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Database Entry



Emotet (aka Heodo)


Vendor detections: 6


Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: c9148cbc2fcb560bab79cd760d252b5fee0cf7421b96d5f610de9a149b39c6a3
SHA3-384 hash: fe04b2ed717919016e2a534a88f6cc2effae30b77f1bdc32d3d40f8597ee413c4bff09f4676be8be52fb49a74880c449
SHA1 hash: 8fb746a959e812db8fde78106bb30890de4eeac3
MD5 hash: 8a96d166d1a474564eacefb1a9f874c6
humanhash: glucose-double-wolfram-may
File name:emotet_e1_c9148cbc2fcb560bab79cd760d252b5fee0cf7421b96d5f610de9a149b39c6a3_2020-08-20__043211._doc
Download: download sample
Signature Heodo
File size:202'533 bytes
First seen:2020-08-20 04:33:09 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file docx
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 3072:H4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSpBgJEsGKh7R7wta:YDRv1m4bnQgISpGJEKh17wta
TLSH B414D8A820E97C9EC90B32316AFA8BBF50805E8D11628979773D33593FFB179B271115
Reporter Cryptolaemus1
Tags:doc Emotet epoch1 Heodo


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Cryptolaemus1
Emotet epoch1 doc

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# 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 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
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Creates processes via WMI
Document contains an embedded VBA with base64 encoded strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
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)
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
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:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 272756 Sample: h1rtJBYyqU._doc Startdate: 21/08/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->44 46 Found malware configuration 2->46 48 Malicious encrypted Powershell command line found 2->48 50 9 other signatures 2->50 7 powershell.exe 14 20 2->7         started        12 svchost.exe 2->12         started        14 WINWORD.EXE 192 49 2->14         started        16 9 other processes 2->16 process3 dnsIp4 34 mealsandwheels.com 81.169.145.90, 49717, 80 STRATOSTRATOAGDE Germany 7->34 30 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\Ben6q6ae.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 PowerShell_transcr....20200821045106.txt, UTF-8 7->32 dropped 56 Powershell drops PE file 7->56 18 Ben6q6ae.exe 2 7->18         started        21 conhost.exe 7->21         started        58 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 12->58 23 MpCmdRun.exe 12->23         started        36 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 14->36 38 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 16->38 file5 signatures6 process7 signatures8 52 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 18->52 54 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 18->54 25 msvcp110_win.exe 12 18->25         started        28 conhost.exe 23->28         started        process9 dnsIp10 40 65.36.62.20, 80 GRANDECOM-AS1US United States 25->40 42 209.126.6.222, 49732, 8080 CONTABOUS United States 25->42
Threat name:
Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-08-20 04:29:50 UTC
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_20200820
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo DOC
Rule name:ach_Heodo_doc_gen_3
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) DOC

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 c9148cbc2fcb560bab79cd760d252b5fee0cf7421b96d5f610de9a149b39c6a3

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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