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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b48b1f5fe087a773de9ace79327c90ba001a9867cb47809728615afc51f1653d
SHA3-384 hash: ebf13e5e29cd102705b8a55c58dad7fa0def860722cc4467e8529940ae9c06dcbd47d9556082757ea16c1082892f9e50
SHA1 hash: dac34d6769bb1b9938790fbbd1848452939e51cb
MD5 hash: 158cd0d190c5a1d093b5cd9ae33f89a2
humanhash: social-nebraska-low-blossom
File name:PSRSG-BPL-221221-1_JOB_G225.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:185'092 bytes
First seen:2022-01-24 14:00:19 UTC
Last seen:2022-01-24 16:04:30 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 3072:xTFYRDyEsf6FFej2y771ccPJF7LfOMuqXHhyc1YOsQvqmL7Zc426yxVjN1eiEO6T:xTeRmu4j/77lD7Lfvu+HwuZDLc0I1a5D
TLSH T1710412ABE016ACE6C7B39C7ECC3EA0D55640328CC6E0D64D63A4B93AB7457E71F81844
Reporter info_sec_ca
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 Loki 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
A11595 bytesOLe10NAtIVE
A220 bytesOle

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
218
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Legit
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Changing a file
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Sending an HTTP GET request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Stealing user critical data
Query of malicious DNS domain
Creating a process from a recently created file
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Embedding Objects
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit shellcode
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.8/10
Score Malicious:
99%
Score Benign:
1%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Lokibot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Drops PE files to the user root directory
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
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
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)
Sigma detected: Droppers Exploiting CVE-2017-11882
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: Execution from Suspicious Folder
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Sigma detected: Suspicious Program Location with Network Connections
Sigma detected: Suspicious Remote Thread Created
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
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 Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 558824 Sample: PSRSG-BPL-221221-1_JOB_G225.xlsx Startdate: 24/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 34 secure01-redirect.net 2->34 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 17 other signatures 2->54 8 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->8         started        13 EXCEL.EXE 33 23 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 38 198.12.127.206, 49165, 80 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 8->38 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vbc[1].exe, PE32 8->26 dropped 28 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 8->28 dropped 64 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 8->64 15 vbc.exe 19 8->15         started        30 C:\...\~$PSRSG-BPL-221221-1_JOB_G225.xlsx, data 13->30 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 file9 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\cbups.dll, PE32 15->32 dropped 40 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->40 42 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 15->42 44 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 15->44 46 2 other signatures 15->46 19 vbc.exe 54 15->19         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 36 secure01-redirect.net 185.105.117.128, 49166, 49167, 49168 BELNET-NG-ASUA Russian Federation 19->36 24 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\5879F5.exe (copy), PE32 19->24 dropped 56 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 19->56 58 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 19->58 60 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 19->60 62 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->62 file13 signatures14
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-24 04:04:07 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
44
AV detection:
19 of 39 (48.72%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot collection 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
NSIS installer
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
Lokibot
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://secure01-redirect.net/gc15/fre.php
http://kbfvzoboss.bid/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.trade/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.win/alien/fre.php
http://alphastand.top/alien/fre.php
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


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