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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: af81984de14d081c2a5d015a4266dd625fd7eb4153810cb71c2ba3e9dbf382dd
SHA3-384 hash: af75954d213b05033660906e15ce0aa6e387b539d0b2a70a9c9a0ef450aa8b0f9d11c2854990561d10e722949ba9c69e
SHA1 hash: db0161d4070f58dc27f727507d5827eb6b47d552
MD5 hash: 0e28a71c317bbd735bcf63fd3b04033d
humanhash: fifteen-quiet-football-artist
File name:list_2020_09_03_904572.doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:265'256 bytes
First seen:2020-09-03 18:58:09 UTC
Last seen:2020-09-03 19:02:53 UTC
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Oj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGkwumI3r/aztrwU:OHgtEWPsL/aTyT9GkJmI3z4trwU
TLSH 5844B38D1FE6166DFC3BA170C3D5BAA6B454DCF53824C98E24C037AD1A3943AE9E2744
Reporter FORMALITYDE
Tags:Emotet Heodo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
76
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:
Emotet MailPassView Qbot
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
phis.bank.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Contains functionality to detect virtual machines (IN, VMware)
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Creates processes via WMI
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Emotet Banking Trojan found
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Maps a DLL or memory area into another process
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Overwrites code with unconditional jumps - possibly settings hooks in foreign process
Powershell drops PE file
Sets debug register (to hijack the execution of another thread)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file registry)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Very long command line found
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected MailPassView
Yara detected Qbot
Yara detected WebBrowserPassView password recovery tool
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 281825 Sample: list_2020_09_03_904572.doc Startdate: 03/09/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 82 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->82 84 Found malware configuration 2->84 86 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->86 88 14 other signatures 2->88 10 powershell.exe 14 21 2->10         started        15 svchost.exe 2->15         started        17 WINWORD.EXE 184 47 2->17         started        19 5 other processes 2->19 process3 dnsIp4 72 alemelektronik.com 185.126.176.84, 49739, 80 BURSABILTR Turkey 10->72 74 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 10->74 62 C:\Users\user\Yq1F09M\InYcP6P\Cpc_0wt.exe, PE32 10->62 dropped 118 Powershell drops PE file 10->118 21 Cpc_0wt.exe 2 10->21         started        24 conhost.exe 10->24         started        26 WerFault.exe 15->26         started        64 C:\Users\...\list_2020_09_03_904572.doc.LNK, MS 17->64 dropped 76 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 19->76 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 102 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 21->102 104 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 21->104 106 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 21->106 28 ContactApis.exe 19 21->28         started        108 Writes to foreign memory regions 26->108 process9 dnsIp10 78 185.215.227.107, 443, 49748 AS40676US United Kingdom 28->78 80 62.210.90.75, 443, 49749 OnlineSASFR France 28->80 66 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\contactapisseed.exe, PE32+ 28->66 dropped 68 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\contactapispeer.exe, PE32+ 28->68 dropped 70 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\HNetCfgClientad8.exe, PE32 28->70 dropped 120 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 28->120 122 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 28->122 124 Emotet Banking Trojan found 28->124 126 8 other signatures 28->126 33 HNetCfgClientad8.exe 28->33         started        37 ContactApis.exe 28->37         started        39 ContactApis.exe 7 28->39         started        41 5 other processes 28->41 file11 signatures12 process13 file14 58 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\avyftcw.exe, PE32 33->58 dropped 90 Antivirus detection for dropped file 33->90 92 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 33->92 94 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 33->94 100 4 other signatures 33->100 43 avyftcw.exe 33->43         started        46 schtasks.exe 33->46         started        48 HNetCfgClientad8.exe 33->48         started        96 Tries to steal Instant Messenger accounts or passwords 37->96 98 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file access) 37->98 50 WerFault.exe 39->50         started        60 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\6719.tmp, ASCII 41->60 dropped signatures15 process16 signatures17 110 Antivirus detection for dropped file 43->110 112 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 43->112 114 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 43->114 116 5 other signatures 43->116 52 avyftcw.exe 43->52         started        54 explorer.exe 43->54         started        56 conhost.exe 46->56         started        process18
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-09-03 19:00:08 UTC
AV detection:
19 of 29 (65.52%)
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:win_emotet_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator
Rule name:win_sisfader_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator

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 af81984de14d081c2a5d015a4266dd625fd7eb4153810cb71c2ba3e9dbf382dd

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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