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Database Entry



Pony


Vendor detections: 18


Intelligence 18 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a25e2b019f0c6a21e69ca963843fda126c3c7c5d443e52262f04f5acfc5f2df7
SHA3-384 hash: 471059cfbe1bb0709b9c50925a3c68f2ef52f5c6c71bdf7ab6fdac6995c1565204933a96919467e4abedc04ed7f9e846
SHA1 hash: 9eecd9e44ba9edbad1998e4b52052c927669b458
MD5 hash: 5cc17e4371a053327689ff2dab4b5ae1
humanhash: autumn-seventeen-magazine-asparagus
File name:5cc17e4371a053327689ff2dab4b5ae1.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Pony
File size:94'752 bytes
First seen:2025-03-12 20:20:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 085f942c74d09a78dcd2b95a4c1c7441 (14 x Pony)
ssdeep 1536:G/nzp0YL6qTSC9UGBzmJr4A4ZrqYBmAE4KA9JOnJOBfTvMkzbk1S8/b:sz6aIImJRbOB1kt/b
Threatray 208 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1DA93E843F881E0F1C1A226723BC11771E7FD9E797C768D4AEF8D5845ADB2687AB12042
TrID 27.1% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
20.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
18.5% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
8.4% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Pony


Avatar
abuse_ch
Pony C2:
http://aldierifs.com/Woxo/panel/gate.php

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
549
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
5cc17e4371a053327689ff2dab4b5ae1.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-03-12 20:22:16 UTC
Tags:
fareit pony stealer trojan

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
fareit lien
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Reading critical registry keys
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Stealing user critical data
Brute forcing passwords of local accounts
Result
Threat name:
Fareit, Pony
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Drops / launches Pony Loader self-deletion script - malware possibly based on Pony Loader leaked source code
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Pony trojan / infostealer detected
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Crypto Currency Wallets
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Fareit stealer
Yara detected Pony
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Infostealer.Pony
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-10 10:17:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
37 of 38 (97.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:pony collection credential_access discovery rat spyware stealer
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Checks installed software on the system
Checks computer location settings
Deletes itself
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files
Pony family
Pony,Fareit
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://aldierifs.com/Woxo/panel/gate.php
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
stealer pony Win.Trojan.PonyStealer-9831667-0
YARA:
malware_windows_pony_stealer Fareit Windows_Trojan_Pony_d5516fe8
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a25e2b019f0c6a21e69ca963843fda126c3c7c5d443e52262f04f5acfc5f2df7
MD5 hash:
5cc17e4371a053327689ff2dab4b5ae1
SHA1 hash:
9eecd9e44ba9edbad1998e4b52052c927669b458
Detections:
win_pony_g0 win_pony_auto
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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:Fareit
Author:kevoreilly
Description:Fareit Payload
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_References_Confidential_Data_Store
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many confidential data stores found in browsers, mail clients, cryptocurreny wallets, etc. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pony
Author:Brian Wallace @botnet_hunter
Description:Identify Pony
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Pony_d5516fe8
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_pony_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.pony.

File information


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

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_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
ole32.dll::CreateStreamOnHGlobal
URL_MONIKERS_APICan Download & Execute componentsurlmon.dll::ObtainUserAgentString
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::OpenProcess
kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::GetSystemInfo
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileMappingA
kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA
kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesA
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account Informationadvapi32.dll::GetUserNameA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegCreateKeyA
advapi32.dll::RegOpenCurrentUser
advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA
advapi32.dll::RegSetValueExA

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