MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry


Formbook


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments
Download sample Add tag Delete this sample Report a False Positive

SHA256 hash: 7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53
SHA3-384 hash: 5dd6ef8e0c9e4ca3013fa8ad3807d5e335d3e1d519fabe5a48a4bb4311675fb07c3ede44f3a6b171339719c65078fc39
SHA1 hash: f85d9e90b834d24be6dc5c8e7ff29ea37643ee47
MD5 hash: d017e4c89938a895c6056403f7c6d0be
humanhash: hot-five-september-seven
File name:ENCRYPTED.ps1
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
Create hunting rule
File size:1'505'433 bytes
First seen:2026-02-18 16:57:58 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 24576:Vjigg5NN5KDgBqf0TtZ5BphNE3QzfggMCY/bVOd4PBKqXCK+x9+E:gLyWaAMcTh
TLSH T1D0652320DE1A1ED02B68B32660DADD0509D197D78C097504BF8DA4DE4F2E38F94BB4EE
Magika powershell
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:FormBook ps1

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
88
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.PowerShell.Packed.221.22694.16832.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6995efb27412eb037684cdd2
Tags:
vmdetect
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm powershell
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6995efa997feb4afd64a7e26/reports/68183066-432d-4f69-9b0a-fe5e965a585f/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
PowerShell/Agent.DZG trojan
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
ps1
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT.s PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53/results?tab=lookup
Result
Threat name:
MATRIX Crypter
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
92 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1871333
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected MATRIX Crypter
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1871333 Sample: ENCRYPTED.ps1 Startdate: 18/02/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 92 35 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->35 37 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->37 39 Yara detected MATRIX Crypter 2->39 41 4 other signatures 2->41 7 powershell.exe 24 2->7         started        process3 file4 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\tmp3FE5.tmp.ps1, ASCII 7->33 dropped 43 Writes to foreign memory regions 7->43 45 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 7->45 11 aspnet_compiler.exe 7->11         started        13 aspnet_compiler.exe 7->13         started        15 aspnet_compiler.exe 7->15         started        17 13 other processes 7->17 signatures5 process6 process7 19 WerFault.exe 20 16 11->19         started        21 WerFault.exe 4 16 13->21         started        23 WerFault.exe 2 16 15->23         started        25 WerFault.exe 16 17->25         started        27 WerFault.exe 16 17->27         started        29 WerFault.exe 17->29         started        31 4 other processes 17->31
Score:
98%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
SCRIPT
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53
Gathering data
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan.Win32.InjectorNetT
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53
Threat name:
Script-PowerShell.Trojan.XWorm
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-02-18 14:38:00 UTC
AV detection:
12 of 24 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=prjoiu7vwukzfofz62vblinyc3ih2keccgf2z4e6tcjcc42jdzjq._file
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook adware discovery execution rat spyware stealer trojan
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260218-vgy77scw2b/
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Badlisted process makes network request
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53

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
Create hunting rule
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:detect_powershell
Create hunting rule
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Create hunting rule
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Create hunting rule
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:shellcode
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:vmdetect
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information

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

Web download

Formbook

PowerShell (PS) ps1 7c52e453f5b51592b8b9f6aa15a1b816d07d2882118bacf09e98922173491e53

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3780203/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments