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AveMariaRAT


Vendor detections: 17


Maldoc score: 23


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 99577d4554ff7f8f9c98b9fd9c249f6aab4dccb47142466b070fd6d33d641e4e
SHA3-384 hash: a94320eef56de6ba2bef35f6e2b98aa864dc6563e7b5e79caec742ef55d2fd0cb9d34c0100ee16c1e059f24741ae6040
SHA1 hash: 4943e12bea20024937b890a289da2602a111a547
MD5 hash: 0446015a22e4778816e2ccc64ac17a9b
humanhash: pasta-august-magnesium-alpha
File name:Estado.de.cuenta.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AveMariaRAT
File size:68'096 bytes
First seen:2024-12-10 16:56:24 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 1536:BYxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlaGGx+cL2QnA5Xo4inBGp9tRG52yriv+L:BYxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlaGGx+cL2QU
Threatray 2'847 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T11263D751374DC49AD91847754FE2C6EAAF36BC109F5A430B3258B32F2E75EA0C92361A
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)
Magika xls
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:AveMariaRAT 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: 23
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 17 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1107 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3208 bytesSummaryInformation
441460 bytesWorkbook
5637 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
6128 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
7825 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Module1
8977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
9977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
10977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
116756 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
124667 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
131566 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_0
14221 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_1
15508 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_2
16422 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_3
17615 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
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
Suspiciousadodb.streamMay create a text file
SuspiciousSaveToFileMay create a text file
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousWScript.ShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousShell.ApplicationMay run an application (if combined with CreateObject)
Suspiciousmicrosoft.xmlhttpMay download files from the Internet
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
447
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Estado.de.cuenta.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-12-10 17:00:41 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.9%
Tags:
office macro micro
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Connection attempt to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Query of malicious DNS domain
Connection attempt by exploiting the app vulnerability
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Sending a TCP request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
dropper macros macros-on-open packed
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Msoffice/malicious_confidence_100%
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Shell.Application Object
Detected the instantiation of Shell Application object within the macro.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Result
Threat name:
AveMaria, UACMe
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains process injector
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to hide user accounts
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Contains functionality to steal Chrome passwords or cookies
Contains functionality to steal e-mail passwords
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to HTTP operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with hexadecimal encoded strings
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Increases the number of concurrent connection per server for Internet Explorer
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office process drops PE file
Sigma detected: File With Uncommon Extension Created By An Office Application
Sigma detected: Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Yara detected AveMaria stealer
Yara detected UACMe UAC Bypass tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1572592 Sample: Estado.de.cuenta.xls Startdate: 10/12/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 48 dns.stipamana.com 2->48 60 Found malware configuration 2->60 62 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->62 64 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->64 66 22 other signatures 2->66 10 EXCEL.EXE 30 24 2->10         started        15 images.exe 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 50 www.stipamana.com 94.156.167.55, 443, 49163 SARNICA-ASBG Bulgaria 10->50 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\WEJTZTNBL.exe, PE32 10->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\wrofile1[1].exe, PE32 10->42 dropped 44 C:\Users\user\Desktopstado.de.cuenta.xls, Composite 10->44 dropped 74 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 10->74 17 WEJTZTNBL.exe 10->17         started        76 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 15->76 78 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 15->78 20 images.exe 1 15->20         started        22 images.exe 15->22         started        file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 52 Antivirus detection for dropped file 17->52 54 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 17->54 56 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 17->56 58 6 other signatures 17->58 24 WEJTZTNBL.exe 5 4 17->24         started        28 WEJTZTNBL.exe 1 17->28         started        process10 file11 38 C:\ProgramData\images.exe, PE32 24->38 dropped 68 Increases the number of concurrent connection per server for Internet Explorer 24->68 70 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 24->70 30 images.exe 24->30         started        72 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 28->72 signatures12 process13 signatures14 80 Antivirus detection for dropped file 30->80 82 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 30->82 84 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 30->84 86 2 other signatures 30->86 33 images.exe 2 30->33         started        36 images.exe 1 30->36         started        process15 dnsIp16 46 dns.stipamana.com 87.120.121.160, 49164, 49165, 49166 UNACS-AS-BG8000BurgasBG Bulgaria 33->46
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Downloader.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-12-10 16:57:06 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
26
AV detection:
14 of 38 (36.84%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
warzonerat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:warzonerat discovery infostealer macro macro_on_action persistence rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Downloads MZ/PE file
Warzone RAT payload
WarzoneRat, AveMaria
Warzonerat family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
dns.stipamana.com:5219
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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.

File information


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

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