Concrete signature match: Trojan Downloader - Downloads additional malware for .NET (Microsoft Intermediate Language) platform, family FormBook
This is a concrete detection of FormBook, a notorious MSIL-based information stealer. Functioning as a trojan downloader, it is designed to retrieve and execute secondary malicious payloads, likely after decrypting and decoding them. Its primary objective is typically data exfiltration, including credentials and financial information.
Relevant strings associated with this threat: - WDCWCFDRR (PEHSTR_EXT) - GetMethods (PEHSTR_EXT) - DefineByValTStrRemotingServices (PEHSTR_EXT) - DownloadData (PEHSTR_EXT) - CreateDecryptor (PEHSTR_EXT) - |#d1e49aac-8f56-4280-b9ba-993a6d77406c (NID) - }#d1e49aac-8f56-4280-b9ba-993a6d77406c (NID) - &|#b2b3f03d-6a65-4f7b-a9c7-1c7ef74a9ba4 (NID) - &}#b2b3f03d-6a65-4f7b-a9c7-1c7ef74a9ba4 (NID) - C|#be9ba2d9-53ea-4cdc-84e5-9b1eeee46550 (NID) - C}#be9ba2d9-53ea-4cdc-84e5-9b1eeee46550 (NID) - |#5beb7efe-fd9a-4556-801d-275e5ffc04cc (NID) - }#5beb7efe-fd9a-4556-801d-275e5ffc04cc (NID) - |#01443614-cd74-433a-b99e-2ecdc07bfc25 (NID) - }#01443614-cd74-433a-b99e-2ecdc07bfc25 (NID) - |#d3e037e1-3eb8-44c8-a917-57927947596d (NID) - }#d3e037e1-3eb8-44c8-a917-57927947596d (NID) - |#92e97fa1-2edf-4476-bdd6-9dd0b4dddc7b (NID) - }#92e97fa1-2edf-4476-bdd6-9dd0b4dddc7b (NID) - |#c1db55ab-c21a-4637-bb3f-a12568109d35 (NID) - }#c1db55ab-c21a-4637-bb3f-a12568109d35 (NID) - |#26190899-1602-49e8-8b27-eb1d0a1ce869 (NID) - }#26190899-1602-49e8-8b27-eb1d0a1ce869 (NID) - |#e6db77e5-3df2-4cf1-b95a-636979351e5b (NID) - }#e6db77e5-3df2-4cf1-b95a-636979351e5b (NID)
rule TrojanDownloader_MSIL_FormBook_D_2147900930_0
{
meta:
author = "threatcheck.sh"
detection_name = "TrojanDownloader:MSIL/FormBook.D!MTB"
threat_id = "2147900930"
type = "TrojanDownloader"
platform = "MSIL: .NET intermediate language scripts"
family = "FormBook"
severity = "Critical"
info = "MTB: Microsoft Threat Behavior"
signature_type = "SIGNATURE_TYPE_PEHSTR_EXT"
threshold = "4"
strings_accuracy = "Low"
strings:
$x_2_1 = {70 20 00 01 00 00 14 14 14 6f ?? 00 00 0a 26 20} //weight: 2, accuracy: Low
$x_1_2 = "CreateDecryptor" ascii //weight: 1
$x_1_3 = "FromBase64String" ascii //weight: 1
condition:
(filesize < 20MB) and
(all of ($x*))
}dbb7037739e18719252cfa1a63a76c12eb9a5ad6f3ae2d1e4d369ca0544a199dImmediately isolate the affected system to prevent further network compromise. Perform a full scan with up-to-date antivirus and remove all detected threats. Investigate for signs of data exfiltration and additional malware installations, and consider a clean system rebuild from a trusted backup.