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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aec2322328224504e216bae76697e68ec37167ececb7693615d72235044bf28f
SHA3-384 hash: efb9bff4420861fcef9d0f3b363e8d1b7b47195efe8bfe41235d23daafe0129d14cc3edbfc1ba5c584e1ce913ff4f175
SHA1 hash: dec00ec5644a133c667cbfa55ceb9ecf7a2a9551
MD5 hash: b04d9303595449350d50074dcbf7131c
humanhash: early-december-eleven-uniform
File name:YXG-8748.xlsm
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:50'686 bytes
First seen:2022-01-20 22:39:34 UTC
Last seen:2022-01-26 06:11:16 UTC
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 768:q4OjmfxV6sbaLX8iWjzwxmCeOG2S6DaqmBVZKNAxalvxnvy1OA16OiiiiiiiiiiG:sjmfxVXAiozeO0XVZKyalpvyR1bZP30
TLSH T11D33D0AFE5B1357BD225C17DD92C9361F44E92151E88F3C92DA0FFA5920279206AE3CC
Reporter neoxmorpheus1
Tags:Emotet Heodo xlsm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
213
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Excel4Macro
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe emotet excel.exe macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.9/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
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)
Powershell drops PE file
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
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 557299 Sample: YXG-8748.xlsm Startdate: 21/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 55 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->55 57 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->57 59 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->59 61 10 other signatures 2->61 14 EXCEL.EXE 53 13 2->14         started        process3 file4 47 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$YXG-8748.xlsm, data 14->47 dropped 67 Obfuscated command line found 14->67 18 cmd.exe 14->18         started        signatures5 process6 process7 20 mshta.exe 11 18->20         started        dnsIp8 49 185.7.214.7, 49165, 49166, 80 DELUNETDE France 20->49 23 powershell.exe 12 7 20->23         started        process9 dnsIp10 51 kastamonulezzetrehberi.com 185.98.60.242, 49167, 80 IDEALHOSTINGTR Turkey 23->51 45 C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll, PE32 23->45 dropped 65 Powershell drops PE file 23->65 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\SysWOW64\...\bwtogklss.jif (copy), PE32 32->43 dropped 53 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 32->53 36 rundll32.exe 32->36         started        signatures17 process18 process19 38 rundll32.exe 1 36->38         started        signatures20 63 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 38->63 41 rundll32.exe 38->41         started        process21
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-20 22:40:10 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
17
AV detection:
14 of 28 (50.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch5 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
45.138.98.34:80
69.16.218.101:8080
51.210.242.234:8080
185.148.168.220:8080
142.4.219.173:8080
54.38.242.185:443
191.252.103.16:80
104.131.62.48:8080
62.171.178.147:8080
217.182.143.207:443
168.197.250.14:80
37.44.244.177:8080
66.42.57.149:443
210.57.209.142:8080
159.69.237.188:443
116.124.128.206:8080
128.199.192.135:8080
195.154.146.35:443
185.148.168.15:8080
195.77.239.39:8080
207.148.81.119:8080
85.214.67.203:8080
190.90.233.66:443
78.46.73.125:443
78.47.204.80:443
37.59.209.141:8080
54.37.228.122:443
Dropper Extraction:
http://0xb907d607/fer/fe1.html
http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe1.png
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:buerloader_halo_generated
Author:Halogen Generated Rule, Corsin Camichel
Rule name:Microsoft_XLSX_with_Macrosheet
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.

Web download

Heodo

Excel file xlsm aec2322328224504e216bae76697e68ec37167ececb7693615d72235044bf28f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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