Managed XDR

localfile (Emotet) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
localfile
File type
Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Title: Computers Frozen Green, Subject: Ridge, Comments: Ergonomic Rubber Chair cross-platform workforce, Template: Normal.dotm, Revision Number: 1, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Office Word, Create Time/Date: Fri May 17 18:25:00 2019, Last Saved Time/Date: Tue Jul 22 14:59:00 2025, Number of Pages: 1, Number of Words: 29, Number of Characters: 170, Security: 0
File size
117 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

win7/x86 en

Hashes

SHA1
f5af6d52ee1ae81561090e2928ce4a88d88b0121
SHA256
5a406bb061e7e884c988681efe0fa843989f5fce9aa2aabe5ee34ca5a3e210fb
MD5
edd99c276354ebac2a42eb884c6896ca

Malwares

  • Emotet

Signatures

Execution

T1059.001 suspicious_powershell: Suspicious document behaviour (creates powershell process)
T1203 office_exploit_http: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (performs HTTP requests)
T1559.001 com_exec: Execution of Win32_Process.Create COM Method
T1059.001 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1204.002 office_wmi_load: Microsoft Office loads WMI DLL files (WMI usage indicator in macros)
T1064 office_macros: The document contains 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

T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macro
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

Discovery

T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it

Command and Control

T1071.001 office_exploit_http: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (performs HTTP requests)
T1071.001 network_cnc_http: Suspicious HTTP traffic
T1071.004 office_exploit_dns: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (performs DNS requests)
T1071.001 network_http: Performs HTTP requests

Other

yara_rules: Static rules
creates_exe: Creates executable files in the file system
dns_without_resolve: DNS query without a response
create_rpc_bindings: Creates RPC connection
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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