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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 2


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 542e4e849b04fa8953a08ecb6ddd300120855e69c9f5df0975ddf1935eacf408
SHA3-384 hash: 826abf4e3d45af5a1ce931623820922b1a5f0479212f5c137a049d9941a4f0022f2bcbcaca86b7f1f9d48d538d371856
SHA1 hash: b6b509b4ebccdadc6b42fa7fed8524cc9db90e1b
MD5 hash: 3a410dd99563f02be72cb9e96b729429
humanhash: helium-earth-leopard-shade
File name:BL.xls
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:1'116'160 bytes
First seen:2023-11-14 06:53:00 UTC
Last seen:2023-11-14 12:23:40 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 24576:gBdw6/0ZyU3bVNw6/wZyc3bVrkATwx6ZxiJvWRT0lxO:b6/m93bV+6/CL3bVrLTrrAvWRTGE
TLSH T1C035AE03E940CB87D40C83F46EE34ED91B1ABF04EA965ACB215ABF4F3E706611D5B51A
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 CVE-2018-0802 Loki xls

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: 2
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 49 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3120200 bytesSummaryInformation
494 bytesMBD00336869/CompObj
562 bytesMBD00336869/Ole
620409 bytesMBD00336869/CONTENTS
794 bytesMBD0033686A/CompObj
862 bytesMBD0033686A/Ole
97284 bytesMBD0033686A/CONTENTS
1094 bytesMBD0033686B/CompObj
1162 bytesMBD0033686B/Ole
1264830 bytesMBD0033686B/CONTENTS
1393 bytesMBD0033686C/CompObj
1464 bytesMBD0033686C/Ole
15124841 bytesMBD0033686C/CONTENTS
16114 bytesMBD0033686D/CompObj
17708 bytesMBD0033686D/DocumentSummaryInformation
1823248 bytesMBD0033686D/SummaryInformation
1997872 bytesMBD0033686D/Workbook
20422 bytesMBD0033686D/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
2162 bytesMBD0033686D/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
22977 bytesMBD0033686D/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
23985 bytesMBD0033686D/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
242329 bytesMBD0033686D/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
25517 bytesMBD0033686D/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
2694 bytesMBD0033686E/CompObj
2762 bytesMBD0033686E/Ole
2864830 bytesMBD0033686E/CONTENTS
2993 bytesMBD0033686F/CompObj
3064 bytesMBD0033686F/Ole
31124841 bytesMBD0033686F/CONTENTS
32114 bytesMBD00336870/CompObj
33708 bytesMBD00336870/DocumentSummaryInformation
3423248 bytesMBD00336870/SummaryInformation
3597808 bytesMBD00336870/Workbook
360 bytesMBD00336870/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
370 bytesMBD00336870/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
380 bytesMBD00336870/_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
3920 bytesMBD00336871/Ole
401554 bytesMBD00336871/olE10natiVE
41304712 bytesWorkbook
42525 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
43104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
44977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
45977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
46977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
47985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
482644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
49553 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/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
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
6
# of downloads :
392
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Launching a process
Creating a window
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
control embedequation exploit exploit lolbin macros packed shellcode sload
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
2.8/10
Score Malicious:
28%
Score Benign:
72%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Result
Threat name:
Lokibot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor establishes network connection
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1342135 Sample: BL.xls Startdate: 14/11/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 45 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->45 47 Found malware configuration 2->47 49 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->49 51 15 other signatures 2->51 7 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->7         started        12 EQNEDT32.EXE 11 2->12         started        14 AcroRd32.exe 27 2->14         started        16 EXCEL.EXE 58 61 2->16         started        process3 dnsIp4 41 146.70.35.212, 49162, 80 TENET-1ZA United Kingdom 7->41 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\unsecapp.exe, PE32 7->37 dropped 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\ansi[1].exe, PE32 7->39 dropped 59 Office equation editor establishes network connection 7->59 61 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 7->61 18 unsecapp.exe 2 7->18         started        21 unsecapp.exe 2 12->21         started        23 RdrCEF.exe 14->23         started        file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 53 Antivirus detection for dropped file 18->53 55 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 18->55 57 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 18->57 25 unsecapp.exe 54 18->25         started        29 unsecapp.exe 18->29         started        31 unsecapp.exe 18->31         started        35 2 other processes 18->35 33 unsecapp.exe 21->33         started        process9 dnsIp10 43 sempersim.su 104.237.252.65, 49164, 49165, 49166 DEDICATED-FIBER-COMMUNICATIONSUS United States 25->43 63 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 25->63 65 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 25->65 67 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 25->67 69 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 25->69 signatures11
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2018-0802
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-11-13 21:06:12 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
105
AV detection:
15 of 37 (40.54%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot collection spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Lokibot
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://sempersim.su/a14/fre.php
http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.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:INDICATOR_OLE_EXPLOIT_CVE_2017_11882_1
Author:ditekSHen
Description:detects OLE documents potentially exploiting CVE-2017-11882
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/

File information


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

Malspam

Loki

Excel file xls 542e4e849b04fa8953a08ecb6ddd300120855e69c9f5df0975ddf1935eacf408

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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