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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 53185bdfd244573e26be311cc6a1ca4a638ee6956f3521605c10735b0f4200cb
SHA3-384 hash: 8e755c39a36edac2b402470e3e7e63ea08fb24e29e2752665460b0d3e4cdfb3c6c7fb69ff6abdc9c6da21482b3b7b76b
SHA1 hash: f369ce82d2a27007132bd207b4268f726450f4e7
MD5 hash: 139cab18d7300c0a703c7de387c8cf9c
humanhash: december-gee-maryland-twelve
File name:42737142.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:234'588 bytes
First seen:2020-08-10 21:45:03 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Zj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGk/jA0fpws6WRp:ZHgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gk/jA0fpwsXRp
TLSH 2C346B9A72DB6B26ED53193001A6DF7468B4EE492E3481573099FFEE3E3B219245304B
Reporter FORMALITYDE
Tags:Emotet Heodo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
78
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
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:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Creates processes via WMI
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 PE files to the user root directory
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
PowerShell case anomaly found
Powershell drops PE file
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 261053 Sample: 42737142.doc Startdate: 10/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 39 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->39 41 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->41 43 Yara detected Emotet 2->43 45 6 other signatures 2->45 7 powershell.exe 14 18 2->7         started        12 712.exe 2 2->12         started        14 svchost.exe 2->14         started        16 10 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 35 iraniansk.com 85.208.252.131, 49731, 80 ASIATECHIR Iran (ISLAMIC Republic Of) 7->35 27 C:\Users\user\712.exe, PE32 7->27 dropped 29 PowerShell_transcr....20200810234603.txt, UTF-8 7->29 dropped 47 Drops PE files to the user root directory 7->47 49 Creates processes via WMI 7->49 51 Powershell drops PE file 7->51 18 conhost.exe 7->18         started        53 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 12->53 55 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 12->55 20 MSAMRNBDecoder.exe 12 12->20         started        57 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 14->57 23 MpCmdRun.exe 1 14->23         started        37 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->37 31 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\42737142.doc.LNK, MS 16->31 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 33 74.120.55.163, 49737, 80 WJBTN-ASCA Canada 20->33 25 conhost.exe 23->25         started        process9
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-10 21:46:06 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 29 (68.97%)
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_2
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) 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 53185bdfd244573e26be311cc6a1ca4a638ee6956f3521605c10735b0f4200cb

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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