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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 12

Maldoc score: 5

Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	cb8ff98fc8e177a504db540af317736d47851af89e06bc763e4e81bb254099ad
SHA3-384 hash:	681864e59ff3e6beba202c5f9cab1b2bbd15fbee250d994999ed9e463dac65a1726d2fc548047445b11edb88d374a25f
SHA1 hash:	3806b6a55189ef51bee8e44b476506c41089eb0e
MD5 hash:	8a97d8de11cf90258135065f0f7b4366
humanhash:	sixteen-lithium-king-bulldog
File name:	8a97d8de11cf90258135065f0f7b4366
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	144'569 bytes
First seen:	2022-01-20 14:07:44 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	xlsx
MIME type:	application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep	3072:4Rk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cL2NdAlhEvN8B/W6X1yxYovrepMUdQ6gSz4iq:Qk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+W2NdAli
TLSH	T199E36C0361459F86C84883B86FD74690DF12ED3DDA922BCF21867B173B79EA14D0A53E
Reporter	zbetcheckin
Tags:	Emotet excel Heodo xlsx

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 ID	Section size	Section name
1	4096 bytes	DocumentSummaryInformation
2	4096 bytes	SummaryInformation
3	133492 bytes	Workbook

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	Auto_Open	Runs when the Excel Workbook is opened
Suspicious	Hex Strings	Hex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)
Suspicious	XLM macro	XLM macro found. It may contain malicious code

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

146

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Verdict:

Malicious

File type:

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Has a screenshot:

False

Contains macros:

True

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/221108/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Trojan.GenericKD.47707798.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Downloader.EmotetExcel01220-9936774-0

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD.MSHTA.210816.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXSTRGOODXL4.HTTP

TwinWave.EvilDoc.Emotet46and2.20220119.UNOFFICIAL

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Searching for the window

DNS request

Creating a window

Сreating synchronization primitives

Launching a process

Creating a process with a hidden window

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

Link:

https://app.docguard.net/cb8ff98fc8e177a504db540af317736d47851af89e06bc763e4e81bb254099ad/results/dashboard

Document image

Image:

Download PNG

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

cmd cmd.exe emotet excel.exe macros macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped tracker.exe

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/61e96cc60f8c757253d0cb83/reports/57a667a7-a8d4-426e-9656-cea65e33d8c5/overview

Label:

Benign

Suspicious Score:

2.3/10

Score Malicious:

23%

Score Benign:

77%

Link:

https://www.malware.ai/gui/files/?id=e507477d-b137-4339-8ed6-73670fd4581d

Result

Verdict:

MALICIOUS

Link:

https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/cb8ff98fc8e177a504db540af317736d47851af89e06bc763e4e81bb254099ad

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.

Result

Threat name:

Hidden Macro 4.0 Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.expl.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/924412

Signature

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)

Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas

Found malware configuration

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 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)

System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)

Yara detected Emotet

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/cb8ff98fc8e177a504db540af317736d47851af89e06bc763e4e81bb254099ad/

Threat name:

Document-Excel.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2022-01-20 14:08:11 UTC

File Type:

Document

Extracted files:

AV detection:

16 of 28 (57.14%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=zoh7td6i4f32kbg3kqfpgf3tnvdykgxytydly5r6j2a3wjkatgwq._file

Result

Malware family:

emotet

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:emotet botnet:epoch4 banker macro trojan xlm

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/220120-rfkfwaacb7/

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:

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/fer.html
http://185.7.214.7/fer/fer.png

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/cb8ff98fc8e1/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/cb8ff98fc8e177a504db540af317736d47851af89e06bc763e4e81bb254099ad

YARA Signatures

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