| File name: | INQUIRY.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/46aa1f3b-7198-4b58-a85b-a9145526c063 |
| 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: | April 29, 2025, 12:32:12 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections |
| MD5: | 7AF12DBB0ABAAD9F64CFC70827BA58CA |
| SHA1: | 9B383C5088918B2649654C5D20343E25391488E2 |
| SHA256: | 80DEB2BFDE4E46BFAE175693F1456552A8C594E7EF92A7FDE81F79512EC5F639 |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:b93v5IKLnsOHkqlbOXSOAXY0l+qBTVE41XTtXUojg7NeLbYJbuyqhgzw8fN:b93v5IKLnsOHkq5OXSxY08qBJE41XJXa |
MALICIOUS
FORMBOOK has been detected
- chkdsk.exe (PID: 516)
Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
FORMBOOK has been detected (YARA)
- chkdsk.exe (PID: 516)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Application launched itself
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- chkdsk.exe (PID: 516)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 4408)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Checks supported languages
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 4408)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Create files in a temporary directory
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Process checks computer location settings
- INQUIRY.exe (PID: 2320)
Manual execution by a user
- chkdsk.exe (PID: 516)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 4212)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
Formbook
(PID) Process(516) chkdsk.exe
C2www.lgox.bot/mk20/
Strings (79)USERNAME
LOCALAPPDATA
USERPROFILE
APPDATA
TEMP
ProgramFiles
CommonProgramFiles
ALLUSERSPROFILE
/c copy "
/c del "
\Run
\Policies
\Explorer
\Registry\User
\Registry\Machine
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\
\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla
\Mozilla
Username:
Password:
formSubmitURL
usernameField
encryptedUsername
encryptedPassword
\logins.json
\signons.sqlite
\Microsoft\Vault\
SELECT encryptedUsername, encryptedPassword, formSubmitURL FROM moz_logins
\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data
SELECT origin_url, username_value, password_value FROM logins
.exe
.com
.scr
.pif
.cmd
.bat
ms
win
gdi
mfc
vga
igfx
user
help
config
update
regsvc
chkdsk
systray
audiodg
certmgr
autochk
taskhost
colorcpl
services
IconCache
ThumbCache
Cookies
SeDebugPrivilege
SeShutdownPrivilege
\BaseNamedObjects
config.php
POST
HTTP/1.1
Host:
Connection: close
Content-Length:
Cache-Control: no-cache
Origin: http://
User-Agent: Mozilla Firefox/4.0
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept: */*
Referer: http://
Accept-Language: en-US
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
dat=
f-start
f-end
Decoy C2 (64)limpsepublishing.online
hljbh.top
ccng90.cyou
ulegame.top
luegreencloud.net
hmfdjxvnbsn.xyz
nline4u.net
612tw.net
attaa-king-fast.online
gsp631.top
gleyucx.xyz
ickisaprick.net
7579.loan
4260389.xyz
fqozq.top
oundationsystems.xyz
t69oo.xyz
vhxvj.cfd
arthes.app
adekclimatecontrol.online
5z6hmy3.top
unezstock.net
4271030.xyz
ealthywatches.online
heitcommunity.info
bere6.sbs
97p7sa2.xyz
zqp5.cyou
otosnap.pics
okf.net
pl7bn.cfd
om-dszi.vip
74bet.app
iwmn.cyou
rabsmp.shop
4260524.xyz
empobetteklif.vip
k008.casino
hatsuptocachee.net
heautocademy.net
xbrp6.top
ordfilm-fans.online
9phm.top
lotpersen789.xyz
gsp644.top
jjhldejorbvw.xyz
iep.cloud
329-homeremodel.sbs
uperpaws.online
ilosportsy.shop
eartlandflagssy.shop
7jhm.top
nbox.box
atasha.group
4270864.xyz
erasync.shop
rpxpdgpjn.xyz
bbrwv.sbs
ucky.business
wandafilmfestival.net
owaniowa.info
rostaten.xyz
ysteryclick84.top
niteview.shop
TRiD
| .exe | | | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (72.2) |
|---|---|---|
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (12.9) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6.4) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (4.4) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (1.9) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2069:01:21 16:35:06+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 48 |
| CodeSize: | 747520 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xb872a |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| Comments: | - |
| CompanyName: | HP Inc. |
| FileDescription: | Sgm_Student_Information |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | LnKf.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | Copyright © HP Inc. 2023 |
| LegalTrademarks: | - |
| OriginalFileName: | LnKf.exe |
| ProductName: | Sgm_Student_Information |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
Total processes
139
Monitored processes
11
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516 | "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chkdsk.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chkdsk.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Check Disk Utility Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
Formbook(PID) Process(516) chkdsk.exe C2www.lgox.bot/mk20/ Strings (79)USERNAME LOCALAPPDATA USERPROFILE APPDATA TEMP ProgramFiles CommonProgramFiles ALLUSERSPROFILE /c copy " /c del " \Run \Policies \Explorer \Registry\User \Registry\Machine \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\ NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\ \SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Mozilla \Mozilla Username: Password: formSubmitURL usernameField encryptedUsername encryptedPassword \logins.json \signons.sqlite \Microsoft\Vault\ SELECT encryptedUsername, encryptedPassword, formSubmitURL FROM moz_logins \Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data SELECT origin_url, username_value, password_value FROM logins .exe .com .scr .pif .cmd .bat ms win gdi mfc vga igfx user help config update regsvc chkdsk systray audiodg certmgr autochk taskhost colorcpl services IconCache ThumbCache Cookies SeDebugPrivilege SeShutdownPrivilege \BaseNamedObjects config.php POST HTTP/1.1 Host: Connection: close Content-Length: Cache-Control: no-cache Origin: http:// User-Agent: Mozilla Firefox/4.0 Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Accept: */* Referer: http:// Accept-Language: en-US Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
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| 1452 | /c del "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | chkdsk.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 1660 | "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\grCQhEdmVl" /XML "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4EF.tmp" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | — | INQUIRY.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Task Scheduler Configuration Tool Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2108 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2196 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 2320 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: HP Inc. Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Sgm_Student_Information Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 4212 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEvent | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | SppExtComObj.Exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 4408 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INQUIRY.exe | — | INQUIRY.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: HP Inc. Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Sgm_Student_Information Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 5984 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
| 6192 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | schtasks.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
| |||||||||||||||
Total events
1 118
Read events
1 118
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2320 | INQUIRY.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4EF.tmp | xml | |
MD5:6F8C982C77F77721414EE2D5B8D5E3E1 | SHA256:C25B24FE1C4E339FBA73B1B24B775F9D174E882EA4B4A315478615499418FD51 | |||
| 2320 | INQUIRY.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\grCQhEdmVl.exe | executable | |
MD5:7AF12DBB0ABAAD9F64CFC70827BA58CA | SHA256:80DEB2BFDE4E46BFAE175693F1456552A8C594E7EF92A7FDE81F79512EC5F639 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
21
DNS requests
19
Threats
1
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7152 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7152 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 95.101.149.131:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 2.16.241.12:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 2.23.77.188:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 88.221.169.152:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 88.221.169.152:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 4.231.128.59:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
— | — | 2.16.241.12:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
— | — | 88.221.169.152:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
5496 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 88.221.169.152:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.249:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.160.5:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
6544 | svchost.exe | 2.23.77.188:80 | ocsp.digicert.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.xbrp6.top |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2196 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET DNS Query to a *.top domain - Likely Hostile |