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AsyncRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 23


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 13b52a2b81a99c5b40e1710dc68c74726cb5981676cb52585a218e696cc2846e
SHA3-384 hash: 843355a649314cfe7a275113a5893e14fc4d80d060e08b9982a971237be2ccdd6647f1a13a15de0b3a5b0879296ceb8e
SHA1 hash: 15708709e2af12b8d448eb75c2a48957e9e5fe11
MD5 hash: 370a5cdc63cfc46e1e22f48b550b3ae0
humanhash: fix-monkey-timing-table
File name:Payment_Calendar.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AsyncRAT
File size:123'392 bytes
First seen:2023-04-10 11:07:28 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:aFxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlaGGx+cL2QnA9BT1cI/ojJYixhGHgHRJ4ukmOw5O7si:gxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlavx+W2QnA97
TLSH T149C3AFA37691F80AD90823358CDEC7E53766FD506E63A3473244FB2E7EB16D08D02666
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AsyncRAT xls

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: 23
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 17 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1107 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3208 bytesSummaryInformation
491897 bytesWorkbook
5643 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
6128 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
7816 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Module1
8977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
9977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
10977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
119541 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
125950 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
131896 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_0
14789 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_1
15476 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_2
16544 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_3
17614 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/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
IOCshell32.dllExecutable file name code and P-code are different, this may have been used to hide malicious code
SuspiciousEnvironMay read system environment variables
SuspiciousopenMay open a file
SuspiciousvbNormalFocusMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousShellExecuteAMay run an executable file or a system command
Suspiciousshell32May run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousLibMay run code from a DLL
SuspiciousURLDownloadToFileAMay download files from the Internet
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousStrReverseMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
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 :
309
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Payment_Calendar.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-04-10 11:08:55 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open

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

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Sending a custom TCP request
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
evasive macros macros-on-open packed shell32.dll
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.9/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
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 Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Macro with DLL Reference
Detected macro logic that will load additional functionality from Dynamically Linked Libraries (DLLs). While not explicitly malicious, this is a common tactic for accessing APIs that are not otherwised exposed via Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
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 hexadecimal encoded strings
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office process drops PE file
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Leonem
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-04-09 11:08:47 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
26
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
asyncrat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:asyncrat botnet:dnock macro macro_on_action rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
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 FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Downloads MZ/PE file
Async RAT payload
AsyncRat
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
dnuocc.com:3306
dnuocc.com:1452
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pdb_YARAify
Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB

File information


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

Malspam

AsyncRAT

Excel file xls 13b52a2b81a99c5b40e1710dc68c74726cb5981676cb52585a218e696cc2846e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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