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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: af0ad92c81842deb70edc599988a44950e79a146fa014e36077b139e6bc82e8a
SHA3-384 hash: 3515051f2ae27b8098b108244e4006cbb5e156cc5c5a58532dba56196f67e37f029cfaea991c50676022747c755fd869
SHA1 hash: 1096faa4a6449678cfee04c90f12626d9b60bf89
MD5 hash: ad41031b3648dea03db051ad6bebaacc
humanhash: moon-alanine-beer-winner
File name:Pricelist April 2022.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:1'462'940 bytes
First seen:2022-04-16 20:04:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 24576:kaR8d5EoW9PrsC2nT175sh7sTgqz3wfEAOxn+Uvvp55tR6JcSp5engnfXbAm3Fh:zW5EoWR12nT1NeYTgqTWOfvpH6JNQofF
TLSH T1B96533D92E3775ACDE810A385E546EC9A94001270B1B145CA8BAE0F2FD7F4FD34B7989
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 cocaman
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 FormBook xlsx


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cocaman
Malicious email (T1566.001)
From: "Royal <royal@kginternational.com>" (likely spoofed)
Received: "from kginternational.com (unknown [193.56.29.132]) "
Date: "15 Apr 2022 10:58:12 -0700"
Subject: "KG Pricelist APRIL 2022"
Attachment: "Pricelist April 2022.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
A11732736 bytesOle10Native
A20 bytes8fe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
538
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
formbook
ID:
1
File name:
Pricelist April 2022.xlsx
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-04-16 20:06:28 UTC
Tags:
trojan exploit CVE-2017-11882 loader formbook stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
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
DNS request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching cmd.exe command interpreter
Sending an HTTP GET request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
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
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
CVE-2017-11882 embedequation exploit shellcode
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.8/10
Score Malicious:
99%
Score Benign:
1%
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
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
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)
Found malware configuration
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 domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office equation editor drops PE file
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
Sigma detected: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: Equation Editor Network Connection
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Uses netstat to query active network connections and open ports
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 610218 Sample: Pricelist April 2022.xlsx Startdate: 16/04/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 48 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->50 52 Found malware configuration 2->52 54 15 other signatures 2->54 11 EQNEDT32.EXE 11 2->11         started        16 EXCEL.EXE 53 12 2->16         started        process3 dnsIp4 46 lutanedukasi.co.id 43.245.183.172, 49173, 80 INFINYS-AS-IDPTInfinysSystemIndonesiaID Indonesia 11->46 40 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\word.exe, PE32 11->40 dropped 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\jjmfn[1].exe, PE32 11->42 dropped 78 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 11->78 18 word.exe 18 11->18         started        44 C:\Users\user\...\~$Pricelist April 2022.xlsx, data 16->44 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 file8 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\xygwqlmwpd.exe, PE32 18->38 dropped 56 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 18->56 58 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 18->58 22 xygwqlmwpd.exe 18->22         started        signatures9 process10 signatures11 60 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 22->60 62 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors) 22->62 64 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 22->64 66 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 22->66 25 xygwqlmwpd.exe 22->25         started        process12 signatures13 68 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 25->68 70 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 25->70 72 Sample uses process hollowing technique 25->72 74 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 25->74 28 explorer.exe 25->28 injected process14 signatures15 76 Uses netstat to query active network connections and open ports 28->76 31 NETSTAT.EXE 28->31         started        process16 signatures17 80 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 31->80 82 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 31->82 84 Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements 31->84 34 explorer.exe 1 18 31->34         started        36 cmd.exe 31->36         started        process18
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-04-16 00:57:05 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
16
AV detection:
16 of 26 (61.54%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook campaign:nk6l 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: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
Formbook Payload
Formbook
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


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

Malspam

Formbook

Excel file xlsx af0ad92c81842deb70edc599988a44950e79a146fa014e36077b139e6bc82e8a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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