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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ad208fe787c74f455a317a5050c3462c8236ed6e3c58f9c6082147ca09902335
SHA3-384 hash: 371973f8e9f67df33db6d6669ac11766b5209f3ae4595201b7cbdb7d2e4c0d56d79e103522e83d63fe96f23878f5f3cc
SHA1 hash: 23cf1f231d4b1a53416c3f72accbe8e21b4b1fc3
MD5 hash: 22ca610098805557434a4b2810329689
humanhash: pip-red-juliet-comet
File name:Quote EXW..xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'962'198 bytes
First seen:2023-11-15 18:46:34 UTC
Last seen:2023-11-20 16:32:57 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 49152:0kVgTbHTs6oLbLvnlfRzlPlJfhQKyd2jgC0c+QXjI2yD:2TzTdoLbLvFRzljJed21+yjIB
TLSH T117953387312F260DBC5AC7F34AD1E7A55752BBB1036FC2B9FDEA754C31A4C868842249
TrID 60.1% (.XLSX) Excel Microsoft Office Open XML Format document (34000/1/7)
30.9% (.ZIP) Open Packaging Conventions container (17500/1/4)
7.0% (.ZIP) ZIP compressed archive (4000/1)
1.7% (.PG/BIN) PrintFox/Pagefox bitmap (640x800) (1000/1)
Reporter malwarelabnet
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 FormBook xlsx

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 dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 3 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A12259304 bytesole10NaTiVe
A20 bytesrQ2lb

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
905
Origin country :
CA CA
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
DNS request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending an HTTP GET request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending a TCP request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Embedding Objects
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm embedequation exploit masquerade shellcode
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.8/10
Score Malicious:
99%
Score Benign:
1%
Result
Threat name:
FormBook, NSISDropper
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Found malware configuration
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
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)
Modifies the prolog of user mode functions (user mode inline hooks)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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)
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sample uses process hollowing technique
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Yara detected FormBook
Yara detected NSISDropper
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1343224 Sample: Quote_EXW..xlsx Startdate: 15/11/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 45 www.decentralizedcryptos.com 2->45 61 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->61 63 Found malware configuration 2->63 65 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->65 67 13 other signatures 2->67 12 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->12         started        17 EXCEL.EXE 53 12 2->17         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 47 swamini.in 103.224.247.210, 443, 49162, 49163 WEBWERKS-ASWebWerksIndiaPvtLtdIN India 12->47 41 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\word.exe, PE32 12->41 dropped 43 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\macherako2.1[1].exe, PE32 12->43 dropped 87 Office equation editor establishes network connection 12->87 89 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 12->89 19 word.exe 17 12->19         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\mlywxlts.exe, PE32 19->37 dropped 39 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\ipxdmqc.j, COM 19->39 dropped 22 mlywxlts.exe 19->22         started        process10 signatures11 69 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 22->69 71 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 22->71 73 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors) 22->73 75 2 other signatures 22->75 25 mlywxlts.exe 22->25         started        process12 signatures13 77 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 25->77 79 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 25->79 81 Sample uses process hollowing technique 25->81 83 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 25->83 28 explorer.exe 5 3 25->28 injected process14 dnsIp15 49 www.sololinkliving.com 64.32.8.68, 49170, 80 ST-BGPUS United States 28->49 51 256.93cu.com 154.12.93.8, 49167, 80 COGENT-174US United States 28->51 53 7 other IPs or domains 28->53 85 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 28->85 32 chkdsk.exe 28->32         started        signatures16 process17 signatures18 55 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 32->55 57 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 32->57 59 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 32->59 35 cmd.exe 32->35         started        process19
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-11-15 06:10:41 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
16
AV detection:
26 of 37 (70.27%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook campaign:tb8i rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
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
NSIS installer
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Formbook payload
Formbook
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File information


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