Emotet — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54a282ff9cb5987a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

115.1 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:17:20 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 12.0000
MD5: 008be4304c019281474797db981aae4c SHA-1: 8fab9922b27ca99943459966c44803a42caa2152 SHA-256: 54a282ff9cb5987a47b04c9ec71dc8e8c217e6bc58ad90dd6d5f2ea7f3201ec0
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Emotet · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and contains a Workbook_Open macro, indicating automatic execution upon opening. The VBA script attempts to create and execute batch and VBScript files, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. Specifically, it reconstructs the URL 'http://sumedahonline.com/wp-content/HyzNXJ30XQVBSRH/' for downloading a file, and also attempts to execute commands using 'Wscript.Shell'.

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
1149a389d572e0aec862f4118d03a73e7021755a2dd194bee2b2191feea2b242
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.