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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 170f5e25c6bc984209804a3a78cbfe892e3546e6831a49c6e09a3193ec8b2a2c
SHA3-384 hash: f75512812c8ab64133ee1b082c44725b772f7f353ec782a89e6fc19bca1a1cace96de536d5cc3ba0023e6ed13646a512
SHA1 hash: 7a934fad9c753d1aed8d57bbd2c3f4db72f21d00
MD5 hash: 7886cd797567b46cf9ee995211360990
humanhash: seventeen-eleven-pasta-river
File name:Payment Advice.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:234'440 bytes
First seen:2021-12-06 06:31:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/encrypted
ssdeep 6144:gKOjGyD5yWPR3UMgvcZxRPS8LXawg8VlxRE:65yWPR3UM5wiXaT8rxG
TLSH T1CF341223F2825A6CC4FE62B20EC55D9A480DDF2D0D1BE4FAAC91B44B467EBF54407D62
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 Loki VelvetSweatshop 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
5227784 bytesEncryptedPackage
6224 bytesEncryptionInfo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
139
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Payment Advice.xlsx
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-12-06 06:38:41 UTC
Tags:
encrypted opendir exploit CVE-2017-11882 loader trojan lokibot stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
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
DNS request
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
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:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit shellcode VelvetSweatshop
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
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
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 equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Sigma detected: Conti Backup Database
Sigma detected: Disable or Delete Windows Eventlog
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
Sigma detected: PowerShell SAM Copy
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: 534467 Sample: Payment Advice.xlsx Startdate: 06/12/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 34 hdmibonquet.ir 2->34 46 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->46 48 Found malware configuration 2->48 50 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->50 52 15 other signatures 2->52 8 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->8         started        13 EXCEL.EXE 33 29 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 40 180.214.236.51, 49165, 80 VNPT-AS-VNVIETNAMPOSTSANDTELECOMMUNICATIONSGROUPVN Viet Nam 8->40 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\.csrss[1].exe, PE32 8->26 dropped 28 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 8->28 dropped 62 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 8->62 15 vbc.exe 17 8->15         started        30 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$Payment Advice.xlsx, data 13->30 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 file9 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\ualdlhjv.dll, PE32 15->32 dropped 42 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 15->42 44 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 15->44 19 vbc.exe 54 15->19         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 36 hdmibonquet.ir 104.21.67.244, 49166, 49167, 49168 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 19->36 38 172.67.183.45, 49175, 49177, 49181 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 19->38 24 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\5879F5.exe (copy), PE32 19->24 dropped 54 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 19->54 56 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 19->56 58 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 19->58 60 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->60 file13 signatures14
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-12-06 01:20:47 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
51
AV detection:
18 of 45 (40.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot collection spyware stealer suricata 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
suricata: ET MALWARE LokiBot Checkin
suricata: ET MALWARE LokiBot User-Agent (Charon/Inferno)
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://hdmibonquet.ir/oluwa/five/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
Malware family:
Lokibot
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


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