Emotet — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc27d37592a4bed5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

115.1 KB Created: 2015-06-05 18:17:20 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 12.0000
MD5: fe935a66e69251b78128be2d57183884 SHA-1: 33912f69beb2e98a0d826bfe9dcca6c871d856e8 SHA-256: fc27d37592a4bed5c0da2782f7bc4f744a6e7a3fbf61d6408830389a9402d399
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Emotet · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.005 Visual Basic T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

This XLSX file contains a Workbook_Open macro, a common technique for Emotet. The macro utilizes Wscript.Shell to create and execute batch and VBScript files. The critical ClamAV detection and the presence of VBA macros strongly indicate malicious intent. The script attempts to download a payload from a reconstructed URL: "http://sumedahonline.com/wp-content/HyzNXJ30XQEVcBSRH/cdfg=http://divachintexiles.com/wp-incudades/WWHWRKs8KvNzNFm6/,http://hotelanlamaabalo.com/1520/bUdhpEPdf/,http://shwenantawwin.com/copma/XTnZJii02vfg".

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
d34fa6d03c2c33c366f1068fd25a62cb30df87e6047a05e3d345e644389fc77d
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.