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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 12b90aca7ad1d0104e8b54815b27c06c7c929fcabdfc4d5c1b5d9dc80aed1e5d
SHA3-384 hash: ac09cf3974e1d54da33155bd5364342605786bd50c4022501821e7b56d3efcb57a5ea79b5f91796b5e19f28108d5383a
SHA1 hash: 3d901ca089c06e13fe3c2eb3d07925570fd8546c
MD5 hash: 66df491a2dc4b47f01a7756c0dd09d61
humanhash: ack-saturn-venus-quiet
File name:rep(2).doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:175'329 bytes
First seen:2020-07-31 07:24:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Iq4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSvtLFb6cV9Fhpz9a:aDRv1m4bnQgISv156cV9Fhpzg
TLSH 4D043A0470D9EC17D6920AB31EEBCF68B2A87C101FB8A216751D376E6F752B061BC395
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:Emotet Heodo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
72
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Creating a file
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory
Creating a service
Connection attempt
Deleting a recently created file
Enabling autorun for a service
Connection attempt to an infection source
Bypassing of proactive protection methods using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source
Result
Threat name:
Emotet MailPassView
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.bank.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Creates processes via WMI
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Drops or copies cmd.exe with a different name (likely to bypass HIPS)
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Emotet Banking Trojan found
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
PowerShell case anomaly found
Powershell drops PE file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access)
Very long command line found
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Yara detected MailPassView
Yara detected WebBrowserPassView password recovery tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 254695 Sample: rep(2).doc Startdate: 31/07/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 62 g.msn.com 2->62 64 asf-ris-prod-neurope.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com 2->64 76 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->76 78 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->78 80 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->80 82 12 other signatures 2->82 9 76.exe 6 2->9         started        12 powershell.exe 14 18 2->12         started        16 svchost.exe 2->16         started        18 10 other processes 2->18 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 94 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 9->94 20 d3d10.exe 23 9->20         started        74 juniorsplayground.net 71.44.222.20, 49739, 80 BHN-33363US United States 12->74 56 C:\Users\user\76.exe, PE32 12->56 dropped 58 PowerShell_transcr....20200731121015.txt, UTF-8 12->58 dropped 96 Drops PE files to the user root directory 12->96 98 Creates processes via WMI 12->98 100 Powershell drops PE file 12->100 25 conhost.exe 12->25         started        102 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 16->102 27 MpCmdRun.exe 16->27         started        60 C:\Users\user\Desktop\~$rep(2).doc, data 18->60 dropped 29 WerFault.exe 18->29         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 66 185.94.252.13, 443, 49751 MEGASERVERS-DE Germany 20->66 68 88.217.172.65, 443, 49753 MNET-ASGermanyDE Germany 20->68 70 24.249.135.121, 80 ASN-CXA-ALL-CCI-22773-RDCUS United States 20->70 48 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wmerror\d3d10om.exe, PE32+ 20->48 dropped 50 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wmerror\d3d10oe.exe, PE32+ 20->50 dropped 52 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\PeerDistSha75.exe, PE32 20->52 dropped 84 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 20->84 86 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 20->86 88 Emotet Banking Trojan found 20->88 92 6 other signatures 20->92 31 PeerDistSha75.exe 20->31         started        34 d3d10.exe 20->34         started        36 d3d10.exe 7 20->36         started        40 4 other processes 20->40 38 conhost.exe 27->38         started        90 Writes to foreign memory regions 29->90 file10 signatures11 process12 dnsIp13 104 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 31->104 106 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 31->106 108 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 31->108 110 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 31->110 44 PeerDistSha75.exe 31->44         started        112 Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords 34->112 114 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access) 34->114 46 WerFault.exe 36->46         started        72 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 40->72 54 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\79A3.tmp, ASCII 40->54 dropped file14 signatures15 process16
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-07-30 23:32:00 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
47
AV detection:
21 of 29 (72.41%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
macro
Behaviour
Suspicious Office macro
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC
Rule name:Cobalt_functions
Author:@j0sm1
Description:Detect functions coded with ROR edi,D; Detect CobaltStrike used by differents groups APT
Rule name:MALW_emotet
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect unpacked Emotet
Rule name:SharedStrings
Author:Katie Kleemola
Description:Internal names found in LURK0/CCTV0 samples

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Heodo

Word file doc 12b90aca7ad1d0104e8b54815b27c06c7c929fcabdfc4d5c1b5d9dc80aed1e5d

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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