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Formbook


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 25 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 956d3631ac68a12eefda2aa0f40f164f49dbda760f311e366697c71c3bb92de5
SHA3-384 hash: e9d88b169ba0f982362fccad7ae5310daf12ae8b29722c39be8bb8cf41dc8564591722cdaf66f12748f71364c5e4b5b0
SHA1 hash: c143a2f2a99e0b94424da94181286f49a24a7af5
MD5 hash: 06f59fecf0f7319a31819fced92e89d0
humanhash: purple-butter-cola-hydrogen
File name:956d3631ac68a12eefda2aa0f40f164f49dbda760f311e366697c71c3bb92de5
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:815'104 bytes
First seen:2025-06-10 09:50:13 UTC
Last seen:2025-06-10 10:19:51 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'666 x AgentTesla, 19'479 x Formbook, 12'209 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:bXpltcmf9QTdFsMF0KoheLjmCQjC2mBtTtYf5EB3vyEyoiy6TanUE:ntcmqTdFdF0/nlmBXtKEyoEb
Threatray 1'610 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1BE0512147356C81BCA6623B40A70F23D537D5EDAA820DA46BFCD6DEFB9B6B010D14293
TrID 69.7% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.0% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
6.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
1.9% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika pebin
dhash icon e89e8e7133b2b2f0 (13 x SnakeKeylogger, 9 x Formbook, 3 x AgentTesla)
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
405
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
formbook
ID:
1
File name:
956d3631ac68a12eefda2aa0f40f164f49dbda760f311e366697c71c3bb92de5
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-06-10 15:26:13 UTC
Tags:
formbook xloader

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 msil
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
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)
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses threadpools to delay analysis
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1710683 Sample: uwS5RD5pnw.exe Startdate: 10/06/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 34 www.voguevanguard.xyz 2->34 36 www.longwriting.xyz 2->36 38 14 other IPs or domains 2->38 46 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->46 48 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->48 50 Yara detected FormBook 2->50 54 2 other signatures 2->54 11 uwS5RD5pnw.exe 3 2->11         started        signatures3 52 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 36->52 process4 file5 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\uwS5RD5pnw.exe.log, ASCII 11->32 dropped 64 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 11->64 66 Uses threadpools to delay analysis 11->66 15 uwS5RD5pnw.exe 11->15         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 68 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 15->68 18 Kp47qQS8fr4U.exe 15->18 injected process9 process10 20 wscript.exe 13 18->20         started        signatures11 56 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 20->56 58 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 20->58 60 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 20->60 62 3 other signatures 20->62 23 InGllLvNR8B.exe 20->23 injected 26 chrome.exe 20->26         started        28 firefox.exe 20->28         started        process12 dnsIp13 40 www.g50tz.top 154.23.221.153, 49725, 49726, 49727 COGENT-174US United States 23->40 42 www.zennova.life 159.198.76.235, 49713, 49714, 49715 CAT-IDC-4BYTENET-AS-APCATTELECOMPublicCompanyLtdCATT United States 23->42 44 7 other IPs or domains 23->44 30 WerFault.exe 4 26->30         started        process14
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-27 06:39:15 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
21
AV detection:
27 of 36 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
discovery
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
956d3631ac68a12eefda2aa0f40f164f49dbda760f311e366697c71c3bb92de5
MD5 hash:
06f59fecf0f7319a31819fced92e89d0
SHA1 hash:
c143a2f2a99e0b94424da94181286f49a24a7af5
SH256 hash:
40821f2c5247a234030a44871d4d62035044e2d486432b81e06880213c6fa912
MD5 hash:
c98557f7f6d853d88f1704eeacf3f39d
SHA1 hash:
01fb8c8b57fe8e19022f3fe0ac882c4e9cd9c69c
SH256 hash:
5637645d6c93987d431ed0150db3e0dc329089402964c9287ef73ffc482829f6
MD5 hash:
ea72c63b0a7556db93cbb601b0eed117
SHA1 hash:
4e7bba6aeb6f5adaeec455a00705729fca15668d
Detections:
SUSP_OBF_NET_ConfuserEx_Name_Pattern_Jan24 SUSP_OBF_NET_Reactor_Indicators_Jan24
SH256 hash:
af824df6fa4371c0f8fd63ac65e886f42c897bbd271dd8c0e8209114c744951e
MD5 hash:
b1e5d5c4226df61920605a9be21a502c
SHA1 hash:
5cdb288a9f4814c6f65bdeeb84b768daf5d0abbf
SH256 hash:
7f2e0fda1624d5751281c72f2b69d42f4ff0a653c5d70b8d4ac7c520df881c32
MD5 hash:
f162424de6b04b447ce541c899e238fa
SHA1 hash:
65f75358ba7f5ab69cb413061456dd50fa806604
SH256 hash:
73cb17906e9d87bd3e4ec0045b5c649dc3b9bb9925f3975c4c6f02b459bc71db
MD5 hash:
06e98e4343f6b20e7f735b5a33163b0f
SHA1 hash:
a3d5a1d85f48c51cc733b0c8746ab9197c29bae9
Detections:
win_formbook_g0
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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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:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:Formbook
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Formbook Payload
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
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:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high

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