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Database Entry



SilentBuilder


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d999e1fdb43591b98dcf924d8ebd090a66691e262bebd5cd25fb03858a0e1536
SHA3-384 hash: 9f8b2f024f6155ef755cb399f8043b7c59a219c2c2d55579b91c57004185504a15c03a9567c4eeaf26ca9bb73135fed6
SHA1 hash: 89776c1a4425f5d8bbec29eb174bc77a036ebb57
MD5 hash: 1aa30ad64638eee2b566e035090102b5
humanhash: william-pasta-violet-zulu
File name:Omics Journal.xls
Download: download sample
Signature SilentBuilder
File size:86'825 bytes
First seen:2022-01-28 16:03:12 UTC
Last seen:2022-01-30 18:10:47 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 1536:H0k3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cMLxAAIzSEV2NnX4Ia3gg5W8IuD7PoHsP7e3/:H0k3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cMLxz
TLSH T14C839ED6B2A7D885DE5F837689FB0B522753EC658BE3020796557B0ED938D808D0322F
Reporter TeamDreier
Tags:SilentBuilder 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 id
Maldoc score: 5
OLE dump

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

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
376002 bytesWorkbook
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
AutoExecAuto_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
IOC91.240.118.172IPv4 address
IOCCMD.EXEExecutable file name
SuspiciousEXECMay run an executable file or a system
SuspiciousXLM macroXLM macro found. It may contain malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
114
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Omics Journal.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-01-29 02:09:12 UTC
Tags:
macros macros40 emotet-doc emotet opendir loader

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
DNS request
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:
Legacy Excel File
Payload URLs
URL
File name
http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.html
REEEEEEEE
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe macros macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
3.6/10
Score Malicious:
37%
Score Benign:
63%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Excel 4.0 Macro
Document contains Excel 4.0 macros (XLM). A valid, albeit dated feature, this document should be treated with suspicion.
IPv4 Dotted Quad URL
A URL was detected referencing a direct IP address, as opposed to a domain name.
Macro Execution Coercion
Detected a document that appears to social engineer the user into activating embedded logic.
MSHTA Pivot
Macro may contain a pivot to an external URL resource via MSHTA.
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0 Emotet
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Document contains OLE streams with names of living off the land binaries
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Found malicious Excel 4.0 Macro
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
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
Sigma detected: Windows Shell File Write to Suspicious Folder
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Yara detected Emotet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 562015 Sample: Fkus4gV8H5 Startdate: 28/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 49 129.232.188.93 xneeloZA South Africa 2->49 51 162.214.50.39 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1US United States 2->51 53 43 other IPs or domains 2->53 61 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->61 63 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->63 65 Found malware configuration 2->65 67 15 other signatures 2->67 15 EXCEL.EXE 53 12 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 file5 47 C:\Users\user\Desktop\Fkus4gV8H5.xls, Composite 15->47 dropped 18 cmd.exe 15->18         started        process6 process7 20 mshta.exe 11 18->20         started        dnsIp8 55 91.240.118.172, 49165, 49166, 80 GLOBALLAYERNL unknown 20->55 23 powershell.exe 12 7 20->23         started        process9 dnsIp10 57 hostfeeling.com 164.90.147.135, 49167, 80 DIGITALOCEAN-ASNUS United States 23->57 45 C:\ProgramData\QWER.dll, PE32 23->45 dropped 71 Powershell drops PE file 23->71 28 cmd.exe 23->28         started        file11 signatures12 process13 process14 30 rundll32.exe 28->30         started        process15 32 rundll32.exe 1 30->32         started        file16 43 C:\Windows\...\ijjjmwzvmaome.ops (copy), PE32 32->43 dropped 59 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 32->59 36 rundll32.exe 32->36         started        signatures17 process18 process19 38 rundll32.exe 1 36->38         started        signatures20 69 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 38->69 41 rundll32.exe 38->41         started        process21
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-28 07:26:45 UTC
AV detection:
14 of 43 (32.56%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch4 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 FindShellTrayWindow
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:
160.16.102.168:80
131.100.24.231:80
200.17.134.35:7080
207.38.84.195:8080
212.237.56.116:7080
58.227.42.236:80
104.251.214.46:8080
158.69.222.101:443
192.254.71.210:443
46.55.222.11:443
45.118.135.203:7080
107.182.225.142:8080
103.75.201.2:443
104.168.155.129:8080
195.154.133.20:443
159.8.59.82:8080
110.232.117.186:8080
45.142.114.231:8080
41.76.108.46:8080
203.114.109.124:443
50.116.54.215:443
209.59.138.75:7080
185.157.82.211:8080
164.68.99.3:8080
162.214.50.39:7080
138.185.72.26:8080
178.63.25.185:443
51.15.4.22:443
81.0.236.90:443
216.158.226.206:443
45.176.232.124:443
162.243.175.63:443
212.237.17.99:8080
45.118.115.99:8080
129.232.188.93:443
173.214.173.220:8080
178.79.147.66:8080
176.104.106.96:8080
51.38.71.0:443
173.212.193.249:8080
217.182.143.207:443
212.24.98.99:8080
159.89.230.105:443
79.172.212.216:8080
212.237.5.209:443
Dropper Extraction:
http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.html
http://91.240.118.172/gg/ff/fe.png
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:Excel_Hidden_Macro_Sheet
Rule name:SUSP_Excel4Macro_AutoOpen
Author:John Lambert @JohnLaTwC
Description:Detects Excel4 macro use with auto open / close

File information


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

Malspam

SilentBuilder

Excel file xls d999e1fdb43591b98dcf924d8ebd090a66691e262bebd5cd25fb03858a0e1536

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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