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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 12


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 7dacb839aaebd399571b719580bbf80651e75209464b8ceec4a6563b964b8f3f
SHA3-384 hash: 253cb2c13784635976409b1591f7e2739c75cb6b825930defb0daa9647e4d83af81e3ac9a74c5d9db8e595b783a000bc
SHA1 hash: 8e0858efc6c25624bf222238fc11bc55ed3b170b
MD5 hash: 2ee24a93f1b5dfd83289b2721f7a0a0d
humanhash: hawaii-july-mango-illinois
File name:29756039R.xls
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:64'858 bytes
First seen:2021-12-24 12:07:06 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 1536:eZGk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAwzMk9B+ooPzMk9A+oosxUJhz:eUk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2N6
TLSH T1A8534B467793D98AD94217358DE3C29B7737FC129FA682073184B31D5EB9AA08C03B1B
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: 5
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 11 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1108 bytesCompObj
2312 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3200 bytesSummaryInformation
451800 bytesWorkbook
5479 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
683 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
71097 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
81097 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
91209 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
102697 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
11548 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
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
IOC87.251.85.100IPv4 address
IOC87.251.86.178IPv4 address
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 :
235
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
29756039R.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-12-24 12:09:34 UTC
Tags:
macros macros40 loader trojan

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:
True
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 with Macro
Payload URLs
URL
File name
87.251.85.100
WorkBook
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd macros macros-on-open mshta
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.
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 (process start blacklist hit)
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Obfuscated command line found
Powershell drops PE file
Sigma detected: Copying Sensitive Files with Credential Data
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
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: 544925 Sample: 29756039R.xls Startdate: 24/12/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 47 162.214.50.39 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1US United States 2->47 49 203.114.109.124 TOT-LLI-AS-APTOTPublicCompanyLimitedTH Thailand 2->49 51 33 other IPs or domains 2->51 59 Found malware configuration 2->59 61 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->61 63 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->63 65 11 other signatures 2->65 15 EXCEL.EXE 7 10 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 71 Obfuscated command line found 15->71 18 cmd.exe 15->18         started        process6 process7 20 mshta.exe 11 18->20         started        dnsIp8 53 87.251.86.178, 49165, 49166, 80 GALAXYDATARU Russian Federation 20->53 23 powershell.exe 16 7 20->23         started        process9 dnsIp10 55 apothecare.eitdev.com 45.55.222.206, 443, 49167 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 23->55 45 C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll, PE32 23->45 dropped 69 Powershell drops PE file 23->69 28 cmd.exe 23->28         started        file11 signatures12 process13 process14 30 rundll32.exe 28->30         started        process15 32 rundll32.exe 2 30->32         started        file16 43 C:\Windows\...\mzxfnuckjkrk.hfv (copy), PE32 32->43 dropped 57 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 32->57 36 rundll32.exe 32->36         started        signatures17 process18 process19 38 rundll32.exe 1 36->38         started        signatures20 67 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 38->67 41 rundll32.exe 38->41         started        process21
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Hiddbook
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-12-24 12:08:09 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
20
AV detection:
14 of 28 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch4 banker macro macro_on_action 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
Program crash
Enumerates physical storage devices
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:
144.217.91.150:443
51.38.71.0:443
212.237.56.116:7080
79.172.212.216:8080
178.79.147.66:8080
138.185.72.26:8080
192.254.71.210:443
178.63.25.185:443
195.154.133.20:443
45.118.135.203:7080
81.0.236.90:443
107.182.225.142:8080
162.214.50.39:7080
50.116.54.215:443
203.114.109.124:443
45.118.115.99:8080
216.158.226.206:443
104.168.155.129:8080
110.232.117.186:8080
176.104.106.96:8080
46.55.222.11:443
51.68.175.8:8080
207.38.84.195:8080
58.227.42.236:80
45.176.232.124:443
104.251.214.46:8080
103.8.26.102:8080
45.142.114.231:8080
217.182.143.207:443
41.76.108.46:8080
212.237.5.209:443
103.8.26.103:8080
212.237.17.99:8080
173.212.193.249:8080
158.69.222.101:443
103.75.201.2:443
Dropper Extraction:
http://87.251.86.178/pp/bb.html
http://87.251.86.178/pp/PP3.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 7dacb839aaebd399571b719580bbf80651e75209464b8ceec4a6563b964b8f3f

(this sample)

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