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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 11


Maldoc score: 3


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5aa2dcb4727416fa7c4f3578d71e2229175dad5cd1740520fa76afd45a12e243
SHA3-384 hash: d998e90b0a3fea5cc318a3f49139d4a880b28ef517302933646fc345c4b77098e7c6943833a5ea38ebe21c14c107519c
SHA1 hash: ce2342065c2c446a36bee3cff212850ef945e062
MD5 hash: c9fe767b25465743cfc2811e399251db
humanhash: lion-romeo-eight-california
File name:0794688864.xls
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:62'893 bytes
First seen:2021-12-23 10:39:44 UTC
Last seen:2021-12-23 13:05:18 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 1536:d0Nk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAKzMk9B+ooszMk9A+oos:dak3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NP
TLSH T177535C56BB87998EDA4213358CE74359B337FC168BA7C7473554B3294EB4AE08C03A1B
Reporter lobster9000
Tags:Emotet Heodo xls

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: 3
OLE dump

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

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
352228 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
IOC87.251.86.178IPv4 address
SuspiciousXLM macroXLM macro found. It may contain malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
202
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
0794688864.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-12-23 10:18:22 UTC
Tags:
macros macros40 trojan loader

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

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Sending an HTTP GET request
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File
Payload URLs
URL
File name
87.251.86.178
WorkBook
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd macros macros-on-open mshta stripped
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.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Hiddbook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-12-23 09:37:17 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
10
AV detection:
12 of 28 (42.86%)
Threat level:
  5/5
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 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:
54.37.212.235:80
45.15.23.184:443
41.76.108.46:8080
212.237.5.209:443
46.55.222.11:443
207.38.84.195:8080
103.8.26.102:8080
138.185.72.26:8080
104.251.214.46:8080
110.232.117.186:8080
51.68.175.8:8080
176.104.106.96:8080
216.158.226.206:443
103.8.26.103:8080
103.75.201.2:443
210.57.217.132:8080
195.154.133.20:443
45.142.114.231:8080
107.182.225.142:8080
158.69.222.101:443
45.118.115.99:8080
192.254.71.210:443
178.79.147.66:8080
203.114.109.124:443
212.237.56.116:7080
173.212.193.249:8080
58.227.42.236:80
50.116.54.215:443
162.214.50.39:7080
45.118.135.203:7080
212.237.17.99:8080
81.0.236.90:443
Dropper Extraction:
http://87.251.86.178/pp/oo.html
http://87.251.86.178/pp/PP.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:INDICATOR_DOC_PhishingPatterns
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects OLE, RTF, PDF and OOXML (decompressed) documents with common phishing strings
Rule name:SUSP_EnableContent_String_Gen
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious string that asks to enable active content in Office Doc
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_EnableContent_String_Gen_RID322C
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious string that asks to enable active content in Office Doc
Reference:Internal Research
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 xls 5aa2dcb4727416fa7c4f3578d71e2229175dad5cd1740520fa76afd45a12e243

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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