| File name: | formbook.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/b670925e-abd9-4ec2-984d-6b2107be852b |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | FormBook is a data stealer that is being distributed as a MaaS. FormBook differs from a lot of competing malware by its extreme ease of use that allows even the unexperienced threat actors to use FormBook virus. |
| Analysis date: | January 02, 2020, 22:26:03 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | C86479303E0DE869FD4D59C0E576A668 |
| SHA1: | B3D95AE7123C59E4636C87ECCA56C0610A0E0DFC |
| SHA256: | 3BDAA04942ECCB56150489DB95B91C8E7706F7461D5D1C3DD8855280324219BC |
| SSDEEP: | 12288:dUe4UetohcrWWNPsgAMZg8FsGkBZDY6nm4HnshJQ5hLY:ueVetooZsgAMO8rqvm4HnsKhL |
MALICIOUS
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
FORMBOOK was detected
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
- explorer.exe (PID: 352)
- Firefox.exe (PID: 3980)
Connects to CnC server
- explorer.exe (PID: 352)
Actions looks like stealing of personal data
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
Stealing of credential data
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
SUSPICIOUS
Application launched itself
- formbook.exe (PID: 2720)
- gdiinclqrth.exe (PID: 3932)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- DllHost.exe (PID: 2992)
- explorer.exe (PID: 352)
Executed via COM
- DllHost.exe (PID: 2992)
Creates files in the user directory
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
Uses RUNDLL32.EXE to load library
- explorer.exe (PID: 352)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
Uses IPCONFIG.EXE to discover IP address
- explorer.exe (PID: 352)
Creates files in the program directory
- DllHost.exe (PID: 2992)
Loads DLL from Mozilla Firefox
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
INFO
Reads the hosts file
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
Manual execution by user
- rundll32.exe (PID: 3340)
Creates files in the user directory
- Firefox.exe (PID: 3980)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (90.6) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (4.9) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (2.2) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (2.2) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2005:11:27 05:48:18+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 1265664 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 81920 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x13b0 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 1 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | AUTO |
| ProductName: | AUTO |
| FileVersion: | 1 |
| ProductVersion: | 1 |
| InternalName: | VOrtex |
| OriginalFileName: | VOrtex.exe |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 27-Nov-2005 04:48:18 |
| Detected languages: |
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| Comments: | AUTO |
| ProductName: | AUTO |
| FileVersion: | 1.00 |
| ProductVersion: | 1.00 |
| InternalName: | VOrtex |
| OriginalFilename: | VOrtex.exe |
DOS Header
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x000000B8 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 3 |
| Time date stamp: | 27-Nov-2005 04:48:18 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00134424 | 0x00135000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.02548 |
.data | 0x00136000 | 0x00000A10 | 0x00001000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rsrc | 0x00137000 | 0x00012716 | 0x00013000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 2.84885 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3.09148 | 504 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | English - United States | RT_VERSION |
30001 | 1.73532 | 10344 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30002 | 2.22252 | 1640 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30003 | 2.56873 | 744 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30004 | 2.7158 | 296 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30005 | 2.52445 | 11432 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30006 | 3.47564 | 3752 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30007 | 3.86353 | 2216 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30008 | 2.07283 | 1384 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
30009 | 1.85873 | 12840 | Unicode (UTF 16LE) | UNKNOWN | RT_ICON |
Imports
MSVBVM60.DLL |
Total processes
45
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
3
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 352 | C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE | C:\Windows\explorer.exe | — | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Explorer Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 1608 | "C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\ipconfig.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: IP Configuration Utility Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2504 | /c del "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\formbook.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | rundll32.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 2684 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\formbook.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\formbook.exe | — | formbook.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.00 Modules
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| 2720 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\formbook.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\formbook.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.00 Modules
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| 2992 | C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3AD05575-8857-4850-9277-11B85BDB8E09} | C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: COM Surrogate Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3340 | "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows host process (Rundll32) Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3488 | "C:\Program Files\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe" | C:\Program Files\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe | — | gdiinclqrth.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.00 Modules
