Managed XDR

a2860000 (ZLoader) — malware analysis report

File info

Filename
a2860000
File type
Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 10.0, Code page: 1252, Last Saved By: User, Revision Number: 1, Name of Creating Application: Microsoft Excel, Create Time/Date: Wed Sep 13 11:21:51 2006, Last Saved Time/Date: Fri Sep 26 00:24:30 2025, Number of Pages: 0, Number of Words: 0, Number of Characters: 0, Security: 0
File size
170.5 KB
First seen
Last seen

Environment

win7/x86 en

Hashes

SHA1
a7122e35cf9c3ad663870243dd80333415d93ed1
SHA256
1e3354d9251fa6c37fbba1e3d59985e9ea67fa74573793c811867c79c0f5867c
MD5
5596e7eaa7bfa3e26b85927f2893a2dd

Malwares

  • ZLoader

Signatures

Execution

T1203 office_exploit_creates_cmd: The document exhibits suspicious behaviour (creates a cmd.exe process)
T1064 office_macros_hidden: Document contains suspicious Excel 4.0 macro
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 macroses (total: 5)
T1064 office_macros_strings: Feature lines found in document 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)
T1106 susp_callbacks: Suspicious usage of some WinAPI with callbacks

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_hidden: Document contains suspicious Excel 4.0 macro
T1064 office_macros_suspicious: Document contains suspicious macro
T1562.001 office_security: Attempts to modify Microsoft Office security settings
T1497 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1064 office_macros: The document contains macroses (total: 5)
T1064 office_macros_strings: Feature lines found in document 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 evasion_trustrecords: Attempts to detect Sandbox exploring trusted documents
T1497 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1082 reads_csrss: Attempts to read csrss.exe memory
T1082 windows_enumthread: Attempts to enumerate windows using EnumThreadWindows and SendMessage for text obtaining
T1083 checks_recent_files: Attempt to check recently opened files through registry

Other

yara_rules: Static rules
creates_doc: Creates (office) documents in the file system
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
test_check_service: Starts services
antisandbox_check_graphics_card: Uses CreateDXGIFactory, potentially to detect graphics card
checktokenmembership: Checks user token with CheckTokenMembership call

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