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Database Entry



Loki


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f03975037aad5dc3a412ad52637cc7b277dbbbb52ded1cbb3b176dcdc8edfec4
SHA3-384 hash: 9f4a6c1870aa2c28471184487e50944ff52be996508cefe9c4d321377dac8c4d831b74c9840b22821bbcdc21a5889aef
SHA1 hash: a51fb29ed10f2f9f4b43b054a1f8f9d21c073480
MD5 hash: a3c456c5f2d0f19d01f5b54d9ee98eaf
humanhash: winner-cat-sierra-moon
File name:payment advice.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature Loki
File size:378'264 bytes
First seen:2021-10-21 06:11:46 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/encrypted
ssdeep 6144:7a64RQc6vDptM9aWp/0dFKwFNXebwyCH//ws4pI+yaVFfkrj/vU0Y61CJPDG:1bcIDpP+MswFNXebCQs4QaIrDsFtbG
TLSH T14C84D069B093EA89D1C7D5B6C5BC00E216A7CF58AAD988DDA144B36DF2F13DF080F911
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 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 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
3208 bytesDataSpaces/TransformInfo/StrongEncryptionTransform/Primary
476 bytesDataSpaces/Version
5370584 bytesEncryptedPackage
6224 bytesEncryptionInfo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
180
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Embedding Objects in Encrypted Excel File
Document image
Document image
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 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 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
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
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 AntiVM3
Yara detected aPLib compressed binary
Yara detected Lokibot
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 506790 Sample: payment advice.xlsx Startdate: 21/10/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 33 checkvim.com 2->33 39 Found malware configuration 2->39 41 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->41 43 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->43 45 15 other signatures 2->45 8 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->8         started        13 EXCEL.EXE 33 30 2->13         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 37 103.167.90.85, 49167, 80 AARNET-AS-APAustralianAcademicandResearchNetworkAARNe unknown 8->37 27 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vbc[1].exe, PE32 8->27 dropped 29 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 8->29 dropped 55 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 8->55 15 vbc.exe 1 5 8->15         started        31 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$payment advice.xlsx, data 13->31 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 signatures9 57 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 15->57 59 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry) 15->59 61 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 15->61 63 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 15->63 18 vbc.exe 54 15->18         started        23 vbc.exe 15->23         started        process10 dnsIp11 35 checkvim.com 18->35 25 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\5879F5.exe (copy), PE32 18->25 dropped 47 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 18->47 49 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access) 18->49 51 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 18->51 53 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 18->53 file12 signatures13
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-10-20 13:53:02 UTC
AV detection:
15 of 27 (55.56%)
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
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://checkvim.com/ga17/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


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

Malspam

Loki

Excel file xlsx f03975037aad5dc3a412ad52637cc7b277dbbbb52ded1cbb3b176dcdc8edfec4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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