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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 055249b8cf3ddeeb5b5ea0c547184e4fc51ca830e66448778bae3632bfe89679
SHA3-384 hash: 74f438427e11cd82acdc11f1c1ed111bea4b473379de1cb648318cb8ca543b3bf5999c792cfdbe8ba32b706b6122a9a3
SHA1 hash: af150f2f862855d1c6792f9ed531938f03db17dd
MD5 hash: fb35a65ed5ba260466f706a53fe8a851
humanhash: idaho-emma-yankee-network
File name:Updated SOA.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:191'208 bytes
First seen:2022-03-01 07:46:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/encrypted
ssdeep 3072:e1D709VXr4cepXKcd68BD2Hfr2ZCbNa5vATgFDLHTcVZH015w/RTB5aEXrx:o7upMMcBD2/hbmoivcVZjR9hx
TLSH T1DA1412D2E1826A67E4A70379A5F84010E32DEE2DDB85A1AFFD3E7C181F795205310DAC
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 Loki VelvetSweatshopVelvetSweatshop xlsx

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 dump
Detection: VelvetSweatshop

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 6 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
164 bytesDataSpaces/DataSpaceInfo/StrongEncryptionDataSpace
2112 bytesDataSpaces/DataSpaceMap
3208 bytesDataSpaces/TransformInfo/StrongEncryptionTransform/Primary
476 bytesDataSpaces/Version
5184552 bytesEncryptedPackage
6224 bytesEncryptionInfo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
153
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Embedding Objects in Encrypted Excel File
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
control.exe embedequation exploit shell32.dll shellcode VelvetSweatshop
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.8/10
Score Malicious:
99%
Score Benign:
1%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Lokibot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Sigma detected: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: Execution from Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 580690 Sample: Updated SOA.xlsx Startdate: 01/03/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 37 hstfurnaces.net 2->37 43 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->43 45 Found malware configuration 2->45 47 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->47 49 13 other signatures 2->49 9 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->9         started        14 EXCEL.EXE 33 27 2->14         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 41 104.168.32.36, 49165, 80 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 9->41 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vbc[1].exe, PE32 9->31 dropped 33 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 9->33 dropped 65 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 9->65 16 vbc.exe 18 9->16         started        35 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$Updated SOA.xlsx, data 14->35 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 file9 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\xlufghot.exe, PE32 16->27 dropped 19 xlufghot.exe 16->19         started        process10 signatures11 51 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 19->51 53 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors) 19->53 55 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 19->55 22 xlufghot.exe 54 19->22         started        process12 dnsIp13 39 hstfurnaces.net 185.87.49.34, 49166, 49167, 49168 IHOR-ASRU Russian Federation 22->39 29 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\5879F5.exe (copy), PE32 22->29 dropped 57 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 22->57 59 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 22->59 61 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 22->61 63 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 22->63 file14 signatures15
Threat name:
Document-OLE.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-03-01 07:47:09 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
50
AV detection:
16 of 27 (59.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot collection spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
NSIS installer
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
Lokibot
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://hstfurnaces.net/gd19/fre.php
http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.php
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


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

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