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Database Entry



SnakeKeylogger


Vendor detections: 14


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0045e4acf0984e3982a7b0c31f8c36ce86528657bf1a41c2b5cefc71b75e9c01
SHA3-384 hash: 30ae5386c7c0163eaa4442e999e0d2886cad7767b0d7ecf9bd06f08cb7c301ac5307fe1c023bba2e55be58ebcdd9b253
SHA1 hash: 5dc0bc9994ee61bf6ce649aad32151de2cd0af9d
MD5 hash: eabbe2b02e87fb058064b35a49885889
humanhash: batman-eleven-cat-mango
File name:84258386558.xlsm
Download: download sample
Signature SnakeKeylogger
File size:398'446 bytes
First seen:2022-01-28 06:55:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 12288:MPKuM8JGQdjag6JfK7A74kNNBSNiUWrHq4Ro9Li:MPO8J7djag6Jy7e44ONZ0q42Bi
TLSH T19B841258CF7644D2CBCBA670F269E8D5C8197C05900DDFA72964530D888BAD8536FECE
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:SnakeKeylogger xlsm


Avatar
abuse_ch
SnakKeylogger payload URLs:
http://18.159.59.253/cut/Aiacnr.exe

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: 9
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 19 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A11110 bytesPROJECT
A2335 bytesPROJECTwm
A3173 bytesVBA/Learn more
A4172 bytesVBA/Sheet10
A5178 bytesVBA/Sheet11
A6169 bytesVBA/Sheet2
A7170 bytesVBA/Sheet3
A8171 bytesVBA/Sheet4
A9173 bytesVBA/Sheet5
A10180 bytesVBA/Sheet6
A11171 bytesVBA/Sheet7
A12177 bytesVBA/Sheet8
A13173 bytesVBA/Sheet9
A14168 bytesVBA/Start
A15330 bytesVBA/ThisWorkbook
A16171 bytesVBA/Workbook
A177 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A18452 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
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
IOC18.159.59.253IPv4 address
IOCcertutil.exeExecutable file name
IOCAiacnr.exeExecutable file name
IOCPwdkdf.exeExecutable file name
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousvbHideMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)
SuspiciousBase64 StringsBase64-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
164
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
DUMMY HAWB FOR--AIR-SEA STL-3135590147 CTNSAIR.msg
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-01-28 18:10:40 UTC
Tags:
loader evasion trojan snakekeylogger keylogger

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Running batch commands
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://18.159.59.253/cut/Aiacnr.exe
ThisWorkbook
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
certutil certutil.exe cmd cmd.exe macros macros-on-open replace.exe
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.5/10
Score Malicious:
96%
Score Benign:
4%
Result
Threat name:
Snake Keylogger
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Drops PE files to the document folder of the user
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: Suspicious Certutil Command
Sigma detected: Windows Shell File Write to Suspicious Folder
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Yara detected Costura Assembly Loader
Yara detected Snake Keylogger
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 561993 Sample: 84258386558.xlsm Startdate: 28/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 87 Found malware configuration 2->87 89 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->89 91 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->91 93 12 other signatures 2->93 10 EXCEL.EXE 54 45 2->10         started        13 notes.exe 12 1 2->13         started        16 notes.exe 2->16         started        process3 file4 55 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$84258386558.xlsm, data 10->55 dropped 18 cmd.exe 10->18         started        103 May check the online IP address of the machine 13->103 105 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->105 107 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 13->107 20 notes.exe 13->20         started        24 powershell.exe 13->24         started        109 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 16->109 26 notes.exe 16->26         started        28 powershell.exe 16->28         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 30 Pwdkdf.exe.exe 13 3 18->30         started        34 certutil.exe 14 18->34         started        69 checkip.dyndns.org 20->69 71 193.122.130.0, 49175, 49177, 80 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 20->71 77 2 other IPs or domains 20->77 37 cmd.exe 24->37         started        73 checkip.dyndns.org 26->73 75 188.114.96.7, 443, 49178 CLOUDFLARENETUS European Union 26->75 79 2 other IPs or domains 26->79 95 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 26->95 97 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 26->97 99 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 26->99 39 cmd.exe 28->39         started        signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\notes.exe, PE32 30->57 dropped 111 May check the online IP address of the machine 30->111 113 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 30->113 115 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 30->115 117 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 30->117 41 Pwdkdf.exe.exe 30->41         started        45 powershell.exe 6 30->45         started        67 18.159.59.253, 49167, 49168, 49169 AMAZON-02US United States 34->67 59 C:\Users\user\Documents\Pwdkdf.exe.exe, PE32 34->59 dropped 61 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Aiacnr[1].exe, PE32 34->61 dropped 63 C:\Users\...\709EE1D8849D135242FB42AA9BE92DB1, PE32 34->63 dropped 65 C:\Users\...\709EE1D8849D135242FB42AA9BE92DB1, data 34->65 dropped 119 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 34->119 121 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 34->121 47 timeout.exe 37->47         started        49 timeout.exe 39->49         started        file11 signatures12 process13 dnsIp14 81 checkip.dyndns.org 41->81 83 checkip.dyndns.com 193.122.6.168, 49170, 80 ORACLE-BMC-31898US United States 41->83 85 freegeoip.app 172.67.188.154, 443, 49171, 49176 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 41->85 101 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 41->101 51 cmd.exe 45->51         started        signatures15 process16 process17 53 timeout.exe 51->53         started       
Threat name:
Script.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-28 06:56:12 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
178
AV detection:
10 of 43 (23.26%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
snakekeylogger
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:snakekeylogger collection keylogger macro persistence spyware stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Loads dropped DLL
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
Process spawned unexpected child process
Snake Keylogger
Snake Keylogger Payload
Malware family:
Phoenix
Verdict:
Malicious
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:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value

File information


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

Malspam

SnakeKeylogger

Excel file xlsm 0045e4acf0984e3982a7b0c31f8c36ce86528657bf1a41c2b5cefc71b75e9c01

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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