Automated Malware Analysis IOC Report for

Files

File Path

Type

Processes

Path

Cmdline

Malicious

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE

'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE' -Embedding

Details

Is windows:	true
Is dropped:	false
PID:	2580
Target ID:	2
Parent PID:	596
Name:	EQNEDT32.EXE
Path:	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
Commandline:	'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE' -Embedding
Size:	543304
MD5:	A87236E214F6D42A65F5DEDAC816AEC8
Time:	14:10:24
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	newprocess
Reputation:	high
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0x400000
Modulesize:	581632
Wow64:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Sigma detected: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882	System Summary
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet	Exploits
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE	Exploits
Office Equation Editor has been started	Exploits
Spawns processes	System Summary	Process Injection

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe

Details

Is windows:	false
Is dropped:	true
PID:	2308
Target ID:	4
Parent PID:	2580
Name:	hasmenhtk721.exe
Path:	C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe
Commandline:	C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe
Size:	860672
MD5:	DFF3BF025DCD487A2F0FB22B4CCF8998
Time:	14:10:26
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	newprocess
Reputation:	low
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0xbb0000
Modulesize:	884736
Wow64:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Sigma detected: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882	System Summary
Yara detected AntiVM3	Malware Analysis System Evasion
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Office equation editor drops PE file	System Summary
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)	Exploits	Exploitation for Client Execution
Creates a process in suspended mode (likely to inject code)	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Drops PE files	Persistence and Installation Behavior
Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device	Language, Device and Operating System Detection	System Information Discovery
Spawns processes	System Summary	Process Injection
Binary contains paths to debug symbols	Compliance, System Summary

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe

Details

Is windows:	false
Is dropped:	true
PID:	2612
Target ID:	5
Parent PID:	2308
Name:	hasmenhtk721.exe
Path:	C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe
Commandline:	C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe
Size:	860672
MD5:	DFF3BF025DCD487A2F0FB22B4CCF8998
Time:	14:10:32
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	newprocess
Reputation:	low
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0xbb0000
Modulesize:	884736
Wow64:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Sigma detected: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882	System Summary
Yara detected AntiVM3	Malware Analysis System Evasion
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Office equation editor drops PE file	System Summary
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)	Exploits	Exploitation for Client Execution
Creates a process in suspended mode (likely to inject code)	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Drops PE files	Persistence and Installation Behavior
Queries the volume information (name, serial number etc) of a device	Language, Device and Operating System Detection	System Information Discovery
Spawns processes	System Summary	Process Injection
Binary contains paths to debug symbols	Compliance, System Summary

C:\Windows\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE

Details

Is windows:	true
Is dropped:	false
PID:	1764
Target ID:	6
Parent PID:	2612
Name:	explorer.exe
Class:	explorer
Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Commandline:	C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Size:	3229696
MD5:	38AE1B3C38FAEF56FE4907922F0385BA
Time:	14:10:33
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	existingprocessinject
Reputation:	high
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0xffa10000
Modulesize:	3248128
Wow64:	false

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Modifies the prolog of user mode functions (user mode inline hooks)	Hooking and other Techniques for Hiding and Protection	Rootkit Credential API Hooking
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Sigma detected: Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments	System Summary
Sigma detected: Suspicious Rundll32 Without Any CommandLine Params	System Summary

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe

Details

Is windows:	true
Is dropped:	false
PID:	2252
Target ID:	7
Parent PID:	1764
Name:	rundll32.exe
Class:	system-tools
Path:	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
Commandline:	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
Size:	44544
MD5:	51138BEEA3E2C21EC44D0932C71762A8
Time:	14:10:48
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	newprocess
Reputation:	high
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0x70000
Modulesize:	57344
Wow64:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Sample uses process hollowing technique	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Shared Modules Process Injection
Sigma detected: Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments	System Summary
Sigma detected: Suspicious Rundll32 Without Any CommandLine Params	System Summary
Runs a DLL by calling functions	System Summary	Rundll32
Spawns processes	System Summary	Process Injection
Binary contains paths to debug symbols	Compliance, System Summary

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE

'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE' /Automation -Embedding

Details

Is windows:	true
Is dropped:	false
PID:	1712
Target ID:	0
Parent PID:	596
Name:	WINWORD.EXE
Class:	word
Path:	C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
Commandline:	'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE' /Automation -Embedding
Size:	1423704
MD5:	9EE74859D22DAE61F1750B3A1BACB6F5
Time:	14:10:23
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	newprocess
Reputation:	moderate
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0x13ff10000
Modulesize:	1437696
Wow64:	false

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Spawns processes	System Summary	Process Injection

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

/c del 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe'

Details

Is windows:	true
Is dropped:	false
PID:	2184
Target ID:	8
Parent PID:	2252
Name:	cmd.exe
Class:	cmd
Path:	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
Commandline:	/c del 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\hasmenhtk721.exe'
Size:	302592
MD5:	AD7B9C14083B52BC532FBA5948342B98
Time:	14:10:52
Date:	27/09/2021
Reason:	newprocess
Reputation:	high
Is admin:	true
Is elevated:	true
Modulebase:	0x4aa40000
Modulesize:	311296
Wow64:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Creates a process in suspended mode (likely to inject code)	HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
Spawns processes	System Summary	Process Injection

URLs

Name

Malicious

http://www.ceasa.club/hht8/?3f_l=DUjZaEEJGHk2mIYyRTWCDvfPYGXyJA+p9CnlV/1lDuzycvHeDg3jgt8DWF0RM29KScOphA==&e6-0=cZQH7dS

198.54.117.215

http://www.alzayantourism.com/hht8/?3f_l=kMYE47A9Ipt2JQtPCSStI6O3jSMpHsULQE7+uza83sv6yxZmMge2O0x1IBVpwyYq5aFQXg==&e6-0=cZQH7dS

