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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 11


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ab4456f73cd0d49bd6c2dc5553a33ff128bc765cb07cd47f8e0619d01735f966
SHA3-384 hash: 67916f35fdcadfda7fcb216dad47564c6ad2fbcef3522e061e7350141bd2aaf586b70f86526c6b2990620d7621ddaddd
SHA1 hash: c7bde6d20c193fc30813c3641ec12f61b49e0cfc
MD5 hash: 5eac124a77133f3fd6ab6a9ae8d06331
humanhash: victor-oklahoma-tango-yankee
File name:SV5286234665414694.xls
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:71'392 bytes
First seen:2022-01-21 15:04:41 UTC
Last seen:2022-01-22 18:05:19 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 1536:bpEk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdA8eXZiozeOgXVZKyaZpvyR1kZkJvU+:bCk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2Nr
TLSH T141636CA7B78299EADA0483394DB643C5B717EC104F9A43C73694F7346EB49F08D9324A
Reporter TeamDreier
Tags:Emotet epoch4 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 3 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
360495 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)
SuspiciousXLM macroXLM macro found. It may contain malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
361
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
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
Creating a file
Running batch commands
Moving a recently created file
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe macros macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
3.7/10
Score Malicious:
37%
Score Benign:
63%
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.
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-20 21:05:10 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
15 of 28 (53.57%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch4 banker macro suricata trojan xlm
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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
suricata: ET MALWARE W32/Emotet CnC Beacon 3
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
131.100.24.231:80
209.59.138.75:7080
103.8.26.103:8080
51.38.71.0:443
212.237.17.99:8080
79.172.212.216:8080
207.38.84.195:8080
104.168.155.129:8080
178.79.147.66:8080
46.55.222.11:443
103.8.26.102:8080
192.254.71.210:443
45.176.232.124:443
203.114.109.124:443
51.68.175.8:8080
58.227.42.236:80
45.142.114.231:8080
217.182.143.207:443
178.63.25.185:443
45.118.115.99:8080
103.75.201.2:443
104.251.214.46:8080
158.69.222.101:443
81.0.236.90:443
45.118.135.203:7080
176.104.106.96:8080
212.237.56.116:7080
216.158.226.206:443
173.212.193.249:8080
50.116.54.215:443
138.185.72.26:8080
41.76.108.46:8080
212.237.5.209:443
107.182.225.142:8080
195.154.133.20:443
162.214.50.39:7080
110.232.117.186:8080
Dropper Extraction:
http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html
http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.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:buerloader_halo_generated
Author:Halogen Generated Rule, Corsin Camichel
Rule name:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:SUSP_Excel4Macro_AutoOpen
Author:John Lambert @JohnLaTwC
Description:Detects Excel4 macro use with auto open / close
Rule name:zloader_halo_generated
Author:Halogen Generated Rule, Corsin Camichel

File information


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

Malspam

Heodo

Excel file xls ab4456f73cd0d49bd6c2dc5553a33ff128bc765cb07cd47f8e0619d01735f966

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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