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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 14


Maldoc score: 9


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 53a0177376a77a326faff38d768c0e373120e558b72719340ff557ce28034567
SHA3-384 hash: 1315139fc6cf98c37a4b47637fc44ded3868b2ec61fa821b02eec011bb5fe7e04137fa8db3ac385cbe61d3779abeb4f7
SHA1 hash: 7b2c5658f14b2999d4d2de3108a1ffeb04f0d899
MD5 hash: 49a307bb3ccce451737f2d6ba035efcf
humanhash: autumn-louisiana-bakerloo-jig
File name:OG259431307915205_202303220812.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:238'080 bytes
First seen:2023-03-22 16:13:54 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:3C4JpR+K9y3LtqjsW5rQWm65BxPiP0wjEwRzpswUSkCI1ev2+6ssXR:nD7435u5aWmyBxK3MCI1ev2+6V
TLSH T17534C3026352CE1FC79101302D0BBFF5A72DEC946B6F8192B954F2A82D7ED56F329584
TrID 78.9% (.DOC) Microsoft Word document (30000/1/2)
21.0% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:doc Heodo

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
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 16 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1146 bytesCompObj
24096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
34096 bytesSummaryInformation
47170 bytes1Table
568078 bytesData
6410 bytesMacros/PROJECT
765 bytesMacros/PROJECTwm
889536 bytesMacros/VBA/Module1
91097 bytesMacros/VBA/ThisDocument
107135 bytesMacros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
111210 bytesMacros/VBA/__SRP_0
12106 bytesMacros/VBA/__SRP_1
13220 bytesMacros/VBA/__SRP_2
1466 bytesMacros/VBA/__SRP_3
15574 bytesMacros/VBA/dir
1646638 bytesWordDocument
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
AutoExecAutoOpenRuns when the Word document is opened
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousCallByNameMay attempt to obfuscate malicious function calls
SuspiciousSystemMay run an executable file or a system command on a Mac (if combined with libc.dylib)
SuspiciousBase64 StringsBase64-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
285
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
ID:
1
File name:
OG259431307915205_202303220812.doc
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-03-22 16:27:13 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open generated-doc trojan emotet opendir

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/msword
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Creating a file
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a custom TCP request by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Word File with Macro
Behaviour
BlacklistAPI detected
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros macros-on-open
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
8.8/10
Score Malicious:
89%
Score Benign:
11%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Suspicious Document Variables
Detected a macro that references a suspicious number of tersely named variables.
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 Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
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 randomly named variables
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office process drops PE file
Sigma detected: Run temp file via regsvr32
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Yara detected Emotet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 832494 Sample: OG259431307915205_202303220... Startdate: 22/03/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 33 198.35.137.79 PPPL-AS1US United States 2->33 35 199.28.189.206 KAISER-NCALUS United States 2->35 37 8 other IPs or domains 2->37 47 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->47 49 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->49 51 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->51 53 12 other signatures 2->53 8 WINWORD.EXE 300 35 2->8         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 39 confederationciq.fr 91.121.33.1, 49173, 80 OVHFR France 8->39 41 host2.7m.pl 149.202.75.212, 49174, 80 OVHFR France 8->41 43 3 other IPs or domains 8->43 21 C:\Users\user\...\HnK6ilVbkPCOHCcPK.dll, PE32+ 8->21 dropped 23 C:\Users\user\Desktop\171508.tmp (copy), PE32+ 8->23 dropped 55 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 8->55 13 regsvr32.exe 2 8->13         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 25 C:\Windows\System32\BHaHzJ\jNsH.dll (copy), PE32+ 13->25 dropped 57 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 13->57 17 regsvr32.exe 13->17         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 27 164.90.222.65, 443, 49184 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 17->27 29 167.172.199.165, 49182, 49183, 8080 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 17->29 31 2 other IPs or domains 17->31 45 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 17->45 signatures13
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-03-22 16:14:10 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
23
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch4 banker macro macro_on_action persistence trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Script User-Agent
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Drops file in Windows directory
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Emotet
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
213.239.212.5:443
129.232.188.93:443
103.43.75.120:443
197.242.150.244:8080
1.234.2.232:8080
110.232.117.186:8080
95.217.221.146:8080
159.89.202.34:443
159.65.88.10:8080
82.223.21.224:8080
169.57.156.166:8080
45.176.232.124:443
45.235.8.30:8080
173.212.193.249:8080
107.170.39.149:8080
119.59.103.152:8080
167.172.199.165:8080
91.207.28.33:8080
185.4.135.165:8080
104.168.155.143:8080
206.189.28.199:8080
79.137.35.198:8080
103.132.242.26:8080
202.129.205.3:8080
103.75.201.2:443
149.56.131.28:8080
5.135.159.50:443
172.105.226.75:8080
201.94.166.162:443
115.68.227.76:8080
164.90.222.65:443
186.194.240.217:443
153.126.146.25:7080
187.63.160.88:80
209.126.85.32:8080
72.15.201.15:8080
153.92.5.27:8080
167.172.253.162:8080
147.139.166.154:8080
163.44.196.120:8080
183.111.227.137:8080
139.59.126.41:443
164.68.99.3:8080
188.44.20.25:443
94.23.45.86:4143
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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:Office_AutoOpen_Macro
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects an Microsoft Office file that contains the AutoOpen Macro function
Rule name:pdb_YARAify
Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB

File information


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

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