166.62.10.138

www.eastwestasia-thailand.com/hht8/

http://lg-tv.tk/harshmanzx.exe

185.239.243.112

http://www.windows.com/pctv.

unknown

http://investor.msn.com

unknown

http://www.msnbc.com/news/ticker.txt

unknown

http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/

unknown

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/

unknown

https://contextual.media.net/medianet.php?cid=8CUT39MWR&crid=715624197&size=306x271&https=1

unknown

http://www.iis.fhg.de/audioPA

unknown

https://contextual.media.net/medianet.php?cid=8CUT39MWR&crid=715624197&size=306x271&https=1LMEM

unknown

http://www.mozilla.com0

unknown

http://www.msn.com/?ocid=iehpP

unknown

http://windowsmedia.com/redir/services.asp?WMPFriendly=true

unknown

http://www.hotmail.com/oe

unknown

http://treyresearch.net

unknown

https://contextual.media.net/checksync.php?&vsSync=1&cs=1&hb=1&cv=37&ndec=1&cid=8HBSKZM1Y&prvid=77%2

unknown

http://services.msn.com/svcs/oe/certpage.asp?name=%s&email=%s&&Check

unknown

http://www.msn.com/?ocid=iehpp7P&

unknown

http://java.sun.com

unknown

http://www.icra.org/vocabulary/.

unknown

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous.

unknown

http://www.piriform.com/ccleanerhttp://www.piriform.com/ccleanerv

unknown

http://investor.msn.com/

unknown

http://www.msn.com/de-de/?ocid=iehp

unknown

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

unknown

http://computername/printers/printername/.printer

unknown

http://www.%s.comPA

unknown

http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3

unknown

https://contextual.media.net/medianet.php?cid=8CUT39MWR&crid=715624197&size=306x271&https=1enu

unknown

https://support.mozilla.org

unknown

http://servername/isapibackend.dll

unknown

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Domains

Name

Malicious

lg-tv.tk

185.239.243.112

Details

Name:	lg-tv.tk
IP:	185.239.243.112
TargetID:	2
Current Path:	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
Active:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL	AV Detection
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet	Exploits
Potential document exploit detected (performs DNS queries)	Software Vulnerabilities	Exploitation for Client Execution
Potential document exploit detected (performs HTTP gets)	Software Vulnerabilities	Exploitation for Client Execution
Potential document exploit detected (unknown TCP traffic)	Software Vulnerabilities	Exploitation for Client Execution
Uses a known web browser user agent for HTTP communication	Networking	Application Layer Protocol
Downloads files from webservers via HTTP	Networking	Application Layer Protocol Non-Application Layer Protocol Ingress Tool Transfer
Performs DNS lookups	Networking	Application Layer Protocol Non-Application Layer Protocol

alzayantourism.com

166.62.10.138

Details

Name:	alzayantourism.com
IP:	166.62.10.138
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Active:	true

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Found malware configuration	AV Detection
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
HTTP GET or POST without a user agent	Networking
Downloads files from webservers via HTTP	Networking	Application Layer Protocol Non-Application Layer Protocol Ingress Tool Transfer

www.ceasa.club

unknown

Details

Name:	www.ceasa.club
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
HTTP GET or POST without a user agent	Networking
Downloads files from webservers via HTTP	Networking	Application Layer Protocol Non-Application Layer Protocol Ingress Tool Transfer

www.eastwestasia-thailand.com

unknown

Details

Name:	www.eastwestasia-thailand.com
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Found malware configuration	AV Detection
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration	Networking	Application Layer Protocol

www.alzayantourism.com

unknown

Details

Name:	www.alzayantourism.com
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection
HTTP GET or POST without a user agent	Networking
Downloads files from webservers via HTTP	Networking	Application Layer Protocol Non-Application Layer Protocol Ingress Tool Transfer

parkingpage.namecheap.com

198.54.117.215

Details

Name:	parkingpage.namecheap.com
IP:	198.54.117.215
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Active:	true
Reputation:	high

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection

IPs

Domain

Country

Malicious

166.62.10.138

alzayantourism.com

United States

Details

IP:	166.62.10.138
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Country:	United States
Countrycode:	USA
ASN number:	26496
ASN name:	AS-26496-GO-DADDY-COM-LLCUS
Private:	false
Domain:	alzayantourism.com

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection

185.239.243.112

lg-tv.tk

Moldova Republic of

Details

IP:	185.239.243.112
TargetID:	2
Current Path:	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
Country:	Moldova Republic of
Countrycode:	MDA
ASN number:	55933
ASN name:	CLOUDIE-AS-APCloudieLimitedHK
Private:	false
Domain:	lg-tv.tk

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet	Exploits
Potential document exploit detected (performs HTTP gets)	Software Vulnerabilities	Exploitation for Client Execution
Potential document exploit detected (unknown TCP traffic)	Software Vulnerabilities	Exploitation for Client Execution

198.54.117.215

parkingpage.namecheap.com

United States

Details

IP:	198.54.117.215
TargetID:	6
Current Path:	C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Country:	United States
Countrycode:	USA
ASN number:	22612
ASN name:	NAMECHEAP-NETUS
Private:	false
Domain:	parkingpage.namecheap.com

Signature Hits	Behavior Group	Mitre Attack
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)	Networking, HIPS / PFW / Operating System Protection Evasion	Process Injection

Registry

Path

Value

Malicious

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems

c-)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word

MTTT

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems

:/)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems

~0)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\ReviewCycle

ReviewToken

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\DocumentRecovery\3053E

3053E

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\00004109D30000000100000000F01FEC\Usage

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