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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 88694be4b098919c7f1946f05c5caf4998770fe9b31183171363370771ea48d5
SHA3-384 hash: eecc4683c78910697741b9770b6e3e10479577880a66f3aba045861a6fd51d4eebc8636bee70da168a34997f3477909f
SHA1 hash: 1b32f62ff08a51c93dd0ec03263f0ac633de5ac9
MD5 hash: a780246851d420ca15319d0f16f43065
humanhash: johnny-early-enemy-fish
File name:NEW RFQ.xls
Download: download sample
File size:325'120 bytes
First seen:2024-03-21 17:14:23 UTC
Last seen:2024-03-24 00:55:21 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:bJunhXXyY35qAOJl/YrLYz+WrNhZF+E+fgL+0dD8ivSbVQtMIb7opbO24qsgR3qn:bchXXT3bVQtMIb7S624qNR3PCZ7+633L
TLSH T16F64E011FE90861AE492177189F78B9A5322FC415F524F0F325CB72D3EB43A52D2BA62
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags: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: 4
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 22 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
494 bytesMBD00145DCD/CompObj
562 bytesMBD00145DCD/Ole
620909 bytesMBD00145DCD/CONTENTS
7113 bytesMBD00145DCE/CompObj
811592 bytesMBD00145DCE/Package
9114 bytesMBD00145DCF/CompObj
10708 bytesMBD00145DCF/DocumentSummaryInformation
1123248 bytesMBD00145DCF/SummaryInformation
1297808 bytesMBD00145DCF/Workbook
13686 bytesMBD00145DD0/Ole
14151325 bytesWorkbook
15519 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
16104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
17977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
18977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
19977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
20985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
212644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
22553 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
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
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
335
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
88694be4b098919c7f1946f05c5caf4998770fe9b31183171363370771ea48d5.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-03-21 17:43:26 UTC
Tags:
phishing phishing-xls

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Changing an executable file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a window
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://askauth.com/w84vVl
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit macros phishing shellcode
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
4.1/10
Score Malicious:
41%
Score Benign:
59%
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
Installs new ROOT certificates
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Microsoft Office drops suspicious files
Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office drops RTF file
Office equation editor establishes network connection
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Office viewer loads remote template
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: Equation Editor Network Connection
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Sigma detected: Script Initiated Connection to Non-Local Network
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Yara detected MalDoc
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1413443 Sample: NEW RFQ.xls Startdate: 21/03/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 askauth.com 2->39 51 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->51 53 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->53 55 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->55 57 13 other signatures 2->57 8 EXCEL.EXE 58 52 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 41 askauth.com 149.202.105.228, 49163, 49165, 49166 OVHFR France 8->41 43 107.175.31.187, 49164, 49167, 49173 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 8->43 29 iwanttokeepintouch...erythingfine[1].doc, Rich 8->29 dropped 12 WINWORD.EXE 346 47 8->12         started        17 wscript.exe 9 8->17         started        19 AcroRd32.exe 22 8->19         started        file6 process7 dnsIp8 45 askauth.com 12->45 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\w84vVl.url, MS 12->31 dropped 33 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\askauth.com.url, MS 12->33 dropped 35 ~WRF{0D1A7C9C-6BB6...8-22FB26D4C246}.tmp, Composite 12->35 dropped 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\D4956EDC.doc, Rich 12->37 dropped 63 Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV) 12->63 65 Office viewer loads remote template 12->65 67 Microsoft Office drops suspicious files 12->67 21 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 12->21         started        47 paste.ee 17->47 49 172.67.187.200, 443, 49175 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 17->49 69 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 17->69 71 Installs new ROOT certificates 17->71 73 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 17->73 25 RdrCEF.exe 2 19->25         started        file9 75 Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C) 47->75 signatures10 process11 file12 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\imagineloverget.vbs, Unicode 21->27 dropped 59 Office equation editor establishes network connection 21->59 61 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 21->61 signatures13
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-03-21 09:48:13 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
45
AV detection:
9 of 38 (23.68%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  1/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/

File information


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

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