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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ea29d81a2564ad39f91e61a5124b47927fd3612f69840a39fdf26bb5f923a314
SHA3-384 hash: 860de54a3dd1b3a960f8dda11604df4f7e51a0dd88f828f7c7eaf8f6be25fd87e4df1c908f4102a3fa47a3201a8a826e
SHA1 hash: 383b70d823db6fe7ae00c2b0c1afd234f965cb8c
MD5 hash: b379e19d45da62008667f67e9fcd48bc
humanhash: steak-pip-eighteen-romeo
File name:vbc.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:1'094'656 bytes
First seen:2021-06-15 05:52:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/encrypted
ssdeep 24576:zKXV9GMwu88WW2ENFqV75JA6xKR+fRuoVQxXWLg:2l9GMm8WWHFuw6xRKxXP
TLSH E935236A2DD2CF33E50F1530CB66E1D8910A8CCC5754F84E8B01B69D7276635A7F2E26
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2018-0802 Loki VelvetSweatshop 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 id
Application name is unknown
Office document is in OLE format
Office document is in encrypted
OLE dump
Detection: VelvetSweatshop

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 6 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
164 bytesDataSpaces/DataSpaceInfo/StrongEncryptionDataSpace
2112 bytesDataSpaces/DataSpaceMap
3200 bytesDataSpaces/TransformInfo/StrongEncryptionTransform/Primary
476 bytesDataSpaces/Version
51082232 bytesEncryptedPackage
6224 bytesEncryptionInfo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
128
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
ea29d81a2564ad39f91e61a5124b47927fd3612f69840a39fdf26bb5f923a314.xlsx
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-06-15 02:16:52 UTC
Tags:
encrypted exploit CVE-2017-11882 opendir loader trojan lokibot 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
Creating a window
Launching a process
Creating a file
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Reading critical registry keys
Launching a service
Changing a file
Replacing files
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Deleting a recently created file
Moving a file to the %AppData% subdirectory
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a file downloaded from the Internet
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Stealing user critical data
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Embedding Objects in Encrypted Excel File
Document image
Document image
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
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
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Drops PE files to the user root directory
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
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
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 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: 434534 Sample: vbc.xlsx Startdate: 15/06/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 34 aft-forge-tw.com 2->34 50 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->50 52 Found malware configuration 2->52 54 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->54 56 14 other signatures 2->56 8 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->8         started        13 EXCEL.EXE 38 33 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 40 107.173.219.35, 49165, 80 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 8->40 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vbc[1].exe, PE32 8->26 dropped 28 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 8->28 dropped 66 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 8->66 15 vbc.exe 19 8->15         started        30 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$vbc.xlsx, data 13->30 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 file9 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\System.dll, PE32 15->32 dropped 42 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 15->42 44 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 15->44 46 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 15->46 48 2 other signatures 15->48 19 vbc.exe 55 15->19         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 36 104.21.1.165, 49167, 49169, 49170 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 19->36 38 aft-forge-tw.com 172.67.129.162, 49166, 49168, 49171 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 19->38 24 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\5879F5.exe, PE32 19->24 dropped 58 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 19->58 60 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access) 19->60 62 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 19->62 64 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 19->64 file13 signatures14
Threat name:
Document-OLE.Exploit.CVE-2018-0802
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-06-15 02:23:25 UTC
AV detection:
10 of 46 (21.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
lokibot
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:lokibot spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
NSIS installer
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Loads dropped DLL
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
Lokibot
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://aft-forge-tw.com/Bn4/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.

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:Email_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Stomped_PECompilation_Timestamp_InTheFuture
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detect executables with stomped PE compilation timestamp that is greater than local current time
Rule name:IPPort_combo_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:Select_from_enumeration
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:IP and port combo
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:UAC bypass in files like avemaria

File information


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

Malspam

Loki

Excel file xlsx ea29d81a2564ad39f91e61a5124b47927fd3612f69840a39fdf26bb5f923a314

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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