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Database Entry



XenoRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Maldoc score: 25


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 548212f42d5dc4965db354d6ce075422dcb3331a213fb0b5b662e08e59234829
SHA3-384 hash: 9c48323f82a219ca86ac20243e675ae6341bb32e4b6b2f885b88081dfdda5b10af8641c818e9086f7caa6d13acca0914
SHA1 hash: 9e237643473c67940eb359bba09825114c7bc726
MD5 hash: ec6627e48bb4c56abbb2a4563072e631
humanhash: batman-stairway-high-october
File name:ec6627e48bb4c56abbb2a4563072e631.doc
Download: download sample
Signature XenoRAT
File size:196'096 bytes
First seen:2024-12-11 09:45:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Q877VGZ5Sd3b4e0wNZtsqXNKd5AvDJW4S+I/tZ6X1bpF6m+3b:9GZYwAZHMCDJ8/u5pAm0b
Threatray 189 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1CC140160B1A6D95BF22854305ED3DAD9F638BC9EDC66C31B3180B72FBC361B04956B06
TrID 52.6% (.DOC) Microsoft Word document (30000/1/2)
33.3% (.DOC) Microsoft Word document (old ver.) (19000/1/2)
14.0% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika ppt
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:doc RAT XenoRAT

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: 25
OLE dump

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

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
24096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
34096 bytesSummaryInformation
46781 bytes1Table
5157526 bytesData
6492 bytesMacros/PROJECT
771 bytesMacros/PROJECTwm
8918 bytesMacros/VBA/NewMacros
96576 bytesMacros/VBA/ThisDocument
104449 bytesMacros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
11579 bytesMacros/VBA/dir
124096 bytesWordDocument
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
AutoExecDocument_OpenRuns when the Word or Publisher document is opened
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
Suspiciousadodb.streamMay create a text file
SuspiciousSaveToFileMay create a text file
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousWScript.ShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousShell.ApplicationMay run an application (if combined with CreateObject)
Suspiciousmicrosoft.xmlhttpMay download files from the Internet
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousXorMay 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) code and P-code are different, this may have been used to hide malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
405
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ec6627e48bb4c56abbb2a4563072e631.doc
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-12-11 09:51:48 UTC
Tags:
generated-doc macros macros-on-open rat remote xenorat confuser

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Connection attempt to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Connection attempt to an infection source
Query of malicious DNS domain
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Sending a TCP request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Word File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
dropper macros macros-on-open packed
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Shell.Application Object
Detected the instantiation of Shell Application object within the macro.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Result
Threat name:
XenoRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code contains process injector
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to HTTP operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with hexadecimal encoded strings
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office process drops PE file
Sigma detected: File With Uncommon Extension Created By An Office Application
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Sigma detected: Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected XenoRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1572969 Sample: tqkdMdv2zO.doc Startdate: 11/12/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 66 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->66 68 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->68 70 Found malware configuration 2->70 72 23 other signatures 2->72 10 WINWORD.EXE 295 27 2->10         started        15 taskeng.exe 1 2->15         started        process3 dnsIp4 58 www.stipamana.com 94.156.167.57, 443, 49163 SARNICA-ASBG Bulgaria 10->58 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\RUSYZH.exe, PE32 10->52 dropped 54 C:\Users\user\...\adzhtcfdhxfxgh[1].exe, PE32 10->54 dropped 82 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 10->82 17 RUSYZH.exe 10->17         started        20 RUSYZH.exe 15->20         started        file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 60 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 17->60 62 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 17->62 64 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 17->64 22 RUSYZH.exe 3 17->22         started        25 RUSYZH.exe 17->25         started        27 RUSYZH.exe 17->27         started        29 RUSYZH.exe 2 20->29         started        31 RUSYZH.exe 20->31         started        33 RUSYZH.exe 20->33         started        process9 file10 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\RUSYZH.exe, PE32 22->48 dropped 35 RUSYZH.exe 22->35         started        process11 signatures12 74 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 35->74 76 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 35->76 78 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 35->78 80 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 35->80 38 RUSYZH.exe 5 35->38         started        42 RUSYZH.exe 2 35->42         started        44 RUSYZH.exe 2 35->44         started        process13 dnsIp14 56 dns.stipamana.com 87.120.121.160, 4567, 49164, 49165 UNACS-AS-BG8000BurgasBG Bulgaria 38->56 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmp7C61.tmp, ASCII 38->50 dropped 46 schtasks.exe 38->46         started        file15 process16
Threat name:
Win32.Exploit.Generic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-12-11 09:46:14 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
19
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
xenorat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:xenorat discovery macro macro_on_action rat trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Downloads MZ/PE file
Detect XenoRat Payload
XenorRat
Xenorat family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
dns.stipamana.com
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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

Web download

XenoRAT

Word file doc 548212f42d5dc4965db354d6ce075422dcb3331a213fb0b5b662e08e59234829

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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