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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 124c17b099d8c09db4bd82b5ef3d41cea61727a480abfd56a943208d858ea8cf
SHA3-384 hash: 7262367eea3f6e85491217bd68b98385d6e7c92758179715452a75b3ffcc12965e8390d5735200e9a29534e0f3d5caee
SHA1 hash: f7ff40a1901d51dd6222b420bbece575b46b2cd2
MD5 hash: e538f67d529d672c55304f3c9ad05392
humanhash: uncle-india-potato-comet
File name:taskshostw.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:251'392 bytes
First seen:2023-01-20 19:35:21 UTC
Last seen:2023-03-17 12:48:52 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'655 x AgentTesla, 19'464 x Formbook, 12'205 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 3072:eTIu4ZQ8M2A1vA7m5+C6ZoEHBAnpK37nXz8o1008Q75wPsoB74tyJhvSK/KkMc/X:LHA1vweOR8CTwPnLKkM/u
Threatray 4'019 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1F9347D4027E8CA1FDA7F17B6F4A122106775E14B9162EB8AB88C14FD1B5374099227BF
TrID 60.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.8% (.SCR) Windows screen saver (13097/50/3)
8.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
5.4% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Reporter Chainskilabs
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
172
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
taskshostw.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-01-16 18:55:06 UTC
Tags:
xworm

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Launching a service
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for files in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Running batch commands
Creating a file
Creating a window
Searching for the window
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Adding an access-denied ACE
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Query of malicious DNS domain
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
control.exe fingerprint packed
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.adwa.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Connects to many ports of the same IP (likely port scanning)
Drops PE files to the startup folder
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected UAC Bypass using CMSTP
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 788681 Sample: taskshostw.exe Startdate: 20/01/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 50 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->50 52 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->52 54 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->54 56 8 other signatures 2->56 7 taskshostw.exe 1 2->7         started        11 taskshostw.exe 14 5 2->11         started        14 taskshostw.exe 4 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 36 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\taskshostw.exe.log, CSV 7->36 dropped 58 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 7->58 60 May check the online IP address of the machine 7->60 62 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 7->62 70 2 other signatures 7->70 44 2.tcp.eu.ngrok.io 3.126.37.18, 10954, 49704 AMAZON-02US United States 11->44 46 39.186.7.0.in-addr.arpa 11->46 48 2 other IPs or domains 11->48 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\taskshostw.exe, PE32 11->38 dropped 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\taskshostw.exe, PE32 11->40 dropped 64 Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag 11->64 18 schtasks.exe 1 11->18         started        42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\taskshostw.exe, PE32 14->42 dropped 66 Bypasses PowerShell execution policy 14->66 68 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 14->68 20 cmd.exe 1 14->20         started        22 powershell.exe 19 14->22         started        24 powershell.exe 18 14->24         started        file5 signatures6 process7 process8 26 conhost.exe 18->26         started        28 conhost.exe 20->28         started        30 timeout.exe 1 20->30         started        32 conhost.exe 22->32         started        34 conhost.exe 24->34         started       
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.Heracles
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-01-13 08:06:46 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
6
AV detection:
24 of 39 (61.54%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
124c17b099d8c09db4bd82b5ef3d41cea61727a480abfd56a943208d858ea8cf
MD5 hash:
e538f67d529d672c55304f3c9ad05392
SHA1 hash:
f7ff40a1901d51dd6222b420bbece575b46b2cd2
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Disable_Defender
Author:iam-py-test
Description:Detect files disabling or modifying Windows Defender, Windows Firewall, or Microsoft Smartscreen
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information


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Web download

Formbook

Executable exe 124c17b099d8c09db4bd82b5ef3d41cea61727a480abfd56a943208d858ea8cf

(this sample)

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