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Database Entry

Formbook

Vendor detections: 10

Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f
SHA3-384 hash:	3eb07ea27a03949af78819be6cb96bf7306c40f9afc5e9877905b2cf756c70059454630693067b924c03f2bd67f33696
SHA1 hash:	0f767c0fa4311b7e7a59b8bbf915ade0ac0af6ae
MD5 hash:	929b486ef2375184b1721b284b8c14c6
humanhash:	seventeen-lamp-asparagus-jig
File name:	Comandă de achiziție nr. 89654314102020-RO.js
Download:	download sample
Signature	Formbook Create hunting rule
File size:	2'096'044 bytes
First seen:	2026-10-08 09:16:38 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	js
MIME type:	text/plain
ssdeep	24576:K1GBiUUz+Gd8LsoVLV2ldOs5JV2NWKxdUNBzm6Y:TZC/6LRNs5z2NpdQs
TLSH	T1F1A5F11089C03FE4EB795A1980BD9529E3B14A5B482D6946FB3FFD45AFB7904C7030AB
Magika	javascript
Reporter	threatcat_ch
Tags:	FormBook js

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

165

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.JS.Obfus-2303.UNOFFICIAL

Verdict:

Suspicious

Threat level:

5/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

base64 encrypted obfuscated repaired

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6ac75f9a9ba0488077765ec6/reports/d96c89f2-b457-411c-bc0a-a2d480bb4cc2/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

GT:JS.Trojan.Downloader.5041

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

First seen:

2026-10-08T04:50:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-10-10T02:38:00Z UTC

Hits:

~1000

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f/results?tab=lookup

Result

Threat name:

FormBook

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.spyw.expl.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1984038

Signature

Bypasses PowerShell execution policy

Creates autostart registry keys with suspicious values (likely registry only malware)

Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)

Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading

Injects a PE file into a foreign processes

JavaScript source code contains functionality to generate code involving a shell, file or stream

JScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Maps a DLL or memory area into another process

Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)

Sigma detected: New RUN Key Pointing to Suspicious Folder

Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper

Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic

Suspicious execution chain found

Suspicious powershell command line found

Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces

Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)

Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)

Unusual module load detection (module proxying)

Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)

Windows shortcut file (LNK) contains suspicious command line arguments

Writes to foreign memory regions

Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)

Yara detected FormBook

Yara detected Powershell decode and execute

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

SCRIPT

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f/

Threat name:

Script-JS.Backdoor.FormBook

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2026-10-08 09:17:17 UTC

File Type:

Text (JavaScript)

AV detection:

10 of 24 (41.67%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ckuzghdl6r5bfwmlyxlptze5w4x3jzs25ktuei5ejcusqvpgzn7q._file

Result

Malware family:

formbook

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:formbook adware collection defense_evasion discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation rat spyware stealer trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/261008-k85tysdz3t/

Behaviour

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

outlook_office_path

Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

Enumerates physical storage devices

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

ConfuserEx .NET packer

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles

Adds Run key to start application

Creates a file in the Startup directory

Badlisted process makes network request

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

Family: Formbook

Formbook payload

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Suspicious File

Score:

0.60

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f

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:	Base64_Encoded_Powershell_Directives Create hunting rule

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__GlobalFlags Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerHiding__Active Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerHiding__Thread Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectEncryptedVariants Create hunting rule
Author:	Zinyth
Description:	Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded

Rule name:	dgaagas Create hunting rule
Author:	Harshit
Description:	Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	MD5_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for MD5 constants

Rule name:	pe_no_import_table Create hunting rule
Description:	Detect pe file that no import table

Rule name:	RIPEMD160_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for RIPEMD-160 constants

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	SHA1_Constants Create hunting rule
Author:	phoul (@phoul)
Description:	Look for SHA1 constants

Rule name:	shellcode Create hunting rule
Author:	nex
Description:	Matched shellcode byte patterns

Rule name:	SUSP_JS_HexObfuscated_ActiveX_Launcher Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	JS obfusque (identifiants _0x) instanciant ActiveX sous WScript - dropper JScript frais
Reference:	Veille fraicheur 2026-09-14 / cluster JS _0x

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)

Rule name:	telebot_framework Create hunting rule
Author:	vietdx.mb

Rule name:	TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_SalatStealer_ForgeAuto_542e717b Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects SalatStealer (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Sliver_ForgeAuto_2ddb463c Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Sliver (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_2ffc3572 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_5001c94c Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_Unknown_ForgeAuto_ce8c5b46 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects Unknown (pe, etat binaire)

Rule name:	WIN_Malware_ValleyRAT_ForgeAuto_401c5e16 Create hunting rule
Author:	Marjoriefort
Description:	Detects ValleyRAT (pe, etat binaire)

File information

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

Malspam

Formbook

js 12a9931c6bf47a12d98bc5d6f9e49db72fb4e65aeaa74223a448a92855e6cb7f

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via e-mail attachment

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