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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 21 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 261455d96e8709457efeddf1998e7c1f7e6c333551eea1ada7506ffae627003a
SHA3-384 hash: ef44c64c3a4acc31bda17e34210cf4b9eb0fd52d9a8d9e68b93b0b134fbda6f2d7f2668aac9c15e041fd3daa27e0c84b
SHA1 hash: b14b8a3983889d2641e13d9f0dbdef28ae5fc3d3
MD5 hash: 6b8beca73758b6a021ba6d613207073f
humanhash: bulldog-table-oregon-network
File name:staff record or employee record.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'099'776 bytes
First seen:2024-06-04 12:38:22 UTC
Last seen:2024-06-04 13:30:07 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash afcdf79be1557326c854b6e20cb900a7 (1'102 x FormBook, 936 x AgentTesla, 399 x RemcosRAT)
ssdeep 24576:VAHnh+eWsN3skA4RV1Hom2KXMmHahltqn1UyL6XdaruGG5:Eh+ZkldoPK8YahynayLkdaSH
Threatray 1'164 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1AD35AD0273D1D036FFAB92739B6AF64596BC79250123852F13981DB9BD701B2263E723
TrID 63.7% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
11.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
7.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
5.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
4.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon aae2f3e38383b629 (2'034 x Formbook, 1'183 x CredentialFlusher, 666 x AgentTesla)
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
331
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
261455d96e8709457efeddf1998e7c1f7e6c333551eea1ada7506ffae627003a.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-06-04 12:40:29 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
Encryption Execution Generic Network Shellcodecrypter
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
DNS request
Connection attempt
Setting browser functions hooks
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Unauthorized injection to a browser process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
autoit epmicrosoft_visual_cc fingerprint keylogger lolbin microsoft_visual_cc packed shell32
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Machine Learning detection for sample
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)
Sample uses process hollowing technique
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1451717 Sample: staff record or employee re... Startdate: 04/06/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 34 www.wheiunudweowuqiwuebfyewui3.com 2->34 36 www.vrexpressok.com 2->36 38 19 other IPs or domains 2->38 42 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->42 44 Found malware configuration 2->44 46 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->46 48 7 other signatures 2->48 11 staff record or employee record.exe 4 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 56 Binary is likely a compiled AutoIt script file 11->56 58 Writes to foreign memory regions 11->58 60 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 11->60 14 svchost.exe 11->14         started        process6 signatures7 62 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 14->62 64 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 14->64 66 Sample uses process hollowing technique 14->66 68 2 other signatures 14->68 17 explorer.exe 54 1 14->17 injected process8 dnsIp9 28 www.kktcbet1000.com 185.162.229.2, 49743, 80 UKFASTGB Denmark 17->28 30 ext-sq.squarespace.com 198.185.159.144, 49742, 80 SQUARESPACEUS United States 17->30 32 5 other IPs or domains 17->32 40 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 17->40 21 cmd.exe 17->21         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 50 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 21->50 52 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 21->52 54 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 21->54 24 cmd.exe 1 21->24         started        process13 process14 26 conhost.exe 24->26         started       
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-06-04 01:32:21 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
16 of 37 (43.24%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook campaign:as02 rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Gathers network information
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Formbook payload
Formbook
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
26f95671ce66d43199127c2543679ee7a1ad1c4519fdf95f847bde0d7e050735
MD5 hash:
296c6cf3e58c6b9b2b9245234d43d579
SHA1 hash:
ccb00ea905f0f0b6038664de0ebab0dba1739be5
Detections:
FormBook win_formbook_w0 win_formbook_auto win_formbook_g0 Formbook
SH256 hash:
261455d96e8709457efeddf1998e7c1f7e6c333551eea1ada7506ffae627003a
MD5 hash:
6b8beca73758b6a021ba6d613207073f
SHA1 hash:
b14b8a3983889d2641e13d9f0dbdef28ae5fc3d3
Detections:
AutoIT_Compiled SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
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:AutoIT_Compiled
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies compiled AutoIT script (as EXE). This rule by itself does NOT necessarily mean the detected file is malicious.
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__GlobalFlags
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Formbook
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Formbook in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:maldoc_find_kernel32_base_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:maldoc_getEIP_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Author:Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde)
Description:Detects imphash often found in malware samples (Maximum 0,25% hits with search for 'imphash:x p:0' on Virustotal) = 99,75% hits
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook
Author:@malgamy12
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook_1112e116
Author:Elastic Security
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/formbook-adopts-cab-less-approach
Rule name:win_formbook_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.formbook.
Rule name:win_formbook_w0
Author:@malgamy12

File information


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

Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 261455d96e8709457efeddf1998e7c1f7e6c333551eea1ada7506ffae627003a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (HIGH_ENTROPY_VA)high
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User AuthorizationADVAPI32.dll::AllocateAndInitializeSid
ADVAPI32.dll::CopySid
ADVAPI32.dll::FreeSid
ADVAPI32.dll::GetLengthSid
ADVAPI32.dll::GetTokenInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetAce
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CLSIDFromProgID
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstanceEx
ole32.dll::CoInitializeSecurity
ole32.dll::CreateStreamOnHGlobal
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play MultimediaWINMM.dll::mciSendStringW
WINMM.dll::timeGetTime
WINMM.dll::waveOutSetVolume
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AddAce
ADVAPI32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
ADVAPI32.dll::CheckTokenMembership
ADVAPI32.dll::DuplicateTokenEx
ADVAPI32.dll::GetAclInformation
ADVAPI32.dll::GetSecurityDescriptorDacl
SHELL_APIManipulates System ShellSHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteExW
SHELL32.dll::ShellExecuteW
SHELL32.dll::SHFileOperationW
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsADVAPI32.dll::CreateProcessAsUserW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessW
ADVAPI32.dll::CreateProcessWithLogonW
KERNEL32.dll::OpenProcess
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenThreadToken
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::SetSystemPowerState
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryW
KERNEL32.dll::GetDriveTypeW
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::WriteConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::ReadConsoleW
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleCP
KERNEL32.dll::GetConsoleMode
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CopyFileExW
KERNEL32.dll::CopyFileW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
KERNEL32.dll::CreateHardLinkW
IPHLPAPI.DLL::IcmpCreateFile
KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileW
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationKERNEL32.dll::GetComputerNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::GetUserNameW
ADVAPI32.dll::LogonUserW
ADVAPI32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_NETWORK_APISupports Windows NetworkingMPR.dll::WNetAddConnection2W
MPR.dll::WNetUseConnectionW
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows RegistryADVAPI32.dll::RegConnectRegistryW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegDeleteKeyW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegQueryValueExW
ADVAPI32.dll::RegSetValueExW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI ActionsUSER32.dll::BlockInput
USER32.dll::CloseDesktop
USER32.dll::CreateMenu
USER32.dll::EmptyClipboard
USER32.dll::FindWindowExW
USER32.dll::FindWindowW

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