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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 8


Maldoc score: 27


Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9bca97c3be5d93a9d10b1f1ed2a22db889e866e0ae5046ca7079c5c92eb09982
SHA3-384 hash: 8f9df6d0dd4139871113400a446bddcf69264486a9b103e8e299506c6711baf914ce587cb14deaa39d306bda8037e70d
SHA1 hash: 404c58cf3bfe7191e685ec2966ab91968698fbbd
MD5 hash: 501ea495deedd8986d7ffa13acecb499
humanhash: tennis-emma-muppet-magnesium
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.VB.Heur2.EmoDldr.5.B611173F.Gen.18420.31761
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:19'969 bytes
First seen:2021-02-24 21:47:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 384:HeTi1moOsmyvRCvGghCe7R0ls0Wr84aQjbGfJPHQrLaiRR:++1moOQZCvG6CSTX84arcRH
TLSH 4292D063E888797DD3FA183C045E4573711835D6BA437C8C2D85F6A9AA8238707C32E7
Reporter SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:CobaltStrike

Office OLE Information


This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE id
Maldoc score: 27
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 12 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1471 bytesPROJECT
A286 bytesPROJECTwm
A317160 bytesVBA/Module1
A4977 bytesVBA/Sheet1
A5985 bytesVBA/ThisWorkbook
A62796 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A71160 bytesVBA/__SRP_0
A874 bytesVBA/__SRP_1
A9104 bytesVBA/__SRP_2
A10177 bytesVBA/__SRP_3
A11568 bytesVBA/dir
OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

TypeKeywordDescription
AutoExecAutoOpenRuns when the Word document is opened
AutoExecAuto_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
IOC0.dllExecutable file name
IOCMSBuild.exeExecutable file name
SuspiciousEnvironMay read system environment variables
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousCreateTextFileMay create a text file
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousWScript.ShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousRunMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousWindowsMay enumerate application windows (if combined with Shell.Application object)
SuspiciousCreateThreadMay inject code into another process
SuspiciousVirtualAllocMay inject code into another process
SuspiciousSystemMay run an executable file or a system command on a Mac (if combined with libc.dylib)
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
467
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
SecuriteInfo.com.VB.Heur2.EmoDldr.5.B611173F.Gen.18420.31761
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-02-24 21:55:51 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Deleting a recently created file
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
InQuest Machine Learning
An InQuest machine-learning model classified this macro as potentially malicious.
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to WSH operations (process, registry, environment, or keystrokes)
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-02-24 19:57:41 UTC
AV detection:
11 of 29 (37.93%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
metasploit
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike family:metasploit backdoor macro trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Cobaltstrike
MetaSploit
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://secure.itshealthpro.com:443/thumb/preview.gif
http://secure.itshealthpro.com:443/__utm.gif
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Email_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:Select_from_enumeration
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:UAC bypass in files like avemaria

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

CobaltStrike

Excel file xlsx 9bca97c3be5d93a9d10b1f1ed2a22db889e866e0ae5046ca7079c5c92eb09982

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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