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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 8

Maldoc score: 7

Intelligence 8 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	b142fa1e2d0996a6e33f8ee0ae3d42f87ecd62b3c86a1a0535b0cba6f4ae28d0
SHA3-384 hash:	34af17feb90045130db11fa6b751a26fd0d297eec5db75920d7ae714201375c6f440ca75be91a2fe3358c659f9ac1490
SHA1 hash:	8e81934fc53a1451f125b1217652a076cda54c7b
MD5 hash:	077ace8e34f81f13b25982b07de82922
humanhash:	alaska-nine-three-florida
File name:	emotet_e2_b142fa1e2d0996a6e33f8ee0ae3d42f87ecd62b3c86a1a0535b0cba6f4ae28d0_2021-01-12__195447591842._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	161'185 bytes
First seen:	2021-01-12 19:56:04 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:u9ufstRUUKSns8T00JSHUgteMJ8qMD7gXJ:u9ufsfgIf0pLXJ
TLSH	70F37D0C3EEDA659E745113F15F186BA3D24AFE94C0E5B02721C7B08BA3156A7C3B176
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: 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 ID	Section size	Section name
1	146 bytes	CompObj
2	4096 bytes	DocumentSummaryInformation
3	544 bytes	SummaryInformation
4	6424 bytes	1Table
5	99193 bytes	Data
6	505 bytes	Macros/PROJECT
7	131 bytes	Macros/PROJECTwm
8	697 bytes	Macros/VBA/L95wkirc_zm
9	1108 bytes	Macros/VBA/Ut2r21ym17z8
10	10959 bytes	Macros/VBA/Wnoyuuu28ekk6591v
11	4487 bytes	Macros/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
12	660 bytes	Macros/VBA/dir
13	20526 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	Create	May execute file or a system command through WMI
Suspicious	CreateObject	May create an OLE object
Suspicious	Base64 Strings	Base64-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

224

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Verdict:

Legit

File type:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Has a screenshot:

False

Contains macros:

True

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROSnakeCharmer.20201103.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOLastLevelLastLife.20210112.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Dropper.EmotetRed1220-9816007-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Sending an HTTP GET request

Creating a file

Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory

Creating a service

Deleting a recently created file

Possible injection to a system process

Creating a window

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Running batch commands

Launching a process

DNS request

Sending a custom TCP request

Enabling autorun for a service

Connection attempt to an infection source

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Result

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

Legacy Word File with Macro

Link:

https://app.docguard.net/b142fa1e2d0996a6e33f8ee0ae3d42f87ecd62b3c86a1a0535b0cba6f4ae28d0/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/b142fa1e2d0996a6e33f8ee0ae3d42f87ecd62b3c86a1a0535b0cba6f4ae28d0/

Threat name:

Document-Excel.Trojan.Heuristic

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2021-01-12 19:56:05 UTC

AV detection:

12 of 46 (26.09%)

Threat level:

2/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=wfbpuhrnbglknyz7r3qk4pkc7b7m2yvtzbvbubjvwdf2n5fofdia._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

10/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/210112-4994epmgj6/

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.

Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/b142fa1e2d0996a6e33f8ee0ae3d42f87ecd62b3c86a1a0535b0cba6f4ae28d0

YARA Signatures

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