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Database Entry


ZLoader


Vendor detections: 7


Maldoc score: 3


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 728a8824a63aa0bcd66180d17a4b65fe6c0ef0bc6deeacf014ebd00700e8c5d4
SHA3-384 hash: e67493a9d6b95c475ae6d979f874b149634f2b43dd17f095305623eca37646112ba0d8cafa21c03452be001925c030f9
SHA1 hash: c2a21ea02b8b8fbe98ea7a3a6cdc90348b9195d7
MD5 hash: 9f819b2bfe33781d049504b0f6aa1c61
humanhash: steak-four-washington-speaker
File name:case.8920.xls
Download: download sample
Signature ZLoader
Create hunting rule
File size:37'376 bytes
First seen:2020-11-28 07:36:33 UTC
Last seen:2020-11-28 09:55:41 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 768:4PqNk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAJ7Kfs0vAr4TwWr:0ok3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2N/
TLSH FDF273E3FB95ED65CE488339486B42516712EC919767938B3388F72A3FB1BE04D06147
Reporter cocaman
Tags:xls ZLoader


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cocaman
Malicious email (T1566.001)
From: "Yunis Watson <adriaan@cars4sa.co.za>" (likely spoofed)
Received: "from cars4sa.dedicated.co.za (justdynamics.dedicated.co.za [197.242.150.174]) "
Date: "Fri, 27 Nov 2020 12:40:52 -0500"
Subject: "Agreement 93561424 reminder"
Attachment: "case.8920.xls"

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: 3
Application name is Microsoft Excel
Office document is in OLE format
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 3 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
327389 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
SuspiciousBase64 StringsBase64-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
188
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Deleting a recently created file
Possible injection to a system process
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Office File
Link:
https://app.docguard.net/728a8824a63aa0bcd66180d17a4b65fe6c0ef0bc6deeacf014ebd00700e8c5d4/results/dashboard
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Excel 4.0 Macro
Document contains Excel 4.0 macros (XLM). A valid, albeit dated feature, this document should be treated with suspicion.
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Result
Threat name:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
84 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/549900
Signature
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Microsoft Office drops suspicious files
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Potential malicious VBS script found (has network functionality)
Potential malicious VBS script found (suspicious strings)
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/728a8824a63aa0bcd66180d17a4b65fe6c0ef0bc6deeacf014ebd00700e8c5d4/
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.ZLoader
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-11-27 01:54:26 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
15 of 29 (51.72%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=okfiqjfghkqlzvtbqdixus3f7zwa54f4nxxkz4au5piaoahiyxka._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
macro
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/201128-qwalk34dme/
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Checks processor information in registry
JavaScript code in executable
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
Create hunting rule
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Create hunting rule
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:Select_from_enumeration
Create hunting rule
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:SharedStrings
Create hunting rule
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Create hunting rule
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.

Malspam

ZLoader

Excel file xls 728a8824a63aa0bcd66180d17a4b65fe6c0ef0bc6deeacf014ebd00700e8c5d4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
  
Dropping
ZLoader

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