Emotet — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 449a371155a8ff91…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

115.1 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:17:20 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 12.0000
MD5: 4fe378e546adec4e5faa8043708ddbb5 SHA-1: 1d717a2812251f7e6fd0bea179f844ad56516a39 SHA-256: 449a371155a8ff915a33cd4247e576813e98112e44ebcdb187618e39b1109788
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Emotet · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.003 Windows Command Shell

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature 'Xls.Downloader.EmotetExcel02223-9938902-0'. The presence of a Workbook_Open macro and CreateObject calls indicates malicious intent. The script attempts to download and execute payloads from multiple URLs, including a reconstructed URL: 'http://sumedahonline.com/wp-content/HyzNXJ30XQVBSRH/ ,http://divachintexts.com/wp-inc ludes/WWHWRKs8KvNzFm6/,http://hotelalandmalaabol.com/1520/bUdhEPdf/,http://shwenantawin.com/copma/XTnZJi02vfg'. It also writes two batch/VBScript files to the programdata directory: 'c:\programdata\jledshf.bat' and 'c:\programdata\tghklsd.vbs'.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Xls.Downloader.EmotetExcel02223-9938902-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Downloader.EmotetExcel02223-9938902-0
  • Workbook_Open macro high OLE_VBA_WBOPEN
    Workbook_Open macro
  • CreateObject call high OLE_VBA_CREATEOBJ
    CreateObject call
  • Suspicious extracted artifact high EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • VBA project inside OOXML medium OOXML_VBA
    Document contains vbaProject.bin — VBA macros present

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas
df1eb14c222394595c0518b49eec2b55ed9573146c5f1717dedceddd2e199a2b
vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source from OOXML) 12041 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.
vbaProject_00.bin
7885673895f2da4549b2c6cb3abe4e5fe30d278a0c6616f47b667754bdf30208
vba-project OOXML VBA project: xl/vbaProject.bin 42496 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved macro source contains an auto-exec entry point and execution/download terms.