Managed XDR

detailed-20-23164.xls (Emotet) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
detailed-20-23164.xls
File type
Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 6.2, Code page: 1252, Author: Windows User, Last Saved By: Windows User, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Wed Jan 13 13:39:16 2021, Last Saved Time/Date: Wed Jan 13 13:39:58 2021, Security: 0
File size
788 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

win7/x86 en

Hashes

SHA1
9f0b3dd471da250b72b7797d04fa491d5766db2d
SHA256
f3f82686ecb81547e3eab15e9c100780aada0342cbfc5a6d2a2a43fa9b2d5850
MD5
4172ab1850ca3c1186eaa9b2fe8256dc

Malwares

  • Emotet

Signatures

Execution

T1203 office_exploit_http: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (performs HTTP requests)
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)
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1204.002 office_vb_load: Microsoft Office is loading VB DLL files (macros usage indicator)
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macroses (total: 12)
T1064 office_macros_autoexec: The document contains an auto-start macro

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

T1027 office_macros_entropy: The document contains a macro with high entropy (a possible sign of obfuscation)
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
T1564 office_vba_stomping: VBA Stomping was detected in the document (the VBA source code and P-code are different)
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macroses (total: 12)
T1064 office_macros_autoexec: The document contains an auto-start macro
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_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
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

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

Command and Control

T1071.001 office_exploit_http: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (performs HTTP requests)
T1071.004 office_exploit_dns: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (performs DNS requests)
T1071.001 network_http: Performs HTTP requests
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
suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
creates_exe: Creates executable files in the file system
suspicious_process_network: Unusual process network activity detected
dns_without_resolve: DNS query without a response
http_file_not_found: Attempts to download EXE or DLL file but receives HTML with an error
office_summary: The document contains suspicious metadata
break_limit_exceeded: Warning: function calls limit has been exceeded
message_box: Displays a message
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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