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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 7


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: 715d273bbcaee528fef280696afa12b1db53d556971290bc836408e1c7b1bfea
SHA3-384 hash: ca1ae39f1255ccc61b82460e0b4faa7248ae9130f42825331197c928604f588aef1f05c0052a6d1e53da5c04bdab0118
SHA1 hash: 9e88bd79a63652a374e6522c9ee95879454cdee0
MD5 hash: aae4a74c529fedf8bd1fbdab4b23cc05
humanhash: violet-summer-ohio-crazy
File name:aae4a74c529fedf8bd1fbdab4b23cc05
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:129'536 bytes
First seen:2022-03-28 20:55:29 UTC
Last seen:2022-03-28 22:04:54 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:LsKpbdrHYrMue8q7QPX+5xtekEdi8/dgR3Syz+nzQIceCRlCd:QKpbdrHYrMue8q7QPX+5xtFEdi8/dgR8
TLSH T1EEC3AD8BB659486DF921877488DB879A7363FC344FAB47473214F3366EB95A04E0324B
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: 7
OLE dump

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

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
3119228 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)
SuspiciousBase64 StringsBase64-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 :
2
# of downloads :
367
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:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Creating a file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Moving a recently created file
Launching a process
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros macros-on-open regsvr32 regsvr32.exe
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
3.9/10
Score Malicious:
4%
Score Benign:
6%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
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
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile)
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found malicious Excel 4.0 Macro
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office process drops PE file
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Sigma detected: Regsvr32 Command Line Without DLL
Sigma detected: Regsvr32 Network Activity
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: 598700 Sample: 4CGUQAKdvF Startdate: 28/03/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 41 129.232.188.93 xneeloZA South Africa 2->41 43 185.8.212.130 UZINFOCOMUZ Uzbekistan 2->43 45 57 other IPs or domains 2->45 55 Found malware configuration 2->55 57 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->57 59 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->59 61 11 other signatures 2->61 11 EXCEL.EXE 7 18 2->11         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 47 med.devsrm.com 143.95.229.88, 49165, 80 ASMALLORANGE1US United States 11->47 35 C:\Users\user\fbd.dll, PE32 11->35 dropped 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\9Lv1uuITL2J[1].dll, PE32 11->37 dropped 39 C:\Users\user\Desktop\4CGUQAKdvF.xls, Composite 11->39 dropped 69 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 11->69 71 Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile) 11->71 16 regsvr32.exe 2 11->16         started        file6 signatures7 process8 file9 33 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\ybmna.myg (copy), PE32 16->33 dropped 53 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 16->53 20 regsvr32.exe 1 16->20         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 63 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 20->63 23 regsvr32.exe 1 20->23         started        process13 signatures14 65 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 23->65 26 regsvr32.exe 1 23->26         started        process15 signatures16 67 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 26->67 29 regsvr32.exe 2 26->29         started        process17 dnsIp18 49 189.232.46.161, 443, 49168 UninetSAdeCVMX Mexico 29->49 51 216.120.236.62, 49166, 8080 HOSTROCKETUS United States 29->51 73 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 29->73 signatures19
Threat name:
Document-Office.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-03-28 20:56:13 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
11
AV detection:
11 of 42 (26.19%)
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 FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Drops file in System32 directory
Loads dropped DLL
Downloads MZ/PE file
Emotet
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
216.120.236.62:8080
189.232.46.161:443
51.91.76.89:8080
217.182.25.250:8080
119.193.124.41:7080
159.8.59.82:8080
195.201.151.129:8080
58.227.42.236:80
212.24.98.99:8080
138.185.72.26:8080
131.100.24.231:80
192.99.251.50:443
158.69.222.101:443
197.242.150.244:8080
50.116.54.215:443
188.44.20.25:443
212.237.17.99:8080
153.126.146.25:7080
103.75.201.2:443
5.9.116.246:8080
185.8.212.130:7080
164.68.99.3:8080
45.118.135.203:7080
107.182.225.142:8080
151.106.112.196:8080
209.126.98.206:8080
79.172.212.216:8080
51.91.7.5:8080
72.15.201.15:8080
196.218.30.83:443
173.212.193.249:8080
82.165.152.127:8080
101.50.0.91:8080
103.43.46.182:443
216.158.226.206:443
167.172.253.162:8080
159.65.88.10:8080
50.30.40.196:8080
129.232.188.93:443
45.176.232.124:443
203.114.109.124:443
167.99.115.35:8080
195.154.133.20:443
51.254.140.238:7080
206.188.212.92:8080
31.24.158.56:8080
178.79.147.66:8080
45.118.115.99:8080
45.142.114.231:8080
185.157.82.211:8080
209.250.246.206:443
189.126.111.200:7080
1.234.21.73:7080
176.104.106.96:8080
201.94.166.162:443
110.232.117.186:8080
146.59.226.45:443
46.55.222.11:443
1.234.2.232:8080
134.122.66.193:8080
176.56.128.118:443
Dropper Extraction:
http://med.devsrm.com/wp-content/gtOOTHi3zkUbn8U6/
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:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:MALW_emotet
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect unpacked Emotet
Rule name:Qbot
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule to Detect Qbot
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 715d273bbcaee528fef280696afa12b1db53d556971290bc836408e1c7b1bfea

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments



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zbet commented on 2022-03-28 20:55:31 UTC

url : hxxp://st-florenceacademy.com/images/ycXMmz8ZqvZhf2vvT7sinEGrw/?i=1