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Database Entry

Loki

Vendor detections: 10

Maldoc score: 27

Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	eaa14ff5cdf3ec428bd1b0c2689272996741a4c93f3c1289934057c3c5cafc78
SHA3-384 hash:	ae88250deac4bb73569fb266469e52226e2e1cdc9802c887699fed053eda48f014b48d70636bcabb90420b53a51ba3da
SHA1 hash:	151f729d65c4241ccde8e7055b57d1176d29198d
MD5 hash:	d5185ca33c490e907fc4fa6b22558890
humanhash:	idaho-echo-stairway-social
File name:	swift 0182021.xls
Download:	download sample
Signature	Loki Create hunting rule
File size:	220'160 bytes
First seen:	2021-01-11 11:31:15 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	xls
MIME type:	application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep	6144:SxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlavx+W2QnAmD5MpGUT+i3QfpEioSsnDG/:pDu/cfWiUDk
TLSH	6B24F4556366E94FE78B12710CAFBBF673B5EC00AF1B86C76144F61A0D38AC0EB42645
Reporter	ffforward
Tags:	Loki Lokibot xls

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

Maldoc score: 27

Application name is Microsoft Excel

Office document is in OLE format

Office document contains VBA Macros

OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 21 sections in this file using oledump:

Section ID	Section size	Section name
1	107 bytes	CompObj
2	244 bytes	DocumentSummaryInformation
3	204 bytes	SummaryInformation
4	103802 bytes	Workbook
5	580 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
6	128 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
7	957 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Module1
8	1150 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
9	985 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
10	985 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
11	88205 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
12	7531 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
13	3040 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_0
14	380 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_1
15	2216 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_2
16	680 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_3
17	248 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_4
18	66 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_5
19	136 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_6
20	104 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_7
21	614 bytes	_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir

OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

Type	Keyword	Description
AutoExec	Workbook_Open	Runs when the Excel Workbook is opened
Suspicious	Open	May open a file
Suspicious	Write	May write to a file (if combined with Open)
Suspicious	adodb.stream	May create a text file
Suspicious	SaveToFile	May create a text file
Suspicious	Shell	May run an executable file or a system command
Suspicious	WScript.Shell	May run an executable file or a system command
Suspicious	CreateObject	May create an OLE object
Suspicious	Shell.Application	May run an application (if combined with CreateObject)
Suspicious	microsoft.xmlhttp	May download files from the Internet
Suspicious	Chr	May attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
Suspicious	StrReverse	May attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
Suspicious	Hex Strings	Hex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)
Suspicious	Base64 Strings	Base64-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

732

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

swift 0182021.xls

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2021-01-11 11:32:42 UTC

Tags:

macros macros-on-open trojan lokibot stealer

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/8f0fff3e-f85d-4495-bbbc-9fcf2dd0f4c5

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Verdict:

Malicious

File type:

application/vnd.ms-excel

Has a screenshot:

False

Contains macros:

True

Detection(s):

Xls.Macro.Obfuscation-9804250-0

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.DL.170224.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.CROAndTheTangerineDream.M1.20200630.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.CROAndTheTangerineDream.M2.20200630.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WeAreAPartOfTheRythmNation.20201230.UNOFFICIAL

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

DNS request

Sending an HTTP GET request

Sending a custom TCP request by exploiting the app vulnerability

Result

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

Legacy Excel File with Macro

Link:

https://app.docguard.net/eaa14ff5cdf3ec428bd1b0c2689272996741a4c93f3c1289934057c3c5cafc78/results/dashboard

Document image

Image:

Download PNG

Result

Threat name:

Lokibot

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.spyw.expl.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/577853

Signature

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications

Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes

Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes

Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)

Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)

Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings

Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations

Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to HTTP operations

Document contains an embedded VBA with hexadecimal encoded strings

Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables

Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)

Document exploit detected (drops PE files)

Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)

Found malware configuration

Injects a PE file into a foreign processes

Machine Learning detection for sample

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Office process drops PE file

Sigma detected: MS Office Product Spawning Exe in User Dir

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:

Download SVG

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/eaa14ff5cdf3ec428bd1b0c2689272996741a4c93f3c1289934057c3c5cafc78/

Threat name:

Document-Office.Trojan.Valyria

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2021-01-11 11:32:11 UTC

File Type:

Document

Extracted files:

AV detection:

14 of 46 (30.43%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5kqu75on6pwefc6rwdbgretstftudjgjh46bfcmtibl4hrok7r4a._file

Result

Malware family:

modiloader

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:lokibot family:modiloader macro spyware stealer trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/210111-hj2ql7sbm2/

Behaviour

Enumerates system info in registry

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Script User-Agent

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Loads dropped DLL

Executes dropped EXE

ModiLoader First Stage

Lokibot

ModiLoader, DBatLoader

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

http://worldpackmx.com/fretyuil/Panel/five/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.

Threat name:

Lokibot

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/eaa14ff5cdf3ec428bd1b0c2689272996741a4c93f3c1289934057c3c5cafc78

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 Create hunting rule
Author:	James_inthe_box
Description:	Email in files like avemaria

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers.

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_Referenfces_File_Transfer_Clients Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables referencing many file transfer clients. Observed in information stealers

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing common artifcats observed in infostealers

Rule name:	infostealer_loki Create hunting rule

Rule name:	infostealer_xor_patterns Create hunting rule
Author:	jeFF0Falltrades
Description:	The XOR and string patterns shown here appear to be unique to certain information-stealing malware families, namely LokiBot and Pony/Fareit. The XOR patterns were observed in a several loaders and payloads for LokiBot, but have also appeared (less frequently) in Pony/Fareit loaders and samples. The two accompanying rules below can be used to further classify the final payloads.

Rule name:	IPPort_combo_mem Create hunting rule
Author:	James_inthe_box
Description:	IP and port combo

Rule name:	Loki Create hunting rule
Author:	kevoreilly
Description:	Loki Payload

Rule name:	Lokibot Create hunting rule
Author:	JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:	detect Lokibot in memory
Reference:	internal research

Rule name:	Select_from_enumeration Create hunting rule
Author:	James_inthe_box
Description:	IP and port combo

Rule name:	SharedStrings Create hunting rule
Author:	Katie Kleemola
Description:	Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples

Rule name:	STEALER_Lokibot Create hunting rule
Author:	Marc Rivero \| McAfee ATR Team
Description:	Rule to detect Lokibot stealer

Rule name:	UAC_bypass_bin_mem Create hunting rule
Author:	James_inthe_box
Description:	UAC bypass in files like avemaria

Rule name:	win_lokipws_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

Rule name:	with_sqlite Create hunting rule
Author:	Julian J. Gonzalez <info@seguridadparatodos.es>
Description:	Rule to detect the presence of SQLite data in raw image
Reference:	http://www.st2labs.com

File information

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

Malspam

Loki

xls eaa14ff5cdf3ec428bd1b0c2689272996741a4c93f3c1289934057c3c5cafc78

(this sample)

Link

https://tria.ge/210111-3dceba2h9j

Delivery method

Distributed via e-mail attachment

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