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Database Entry



AveMariaRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 4


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 9fb885a66da2ed08983a46519b97dc55e002913f859dfa1e54917f63e4d7f8f4
SHA3-384 hash: b3ca59fb81313f80b73c92f4b53c148fdb51d25a145970fa9fcc7d4ccec18085be36088f3e148f47e5308a38e940dceb
SHA1 hash: a7c747634398db8043be97f6ccdf8c56b34c3f14
MD5 hash: d372ad70b1aa9e46b21e2ebfcd71f9a0
humanhash: cup-december-pizza-undress
File name:product list and specification.xls
Download: download sample
Signature AveMariaRAT
File size:280'064 bytes
First seen:2024-01-30 07:09:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:vYunXY35qAOJl/YrLYz+WrNhZF+E+fgL+0dD8ivSbVQUMIeXgj0QH1iXYDb9tTCd:vBa3bVQUMIeXgj0QH1d/9t
TLSH T1E054D001FE808616E455473549F78BAA5325FC429F934B0F329CB72E3DB43D46E2BA62
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: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: 4
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 24 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1114 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
494 bytesMBD0002B8FE/CompObj
562 bytesMBD0002B8FE/Ole
620909 bytesMBD0002B8FE/CONTENTS
7114 bytesMBD0002B8FF/CompObj
8708 bytesMBD0002B8FF/DocumentSummaryInformation
923248 bytesMBD0002B8FF/SummaryInformation
1097808 bytesMBD0002B8FF/Workbook
11113 bytesMBD0002B900/CompObj
1211571 bytesMBD0002B900/Package
1399 bytesMBD0002B901/CompObj
1411611 bytesMBD0002B901/Package
15432 bytesMBD0002B902/Ole
1694264 bytesWorkbook
17533 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
18104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
19977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
20977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
21977 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
22985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
232644 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
24553 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 :
1
# of downloads :
377
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://198.12.89.27/hcl/hclupdationprocessstartedrecentlytoimprovethequalityofservicetoconfirmentirethingsfineformtheside.doC
Embedded Ole
Behaviour
SuspiciousRTF detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros sload
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
3.3/10
Score Malicious:
34%
Score Benign:
66%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Document With Few Pages
Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.
Result
Threat name:
AveMaria
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Allocates memory in foreign processes
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 exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Excel sheet contains many unusual embedded objects
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
Installs a global keyboard hook
Installs new ROOT certificates
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
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 domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office equation editor drops PE 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
Powershell uses Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: Equation Editor Network Connection
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Sigma detected: Powershell Base64 Encoded MpPreference Cmdlet
Sigma detected: Scheduled temp file as task from temp location
Sigma detected: Suspicious Binary In User Directory Spawned From Office Application
Sigma detected: Suspicious Microsoft Office Child Process
Sigma detected: Suspicious Process Patterns NTDS.DIT Exfil
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AveMaria stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1383149 Sample: product_list_and_specificat... Startdate: 30/01/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 66 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->66 68 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->68 70 Found malware configuration 2->70 72 26 other signatures 2->72 7 EXCEL.EXE 58 57 2->7         started        11 taskeng.exe 1 2->11         started        process3 dnsIp4 62 198.12.89.27, 49160, 49161, 49162 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 7->62 48 hclupdationprocess...eformtheside[1].doc, ISO-8859 7->48 dropped 13 conhosts.exe 5 7->13         started        17 WINWORD.EXE 345 37 7->17         started        19 AcroRd32.exe 7->19         started        21 hYnJcpennYk.exe 11->21         started        file5 process6 file7 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\hYnJcpennYk.exe, PE32 13->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpBF78.tmp, XML 13->52 dropped 100 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->100 102 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 13->102 104 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->104 118 3 other signatures 13->118 23 RegSvcs.exe 3 6 13->23         started        27 RegSvcs.exe 13->27         started        29 powershell.exe 4 13->29         started        31 schtasks.exe 13->31         started        54 hclupdationprocess...formtheside.doC.url, MS 17->54 dropped 56 C:\Users\user\...\hcl on 198.12.89.27.url, MS 17->56 dropped 58 ~WRF{485A984E-636D...5-470756A8CC30}.tmp, Composite 17->58 dropped 60 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\4853220C.doc, ISO-8859 17->60 dropped 106 Microsoft Office launches external ms-search protocol handler (WebDAV) 17->106 108 Office viewer loads remote template 17->108 110 Microsoft Office drops suspicious files 17->110 33 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 17->33         started        36 RdrCEF.exe 19->36         started        112 Writes to foreign memory regions 21->112 114 Allocates memory in foreign processes 21->114 116 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 21->116 38 powershell.exe 21->38         started        40 RegSvcs.exe 21->40         started        42 schtasks.exe 21->42         started        signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 64 wz-lk.giftsbybierd.com 44.203.203.154, 4434, 49167 AMAZON-AESUS United States 23->64 74 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 23->74 76 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->76 78 Increases the number of concurrent connection per server for Internet Explorer 23->78 98 2 other signatures 23->98 80 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 27->80 82 Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes 27->82 84 Contains functionality to steal Chrome passwords or cookies 27->84 86 Contains functionality to steal e-mail passwords 27->86 88 Installs new ROOT certificates 29->88 90 Powershell uses Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 29->90 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\conhosts.exe, PE32 33->44 dropped 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\conhost[1].exe, PE32 33->46 dropped 92 Office equation editor establishes network connection 33->92 94 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 33->94 96 Contains functionality to hide user accounts 40->96 file11 signatures12
Result
Malware family:
warzonerat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:warzonerat infostealer rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Downloads MZ/PE file
Warzone RAT payload
WarzoneRat, AveMaria
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
wz-lk.giftsbybierd.com:4434
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:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:maldoc_getEIP_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:maldoc_OLE_file_magic_number
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:office_document_vba
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Office document with embedded VBA
Reference:https://github.com/jipegit/
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:SEH__vba
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:vmdetect
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.

Malspam

AveMariaRAT

Excel file xls 9fb885a66da2ed08983a46519b97dc55e002913f859dfa1e54917f63e4d7f8f4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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