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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 10


Maldoc score: 7


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a82aee5b05a1f8714068bf50b59b239fd6119efc6f5759385763c2080ac69c9d
SHA3-384 hash: de020b2377b869e152b6ef9822b55be9212deff0e7840a2c7eea4eaf2dc1a72456380f8f95dd6416a5978c33bf11cb8f
SHA1 hash: 9b7eb6238a235dc6e767ff5322a6b2a27719f191
MD5 hash: 3a37cd1e63b08dd55f5be2c2639f7a5c
humanhash: bravo-golf-yankee-diet
File name:3a37cd1e63b08dd55f5be2c2639f7a5c
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:161'824 bytes
First seen:2021-01-14 13:44:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:u9ufstRUUKSns8T00JSHUgteMJ8qMD7gmO:u9ufsfgIf0pLmO
TLSH E8F37D0C3EEDA659E745113F15F186BA3924AFEA4C0E5B02721C7B08BB3156A6C3B176
Reporter DFNCERT
Tags:Emotet 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: 7
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 IDSection sizeSection name
1146 bytesCompObj
24096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3516 bytesSummaryInformation
46424 bytes1Table
599193 bytesData
6505 bytesMacros/PROJECT
7131 bytesMacros/PROJECTwm
8697 bytesMacros/VBA/L95wkirc_zm
91108 bytesMacros/VBA/Ut2r21ym17z8
1010959 bytesMacros/VBA/Wnoyuuu28ekk6591v
114487 bytesMacros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
12660 bytesMacros/VBA/dir
1320526 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
AutoExecDocument_openRuns when the Word or Publisher document is opened
SuspiciousCreateMay execute file or a system command through WMI
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
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 :
209
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
3a37cd1e63b08dd55f5be2c2639f7a5c
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-01-13 14:53:45 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open generated-doc emotet-doc emotet loader trojan

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
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
Deleting a recently created file
Possible injection to a system process
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Word File with Macro
Document image
Document image
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 Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Result
Threat name:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Creates processes via WMI
Document contains an embedded VBA with many GOTO operations indicating source code obfuscation
Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
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
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
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:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 339733 Sample: 3Zn3npGt2R Startdate: 14/01/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 46 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->46 48 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->50 52 10 other signatures 2->52 10 cmd.exe 2->10         started        13 WINWORD.EXE 293 23 2->13         started        process3 signatures4 56 Suspicious powershell command line found 10->56 58 Very long command line found 10->58 60 Encrypted powershell cmdline option found 10->60 62 PowerShell case anomaly found 10->62 15 powershell.exe 16 13 10->15         started        20 msg.exe 10->20         started        process5 dnsIp6 38 capturetheaction.com.au 103.27.34.23, 443, 49170 SYNERGYWHOLESALE-APSYNERGYWHOLESALEPTYLTDAU Australia 15->38 40 mybusinessevent.com 185.2.4.29, 443, 49167, 49168 REGISTER_UK-ASGB Italy 15->40 42 3 other IPs or domains 15->42 34 C:\Users\user\Wdduy2m\Tmc1kuo\J70H.dll, PE32 15->34 dropped 44 Powershell drops PE file 15->44 22 rundll32.exe 15->22         started        file7 signatures8 process9 process10 24 rundll32.exe 2 22->24         started        signatures11 54 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 24->54 27 rundll32.exe 1 24->27         started        process12 signatures13 64 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 27->64 30 rundll32.exe 9 27->30         started        process14 dnsIp15 36 71.72.196.159, 49173, 80 TWC-10796-MIDWESTUS United States 30->36 66 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 30->66 signatures16
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-01-12 18:08:25 UTC
AV detection:
17 of 29 (58.62%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
macro xlm
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
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://shulovbaazar.com/c/bcL6/
https://mybusinessevent.com/tiki-install/e/
http://uhk.cncranes.com/ErrorPages/3/
https://capturetheaction.com.au/wp-includes/Yjp/
https://thenetworker.ca/comment/8N4/
https://trayonlinegh.com/cgi-bin/HBPR/
http://mmo.martinpollock.co.uk/a/SQSGg/
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:ach_Heodo_doc_20210105
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC

File information


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

Web download

Heodo

Word file docx a82aee5b05a1f8714068bf50b59b239fd6119efc6f5759385763c2080ac69c9d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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