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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b2c79cde6af53d39ae8ec8a5c9877900b803c94d70f8f7310ca1cf331d43ef15
SHA3-384 hash: 5212989b9e747b2c2d94354ff390df049941cb5af778c221a7d0e6f48b73fb8a2a7b1087b0c8637511910d0c73ae2a64
SHA1 hash: a6f45254198eaa5ae14f71a923ca61782c8e6ac2
MD5 hash: d00106abcff75a4bd62d1f81ba901f30
humanhash: paris-lion-kilo-william
File name:emotet_e3_b2c79cde6af53d39ae8ec8a5c9877900b803c94d70f8f7310ca1cf331d43ef15_2020-08-21__100727._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:182'659 bytes
First seen:2020-08-21 10:07:55 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:Q4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSGYy+8wSAs:tDRv1m4bnQgIStT8wSz
TLSH C5042BDA30D9FC2AE74E50369C4BAE6E7212DF901DC8F1A930BC377E37B5290556A211
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch3 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch3 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
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Binary contains a suspicious time stamp
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to compare user and computer (likely to detect sandboxes)
Contains functionality to detect virtual machines (IN, VMware)
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
Encrypted powershell cmdline option found
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
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
Very long command line found
Yara detected Emotet
Yara detected Emotet Downloader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 274452 Sample: QjVsHuulnz._doc Startdate: 22/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 55 Found malware configuration 2->55 57 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->57 59 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->59 61 8 other signatures 2->61 8 powershell.exe 14 20 2->8         started        13 svchost.exe 2->13         started        15 WINWORD.EXE 184 46 2->15         started        17 9 other processes 2->17 process3 dnsIp4 45 hshub.org 31.22.4.18, 49724, 80 WILDCARD-ASWildcardUKLimitedGB United Kingdom 8->45 47 ibda.adv.br 168.0.134.69, 49726, 80 SkymailServicosdeComputacaoeProvimentodeInfBR Brazil 8->47 37 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Kv3kvg.exe, PE32 8->37 dropped 39 PowerShell_transcr....20200822170656.txt, UTF-8 8->39 dropped 75 Powershell drops PE file 8->75 19 Kv3kvg.exe 2 8->19         started        22 conhost.exe 8->22         started        24 mfc140rus72d.exe 8->24         started        77 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 13->77 26 MpCmdRun.exe 13->26         started        41 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\QjVsHuulnz.doc.LNK, MS 15->41 dropped 49 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 17->49 51 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 17->51 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 71 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 19->71 73 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 19->73 28 iologmsg.exe 13 19->28         started        32 conhost.exe 26->32         started        process9 dnsIp10 53 162.249.220.190, 49731, 80 US-TELEPACIFICUS United States 28->53 43 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\...\mfc140rus72d.exe, PE32 28->43 dropped 34 mfc140rus72d.exe 28->34         started        file11 process12 signatures13 63 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 34->63 65 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 34->65 67 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 34->67 69 3 other signatures 34->69
Threat name:
Document-Word.Downloader.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-21 10:09:05 UTC
AV detection:
11 of 48 (22.92%)
Threat level:
  2/5
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:MALW_emotet
Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect unpacked Emotet
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 b2c79cde6af53d39ae8ec8a5c9877900b803c94d70f8f7310ca1cf331d43ef15

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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