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| 3932 | "C:\Program Files\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe" | C:\Program Files\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.00 Modules
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| 3980 | "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe" | C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe | rundll32.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Mozilla Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Firefox Exit code: 0 Version: 68.0.1 Modules
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Total events
90
Read events
85
Write events
5
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (352) explorer.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\12B\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3340) rundll32.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UF5TATFPSNY |
Value: C:\Program Files\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
75
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2720 | formbook.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF007889A585D4BE0A.TMP | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3340 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\065P5OUC\065logrc.ini | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3932 | gdiinclqrth.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DFF720A98803DC4548.TMP | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3340 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\065P5OUC\065logri.ini | binary | |
MD5:D63A82E5D81E02E399090AF26DB0B9CB | SHA256:EAECE2EBA6310253249603033C744DD5914089B0BB26BDE6685EC9813611BAAE | |||
| 3980 | Firefox.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\065P5OUC\065logrf.ini | binary | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2992 | DllHost.exe | C:\Program Files\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 352 | explorer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\M8pedzl\gdiinclqrth.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3340 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\065P5OUC\065logim.jpeg | image | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3340 | rundll32.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\065P5OUC\065logrv.ini | binary | |
MD5:BA3B6BC807D4F76794C4B81B09BB9BA5 | SHA256:6EEBF968962745B2E9DE2CA969AF7C424916D4E3FE3CC0BB9B3D414ABFCE9507 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
11
TCP/UDP connections
21
DNS requests
15
Threats
32
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
352 | explorer.exe | POST | — | 43.225.158.206:80 | http://www.ly1865.com/or22/ | HK | — | — | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | POST | — | 198.54.117.212:80 | http://www.lifetimesuccessplan.info/or22/ | US | — | — | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | POST | — | 198.200.39.218:80 | http://www.poifood.com/or22/ | CN | — | — | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | GET | 404 | 43.225.158.206:80 | http://www.ly1865.com/or22/?0VKdcb=S13f/NuB0UeJpb3pSylPId45GsGcN98ZEK5thMRkBZ2A2wTijMJorGE1PkQfcDhiAfYkbw==&jFiHF=JfLpLBMXcnyHNT | HK | xml | 345 b | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | GET | 404 | 198.54.117.212:80 | http://www.lifetimesuccessplan.info/or22/?0VKdcb=mCV3bfz4D+FET4+M9bcc1fqQ2FMPqpXY3Xm2kwtyyz5tSMEE1nClJiiqfBxY4mGOTv3Kug==&jFiHF=JfLpLBMXcnyHNT | US | xml | 345 b | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | GET | 404 | 198.200.39.218:80 | http://www.poifood.com/or22/?0VKdcb=dvL8V2ml5pU8hEAi7bNct2dGFqKI7uIzyZE6XnCGUuz0mXmZKcoV7VtK+JRHKu+ovh9X3g==&jFiHF=JfLpLBMXcnyHNT | CN | xml | 345 b | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | POST | 404 | 162.213.250.169:80 | http://www.allixanes.com/or22/ | US | xml | 345 b | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | GET | 404 | 162.213.250.169:80 | http://www.allixanes.com/or22/?0VKdcb=nIEMsSYWyTzRkP5bPEBEoQXncsfGtf8XzNo06FjsJZfq1JK9ciEYie9Ax6Cs7wDHU/CQlg==&jFiHF=JfLpLBMXcnyHNT | US | xml | 345 b | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | GET | 404 | 157.7.107.98:80 | http://www.moneypapa.biz/or22/?0VKdcb=ZFNyV+v4Ro12Em0dzr/bR1Usf+cnsV6+6wIA/2izOUIDfqnISW3H53TDBqnQbxMktii8RQ==&jFiHF=JfLpLBMXcnyHNT | JP | xml | 345 b | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | POST | — | 94.199.200.55:80 | http://www.simdigelir.com/or22/ | TR | — | — | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
352 | explorer.exe | 157.7.107.98:80 | www.moneypapa.biz | GMO Internet,Inc | JP | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | 162.213.250.169:80 | www.allixanes.com | Namecheap, Inc. | US | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | 198.200.39.218:80 | www.poifood.com | PEG TECH INC | CN | malicious |
— | — | 198.200.39.218:80 | www.poifood.com | PEG TECH INC | CN | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | 198.54.117.212:80 | www.lifetimesuccessplan.info | Namecheap, Inc. | US | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | 43.225.158.206:80 | www.ly1865.com | hongkong kwaifong information service limited | HK | malicious |
352 | explorer.exe | 94.199.200.55:80 | www.simdigelir.com | Aerotek Bilisim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS | TR | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
www.moneypapa.biz |
| unknown |
www.mindsecretexposed.com |
| unknown |
www.cfacrossings.com |
| unknown |
www.allixanes.com |
| malicious |
www.poifood.com |
| malicious |
www.fctmew.men |
| unknown |
www.lifetimesuccessplan.info |
| malicious |
www.ly1865.com |
| malicious |
www.infuse9.com |
| unknown |
www.optechlightbulbs.net |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
1080 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO Observed DNS Query to .biz TLD |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
352 | explorer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | SPYWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook |
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