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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5b6a42756dca06a97d71a5ea64c1573d1445500fd0cfc16fba851b555908695c
SHA3-384 hash: e7ffcd6dc7620d1bacc8316d27198caaac756330d184ae6906942727a806a14b7736433234ce34eb23a348522c9efc7b
SHA1 hash: d0a3039570316a32d388ce4da32e9dcbd16f9bc7
MD5 hash: af45d60b0d3abc1c7b3d5a887ae87c52
humanhash: autumn-mirror-salami-beryllium
File name:E-dekont.pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:526'351 bytes
First seen:2023-01-09 11:42:02 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 61259b55b8912888e90f516ca08dc514 (1'059 x Formbook, 741 x AgentTesla, 427 x GuLoader)
ssdeep 12288:UY9s3sv7MkF8G54aut658LvNyYFPe+HExPFMQ:UY9scv7D8G5egiL7FPe+HcPFd
TLSH T157B42AA312E9BFC6E635C8B2E285FFE551207C1254E602CE99B093AAD8D1390FD7714D
TrID 47.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
15.9% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
9.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.6% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
6.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon e0c486868686c4e0 (1 x Formbook)
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
196
Origin country :
DE DE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
formbook
ID:
1
File name:
E-dekont.pdf.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-01-09 11:44:45 UTC
Tags:
formbook xloader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Searching for synchronization primitives
Setting browser functions hooks
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Unauthorized injection to a browser process
Verdict:
No Threat
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
overlay packed shell32.dll
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Modifies the prolog of user mode functions (user mode inline hooks)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sample uses process hollowing technique
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 780662 Sample: E-dekont.pdf.exe Startdate: 09/01/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 41 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->41 43 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->43 45 Yara detected FormBook 2->45 47 4 other signatures 2->47 10 E-dekont.pdf.exe 19 2->10         started        process3 file4 29 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tcllxjnjc.exe, PE32 10->29 dropped 13 tcllxjnjc.exe 10->13         started        process5 signatures6 57 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors) 13->57 59 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 13->59 61 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 13->61 63 Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications 13->63 16 tcllxjnjc.exe 13->16         started        process7 signatures8 33 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 16->33 35 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 16->35 37 Sample uses process hollowing technique 16->37 39 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 16->39 19 chkdsk.exe 16->19         started        22 explorer.exe 16->22 injected process9 dnsIp10 49 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 19->49 51 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 19->51 53 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 19->53 25 cmd.exe 1 19->25         started        31 www.grimoires.dev 22->31 55 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 22->55 signatures11 process12 process13 27 conhost.exe 25->27         started       
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-01-09 10:26:37 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
22 of 26 (84.62%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook campaign:b21g rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Formbook payload
Formbook
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
4e576ff558eff0a84846e0b40812be30da51773b84bc730a285f596773e12deb
MD5 hash:
275321ec92c368d2e4819c534934d7a7
SHA1 hash:
03912abafd47319427c4084cbfbf8a050dde3062
SH256 hash:
5b6a42756dca06a97d71a5ea64c1573d1445500fd0cfc16fba851b555908695c
MD5 hash:
af45d60b0d3abc1c7b3d5a887ae87c52
SHA1 hash:
d0a3039570316a32d388ce4da32e9dcbd16f9bc7
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:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook
Author:@malgamy12
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook_1112e116
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_formbook_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.formbook.

File information


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

Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 5b6a42756dca06a97d71a5ea64c1573d1445500fd0cfc16fba851b555908695c

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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