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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 11


Maldoc score: 15


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: cbddc8fea92cdf40f8efac2fe8fa534d52d90cccecbb914f3827002f680da98a
SHA3-384 hash: be711f06aceaced8ae24f7dd3670051df9597eb6a5994cf94c99c7fe2e7e639de8d649af59a4a121b1517da234a65405
SHA1 hash: 69ff3fbe15895e8c84c63f0702ed8733aff5f8d9
MD5 hash: fd08ef74dd2315c6b574ded888322230
humanhash: edward-neptune-seven-lamp
File name:18112021.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:146'302 bytes
First seen:2021-11-19 12:52:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
ssdeep 3072:hs7XwhJd0+y7ukYe4uYum1GdgOpVXGuhCUqDvyT:67Xw50+OukzVXV2uhDCvyT
TLSH T153E3E025D6855D75CF568F39428B49D1D19F722EFC1F1BD03B53A2D3A8B2A8C12283AC
Reporter adrian__luca
Tags:doc Emotet Heodo

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: 15
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 6 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
A1501 bytesPROJECT
A247 bytesPROJECTwm
A34694 bytesVBA/_VBA_PROJECT
A4810 bytesVBA/dir
A510452 bytesVBA/fgki2qu3gfiswe
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
AutoExecDocument_OpenRuns when the Word or Publisher document is opened
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousBinaryMay read or write a binary file (if combined with Open)
SuspiciousRunMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousWindowsMay enumerate application windows (if combined with Shell.Application object)
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all) code and P-code are different, this may have been used to hide malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
221
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
18112021.zip
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-11-19 12:46:51 UTC
Tags:
emotet-doc emotet

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/msword
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 by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Word File with Macro
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
50%
Tags:
c:\windows\syswow64\rundll32.exe cmd macros macros-on-open powershell
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Chunked Suspicious Strings
Detected seemingly chunked sensitive strings. High likely hood of obfuscated malintent.
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
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...
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Unknown
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Document contains an embedded VBA macro which may execute processes
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Machine Learning detection for sample
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)
Sigma detected: Microsoft Office Product Spawning Windows Shell
Suspicious powershell command line found
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-11-19 04:51:57 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
21
AV detection:
19 of 27 (70.37%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
macro
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
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Program crash
Drops file in Windows directory
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
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

File information


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

Malspam

Heodo

Word file doc cbddc8fea92cdf40f8efac2fe8fa534d52d90cccecbb914f3827002f680da98a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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