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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 621f57169211edd6bfa1215035b4b15f300b7356aa6f3c40a716b29b9c2f0db6
SHA3-384 hash: e0efafcc10e90e414231a1751bd0a01fa4f7149ce319e8035e7d490462132fd9367b050e2ead59b7c58b5a7dee923aa9
SHA1 hash: 40659bd2bca657655bc44a68b35942aedebb14c4
MD5 hash: bd697c43d28c7e418c5fcc386804f3a5
humanhash: mars-ack-oregon-mockingbird
File name:emotet_e1_621f57169211edd6bfa1215035b4b15f300b7356aa6f3c40a716b29b9c2f0db6_2020-08-19__183922._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:200'941 bytes
First seen:2020-08-19 18:40:36 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:I4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSC1ub9XnwhGnj:lDRv1m4bnQgISC1u5nwhoj
TLSH 0614F9A820F97C9EC90732317EFA8BBF50801E4A11628979A73D335A3FFB175A275115
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch1 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch1 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
75
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
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
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
Possible injection to a system process
Enabling autorun for a service
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET 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 base64 encoded strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
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
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
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 272124 Sample: A5zMPcd7S8._doc Startdate: 20/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 46 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->46 48 Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros) 2->48 50 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->50 52 7 other signatures 2->52 7 powershell.exe 14 21 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 WINWORD.EXE 184 44 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 36 isispickens.com 162.241.86.105, 49732, 80 UNIFIEDLAYER-AS-1US United States 7->36 38 swingcommerce.com 121.78.144.139, 49721, 80 GABIA-AS-KRGABIAIncKR Korea Republic of 7->38 40 tracke.4onlinedating.com 45.32.148.176, 80 AS-CHOOPAUS United States 7->40 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Bnpsn2cf.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200820164220.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 58 Powershell drops PE file 7->58 18 Bnpsn2cf.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        60 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->60 23 MpCmdRun.exe 1 12->23         started        34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\A5zMPcd7S8.doc.LNK, MS 14->34 dropped 42 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->42 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 ffbroker.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 44 65.36.62.20, 49735, 80 GRANDECOM-AS1US United States 25->44
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-19 18:42:07 UTC
AV detection:
22 of 29 (75.86%)
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_20200820
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC
Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen_3
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

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 621f57169211edd6bfa1215035b4b15f300b7356aa6f3c40a716b29b9c2f0db6

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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