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Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 7


Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae0c7dfa89cf0301b64ef4f6b364a1e426c79c80a9d0943916c93f3315ebc907
SHA3-384 hash: 7a92d75fe422d6e954acd0a831c7213937ef8ff479ee3b2a29ebb06a8b9c02fea6084f4b3a4664162f5ed61574b780d6
SHA1 hash: b198bb81538916b45d6c13e1ef9a25a3902c78e9
MD5 hash: c11ffd24b5ecc787a42652f256c3cf5f
humanhash: idaho-item-cold-twenty
File name:emotet_e2_ae0c7dfa89cf0301b64ef4f6b364a1e426c79c80a9d0943916c93f3315ebc907_2020-08-13__130813._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:234'086 bytes
First seen:2020-08-13 13:09:41 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Aj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkbfyswIDRl:AHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkryswIDRl
TLSH 63346B5B93DAAB97EB8253710A1BEB2400959C783D22421F7DC53EFE7C79B680D71206
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
60
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% directory
Deleting a recently created file
Replacing files
Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory
Creating a service
Enabling autorun for a service
Connection attempt to an infection source
Bypassing of proactive protection methods using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP POST 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 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
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 265816 Sample: UcYAnzcuLw._doc Startdate: 14/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 48 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->48 50 Yara detected Emotet Downloader 2->50 52 Yara detected Emotet 2->52 54 6 other signatures 2->54 7 powershell.exe 14 20 2->7         started        11 svchost.exe 2->11         started        14 WINWORD.EXE 184 48 2->14         started        16 8 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 36 uaadergs.com 192.99.232.154, 49738, 80 OVHFR Canada 7->36 38 meticulousforensic.com 103.133.214.89, 49727, 80 EWEBGURU-ASEWEBGURUIN India 7->38 42 3 other IPs or domains 7->42 30 PowerShell_transcr....20200814204729.txt, UTF-8 7->30 dropped 32 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Bqnf.exe, data 7->32 dropped 18 Bqnf.exe 5 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        60 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 11->60 23 MpCmdRun.exe 1 11->23         started        34 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\UcYAnzcuLw.doc.LNK, MS 14->34 dropped 40 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->40 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 56 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->56 58 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->58 25 AppXDeploymentClient.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 44 174.102.48.180, 49741, 80 TWC-10796-MIDWESTUS United States 25->44 46 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 25->46
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-13 12:57:02 UTC
AV detection:
23 of 29 (79.31%)
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 ae0c7dfa89cf0301b64ef4f6b364a1e426c79c80a9d0943916c93f3315ebc907

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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