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Database Entry


Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: ca0b14626e9f6164088666e7763488c0bf95928c260990e594cfba583aac9f16
SHA3-384 hash: 89efcb23c6ea51d47c4595966fc39463000aa33cf7a0f5183768b1aa1ee5e7361e1b64554631c4199e9626440ae8ccce
SHA1 hash: 14040e09a9be661c522f1e2ef7e2a3ebd1b9eb2c
MD5 hash: ed375705bc667b62a742baf03ebc7286
humanhash: fifteen-angel-jupiter-oranges
File name:Dokumente 2022.02.11_1227.xls
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Signature Heodo
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File size:221'712 bytes
First seen:2022-11-02 21:51:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 6144:bKpb8rGYrMPe3q7Q0XV5xtuEsi8/dgAyY+TAQXTHGUMEyP5p6f5jQmK:GbGUMVWlbK
TLSH T15224F15B77999E6EF529C33408E7036A7273FD008F6B074B3609B795AFB48A05E13246
TrID 80.2% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
19.7% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter lowmal3
Tags:Emotet 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 dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 3 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
3210147 bytesWorkbook

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
261
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Dokumente 2022.02.11_1227.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-11-02 21:52:13 UTC
Tags:
macros opendir loader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/2035789f-5c27-434c-99c3-2bd81bc7fca3

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/327361/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.XLM.Trojan.Abracadabra.8.Gen.18467.30102.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.Excel4DragoTrainingMontage.20210204.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.XL4MStringFractures.20210921.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetPicturesOfU.MSOLE2.221102.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.XL4QakyFeaturingNothingNowhere.M2.20210611.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.XL4DataopItWasGoodLivingWithYou.20211109.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.DataOpGodGaveRockNRoll2U.20211215.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.XL4QakyFeaturingNothingNowhere.M2.20220215.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File
Link:
https://app.docguard.net/ca0b14626e9f6164088666e7763488c0bf95928c260990e594cfba583aac9f16/results/dashboard
Payload URLs
URL
File name
audioselec.com
WorkBook
Document image
Image:
Download PNG
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
greyware keylogger macros macros-on-open packed regsvr32 shell32.dll
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6362e682abf583afa416467c/reports/9cd5f55b-5540-4d71-9520-0df4871f010d/overview
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
4.7/10
Score Malicious:
48%
Score Benign:
52%
Link:
https://www.malware.ai/gui/files/?id=ef11bdfb-db15-4dc7-9573-4e0a3163aff6
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Link:
https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/ca0b14626e9f6164088666e7763488c0bf95928c260990e594cfba583aac9f16
Details
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0, Emotet
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1103764
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates an autostart registry key pointing to binary in C:\Windows
Creates multiple autostart registry keys
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile)
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found malicious Excel 4.0 Macro
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office process drops PE file
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Yara detected Emotet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 736429 Sample: Dokumente 2022.02.11_1227.xls Startdate: 02/11/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 61 129.232.188.93 xneeloZA South Africa 2->61 63 45.235.8.30 WIKINETTELECOMUNICACOESBR Brazil 2->63 65 51 other IPs or domains 2->65 75 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->75 77 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->77 79 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->79 81 11 other signatures 2->81 8 EXCEL.EXE 7 26 2->8         started        13 regsvr32.exe 2->13         started        15 regsvr32.exe 2 2->15         started        17 2 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 67 audioselec.com 190.113.113.30, 443, 49171 TelecableEconomicoSACR Costa Rica 8->67 69 isc.net.ua 185.156.41.6, 49174, 80 HOSTPRO-ASUA Ukraine 8->69 71 2 other IPs or domains 8->71 47 C:\Users\user\oxnv4.ooccxx, PE32+ 8->47 dropped 49 C:\Users\user\oxnv3.ooccxx, PE32+ 8->49 dropped 51 C:\Users\user\oxnv2.ooccxx, PE32+ 8->51 dropped 59 6 other malicious files 8->59 dropped 85 Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files) 8->85 87 Document exploit detected (UrlDownloadToFile) 8->87 19 regsvr32.exe 2 8->19         started        23 regsvr32.exe 2 8->23         started        25 regsvr32.exe 2 8->25         started        27 regsvr32.exe 2 8->27         started        89 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 13->89 53 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\903F.tmp (copy), PE32+ 15->53 dropped 55 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\D00C.tmp (copy), PE32+ 17->55 dropped 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\AD50.tmp (copy), PE32+ 17->57 dropped file6 signatures7 process8 file9 39 C:\Windows\...39HdiMvoxBxZcMF.dll (copy), PE32+ 19->39 dropped 83 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 19->83 29 regsvr32.exe 1 19->29         started        41 C:\Windows\...\mFpUJOusMJldFrxw.dll (copy), PE32+ 23->41 dropped 33 regsvr32.exe 1 23->33         started        43 C:\Windows\...\cUecbkxYZEc.dll (copy), PE32+ 25->43 dropped 35 regsvr32.exe 1 25->35         started        45 C:\Windows\...\JARzzaqvTediDr.dll (copy), PE32+ 27->45 dropped 37 regsvr32.exe 1 27->37         started        signatures10 process11 dnsIp12 73 182.162.143.56, 443, 49175, 49176 LGDACOMLGDACOMCorporationKR Korea Republic of 29->73 91 Creates multiple autostart registry keys 29->91 93 Creates an autostart registry key pointing to binary in C:\Windows 29->93 signatures13
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ca0b14626e9f6164088666e7763488c0bf95928c260990e594cfba583aac9f16/
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Abracadabra
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-11-02 21:52:06 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
12
AV detection:
17 of 40 (42.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=zifriytot5qwicegm3txmneiyc7zleumeyezbzmuz65fqovmt4la._file
Result
Malware family:
emotet
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet banker macro persistence trojan xlm
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/221102-1q2ycacag4/
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 FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Downloads MZ/PE file
Emotet
Process spawned unexpected child process
Malware Config
Dropper Extraction:
https://audioselec.com/about/dDw5ggtyMojggTqhc/
https://geringer-muehle.de/wp-admin/G/
http://intolove.co.uk/wp-admin/FbGhiWtrEzrQ/
http://isc.net.ua/themes/3rU/
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/375e479f-ee2f-4176-8dcb-47a2ad74f9ad
Malware family:
Emotet
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/ca0b14626e9f/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ca0b14626e9f6164088666e7763488c0bf95928c260990e594cfba583aac9f16

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:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
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Rule name:Qbot
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Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule to Detect Qbot
Rule name:win_emotet_auto
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.emotet.
Rule name:win_heodo
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File information

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

Malspam

Heodo

Excel file xls ca0b14626e9f6164088666e7763488c0bf95928c260990e594cfba583aac9f16

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/327361/

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