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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 7


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: dc44cc3ae94e99f4438a83a662d5d092ce59700c0c199210ec5a8f26fbba6b63
SHA3-384 hash: 8a285f5ec96eb44ba3b236300d38329e418d1a62eb9ba2a6ece72bea1d8c4ef16db3eb5fc180623849bd816346b5d8ee
SHA1 hash: efb477e7df0d963f1d8eff9c087ede69096cf92b
MD5 hash: 90a51924d2af04f915f55f8661afdb30
humanhash: one-bluebird-london-green
File name:payment.xls
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:116'392 bytes
First seen:2022-01-24 08:14:08 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:yW+nBqmsk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cMLxAAIXxe53lGvFTQ3IzxgdrvxpU0S:t+nBqmsk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+S
TLSH T1A4B3AED767DB0889EF29037A8DB607196763FC615BF363472245B32A6E709C09D03A27
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 id
Maldoc score: 7
OLE dump

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

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
3105601 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
SuspiciousEXECMay run an executable file or a system
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all)
SuspiciousXLM macroXLM macro found. It may contain malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
201
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
dc44cc3ae94e99f4438a83a662d5d092ce59700c0c199210ec5a8f26fbba6b63.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-01-24 10:11:25 UTC
Tags:
macros macros40

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
DNS request
Creating a window
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
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe macros macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe ping print.exe stripped timeout
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
4.8/10
Score Malicious:
49%
Score Benign:
51%
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.
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.
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-24 07:51:07 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
14 of 42 (33.33%)
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
Delays execution with timeout.exe
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Runs ping.exe
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/fe5.html
http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe5.png
Malware family:
Verdict:
Malicious
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:Qbot
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule to Detect Qbot
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

Heodo

Excel file xls dc44cc3ae94e99f4438a83a662d5d092ce59700c0c199210ec5a8f26fbba6b63

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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