formbook | 5902402fafb4be22faca64535718137ce5afd70004a14657daa9e7c6c3240feb

General

Target

ekstre_pdf.exe
Size

308KB
MD5

a37dc47f86e84e5d0d2e6414c3cd5272
SHA1

7c9a14ff443cc5de805200d6bcc750d64fb4b677
SHA256

5902402fafb4be22faca64535718137ce5afd70004a14657daa9e7c6c3240feb
SHA512

5f7cae8e6dc0f6d35c56ec212943359d78ae792f6dcbd8eb5987c1d8e020c49befa23951788fda56550ca83b05a478c7fbbc0c6178c9b1830b6050741a7638a3
SSDEEP

6144:XhtyHU2Gthj3FRzxZckklMg0GGOvGmADclkMo6xkHwQEel:Xh4G9NxWBZ0VOvGm+cpRxg/Eel

Score

10^/10

formbook guloader mi94 downloader rat spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

formbook

Version

4.1

Campaign

mi94

Decoy

realdigitalmarketing.co.uk

athle91.com

zetuinteriors.africa

jewelry2adore.biz

sneakersuomo.com

hotcoa.com

bestpetfinds.com

elatedfreedom.com

louisegoulet.com

licensescape.com

jenniferfalconerrealtor.com

xqan.net

textare.net

doctorlinkscsk.link

bizformspro.com

ameriealthcaritasfl.com

hanfengmeiye.com

anjin98.com

credit-cards-54889.com

dinero.news

Signatures

Formbook
Formbook is a data stealing malware which is capable of stealing data.
trojan spyware stealer formbook
Guloader,Cloudeye
A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.
downloader guloader

Formbook payload 4 IoCs

rat

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4680-164-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp	formbook
behavioral2/memory/4680-166-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp	formbook
behavioral2/memory/2356-174-0x0000000000900000-0x000000000092F000-memory.dmp	formbook
behavioral2/memory/2356-176-0x0000000000900000-0x000000000092F000-memory.dmp	formbook

Checks QEMU agent file 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Checks presence of QEMU agent, possibly to detect virtualization.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeekstre_pdf.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	C:\Program Files\Qemu-ga\qemu-ga.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe
File opened (read-only)	C:\Program Files\Qemu-ga\qemu-ga.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exe

pid process

432 ekstre_pdf.exe
Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exe

pid process

4680 ekstre_pdf.exe
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeekstre_pdf.exe

pid process

432 ekstre_pdf.exe
4680 ekstre_pdf.exe

pid	process
432	ekstre_pdf.exe

pid	process
432	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeekstre_pdf.exeNETSTAT.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 432 set thread context of 4680	432	ekstre_pdf.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe
PID 4680 set thread context of 3172	4680	ekstre_pdf.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 2356 set thread context of 3172	2356	NETSTAT.EXE	Explorer.EXE

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exe

description ioc process

File opened for modification C:\Windows\resources\Fortalelserne\Wisconsinites\Ubeslutsomt.Her ekstre_pdf.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082
Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Command-Line Interface
T1059

Processes:

NETSTAT.EXE

pid process

2356 NETSTAT.EXE

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\resources\Fortalelserne\Wisconsinites\Ubeslutsomt.Her	ekstre_pdf.exe

pid	process
2356	NETSTAT.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 40 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeNETSTAT.EXE

pid	process
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

Processes:

Explorer.EXE

pid process

3172 Explorer.EXE
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 6 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeekstre_pdf.exeNETSTAT.EXE

pid process

432 ekstre_pdf.exe
4680 ekstre_pdf.exe
4680 ekstre_pdf.exe
4680 ekstre_pdf.exe
2356 NETSTAT.EXE
2356 NETSTAT.EXE
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeNETSTAT.EXE

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4680 ekstre_pdf.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2356 NETSTAT.EXE

pid	process
3172	Explorer.EXE

pid	process
432	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
2356	NETSTAT.EXE
2356	NETSTAT.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4680	ekstre_pdf.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2356	NETSTAT.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes:

ekstre_pdf.exeExplorer.EXENETSTAT.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 432 wrote to memory of 4680	432	ekstre_pdf.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 4680	432	ekstre_pdf.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 4680	432	ekstre_pdf.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe
PID 432 wrote to memory of 4680	432	ekstre_pdf.exe	ekstre_pdf.exe
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 2356	3172	Explorer.EXE	NETSTAT.EXE
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 2356	3172	Explorer.EXE	NETSTAT.EXE
PID 3172 wrote to memory of 2356	3172	Explorer.EXE	NETSTAT.EXE
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 4348	2356	NETSTAT.EXE	cmd.exe
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 4348	2356	NETSTAT.EXE	cmd.exe
PID 2356 wrote to memory of 4348	2356	NETSTAT.EXE	cmd.exe

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3172

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ekstre_pdf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ekstre_pdf.exe"
2⤵
- Checks QEMU agent file
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:432

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ekstre_pdf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ekstre_pdf.exe"
3⤵
- Checks QEMU agent file
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4680

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSTAT.EXE
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSTAT.EXE"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Gathers network information
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2356

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
/c del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ekstre_pdf.exe"
3⤵
PID:4348

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Command-Line Interface

1

T1059

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsz6E8E.tmp\System.dll
Filesize
12KB

MD5
d968cb2b98b83c03a9f02dd9b8df97dc

SHA1
d784c9b7a92dce58a5038beb62a48ff509e166a0

SHA256
a4ec98011ef99e595912718c1a1bf1aa67bfc2192575729d42f559d01f67b95c

SHA512
2ee41dc68f329a1519a8073ece7d746c9f3bf45d8ef3b915deb376af37e26074134af5f83c8af0fe0ab227f0d1acca9f37e5ca7ae37c46c3bcc0331fe5e2b97e

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\DORME.ini
Filesize
31B

MD5
3000f7f0f12b7139ea28160c52098e25

SHA1
9d032395f38d341881019b996e591160d542054b

SHA256
467b09ff26622746d205628ae325ec9838461bc5fe741b3757bb39ddec87ecb1

SHA512
a76a2f1e3686e2ffd03388ec7dbcd4afa6ae53ccd3aa40c6fbbf0c994eee5e2685d0c412f15ec4506c1175f5a84712e1a8b7ae32e6a0327e1ba47321a59e0ee2

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memory/432-159-0x0000000004630000-0x0000000006B01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36.8MB

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memory/432-160-0x0000000004630000-0x0000000006B01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36.8MB

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memory/2356-175-0x00000000010E0000-0x000000000142A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2356-178-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000EE4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
592KB

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memory/2356-176-0x0000000000900000-0x000000000092F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/2356-172-0x0000000000420000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2356-174-0x0000000000900000-0x000000000092F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/2356-170-0x0000000000420000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/3172-180-0x0000000008590000-0x0000000008685000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/3172-179-0x0000000008590000-0x0000000008685000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/3172-182-0x0000000008590000-0x0000000008685000-memory.dmp

Filesize
980KB

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memory/3172-169-0x0000000007E30000-0x0000000007FB2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.5MB

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memory/4680-167-0x0000000033F80000-0x00000000342CA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/4680-171-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000003B31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36.8MB

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memory/4680-168-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000E5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4680-166-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

Filesize
18.3MB

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memory/4680-165-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000003B31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36.8MB

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memory/4680-164-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

Filesize
18.3MB

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memory/4680-163-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000003B31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36.8MB

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memory/4680-162-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000003B31000-memory.dmp

Filesize
36.8MB

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memory/4680-161-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

Filesize
18.3MB

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Analysis

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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