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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 23 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5c85a30c981d3428c2a25ee4718f45cfe10d2eb0c40d34b92686eee14430da8c
SHA3-384 hash: e1f6691b58936b1c76e2a95f94d52b890786fd8b0951cedf3c612a4dd64f76c091b2928a521b4496b6303bcf1e860188
SHA1 hash: 8006cbb093610b78aad6a271bd6000e89ff71189
MD5 hash: 926b9ec899c4d47efb8b7c2f38ec16e6
humanhash: violet-pennsylvania-early-mississippi
File name:5c85a30c981d3428c2a25ee4718f45cfe10d2eb0c40d34b92686eee14430da8c
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'342'976 bytes
First seen:2026-10-19 07:59:04 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (49'287 x AgentTesla, 20'689 x Formbook, 12'401 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 24576:0KO5CY598pPTBnFVe7HVSyvf3EIx20WO45O2onaS/nkLaPlNt:rO5v8TFVCfvfD2xE2aaS/dHt
TLSH T1C755E0643528AE17C67993F50A71E27403FA2E9A6429D6CE5EC6BDDF7DE0F004E00693
TrID 73.9% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
6.6% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.6% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
4.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika pebin
dhash icon 8000307251780280 (4 x Formbook, 1 x AsyncRAT, 1 x MassLogger)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
163
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-10-19 12:30:33 UTC
Tags:
n/a

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

Behaviour
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Blocking the Windows Defender launch
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-09-07T01:27:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-19T04:57:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
10 match(es)
Tags:
.Net Executable Managed .NET PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout SOS: 0.43 Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-09-07 04:28:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
77
AV detection:
26 of 36 (72.22%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery evasion rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Family: Formbook
Formbook payload
Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5c85a30c981d3428c2a25ee4718f45cfe10d2eb0c40d34b92686eee14430da8c
MD5 hash:
926b9ec899c4d47efb8b7c2f38ec16e6
SHA1 hash:
8006cbb093610b78aad6a271bd6000e89ff71189
SH256 hash:
e28e5b1c2a589954b8b731287280241673dccfe773e88abd2beab7daff3fd007
MD5 hash:
ab5275d1917b3e26c049baa962425cec
SHA1 hash:
60391c4dd709cf0a752db6f3fba34372a554c1e5
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24
SH256 hash:
c95b482105c4bb77c9e514b9027be6bf9013a341d8ea0199d86c6e5ea3d13d32
MD5 hash:
38ba700d456f8e8632c44080d7afebe8
SHA1 hash:
ba97e8f8235df1e9aeef784d7a211d66a1254667
SH256 hash:
0aca3c39b8c20307b95837586d3c02a49b22613ca19469819af9716a066f6eb0
MD5 hash:
1f47e045ae948e114c740b5f31d40ca5
SHA1 hash:
eff74fa9390241d126ce837d3cf2a6fe21142e32
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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:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__GlobalFlags
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:DotNet_RGB_Embedded_AssemblyLoader_Hunt
Author:ShadowOpCode
Description:Hunt .NET bitmap RGB extraction combined with embedded resources and assembly loading
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HUNT_NET_Loader_ImagePixel_To_AssemblyLoad
Author:Anish Bogati
Description:Hunting: .NET loader that reads pixel data from an embedded image, loads it as a .NET assembly, and runs it via reflection or late binding. Catches bitmap-steganography loaders.
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:WIN_Malware_Derialock_ForgeAuto_3127f957_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects Derialock (pe, etat extrait)
Rule name:WIN_Malware_XWorm_ForgeAuto_6b06c990_Extrait
Author:Marjoriefort
Description:Detects XWorm (pe, etat extrait)

File information


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