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Database Entry



LxBaseRAT


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5ab66d68720b515e6cb69f4fb02e9068506f3c7fcaa1aa6c5e8debc68fe39e2d
SHA3-384 hash: 8357079261ebdd5455fe6cfcbb5c87393a343fbb80b7a05314cccb7cf5d8b24f6e7e80203e7b588972d8bbdbec3ea091
SHA1 hash: ef2a76e417611c9b484a2a31b2ed109137f6a56e
MD5 hash: c2448645643594cb7f18fba2f446bf1b
humanhash: november-juliet-speaker-carolina
File name:PO-P19-AKS-E-87 R01-Nov26.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature LxBaseRAT
File size:689'849 bytes
First seen:2026-11-04 10:54:01 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 12288:klywRE9nQygooaB1X61DbWwXwm12B7prdfLWrMk0vcuhpTgRIOm/pQyQ1CFF8z:Cgl61DSwXw/RpfFpTv3/plUfz
TLSH T12AE423D5A0C56528737F27613A93982187F741B7B664B4683E5CB2DC0B3A30D4B8E0BB
Magika vba
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:LxBaseRAT vbs

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
98
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
96.5%
Tags:
proxy rapid
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Deleting a recently created file
Launching a process
Creating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Enabling the 'hidden' option for files in the %temp% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Stealing user critical data
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
encrypted obfuscated
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
vbs
First seen:
2026-11-02T19:59:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-11-05T06:08:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
Clipboard Hijacker, Discord Token Steale
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Found malware configuration
Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Rare Remote Thread Creation By Uncommon Source Image
Sigma detected: Script Interpreter Execution From Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: Suspicious Script Execution From Temp Folder
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Suspicious powershell command line found
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
WScript reads language and country specific registry keys (likely country aware script)
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Clipboard Hijacker
Yara detected Discord Token Stealer
Yara detected LxBase RAT
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1998088 Sample: PO-P19-AKS-E-87 R01-Nov26.vbs Startdate: 04/11/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 ip-api.com 2->39 51 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->51 53 Found malware configuration 2->53 55 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->55 57 11 other signatures 2->57 9 wscript.exe 3 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 file5 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\w88098.ps1, Unicode 9->33 dropped 59 VBScript performs obfuscated calls to suspicious functions 9->59 61 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 9->61 63 Suspicious powershell command line found 9->63 65 5 other signatures 9->65 13 powershell.exe 15 9->13         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 67 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 13->67 69 Writes to foreign memory regions 13->69 71 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 13->71 73 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 13->73 16 InstallUtil.exe 14 46 13->16         started        21 conhost.exe 13->21         started        process9 dnsIp10 35 172.93.167.12, 4522, 49741 AMANAHA-NEW-AmanahTechIncCA Canada 16->35 37 ip-api.com 208.95.112.1, 49742, 80 TUT-AS-TotalUptimeTechnologiesLLCUS United States 16->37 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\msasn1.dll, PE32+ 16->31 dropped 41 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 16->41 43 Found many strings related to Crypto-Wallets (likely being stolen) 16->43 45 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 16->45 49 2 other signatures 16->49 23 chrome.exe 16->23         started        25 chrome.exe 16->25         started        27 chrome.exe 16->27         started        29 3 other processes 16->29 47 Installs a global keyboard hook 21->47 file11 signatures12 process13
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
1 match(es)
Tags:
COM Behavior Trace DeObfuscated Obfuscated SOS: 0.22 T1027 T1059.005 VBS Execute Sub-Script VBScript WScript.Shell
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Leonem
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-11-03 13:09:13 UTC
File Type:
Text
AV detection:
10 of 24 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lxbaserat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lxbaserat botnet:novwk1 campaign:3462c96ece9b4cf7a6ec76ac447fcb6d collection discovery execution rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Family: LxBaseRAT
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
172.93.167.12:4522
Malware Family:
Malicious:
True
Tags:
calls-wmi vba macro-powershell obfuscated long-sleeps
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:detect_tiny_vbs
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects tiny VBS delivery technique

File information


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