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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5d8fe26726cded91ab5d94393148de171998e6eb27b8384ca99a5909665d51f8
SHA3-384 hash: 0914dc1c10bfb3ee1673339f0f5bd4d9b2931a50d963760bb42b81a23d2950ad07d7912c209c7ee0e9869071111ab00d
SHA1 hash: 65e5ffbe995717e7ae428626a01d788351eced5a
MD5 hash: ce620ccd7cb51aa803cf4b81a18cf9c9
humanhash: saturn-venus-island-washington
File name:emotet_e2_5d8fe26726cded91ab5d94393148de171998e6eb27b8384ca99a5909665d51f8_2020-08-14__025131._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:236'914 bytes
First seen:2020-08-14 02:52:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Yj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkxoMt/q8wtLR8lr:YHgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gkx5tS8wtLRu
TLSH CB346B5B93DAAB97E78253710A1BFA6400919C783821421FBDC93EFD7D79B680E71306
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
68
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 a custom TCP request
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory
Creating a service
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP POST request
Deleting a recently created file
Enabling autorun for a service
Bypassing of proactive protection methods using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
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
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
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 266707 Sample: QGLH05XtCG._doc Startdate: 15/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 46 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->46 48 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->48 50 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->50 52 7 other signatures 2->52 7 powershell.exe 14 19 2->7         started        11 svchost.exe 2->11         started        14 WINWORD.EXE 184 46 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 36 lifepartner.hk 103.13.50.243, 49729, 80 SGC-CAL-ASSGC-CloudAllianceLimitedHK Hong Kong 7->36 38 agenciann.com 148.163.122.6, 443, 49726 IOFLOODUS United States 7->38 42 2 other IPs or domains 7->42 30 PowerShell_transcr....20200815152103.txt, UTF-8 7->30 dropped 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Uqhg.exe, data 7->32 dropped 18 Uqhg.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        58 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 11->58 23 MpCmdRun.exe 11->23         started        34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\QGLH05XtCG.doc.LNK, MS 14->34 dropped 40 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->40 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 54 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->54 56 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->56 25 dui70.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 44 75.139.38.211, 49733, 80 CHARTER-20115US United States 25->44
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-14 02:49:12 UTC
AV detection:
20 of 28 (71.43%)
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: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 docx 5d8fe26726cded91ab5d94393148de171998e6eb27b8384ca99a5909665d51f8

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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