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Formbook


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5ad32c0d74aaa70959de570a26e152861ec61dec87216423d17813c78b4bf629
SHA3-384 hash: 657491ad9ae927beb1ce53ac3339834647ffc3bcc0220673911bead5a698ec62f23d34f177499f4f641f5bfe5917d3b9
SHA1 hash: d221296ef5c99b00d6543809322b59b322eacaf6
MD5 hash: 08b2ae8dbae927b9f046ce96ea382d25
humanhash: table-sixteen-six-illinois
File name:fb.xls
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:155'648 bytes
First seen:2021-02-05 11:56:18 UTC
Last seen:2021-02-05 14:05:44 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:SRY35NAYJl/OrMCp8pxWhZFGkE+cL4LDlnAvbtEG1euinwUavphbLJsr1oibsnlO:OY35NAYJl/OrMCp8pxWhZFVE+W4LDln1
TLSH 09E3F1A7FAC2CC46E5B5233199A24986B733FC251B6B530A7625F2396F70DD08D0270B
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:FormBook

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: 5
Application name is Microsoft Excel
Office document is in OLE format
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 4 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3212 bytesSummaryInformation
4150912 bytesWorkbook
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
AutoExecAuto_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
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)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
123
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
fb.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-02-05 05:52:06 UTC
Tags:
macros trojan formbook stealer

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
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a file
Moving a file to the %temp% directory
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Office File
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.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
96 / 100
Signature
Bypasses PowerShell execution policy
Connects to a URL shortener service
Creates HTML files with .exe extension (expired dropper behavior)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found obfuscated Excel 4.0 Macro
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Obfuscated command line found
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: Powershell downloading file from url shortener site
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 349115 Sample: fb.xls Startdate: 05/02/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 96 27 Sigma detected: Powershell downloading file from url shortener site 2->27 29 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->29 31 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->31 33 6 other signatures 2->33 7 EXCEL.EXE 83 29 2->7         started        process3 signatures4 39 Obfuscated command line found 7->39 41 Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit) 7->41 10 cmd.exe 7->10         started        13 cmd.exe 7->13         started        15 cmd.exe 7->15         started        process5 signatures6 43 Obfuscated command line found 10->43 17 powershell.exe 16 7 10->17         started        21 powershell.exe 7 13->21         started        23 powershell.exe 7 15->23         started        process7 dnsIp8 25 tinyurl.com 104.20.138.65, 443, 49165 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 17->25 35 Creates HTML files with .exe extension (expired dropper behavior) 17->35 37 Obfuscated command line found 21->37 signatures9
Threat name:
Document-Word.Downloader.EncDoc
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-02-04 11:39:35 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
9
AV detection:
17 of 28 (60.71%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
macro xlm
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Blocklisted process makes network request
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://tinyurl.com/24l9p9lc
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:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:INDICATOR_OLE_Excel4Macros_DL2
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects OLE Excel 4 Macros documents acting as downloaders
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Stomped_PECompilation_Timestamp_InTheFu
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect executables with stomped PE compilation timestamp that is greater than local current time
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
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:SUSP_Excel4Macro_AutoOpen
Author:John Lambert @JohnLaTwC
Description:Detects Excel4 macro use with auto open / close
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.

Formbook

Excel file xls 5ad32c0d74aaa70959de570a26e152861ec61dec87216423d17813c78b4bf629

(this sample)

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