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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 5


Intelligence 5 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 952683edbc68d14ab30b2b3030a02fc68c3210a7f1a95ba97cf484fbb25c045f
SHA3-384 hash: 676c15ad4204f64c226831d36708d941ba5041a32722812fc1144575ae9c0b5712367161f81cc10ee8eb7667c331581a
SHA1 hash: 0899daa47d3d7e01c4d5d60dacfb9237e3fa40bc
MD5 hash: 55145c1858e6fb56fd3ef2e426c78b0a
humanhash: montana-ten-oklahoma-fanta
File name:emotet_e1_952683edbc68d14ab30b2b3030a02fc68c3210a7f1a95ba97cf484fbb25c045f_2020-08-20__033726._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:201'303 bytes
First seen:2020-08-20 03:37:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:H4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSVBgJEsGKh77Swtq:YDRv1m4bnQgISVGJEKhnSwtq
TLSH 5914D8A820E97C9EC90B32316EFA8BBF50805E8D11628979673D33593FFB179B271115
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch1 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch1 doc

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 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
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 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
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: 272727 Sample: a8qzf9JzCN._doc Startdate: 21/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->44 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 8 other signatures 2->50 7 powershell.exe 14 20 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 WINWORD.EXE 184 46 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 36 mealsandwheels.com 81.169.145.90, 49724, 80 STRATOSTRATOAGDE Germany 7->36 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Ben6q6ae.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200821042321.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 56 Powershell drops PE file 7->56 18 Ben6q6ae.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        58 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->58 23 MpCmdRun.exe 12->23         started        34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\a8qzf9JzCN.doc.LNK, MS 14->34 dropped 38 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->38 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 52 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->52 54 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->54 25 KBDGR.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 40 65.36.62.20, 80 GRANDECOM-AS1US United States 25->40 42 209.126.6.222, 49738, 8080 CONTABOUS United States 25->42
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-20 03:39:04 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

File information


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Web download

Heodo

Word file docx 952683edbc68d14ab30b2b3030a02fc68c3210a7f1a95ba97cf484fbb25c045f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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