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Database Entry



RemcosRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 45e5967e8f8153aaa2c7ead299d6a6534e3b3cfa2e9eb183557790a26d1c4b01
SHA3-384 hash: f72892a94716b71445340ca4950b8472e465863405e3ca03c749e53ac3f9ecbaae07030d83247784d66dfb37fd24ed0b
SHA1 hash: b36dd13e4c9000c31db28991da8664692f32e643
MD5 hash: d4f1ab18c1f6bb0077cdea113b98ae5f
humanhash: salami-uniform-delaware-comet
File name:Payment_Advice.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature RemcosRAT
File size:352'256 bytes
First seen:2022-04-14 05:42:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/encrypted
ssdeep 6144:Khidm5VXA1pyOPT8dLbcMnSInZS2FJI/rVJKPwrBYtay8VUdZ:jdmY/CdLbciS2FJIHgtgyb
TLSH T1397412D27826F333DFFA28FA1D150E1525A0DCE81F4AB259ECA53159D43A7012F923B6
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2018-0798 RemcosRAT 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
5345336 bytesEncryptedPackage
6224 bytesEncryptionInfo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
238
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
Payment_Advice.xlsx
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-04-14 07:44:45 UTC
Tags:
encrypted trojan opendir exploit CVE-2017-11882 loader rat remcos keylogger

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
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a file
Сreating synchronization primitives
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:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit shellcode VelvetSweatshop
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
6.8/10
Score Malicious:
68%
Score Benign:
32%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook
Contains functionality to steal Chrome passwords or cookies
Contains functionality to steal Firefox passwords or cookies
Delayed program exit found
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Searches for Windows Mail specific files
Sigma detected: Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments
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
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 steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses dynamic DNS services
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Remcos RAT
Yara detected WebBrowserPassView password recovery tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 609127 Sample: Payment_Advice.xlsx Startdate: 14/04/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 56 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->56 58 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->58 60 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->60 62 16 other signatures 2->62 8 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->8         started        13 engine.exe 1 2->13         started        15 EXCEL.EXE 34 76 2->15         started        17 engine.exe 2->17         started        process3 dnsIp4 52 193.142.58.55, 49171, 80 M247GB Netherlands 8->52 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vbc[1].exe, PE32 8->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 8->48 dropped 80 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 8->80 19 vbc.exe 1 2 8->19         started        82 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->82 84 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->84 23 cmd.exe 13->23         started        50 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$Payment_Advice.xlsx, data 15->50 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 file8 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\engine.exe, PE32 19->44 dropped 72 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 19->72 74 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 19->74 76 Writes to foreign memory regions 19->76 78 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 19->78 25 RegAsm.exe 2 3 19->25         started        29 RegAsm.exe 19->29         started        31 cmd.exe 19->31         started        33 timeout.exe 23->33         started        signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 54 emarketinglatakva.ddns.net 45.134.173.174, 49172, 49173, 9794 CLOUDIE-AS-APCloudieLimitedHK Russian Federation 25->54 86 Installs a global keyboard hook 25->86 88 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 25->88 35 RegAsm.exe 1 25->35         started        38 RegAsm.exe 1 25->38         started        40 RegAsm.exe 2 25->40         started        90 Contains functionality to steal Chrome passwords or cookies 29->90 92 Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes 29->92 94 Contains functionality to register a low level keyboard hook 29->94 96 2 other signatures 29->96 42 timeout.exe 31->42         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 64 Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords 35->64 66 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 35->66 68 Searches for Windows Mail specific files 35->68 70 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 38->70
Threat name:
Document-OLE.Exploit.CVE-2018-0798
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-04-13 10:54:37 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
61
AV detection:
14 of 26 (53.85%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:remcos botnet:sage persistence rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
Remcos
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
emarketinglatakva.ddns.net:9794
Malware family:
Verdict:
Malicious
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

RemcosRAT

Excel file xlsx 45e5967e8f8153aaa2c7ead299d6a6534e3b3cfa2e9eb183557790a26d1c4b01

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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