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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 9

Maldoc score: 9

Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	a8654f38ae323f296d9590156f83284316879d7c2c3e2a9036750367ce411245
SHA3-384 hash:	e28ca30c649e8e2523621248fd369c00853d26a86d1341dce36a3c96f1eaec3818f4d876cd1aa7d1b0c88ee5af219b64
SHA1 hash:	8525293f6eed92cc73c7bd642211a57c29240543
MD5 hash:	9c9524afe0fe25c3d3274d6eca2dcf2b
humanhash:	december-wyoming-table-zulu
File name:	emotet_e2_a8654f38ae323f296d9590156f83284316879d7c2c3e2a9036750367ce411245_2020-12-29__060817767715._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	164'237 bytes
First seen:	2020-12-29 06:10:22 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:QTezZr2yvNs6hKnQRBfADS1jPLxx2DkFkdJ+KKf9ufstRUUKSns8T00JSHUgteMo:QTezZr2yvNs6hKnQRBfADS1jPLxx2DkX
TLSH	68F35C2A25F04A59F6F654391CA2B26939D99DD245CE3F02331DF63CAB3D46AAC0731C
Reporter	Cryptolaemus1
Tags:	doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo

Cryptolaemus1

Emotet epoch2 doc

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

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 ID	Section size	Section name
1	121 bytes	CompObj
2	4096 bytes	DocumentSummaryInformation
3	520 bytes	SummaryInformation
4	6493 bytes	1Table
5	99185 bytes	Data
6	538 bytes	Macros/PROJECT
7	158 bytes	Macros/PROJECTwm
8	1114 bytes	Macros/VBA/B2kv7lo98dexm7_us
9	11227 bytes	Macros/VBA/It_nfeor5610bfu8zv
10	701 bytes	Macros/VBA/Vykgzmmfczh97u
11	3979 bytes	Macros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
12	710 bytes	Macros/VBA/dir
13	23086 bytes	WordDocument

OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

Type	Keyword	Description
AutoExec	Document_open	Runs when the Word or Publisher document is opened
Suspicious	Open	May open a file
Suspicious	Binary	May read or write a binary file (if combined with Open)
Suspicious	Create	May execute file or a system command through WMI
Suspicious	CreateObject	May create an OLE object

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

322

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

n/a

ID:

File name:

emotet_e2_a8654f38ae323f296d9590156f83284316879d7c2c3e2a9036750367ce411245_2020-12-29__060817767715._doc

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2020-12-29 06:13:13 UTC

Tags:

macros macros-on-open generated-doc loader trojan

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/390f18b9-9da5-446d-91dc-ec735d12e154

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Verdict:

Legit

File type:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Has a screenshot:

False

Contains macros:

True

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROCreateRomanticWarrior.20200916.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROSnakeCharmer.20201103.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Dropper.EmotetRed1220-9816007-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Running batch commands

Launching a process

DNS request

Creating a file

Sending an HTTP GET request

Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory

Creating a service

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP POST request

Deleting a recently created file

Possible injection to a system process

Enabling autorun for a service

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

Link:

https://app.docguard.net/a8654f38ae323f296d9590156f83284316879d7c2c3e2a9036750367ce411245/results/dashboard

Document image

Image:

Download PNG

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.

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/a8654f38ae323f296d9590156f83284316879d7c2c3e2a9036750367ce411245/

Threat name:

Document-Office.Trojan.Valyria

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-12-29 06:11:05 UTC

AV detection:

17 of 29 (58.62%)

Threat level:

5/5

Result

Malware family:

emotet

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:emotet botnet:epoch2 banker macro trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/201229-p6q56rsemx/

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

Emotet

Process spawned unexpected child process

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

24.231.88.85:80
191.112.178.60:80
50.116.111.59:8080
173.249.20.233:443
188.165.214.98:8080
74.40.205.197:443
62.75.141.82:80
2.58.16.89:8080
188.219.31.12:80
95.213.236.64:8080
72.186.136.247:443
185.201.9.197:8080
203.153.216.189:7080
202.134.4.216:8080
72.229.97.235:80
24.179.13.119:80
174.118.202.24:443
74.208.45.104:8080
51.89.36.180:443
202.141.243.254:443
142.112.10.95:20
172.104.97.173:8080
136.244.110.184:8080
79.137.83.50:443
61.19.246.238:443
119.59.116.21:8080
109.74.5.95:8080
37.187.72.193:8080
181.171.209.241:443
100.37.240.62:80
24.69.65.8:8080
123.176.25.234:80
74.128.121.17:80
98.109.133.80:80
161.0.153.60:80
37.139.21.175:8080
178.152.87.96:80
172.86.188.251:8080
94.23.237.171:443
110.145.77.103:80
5.39.91.110:7080
46.105.131.79:8080
120.150.60.189:80
173.70.61.180:80
190.29.166.0:80
59.21.235.119:80
70.92.118.112:80
41.185.28.84:8080
201.241.127.190:80
85.105.111.166:80
152.170.205.73:80
187.161.206.24:80
118.83.154.64:443
190.240.194.77:443
202.134.4.211:8080
78.24.219.147:8080
89.216.122.92:80
200.116.145.225:443
197.211.245.21:80
194.190.67.75:80
139.99.158.11:443
190.162.215.233:80
115.94.207.99:443
139.162.60.124:8080
167.114.153.111:8080
176.111.60.55:8080
78.189.148.42:80
134.209.144.106:443
138.68.87.218:443
110.145.101.66:443
172.125.40.123:80
87.106.139.101:8080
70.183.211.3:80
64.207.182.168:8080
157.245.99.39:8080
181.165.68.127:80
62.171.142.179:8080
75.177.207.146:80
209.141.54.221:7080
70.180.33.202:80
109.116.245.80:80
144.217.7.207:7080
50.91.114.38:80
139.59.60.244:8080
97.120.3.198:80
121.124.124.40:7080
104.131.11.150:443
67.170.250.203:443
185.94.252.104:443
220.245.198.194:80
49.205.182.134:80
50.245.107.73:443
172.105.13.66:443
5.2.212.254:80
78.188.225.105:80
120.150.218.241:443
93.146.48.84:80
110.145.11.73:80
168.235.67.138:7080
217.20.166.178:7080
24.178.90.49:80
95.9.5.93:80
194.4.58.192:7080
47.144.21.37:80
62.30.7.67:443

Dropper Extraction:

http://helionspharmaceutical.com/wp-admin/Yg/
http://memoria.od.ua/wp-admin/GbLB2/
https://worldcologistics.co.za/wp-includes/BVO1P/
https://batdongsanvip.com.vn/wp-content/jHkl/
http://onevoice.co.in/best-selling-wcc/d3/
http://scope-sci.org/kahoot-bot-tj6t0/22/
http://sistempark.net/wp-includes/7AP/

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/a8654f38ae323f296d9590156f83284316879d7c2c3e2a9036750367ce411245