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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae9e7502a23c5e541559ffb7e28af15e4e9eccabd451f5c916d86496968a0eec
SHA3-384 hash: cd7b9fe3299c3eb588a14b78b141c5a049d792f32303d29409b8bd5000dcbe5518ee244ad24291e41075441355b984f5
SHA1 hash: 4ff001ffbb400069207030627e513d1b8cff8b34
MD5 hash: 2865fbd7ba369ea9682733a672b25951
humanhash: stairway-seventeen-autumn-seven
File name:rPaymentsInvoicePO110228.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'227'776 bytes
First seen:2025-11-24 04:30:12 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1895460fffad9475fda0c84755ecfee1 (341 x Formbook, 90 x AgentTesla, 56 x a310Logger)
ssdeep 24576:G5EmXFtKaL4/oFe5T9yyXYfP1ijXday3xR0/RnsRsW4f:GPVt/LZeJbInQRayBR0/RnG
TLSH T1B045BF027391C062FFAB92334F5AF6115BBC79260127E62F13981DB9B9701B1563E7A3
TrID 40.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
19.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
17.2% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
7.7% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
7.6% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter FXOLabs
Tags:exe FormBook

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
161
Origin country :
BR BR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
rPaymentsInvoicePO110228.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-11-24 04:32:44 UTC
Tags:
auto-startup

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
autorun autoit emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Launching a process
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending a custom TCP request
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug autoit compiled-script fingerprint keylogger masquerade microsoft_visual_cc packed
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-11-24T00:17:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-11-25T23:02:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb Trojan.Win32.Strab.sb Trojan.Win32.Auzenpak.sb Trojan-Spy.Noon.HTTP.ServerRequest Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Dorifel.sbd Backdoor.Agent.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win32.Zenpak.sb Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan-Spy.Win32.Noon.bocx
Verdict:
Malware
YARA:
7 match(es)
Tags:
AutoIt Decompiled Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Suspect Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.AutoitInject
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-24 03:18:13 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
27 of 38 (71.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook discovery rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
AutoIT Executable
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Drops startup file
Executes dropped EXE
Formbook payload
Formbook
Formbook family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae9e7502a23c5e541559ffb7e28af15e4e9eccabd451f5c916d86496968a0eec
MD5 hash:
2865fbd7ba369ea9682733a672b25951
SHA1 hash:
4ff001ffbb400069207030627e513d1b8cff8b34
SH256 hash:
8cc9dc2e10902f45f7c98f1c365871795f0a6f3f44fafab82c68e1725b9d39eb
MD5 hash:
a5ca2815e7f0d0bb95b5f18c56c454a2
SHA1 hash:
88e63051d922be0a64d0538adcdf20db3b5633d1
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:AutoIT_Compiled
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies compiled AutoIT script (as EXE). This rule by itself does NOT necessarily mean the detected file is malicious.
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__GlobalFlags
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Active
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerHiding__Thread
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:dgaagas
Author:Harshit
Description:Uses certutil.exe to download a file named test.txt
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:pe_no_import_table
Description:Detect pe file that no import table
Rule name:RIPEMD160_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for RIPEMD-160 constants
Rule name:SEH__vectored
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:SHA1_Constants
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for SHA1 constants
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:TH_Generic_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Generic Windows malware mass-hunt rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/

File information


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

Malspam

Formbook

Executable exe ae9e7502a23c5e541559ffb7e28af15e4e9eccabd451f5c916d86496968a0eec

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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