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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 9


Maldoc score: 10


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 54094b2385ea86406ad20d865e6c03ec6233187e293d3d982d281d0237b552dc
SHA3-384 hash: 66569897699851d2d4d0d93652af43278af00ec99bb4874ddbee2d2891a56afeb4fdfcc4df4b99d1187f3f29720344c8
SHA1 hash: d8357444374b2d6ad98cf3ee7535141d70f1dfc0
MD5 hash: 54ff757c84e46cb4ba814ecc370f2083
humanhash: nineteen-video-massachusetts-black
File name:case_1978132122_1827517231.xlsm
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:153'318 bytes
First seen:2021-03-15 17:02:53 UTC
Last seen:2021-03-15 18:56:15 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 3072:OiZpupSzxNEBBD+Os7/xxkKCtRbsYO1entseoXXQ:TzGSzx0dmxk7RbsYsKtseoXg
TLSH FDE3F10E1A51AC22C798033894A7C7D39707717FF3B2E55AB94CD8362F60BE56E1D14A
Reporter p5yb34m
Tags:CobaltStrike TA505 xls


Avatar
p5yb34m
.dll:
http://www.ceder-invest.be/sass/capital.php

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: 10
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
SuspiciousFORMULA.FILLMay modify Excel 4 Macro formulas at runtime
SuspiciousEXECMay run an executable file or a system
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)
SuspiciousXLM macrosheetXLM macrosheet found. It could contain malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
1'980
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
case_195.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-03-15 16:56:20 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
DNS request
Creating a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Changing a file
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Excel4Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://www.ceder-invest.be/sass/capital.php
sharedStrings.xml
Document image
Document image
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0 CobaltStrike
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile)
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found malicious Excel 4.0 Macro
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office process drops PE file
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor macro trojan xlm
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Cobaltstrike
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://onecoloradosport.com:443/jquery-3.3.2.slim.min.js
http://onecoloradosport.com:443/jquery-3.3.1.min.js
Dropper Extraction:
http://www.ceder-invest.be/sass/capital.php
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:Email_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:Microsoft_XLSX_with_Macrosheet
Rule name:Select_from_enumeration
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:silentbuilder_halo_generated
Author:Halogen Generated Rule, Corsin Camichel
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:UAC bypass in files like avemaria

File information


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

Malspam

CobaltStrike

Excel file xlsm 54094b2385ea86406ad20d865e6c03ec6233187e293d3d982d281d0237b552dc

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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