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Database Entry


Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 14


Maldoc score: 5


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: e9b8008471fe66ae9cf995345039da5fe0dcba2f5e7aaceb8059737eb3d0a1bd
SHA3-384 hash: 459f6e10c83ffbdd1730b562a463aa31c91f88f8e9855775916de6462e0981c4e93bd5c67b6ba728b5e097a0b482a3ed
SHA1 hash: 083e26935c61eac421a24761fc5b5aa2b7643a9e
MD5 hash: da67624cebab29a67eb7b06402d67449
humanhash: montana-cola-skylark-papa
File name:Contact.xls
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Signature Heodo
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File size:110'826 bytes
First seen:2022-01-24 10:56:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:+C+nBqmxk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFGkE+cMLxAAIFxe53lGvFTQ3IzxgdrvxpU0O:R+nBqmxk3hbdlylKsgqopeJBWhZFVE+s
TLSH T138B3ADE777DB4889EF25037A8DB606186763FC615BE313472345B3266E74AC09D03A17
Reporter madjack_red
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: 5
OLE dump

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

Section IDSection sizeSection name
14096 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
24096 bytesSummaryInformation
399379 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
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 :
248
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
e9b8008471fe66ae9cf995345039da5fe0dcba2f5e7aaceb8059737eb3d0a1bd.xls
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-01-24 11:08:46 UTC
Tags:
macros macros40 trojan loader
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/b0bbd19d-643e-4eec-8204-11a704c37770

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:
False
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/221912/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Heur.11294.27081.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXRSTRGOOD.MSHTA.210816.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.Excel4DragoTrainingMontage.20210204.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.DOCXSTRGOODXL4.HTTP
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.Emotet46and2.20220119.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP 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
Link:
https://app.docguard.net/e9b8008471fe66ae9cf995345039da5fe0dcba2f5e7aaceb8059737eb3d0a1bd/results/dashboard
Document image
Image:
Download PNG
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd cmd.exe macros macros-on-open mshta mshta.exe stripped
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/61ee8601f81da814af9f9ed0/reports/b48cf948-cb3f-417a-8d38-f57ddbeccb71/overview
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
5.7/10
Score Malicious:
58%
Score Benign:
42%
Link:
https://www.malware.ai/gui/files/?id=92227c60-7e91-4830-b5cf-0a1c0c2a5b25
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Link:
https://labs.inquest.net/dfi/sha256/e9b8008471fe66ae9cf995345039da5fe0dcba2f5e7aaceb8059737eb3d0a1bd
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.
Document With Minimal Content
Document contains less than 1 kilobyte of semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Hidden Macro 4.0
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/926232
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Found Excel 4.0 Macro with suspicious formulas
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
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)
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 558707 Sample: Contact.xls Startdate: 24/01/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 59 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->59 61 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->61 63 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->63 65 10 other signatures 2->65 14 EXCEL.EXE 53 12 2->14         started        18 svchost.exe 2->18         started        process3 file4 49 C:\Users\user\Desktop\Contact.xls, Composite 14->49 dropped 73 Obfuscated command line found 14->73 20 cmd.exe 14->20         started        signatures5 process6 process7 22 mshta.exe 11 20->22         started        dnsIp8 51 185.7.214.7, 49167, 49168, 80 DELUNETDE France 22->51 25 powershell.exe 16 7 22->25         started        process9 dnsIp10 53 diningsafetyalliance.org 151.101.130.159, 443, 49171 FASTLYUS United States 25->53 55 connecticutsfinestmovers.com 151.101.66.159, 443, 49172 FASTLYUS United States 25->55 57 2 other IPs or domains 25->57 47 C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll, PE32 25->47 dropped 71 Powershell drops PE file 25->71 30 cmd.exe 25->30         started        file11 signatures12 process13 process14 32 rundll32.exe 30->32         started        process15 34 rundll32.exe 2 32->34         started        file16 45 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\ylvfm.lvg (copy), PE32 34->45 dropped 67 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 34->67 38 rundll32.exe 34->38         started        signatures17 process18 process19 40 rundll32.exe 1 38->40         started        signatures20 69 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 40->69 43 rundll32.exe 40->43         started        process21
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e9b8008471fe66ae9cf995345039da5fe0dcba2f5e7aaceb8059737eb3d0a1bd/
Threat name:
Document-Excel.Trojan.Emotet
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-01-24 10:57:09 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
10 of 43 (23.26%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5g4abbdr7ztk5hhzsu2faoo2l7qnzorplz5kz24alfzx5m6qug6q._file
Result
Malware family:
emotet
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:emotet botnet:epoch4 banker macro trojan xlm
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/220124-m2afksech8/
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:
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/fe4.html
http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe4.png
Malware family:
Emotet
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/e9b8008471fe/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/e9b8008471fe66ae9cf995345039da5fe0dcba2f5e7aaceb8059737eb3d0a1bd

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
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Rule name:Qbot
Create hunting rule
Author:Dhanunjaya
Description:Yara Rule to Detect Qbot
Rule name:SUSP_Excel4Macro_AutoOpen
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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.

Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/221912/

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