MalwareBazaar Database

You are currently viewing the MalwareBazaar entry for SHA256 4cd7a9573d00e7cf41a66b48f93031073ed5751a546dd851d52e805248aa3972. While MalwareBazaar tries to identify whether the sample provided is malicious or not, there is no guarantee that a sample in MalwareBazaar is malicious.

Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 11


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 4cd7a9573d00e7cf41a66b48f93031073ed5751a546dd851d52e805248aa3972
SHA3-384 hash: 49d0be660750d43230c816feb7dbc985af524d6767b8fb8ff8e1d07ac5b93b801e27cf591bd6759630bbe0dde8dc4e2b
SHA1 hash: f774dd833bdf7ba966c232b0227e7ebcecf34304
MD5 hash: 06d4465554dd8ccb3d5dad0fa3c7c0fb
humanhash: kentucky-eight-don-magnesium
File name:06d4465554dd8ccb3d5dad0fa3c7c0fb
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:145'578 bytes
First seen:2022-01-19 14:34:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:4Rk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAlhEvN8B/W6X1yxYovrepMUdQ6gSz4iq:Qk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+W2NdAli
TLSH T190E36C0361459F86C84883B86FD74690DF12ED3DDA922BCF21867B173B79EA14D0A53E
Reporter zbetcheckin
Tags:Emotet excel Heodo xlsx

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: 5
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 3 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
3133492 bytesWorkbook
OLE vba

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

TypeKeywordDescription
AutoExecAuto_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)
SuspiciousXLM macroXLM macro found. It may contain malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
132
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe excel.exe macros macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped tracker.exe wacatac
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
4.0/10
Score Malicious:
4%
Score Benign:
6%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Excel 4.0 Macro
Document contains Excel 4.0 macros (XLM). A valid, albeit dated feature, this document should be treated with suspicion.
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0 Emotet
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
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)
Powershell drops PE file
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: MSHTA Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: Suspicious MSHTA Process Patterns
Sigma detected: Suspicious PowerShell Command Line
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Yara detected Emotet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 555992 Sample: j7OMylHYNF Startdate: 19/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 57 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->57 59 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->59 61 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->61 63 12 other signatures 2->63 14 EXCEL.EXE 53 12 2->14         started        18 svchost.exe 2->18         started        process3 file4 49 C:\Users\user\Desktop\j7OMylHYNF.xls, Composite 14->49 dropped 71 Obfuscated command line found 14->71 20 cmd.exe 14->20         started        signatures5 process6 process7 22 mshta.exe 11 20->22         started        dnsIp8 51 185.7.214.7, 49167, 49168, 80 DELUNETDE France 22->51 25 powershell.exe 12 7 22->25         started        process9 dnsIp10 53 peterpolz.to-create.eu 185.46.123.38, 49169, 80 IHNET-EUUS United States 25->53 55 fr7.anbo5288.cc 128.199.157.63, 49170, 80 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United Kingdom 25->55 47 C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll, PE32 25->47 dropped 69 Powershell drops PE file 25->69 30 cmd.exe 25->30         started        file11 signatures12 process13 process14 32 rundll32.exe 30->32         started        process15 34 rundll32.exe 2 32->34         started        file16 45 C:\Windows\...\qqjvfinodhouhj.pbm (copy), PE32 34->45 dropped 65 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 34->65 38 rundll32.exe 34->38         started        signatures17 process18 process19 40 rundll32.exe 1 38->40         started        signatures20 67 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 40->67 43 rundll32.exe 40->43         started        process21
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-19 14:35:07 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
9
AV detection:
8 of 43 (18.60%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch4 banker macro trojan xlm
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
Drops file in System32 directory
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Emotet
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
131.100.24.231:80
209.59.138.75:7080
103.8.26.103:8080
51.38.71.0:443
212.237.17.99:8080
79.172.212.216:8080
207.38.84.195:8080
104.168.155.129:8080
178.79.147.66:8080
46.55.222.11:443
103.8.26.102:8080
192.254.71.210:443
45.176.232.124:443
203.114.109.124:443
51.68.175.8:8080
58.227.42.236:80
45.142.114.231:8080
217.182.143.207:443
178.63.25.185:443
45.118.115.99:8080
103.75.201.2:443
104.251.214.46:8080
158.69.222.101:443
81.0.236.90:443
45.118.135.203:7080
176.104.106.96:8080
212.237.56.116:7080
216.158.226.206:443
173.212.193.249:8080
50.116.54.215:443
138.185.72.26:8080
41.76.108.46:8080
212.237.5.209:443
107.182.225.142:8080
195.154.133.20:443
162.214.50.39:7080
110.232.117.186:8080
Dropper Extraction:
http://0xb907d607/fer/fer.html
http://185.7.214.7/fer/fer.png
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:SUSP_Excel4Macro_AutoOpen
Author:John Lambert @JohnLaTwC
Description:Detects Excel4 macro use with auto open / close

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Heodo

Excel file xlsx 4cd7a9573d00e7cf41a66b48f93031073ed5751a546dd851d52e805248aa3972

(this sample)

Comments