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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	8217ef5454225881de094f60ccb5714c9d729406c576bcf59c4e61904022b289
SHA3-384 hash:	59539479acb661946d16d92e2d69f0649d13c5b1ee593134561ce4f0f12ce776a24dce458e0b58a49a6902206de63894
SHA1 hash:	63aa4c9d335aa160739dbec0ebff8097d34ea5de
MD5 hash:	cfbfc3fbbcfc41fb72edb6e0e98e50a0
humanhash:	maine-romeo-may-lion
File name:	emotet_e2_8217ef5454225881de094f60ccb5714c9d729406c576bcf59c4e61904022b289_2020-08-14__050637._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	237'319 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-14 05:07:48 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:Yj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkdoMt/q1wVLR8lh:YHgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gkd5tS1wVLRq
TLSH	DA346B5B93D9AB97E78253710A1BEA6400919C783821421FBDCD3EFD7E79B680E71306
Reporter	Cryptolaemus1
Tags:	doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo

Cryptolaemus1

Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.VBS.Obfus-97.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetWindowSong.20200204.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetCROCryLittleSister.20200720.UNOFFICIAL

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:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/428530

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:

Download SVG

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/8217ef5454225881de094f60ccb5714c9d729406c576bcf59c4e61904022b289/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-14 05:09:03 UTC

AV detection:

21 of 29 (72.41%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=qil66vcuejmidxqjj5qmznlrjsoxffagyv3lz5m4jzqzaqbcwkeq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200814-ra1eq8r4aa/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

0.70

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/8217ef5454225881de094f60ccb5714c9d729406c576bcf59c4e61904022b289

YARA Signatures

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