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Database Entry


Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: b52ab653ea524f0f8878be58c0f4dc144598b426e2ad340886fc84960a70b412
SHA3-384 hash: 479f810ea845f6435967bae0137a26a83894a35c311eeba6b99b2fea51685b570e0f8f31b18433f7a50e4043b8f683bd
SHA1 hash: b6612548b9ae125446ee23cc7446fe1eac4cf5e3
MD5 hash: 9ea9f925e60e442303cfe28b02fd3f16
humanhash: mango-vegan-eighteen-purple
File name:emotet_e2_b52ab653ea524f0f8878be58c0f4dc144598b426e2ad340886fc84960a70b412_2020-08-21__084745._doc
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Signature Heodo
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File size:187'527 bytes
First seen:2020-08-21 08:49:33 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:V4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSDyxS50gOwlxD:iDRv1m4bnQgISDyxALOwlxD
TLSH A904EADE20D9FC3AE74E60369C4AAE6E7212DF901DC8F1A930BC377D37B5290556A112
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
83
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection(s):
TwinWave.EvilDoc.AutoExecSeparateWays.20200818.UNOFFICIAL
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SecuriteInfo.com.VBS.Obfus-102.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL
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TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetCROCryLittleSister.20200720.UNOFFICIAL
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Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS 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
Possible injection to a system process
Enabling autorun for a service
Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Result
Threat name:
Emotet
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/443715
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
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
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
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:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 274354 Sample: jve1bGbX5z._doc Startdate: 22/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 62 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->62 64 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->64 66 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->66 68 10 other signatures 2->68 9 powershell.exe 14 20 2->9         started        14 svchost.exe 2->14         started        16 WINWORD.EXE 184 46 2->16         started        18 9 other processes 2->18 process3 dnsIp4 46 aci.serabd.com 85.187.128.10, 49739, 80 A2HOSTINGUS United States 9->46 38 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Sf7_ydku.exe, PE32 9->38 dropped 40 PowerShell_transcr....20200822145547.txt, UTF-8 9->40 dropped 74 Powershell drops PE file 9->74 20 Sf7_ydku.exe 2 9->20         started        23 conhost.exe 9->23         started        76 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 14->76 25 MpCmdRun.exe 14->25         started        42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\jve1bGbX5z.doc.LNK, MS 16->42 dropped 48 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 18->48 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 70 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 20->70 72 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 20->72 27 mferror.exe 13 20->27         started        31 conhost.exe 25->31         started        process9 dnsIp10 50 116.202.234.183, 49755, 8080 HETZNER-ASDE Germany 27->50 52 137.119.36.33, 80 TWC-11426-CAROLINASUS United States 27->52 44 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KBDUR\dmcfgutils814.exe, PE32 27->44 dropped 33 dmcfgutils814.exe 27->33         started        file11 process12 signatures13 54 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 33->54 56 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 33->56 58 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 33->58 60 3 other signatures 33->60 36 dmcfgutils814.exe 33->36         started        process14
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/b52ab653ea524f0f8878be58c0f4dc144598b426e2ad340886fc84960a70b412/
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-21 08:44:54 UTC
AV detection:
21 of 28 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=wuvlmu7kkjhq7cdyxzmmb5g4crczrnbg4kwticeg7scjmctqwqja._file
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
macro
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/200821-5x9c4e2mbn/
Behaviour
Suspicious Office macro
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Emotet
Score:
0.70
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/b52ab653ea524f0f8878be58c0f4dc144598b426e2ad340886fc84960a70b412

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_20200820
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Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC
Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen_3
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Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) DOC
Rule name:Cobalt_functions
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Author:@j0sm1
Description:Detect functions coded with ROR edi,D; Detect CobaltStrike used by differents groups APT
Rule name:MALW_emotet
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Author:Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team
Description:Rule to detect unpacked Emotet

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 b52ab653ea524f0f8878be58c0f4dc144598b426e2ad340886fc84960a70b412

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/437757/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/437258/

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