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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e4b4b4aeffb795fbbac1cd7bf7465c6fd98c0906401fdb3a90ecca0ce903b3c4
SHA3-384 hash: a1cee0a00b37e36e67c19a9cae310142d20fb9b476c436820eb1532861ae0ee890c343206ec0088c85e633228becc18b
SHA1 hash: 58937f378e9d53be618ab06deca8db2c9cf4a173
MD5 hash: 940d02bede13657e074bdcdb46c18892
humanhash: juliet-freddie-two-coffee
File name:stbuiv_9200401.xlsm
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:118'615 bytes
First seen:2022-01-20 14:25:07 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsm
MIME type:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
ssdeep 3072:kJXeCEvZ8BnW6X1yVkovrepMA5Q6g2X4inD:yXKh8lWoGk+eCP6DX4G
TLSH T14BC3AC0794059FA2C86CD3F9BF0B48D06F01025DE2D539DF28926B57779ABBB0A0D62D
Reporter pr0xylife
Tags:Emotet Heodo xlsm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
153
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/octet-stream
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Running batch commands
Running batch commands by exploiting the app vulnerability
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Excel4Macro
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe emotet excel.exe macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
9.9/10
Score Malicious:
1%
Score Benign:
0%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
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...
Autostarting Excel Macro Sheet
Excel contains Macrosheet logic that will trigger automatically upon document open.
Anomalous Macrosheet Path
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet references a macrosheet with a non-standard path. A potentially evasive tactic.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of 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 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 submitted file
Obfuscated command line found
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation
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)
Yara detected Emotet
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 556895 Sample: stbuiv_9200401.xlsm Startdate: 20/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 56 210.57.209.142 UNAIR-AS-IDUniversitasAirlanggaID Indonesia 2->56 58 85.214.67.203 STRATOSTRATOAGDE Germany 2->58 60 25 other IPs or domains 2->60 72 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->72 74 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->74 76 Found malware configuration 2->76 78 14 other signatures 2->78 15 EXCEL.EXE 53 13 2->15         started        19 svchost.exe 2->19         started        signatures3 process4 file5 54 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$stbuiv_9200401.xlsm, data 15->54 dropped 70 Obfuscated command line found 15->70 21 cmd.exe 15->21         started        signatures6 process7 process8 23 mshta.exe 11 21->23         started        dnsIp9 62 92.255.57.195, 49165, 49166, 80 TELSPRU Russian Federation 23->62 26 powershell.exe 16 7 23->26         started        process10 dnsIp11 64 vnvoron.xyz 103.28.37.151, 49169, 80 NHANHOA-AS-VNNhanHoaSoftwarecompanyVN Viet Nam 26->64 66 seven-lines.com 178.208.83.22, 49167, 80 VDSINA-ASRU Russian Federation 26->66 68 2 other IPs or domains 26->68 52 C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll, PE32 26->52 dropped 82 Performs DNS queries to domains with low reputation 26->82 84 Powershell drops PE file 26->84 31 cmd.exe 26->31         started        file12 signatures13 process14 process15 33 rundll32.exe 31->33         started        35 rundll32.exe 31->35         started        process16 37 rundll32.exe 2 33->37         started        41 rundll32.exe 35->41         started        file17 50 C:\Windows\...\rtbnsnjbfjczh.nrq (copy), PE32 37->50 dropped 80 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 37->80 43 rundll32.exe 37->43         started        signatures18 process19 process20 45 rundll32.exe 1 43->45         started        signatures21 86 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 45->86 48 rundll32.exe 45->48         started        process22
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-20 08:13:23 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
29
AV detection:
17 of 28 (60.71%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch5 banker macro persistence trojan xlm
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
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
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Sets service image path in registry
Emotet
Process spawned unexpected child process
Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
45.138.98.34:80
69.16.218.101:8080
51.210.242.234:8080
185.148.168.220:8080
142.4.219.173:8080
54.38.242.185:443
191.252.103.16:80
104.131.62.48:8080
62.171.178.147:8080
217.182.143.207:443
168.197.250.14:80
37.44.244.177:8080
66.42.57.149:443
210.57.209.142:8080
159.69.237.188:443
116.124.128.206:8080
128.199.192.135:8080
195.154.146.35:443
185.148.168.15:8080
195.77.239.39:8080
207.148.81.119:8080
85.214.67.203:8080
190.90.233.66:443
78.46.73.125:443
78.47.204.80:443
37.59.209.141:8080
54.37.228.122:443
Dropper Extraction:
http://0x5cff39c3/sec/se1.html
http://92.255.57.195/sec/se1.png
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:Microsoft_XLSX_with_Macrosheet

File information


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Web download

Heodo

Excel file xlsm e4b4b4aeffb795fbbac1cd7bf7465c6fd98c0906401fdb3a90ecca0ce903b3c4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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