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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ac9e2f9c90f1ed60a92877da43dca2649167e79de7a185a03fdf6870ae5e771a
SHA3-384 hash: 034dd4fd4804cea7f34af29e1dd97bf1fbbcb85cb229a4aae5f3503ae5a5a143a5562fe851ef67ec3f8713c2b59a58d9
SHA1 hash: 37d3a4b461b08720d0cc1c5c54ab53a07789dbbd
MD5 hash: 7954b9b38da641e01b0e791990dd5d45
humanhash: july-lake-violet-ink
File name:REP_6PEL4IVA3J.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:179'580 bytes
First seen:2020-07-30 10:27:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:U4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlS0TRaMEvFuwFZZuA5dCd7s8:JDRv1m4bnQgIS0ThEvFuwFZZuA5dCd7Z
TLSH 3504E7403293ACB2C9410D3E2F4B997C28566C60E664C5DBF68C3BED6FFB7605294B19
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:Emotet Heodo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
69
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
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
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
PowerShell case anomaly found
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 254038 Sample: REP_6PEL4IVA3J.doc Startdate: 30/07/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 32 g.msn.com 2->32 34 asf-ris-prod-neurope.northeurope.cloudapp.azure.com 2->34 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 8 powershell.exe 14 18 2->8         started        13 392.exe 6 2->13         started        15 svchost.exe 2->15         started        17 9 other processes 2->17 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 38 www.sourcetechno.com 8->38 40 haek.net 188.164.199.164, 49719, 80 INFORTELECOM-ASES Spain 8->40 44 2 other IPs or domains 8->44 28 PowerShell_transcr....20200730132126.txt, UTF-8 8->28 dropped 30 C:\Users\user\392.exe, data 8->30 dropped 54 Creates processes via WMI 8->54 19 conhost.exe 8->19         started        56 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 13->56 58 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 13->58 21 XblAuthTokenBrokerExt.exe 16 13->21         started        60 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 15->60 24 MpCmdRun.exe 15->24         started        42 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 17->42 file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 36 47.146.117.214, 49731, 80 FRONTIER-FRTRUS United States 21->36 26 conhost.exe 24->26         started        process10
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-07-30 03:42:00 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
47
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_20200729
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC
Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo 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 doc ac9e2f9c90f1ed60a92877da43dca2649167e79de7a185a03fdf6870ae5e771a

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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