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Database Entry



Formbook


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f953039aa4eb98f95a4c4f4b14ef6aa464125a2d46bafaae54c58c8d4ff71761
SHA3-384 hash: f9be6b956600497712012f017fd38666371cab9ba34dc8a6f57300ff45731778a700bda88ff5dc2a7eaa10a5715b8fff
SHA1 hash: c02ef757434f2f1dff1ae0a7bfb084f175e3ddce
MD5 hash: 542004f450adfe6846af1ad539abe09d
humanhash: butter-coffee-oven-hot
File name:HSBC Advice_pdf.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Formbook
File size:369'501 bytes
First seen:2022-11-01 19:27:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 29b61e5a552b3a9bc00953de1c93be41 (174 x Formbook, 82 x AgentTesla, 81 x Loki)
ssdeep 6144:FweEwTKu1gRtv6cWGqGJigp/Ul2sNWSh9hScA+XrkLhEdyBHRWH2oNKq:Mv6cxq+isMh7p3QAynK2o9
TLSH T1D674AE19D5445ED6D302F638E5F8FB1C5A108FA6722EAB48D931BD4278727CF2426C8E
TrID 48.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
16.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
10.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
7.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
7.0% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 9f197f3767531b47 (39 x Formbook, 12 x AgentTesla, 2 x RemcosRAT)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe FormBook HSBC

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
338
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
formbook
ID:
1
File name:
HSBC Advice_pdf.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-11-01 19:29:15 UTC
Tags:
formbook trojan stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Reading critical registry keys
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Searching for synchronization primitives
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Forced shutdown of a system process
Stealing user critical data
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
overlay packed shell32.dll
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
FormBook
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Initial sample is a PE file and has a suspicious name
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
Queues an APC in another process (thread injection)
Sample uses process hollowing technique
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Yara detected FormBook
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 735407 Sample: HSBC Advice_pdf.exe Startdate: 01/11/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 28 www.phootka.ru 2->28 42 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->42 44 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->44 46 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->46 48 5 other signatures 2->48 10 HSBC Advice_pdf.exe 18 2->10         started        signatures3 process4 file5 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\sbhmsjdo.exe, PE32 10->26 dropped 13 sbhmsjdo.exe 10->13         started        process6 signatures7 60 Antivirus detection for dropped file 13->60 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->62 64 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 13->64 66 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 13->66 16 sbhmsjdo.exe 13->16         started        process8 signatures9 34 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 16->34 36 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 16->36 38 Sample uses process hollowing technique 16->38 40 Queues an APC in another process (thread injection) 16->40 19 explorer.exe 16->19 injected process10 dnsIp11 30 www.theron-resource-group.com 103.206.20.12, 49690, 49691, 80 ZNETUS Hong Kong 19->30 32 www.xn--brger-geld-9db.online 89.31.143.1, 49689, 80 QSC-AG-IPXDE Germany 19->32 50 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 19->50 23 mstsc.exe 13 19->23         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 52 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 23->52 54 Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc) 23->54 56 Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection) 23->56 58 Maps a DLL or memory area into another process 23->58
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Tnega
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-11-01 12:15:40 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
4
AV detection:
22 of 26 (84.62%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
formbook
Result
Malware family:
formbook
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:formbook campaign:figc rat spyware stealer trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Formbook
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3992074002d2945481134093ddaf2c5963c956578e8f0cfbdff304f626ee2fa8
MD5 hash:
2db01cfe744d42c83edbdde50d3995b2
SHA1 hash:
69c41c574b67cec2af01c33751a2c377c1396313
SH256 hash:
24109e64a285d0435c9b98605cddb94bf1ade5c222f0598cda6331292c083ab1
MD5 hash:
1d863b485d89fb95709e97c1be4989be
SHA1 hash:
88a47f56c368167bb45a429f09afa69eb3e8603b
SH256 hash:
fe0ddc25a28beb81055f64abb72016b46671cbf0f67a4d1af3bacf9f3e3b2267
MD5 hash:
14c278bd8fb238431b9cf91f54e36ace
SHA1 hash:
ccd40406f805c64481439ab65f407dc9265555af
SH256 hash:
f953039aa4eb98f95a4c4f4b14ef6aa464125a2d46bafaae54c58c8d4ff71761
MD5 hash:
542004f450adfe6846af1ad539abe09d
SHA1 hash:
c02ef757434f2f1dff1ae0a7bfb084f175e3ddce
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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:malware_Formbook_strings
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect Formbook in memory
Reference:internal research
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Formbook_1112e116
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_formbook_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.formbook.

File information


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