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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9c16b8c4e8821ebc5a1464e2032ec7ee107d9d873de7ea07cf42778d307fe751
SHA3-384 hash: 37fff21bcc487a8ce2debb7a62af4b4fdc4607f4009ffb960d1ea3146727366a2a0aaf2faa104a133d49317c840cccb8
SHA1 hash: b269501d2479018e7538468ebfa4e51fdb1d99ed
MD5 hash: 5dd6a8126578f33268b51223adc18f84
humanhash: emma-social-equal-missouri
File name:doc0987654345678900987654 .exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:18'944 bytes
First seen:2022-08-29 06:21:03 UTC
Last seen:2022-08-30 13:15:58 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'743 x AgentTesla, 19'608 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 192:uET2bhYcLLoDo8qRcOB8t/H1d3YUziJ2hLD/+:xT2bh9LLoDSCzF/P/
Threatray 14'071 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1D582A65273A8C66DE6E95B7928730385067BBE10B631CE2DD4D8701F8DB32C185527E3
TrID 72.5% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
6.5% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
2.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 991d754d4d554569 (4 x Formbook, 1 x AgentTesla)
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
250
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
formbook
ID:
1
File name:
doc0987654345678900987654 .exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-08-29 06:22:10 UTC
Tags:
formbook trojan stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Creating a file
Searching for synchronization primitives
Reading critical registry keys
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
packed
Result
Verdict:
SUSPICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
AsyncRAT, FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
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)
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 dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (a lot of spaces)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AsyncRAT
Yara detected FormBook
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected MSILDownloaderGeneric
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 692068 Sample: doc0987654345678900987654  ... Startdate: 29/08/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 60 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->60 62 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->62 64 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->64 66 10 other signatures 2->66 10 doc0987654345678900987654                                                                   .exe 16 7 2->10         started        process3 dnsIp4 58 cdn.discordapp.com 162.159.134.233, 443, 49745, 49763 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 10->58 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\Hfprkhme.exe, PE32 10->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\...\Hfprkhme.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 10->48 dropped 50 doc098765434567890...           .exe.log, ASCII 10->50 dropped 78 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 10->78 80 Writes to foreign memory regions 10->80 82 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 10->82 15 InstallUtil.exe 10->15         started        18 powershell.exe 18 10->18         started        file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 84 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 15->84 86 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 15->86 88 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 15->88 20 explorer.exe 15->20 injected 23 conhost.exe 18->23         started        process9 dnsIp10 52 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 20->52 25 Hfprkhme.exe 14 4 20->25         started        29 Hfprkhme.exe 3 20->29         started        process11 dnsIp12 54 cdn.discordapp.com 25->54 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 25->68 70 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 25->70 72 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 25->72 31 InstallUtil.exe 25->31         started        34 powershell.exe 25->34         started        56 cdn.discordapp.com 29->56 74 Writes to foreign memory regions 29->74 76 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 29->76 36 powershell.exe 29->36         started        38 InstallUtil.exe 29->38         started        40 InstallUtil.exe 29->40         started        signatures13 process14 signatures15 90 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 31->90 92 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 31->92 42 conhost.exe 34->42         started        44 conhost.exe 36->44         started        process16
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.FormBook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-08-29 05:49:35 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
21 of 25 (84.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  7/10
Tags:
persistence
Behaviour
Enumerates system info in registry
Gathers network information
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies system certificate store
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
9c16b8c4e8821ebc5a1464e2032ec7ee107d9d873de7ea07cf42778d307fe751
MD5 hash:
5dd6a8126578f33268b51223adc18f84
SHA1 hash:
b269501d2479018e7538468ebfa4e51fdb1d99ed
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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:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_DiscordURL
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables Discord URL observed in first stage droppers
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:SUSP_Discord_Attachments_URL
Author:SECUINFRA Falcon Team
Description:Detects a PE file that contains an Discord Attachments URL. This is often used by Malware to download further payloads
Rule name:SUSP_PE_Discord_Attachment_Oct21_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious executable with reference to a Discord attachment (often used for malware hosting on a legitimate FQDN)
Reference:Internal Research

File information


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

Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe 9c16b8c4e8821ebc5a1464e2032ec7ee107d9d873de7ea07cf42778d307fe751

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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