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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 11

Maldoc score: 9

Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	52623be83a3d557fd08add93741b6ea881bf0a1bf711e27425931f6a1ea3c451
SHA3-384 hash:	bd46f1cd32e4b938b1e15123887d766647def53b6de3e1fdeb9f2523a82f028668d69def90f3f519f52ea9df77e10eb8
SHA1 hash:	933852921efe8a1eb98b978b27f1a77757198716
MD5 hash:	d5696bc74a7acefc67af32fd8227e536
humanhash:	solar-rugby-hotel-venus
File name:	emotet_e2_52623be83a3d557fd08add93741b6ea881bf0a1bf711e27425931f6a1ea3c451_2021-01-05__124026199626._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	174'104 bytes
First seen:	2021-01-05 12:42:43 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:f9ufstRUUKSns8T00JSHUgteMJ8qMD7g7TM:f9ufsfgIf0pLU
TLSH	09044C04213391BBEA9B3538398066BA6D147F9B780AE74D2314FAD4787521BDA1F33C
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	6412 bytes	1Table
5	99186 bytes	Data
6	524 bytes	Macros/PROJECT
7	158 bytes	Macros/PROJECTwm
8	702 bytes	Macros/VBA/H461d7l61zdld9s
9	1121 bytes	Macros/VBA/S2lnn14aba1hpaa9x
10	17920 bytes	Macros/VBA/Tv9c3eri30mt67bpw
11	5215 bytes	Macros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
12	683 bytes	Macros/VBA/dir
13	26670 bytes	WordDocument

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	CreateTextFile	May create a text file
Suspicious	Create	May execute file or a system command through WMI
Suspicious	CreateObject	May create an OLE object
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 :

237

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

emotet_e2_52623be83a3d557fd08add93741b6ea881bf0a1bf711e27425931f6a1ea3c451_2021-01-05__124026199626._doc

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2021-01-05 12:46:13 UTC

Tags:

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

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/da48297c-d3af-4b34-9555-b6a34249b523

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.CROHeadGames.20200320.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.CROKissFromARose.M2.20201210.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOThisMustBeThePlace.20201229.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Dropper.EmotetRed1220-9816007-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Running batch commands

Launching a process

DNS request

Sending a custom TCP request

Creating a file

Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory

Creating a service

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP POST request

Deleting a recently created file

Possible injection to a system process

Sending a TCP request to an infection source

Enabling autorun for a service

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Result

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

Legacy Word File with Macro

Link:

https://app.docguard.net/52623be83a3d557fd08add93741b6ea881bf0a1bf711e27425931f6a1ea3c451/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.

Macro with File System Write

Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.

Macro Execution Coercion

Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.

Macro Contains Suspicious String

Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...

Result

Threat name:

Unknown

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.expl.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/574176

Signature

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings

Document contains an embedded VBA with base64 encoded strings

Document contains an embedded VBA with many GOTO 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 case anomaly found

Powershell drops PE file

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

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/52623be83a3d557fd08add93741b6ea881bf0a1bf711e27425931f6a1ea3c451/

Threat name:

Script-Macro.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2021-01-05 12:43:05 UTC

AV detection:

19 of 29 (65.52%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=kjrdx2b2hvkx7uek3wjxig3ovca36cq364i6e5bfsmpwuhvdyriq._file

Result

Malware family:

emotet

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:emotet botnet:epoch2 banker macro trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/210105-8fwm8eh3f6/

Behaviour

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

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

Loads dropped DLL

Blocklisted process makes network request

Emotet

Process spawned unexpected child process

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

90.160.138.175:80
74.222.117.42:80
157.245.123.197:8080
50.116.111.59:8080
173.249.20.233:443
200.116.145.225:443
142.112.10.95:20
87.106.139.101:8080
173.70.61.180:80
75.177.207.146:80
121.124.124.40:7080
98.109.133.80:80
37.187.72.193:8080
74.40.205.197:443
220.245.198.194:80
197.211.245.21:80
123.176.25.234:80
194.190.67.75:80
78.188.225.105:80
217.20.166.178:7080
49.205.182.134:80
79.137.83.50:443
50.91.114.38:80
62.171.142.179:8080
119.59.116.21:8080
75.109.111.18:80
24.179.13.119:80
120.150.60.189:80
24.69.65.8:8080
185.201.9.197:8080
154.0.8.2:443
118.83.154.64:443
161.0.153.60:80
61.19.246.238:443
100.37.240.62:80
66.57.108.14:443
144.217.7.207:7080
181.165.68.127:80
174.118.202.24:443
188.219.31.12:80
89.106.251.163:80
104.131.11.150:443
181.171.209.241:443
178.152.87.96:80
89.216.122.92:80
172.125.40.123:80
47.144.21.37:80
185.94.252.104:443
139.59.60.244:8080
24.231.88.85:80
190.240.194.77:443
190.29.166.0:80
194.4.58.192:7080
138.68.87.218:443
187.161.206.24:80
78.189.148.42:80
74.128.121.17:80
75.188.107.174:80
202.141.243.254:443
59.21.235.119:80
62.30.7.67:443
5.2.212.254:80
134.209.144.106:443
110.145.11.73:80
139.162.60.124:8080
95.213.236.64:8080
51.89.36.180:443
41.185.28.84:8080
168.235.67.138:7080
203.153.216.189:7080
93.146.48.84:80
94.23.237.171:443
74.208.45.104:8080
5.39.91.110:7080
172.105.13.66:443
109.74.5.95:8080
115.94.207.99:443
78.24.219.147:8080
70.92.118.112:80
37.139.21.175:8080
24.178.90.49:80
62.75.141.82:80
188.165.214.98:8080
84.232.252.202:443
74.58.215.226:80
109.116.245.80:80
64.207.182.168:8080
110.145.101.66:443
136.244.110.184:8080
202.134.4.216:8080
2.58.16.89:8080
95.9.5.93:80
172.104.97.173:8080
172.86.188.251:8080
167.114.153.111:8080
176.111.60.55:8080
202.134.4.211:8080
67.170.250.203:443
46.105.131.79:8080
70.183.211.3:80
139.99.158.11:443
24.164.79.147:8080
85.105.111.166:80
157.245.99.39:8080
201.241.127.190:80
97.120.3.198:80
50.245.107.73:443

Dropper Extraction:

https://fathekarim.com/images/jiC/
https://trumpcommunity.com/usa-no-uykjh/wcS/
https://comunicacaovertical.com.br/agencia/D0sJl/
http://datawyse.net/5VGI0/
http://transfersuvan.com/wp-admin/1114R/
http://upafrique.com/cgi-bin/iFmg/
https://radioclype.scola.ac-paris.fr/wp-admin/js/widgets/6S/

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

Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/52623be83a3d557fd08add93741b6ea881bf0a1bf711e27425931f6a1ea3c451