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Database Entry



StormKitty


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 42a5596ce75dd6798e7a5564fa6741abd1f8418683ea576f399627b039a393be
SHA3-384 hash: ae200bc5d1597fe6a5b097a7c7a659e8f334dd0b70c54c4763d59f30662dcff3e3cbc90cf8fd09ba47abf5bd4f842c8e
SHA1 hash: cbce45a21f2a79fe4da70e3921754bdb3b70fa9d
MD5 hash: 071ebe9503a886684b900b9c76c12291
humanhash: sink-potato-salami-mobile
File name:hesaphareketi-01.xlsm
Download: download sample
Signature StormKitty
File size:43'458 bytes
First seen:2022-09-05 12:17:33 UTC
Last seen:2022-09-05 12:28:23 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 768:uvfGcv4ssnzWBIJYfTH+niSpUvDH/Lv+nWHFFiKk/fNqtf3hzRL+ng8RuQnhu:uvPv4TzWG1BAT/Lv+sFFi3/Fq1xzUg8i
TLSH T10B13D02CCFC94E64DA5B80745B1EF9A3C54DDA9192839F6B0E28D34E1487C81132B9EF
TrID 42.2% (.XLAM) Excel Macro-enabled Open XML add-in (83500/1/13)
29.1% (.XLSM) Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (with Macro) (57500/1/12)
17.2% (.XLSX) Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (34000/1/7)
8.8% (.ZIP) Open Packaging Conventions container (17500/1/4)
2.0% (.ZIP) ZIP compressed archive (4000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:geo StormKitty TUR xlsm

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: 9
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 9 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1596 bytesPROJECT
A2119 bytesPROJECTwm
A3173 bytesVBA/Learn more
A4168 bytesVBA/Start
A5397 bytesVBA/ThisWorkbook
A6171 bytesVBA/Workbook
A77 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A8270 bytesVBA/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
IOCcertutil.exeExecutable file name
IOCNiawhqzz.exeExecutable file name
IOCBqjsolnxfbj.exeExecutable file name
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousvbHideMay run an executable file or a system command
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 :
2
# of downloads :
388
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
RFQ.xlsm
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-09-05 07:27:12 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open loader

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

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
DNS request
Creating a file
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1015550142734159955/1016204043674210314/Niawhqzz.exe
ThisWorkbook
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
certutil certutil.exe cmd macros macros-on-open
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.6/10
Score Malicious:
97%
Score Benign:
3%
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...
InQuest Machine Learning
An InQuest machine-learning model classified this macro as potentially malicious.
External Relationship Element
Document contains an externally hosted relationship, which fetches further content.
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT, BluStealer, SpyEx, StormKitty
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document contains an embedded VBA with hexadecimal encoded strings
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Drops PE files to the document folder of the user
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected BluStealer
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Generic Dropper
Yara detected MSILDownloaderGeneric
Yara detected SpyEx stealer
Yara detected StormKitty Stealer
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 697673 Sample: hesaphareketi-01.xlsm Startdate: 05/09/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 60 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->62 64 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->64 66 15 other signatures 2->66 9 EXCEL.EXE 54 22 2->9         started        12 Rbxlw.exe 12 3 2->12         started        16 Rbxlw.exe 3 2->16         started        process3 dnsIp4 40 C:\Users\user\...\~$hesaphareketi-01.xlsm, data 9->40 dropped 18 cmd.exe 9->18         started        56 cdn.discordapp.com 12->56 88 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 12->88 90 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 12->90 92 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 12->92 20 powershell.exe 12->20         started        58 cdn.discordapp.com 16->58 22 powershell.exe 16->22         started        file5 signatures6 process7 process8 24 Bqjsolnxfbj.exe.exe 13 5 18->24         started        29 certutil.exe 14 18->29         started        dnsIp9 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\Rbxlw.exe, PE32 24->42 dropped 76 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 24->76 78 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 24->78 80 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 24->80 82 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 24->82 31 Bqjsolnxfbj.exe.exe 1 24->31         started        34 powershell.exe 6 24->34         started        54 cdn.discordapp.com 162.159.134.233, 443, 49173, 49174 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 29->54 44 C:\Users\user\Documents\Bqjsolnxfbj.exe.exe, PE32 29->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...46iawhqzz[1].exe, PE32 29->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\...\10CA0CE30299B518F1573E43115466F0, PE32 29->48 dropped 84 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 29->84 86 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 29->86 file10 signatures11 process12 signatures13 94 Writes to foreign memory regions 31->94 96 Allocates memory in foreign processes 31->96 98 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 31->98 36 AppLaunch.exe 12 31->36         started        process14 dnsIp15 50 icanhazip.com 104.18.114.97, 49177, 80 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 36->50 52 64.89.4.0.in-addr.arpa 36->52 68 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 36->68 70 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 36->70 72 May check the online IP address of the machine 36->72 74 2 other signatures 36->74 signatures16
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Downloader.Powdow
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-09-05 09:03:22 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
50
AV detection:
15 of 39 (38.46%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Result
Malware family:
stormkitty
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:blustealer family:stormkitty collection persistence stealer
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
BluStealer
Process spawned unexpected child process
StormKitty
StormKitty payload
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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: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
Rule name:RansomwareTest2
Author:Daoyuan Wu
Description:Test Ransomware YARA rules
Rule name:vbaproject_bin
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:{76 62 61 50 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 2e 62 69 6e} is hex for vbaproject.bin. Macros are often used by threat actors. Work in progress - Ran out of time

File information


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

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