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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 10

Maldoc score: 9

Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	4a53e1dd32dd8820593de18379151f5fd51cc261df4c37218b3a209525a3f427
SHA3-384 hash:	9001d6b4759526a9480164d036db907a2abbebc3b54237ec262a6a8adf159bcf9a341a22ed58dad1eae1b6cc03a202ae
SHA1 hash:	a13ebdd703a1ffd6d5b7eb9b594fcbca6440a446
MD5 hash:	a72c1a8b13c667c41278b333d1d3e98f
humanhash:	illinois-colorado-violet-fruit
File name:	emotet_e2_4a53e1dd32dd8820593de18379151f5fd51cc261df4c37218b3a209525a3f427_2021-01-22__232507769909._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	172'544 bytes
First seen:	2021-01-22 23:27:09 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:jwT4OAEDCkss1NkYtWr7Agf5k9jySTdcrrXyQBsc0vWJVi4IrwVnYbdYPeFmfG5K:jwT4OAEDCkss1NkYtWr7Agf5k9jyTPIk
TLSH	A5F3F74F99C8CE5BD52831B86E535FFC2F231E0DAC8662FB91313F4A38776624849199
Reporter	Cryptolaemus1
Tags:	doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo

Cryptolaemus1

Emotet epoch2 doc

Office OLE Information

This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE id

Maldoc score: 9

Application name is Microsoft Office Word

Office document is in OLE format

Office document contains VBA Macros

OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 13 sections in this file using oledump:

Section ID	Section size	Section name
1	146 bytes	CompObj
2	4096 bytes	DocumentSummaryInformation
3	500 bytes	SummaryInformation
4	6861 bytes	1Table
5	527 bytes	Macros/PROJECT
6	152 bytes	Macros/PROJECTwm
7	25190 bytes	Macros/VBA/Dulz0g2a3qqdjsty7
8	701 bytes	Macros/VBA/Hj8dhqrdh_8498
9	1115 bytes	Macros/VBA/Sky5mdbfre3xe7q8
10	6005 bytes	Macros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
11	682 bytes	Macros/VBA/dir
12	114302 bytes	WordDocument
13	1578 bytes	word

OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

Type	Keyword	Description
AutoExec	Document_open	Runs when the Word or Publisher document is opened
Suspicious	Create	May execute file or a system command through WMI
Suspicious	CreateObject	May create an OLE object
Suspicious	Hex Strings	Hex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)
Suspicious	Base64 Strings	Base64-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

213

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

emotet_e2_4a53e1dd32dd8820593de18379151f5fd51cc261df4c37218b3a209525a3f427_2021-01-22__232507769909._doc

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2021-01-22 23:29:25 UTC

Tags:

macros macros-on-open emotet-doc emotet generated-doc loader trojan

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/a4136dbc-b407-4be4-a5a0-1983ae5166ab

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Verdict:

Legit

File type:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Has a screenshot:

False

Contains macros:

True

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROCreateRomanticWarrior.20200916.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROSnakeCharmer.20201103.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOLastLevelLastLife.20210112.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Downloader.EmotetRed0121-9822961-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Running batch commands

Launching a process

DNS request

Sending an HTTP GET request

Creating a file

Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory

Creating a service

Connection attempt

Possible injection to a system process

Enabling autorun for a service

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Result

Verdict:

Suspicious

File Type:

Legacy Word File with Macro

Link:

https://app.docguard.net/4a53e1dd32dd8820593de18379151f5fd51cc261df4c37218b3a209525a3f427/results/dashboard

Document image

Image:

Download PNG

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Details

Macro with Startup Hook

Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.

Document With Few Pages

Document contains between one and three pages of content. Most malicious documents are sparse in page count.

Result

Threat name:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/588741

Signature

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with many GOTO operations indicating source code obfuscation

Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables

Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation

Encrypted powershell cmdline option found

Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)

Machine Learning detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Obfuscated command line found

Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)

Potential dropper URLs found in powershell memory

Powershell drops PE file

Sigma detected: Suspicious Call by Ordinal

Sigma detected: Suspicious Encoded PowerShell Command Line

Suspicious powershell command line found

System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)

Very long command line found

Yara detected Emotet

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/4a53e1dd32dd8820593de18379151f5fd51cc261df4c37218b3a209525a3f427/

Threat name:

Document-Excel.Downloader.Heuristic

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2021-01-22 19:25:55 UTC

AV detection:

12 of 45 (26.67%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=jjj6dxjs3wecawj54gbxsfi7l7krzqtb35gdoimlhiqjkjnd6qtq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

10/10

Tags:

macro ransomware xlm

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/210122-p5vw4s3cga/

Behaviour

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Drops file in Windows directory

Drops file in System32 directory

Enumerates physical storage devices

Loads dropped DLL

Blocklisted process makes network request

Process spawned unexpected child process

Malware Config

Dropper Extraction:

http://cab.mykfn.com/admin/X/!
http://bhaktivrind.com/cgi-bin/JBbb8/!
http://vanddnabhargave.com/asset/W9o/!
http://ie-best.net/online-timer-kvhxz/ilXL/!
http://gocphongthe.com/wp-content/lMMC/!
http://www.letscompareonline.com/de.letscompareonline.com/wYd/!
http://cambiasuhistoria.growlab.es/wp-content/hGhY2/

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Malicious File

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/4a53e1dd32dd8820593de18379151f5fd51cc261df4c37218b3a209525a3f427