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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 9


Maldoc score: 13


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 40902a40b1d1abd6e6b7a2d4c463d454e92eaecb3a7518d046754ffd269f217a
SHA3-384 hash: cf5f60258c2022a7756dd12d753caa476ac94e8283143144590c52bbb9a5ffcb90f76f10e908eee53bab4222f60a27a3
SHA1 hash: 6d6964955d1c4e620e79e48c69e292f18c2402a6
MD5 hash: 49be70c935e80f0e61debd1ca5b8f87f
humanhash: oregon-ack-charlie-india
File name:Payment receipt.xlam
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:21'010 bytes
First seen:2021-08-12 06:26:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 384:AKlM2l//oLwZ2qCEFUraHV+gziz9k+vQITMaTJqrm:AKlMa3Z2xEFRHV+gziFoIgEqrm
TLSH T12F92C0DDC5827711D6125ABCD0CC9312D9D1BE8C8747C2AF2E14F65C2A8BA031A5B25E
Reporter cocaman
Tags:FormBook xlam xlsx


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cocaman
Malicious email (T1566.001)
From: "=?UTF-8?B?TXIuIEFtcmFuaSBOYcOvbQ==?= <amy.kim@dachser.com>" (likely spoofed)
Received: "from mta0.dachser.com (unknown [142.93.234.74]) "
Date: "12 Aug 2021 07:47:47 +0200"
Subject: "Re: Payment"
Attachment: "Payment receipt.xlam"

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: 13
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 12 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1447 bytesPROJECT
A274 bytesPROJECTwm
A3991 bytesVBA/Sheet1
A42310 bytesVBA/ThisWorkbook
A53778 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A61843 bytesVBA/__SRP_0
A7203 bytesVBA/__SRP_1
A8439 bytesVBA/__SRP_2
A9484 bytesVBA/__SRP_3
A10552 bytesVBA/dir
A1113559 bytesVBA/wjd
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
SuspiciousshellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousWSCript.shellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousRunMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousChrMay 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)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
292
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Payment receipt.xlam
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2021-08-12 06:30:38 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Creating a process with a hidden window
Sending a UDP request
Launching a process
Transferring files using the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for files in the %temp% directory
Moving a file to the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Searching for the window
Creating a file
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Base64 Encoded Powershell Directives
Detected one or more base64 encoded Powershell directives.
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
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 exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Obfuscated command line found
PowerShell case anomaly found
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Very long command line found
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Script.Trojan.Valyria
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-08-11 03:31:01 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
24
AV detection:
11 of 47 (23.40%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xloader
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xloader campaign:niot loader macro rat suricata
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Downloads MZ/PE file
Xloader Payload
Process spawned unexpected child process
Xloader
suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)
suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://www.daisypaperstudio.com/niot/
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.

Malspam

Formbook

Excel file xlsx 40902a40b1d1abd6e6b7a2d4c463d454e92eaecb3a7518d046754ffd269f217a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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