Infostealer malware formbook spread via phishing campaign – part ii

Intel Name: Infostealer malware formbook spread via phishing campaign – part ii

Date of Scan: May 28, 2025

Impact: High

Summary:
We detailed the campaign’s launch through a phishing email that exploited the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability to run a 64-bit DLL. This DLL then downloaded and decrypted a FormBook variant concealed in a fake PNG file. Finally, we explained how the DLL used process hollowing to inject the FormBook payload into ImagingDevices.exe and execute it.

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