated with a thread
T1134 opens_process_token: Opens the access token associated with a process
T1497 evasion_printers: Attempts to detect Sandbox by exploring existing printers
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497.001 antivm_generic_productname: Checks system product name in registry, possibly for anti-virtualization

Credential Access

T1555.004 windows_credential_manager: Acquire credentials from the Windows Credential Manager

Discovery

T1518 locates_browser: Attempts to identify where browsers are installed
T1497 evasion_printers: Attempts to detect Sandbox by exploring existing printers
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497.001 antivm_generic_productname: Checks system product name in registry, possibly for anti-virtualization
T1083 checks_recent_files: Attempt to check recently opened files through registry

Command and Control

T1071.001 winhttp_https: Performs HTTP/HTTPS requests using WinHttp
T1071.001 wininet_https: Performs HTTP/HTTPS requests using WinInet

Other

yara_rules: Static rules
shellcode_wininet: Wininet-shellcode behavior detected
runs_utility_without_cmdline: Runs system utility without arguments (non-typical usage)
network_bind: Starts servers listening at None
suspicious_process_network: Unusual process network activity detected
create_rpc_bindings: Creates RPC connection
creates_suspended_process: Creates suspended process
suspicious_network_port: Performs TCP or UDP request to non-standard port
test_check_service: Starts services

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