Managed XDR

whitepaper.pdf.lnk — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
whitepaper.pdf.lnk
File type
MS Windows shortcut, Item id list present, Has Relative path, Has command line arguments, Icon number=11, ctime=Mon Jan 1 00:00:00 1601, mtime=Mon Jan 1 00:00:00 1601, atime=Mon Jan 1 00:00:00 1601, length=0, window=hidenormalshowminimized
File size
2.4 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

win7/x86 en

Hashes

SHA1
fe1f80a4c56c5133492a9b1b2a80535a05b0bb26
SHA256
6e7b7007f6a524bbdaf4536a8545b3e1f388ea1e974f9b8c1fe8bf6b02cbf0b7
MD5
892e42f70524c575ac519c7e89f1d0cd

Signatures

Execution

T1204 suspicious_lnk: LNK file with suspicious content
T1059.001 suspicious_process: Spawns a suspicious process
T1059.001 suspicious_powershell: Creates suspicious powershell process
T1047 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests
T1059.001 url_cmdline: Cmdline of process contains URL
T1059.003 url_cmdline: Cmdline of process contains URL
T1559.001 com_exec: Execution of Win32_Process.Create COM Method

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

T1218 suspicious_cmdline: Executes a suspicious command
T1218 wmic_create_process: Creates a process using wmic.exe utility
T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
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

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

Discovery

T1497 debugs_self: Creates a process and debugs it
T1057 has_wmi: Executes one or several WMI requests

Command and Control

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
T1102.003 cloud_amazonaws: Connects to cloud services of Amazon AWS (potentially for malicious payload delivery)

Other

suspicious_process_network: Unusual process network activity detected
unexpected_exception: Unexpected exception
creates_suspended_process: Creates suspended process
get_policy_info: Retrieves information about a Policy object
test_check_service: Starts services