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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	c92778df4ae556cc2ad66979e6fafa9256ce4c9c7d0457c6525711429def55fe
SHA3-384 hash:	c00d932c4e7ad8e76d8f3ff9b96873aad10de8ebdfdd66551178dfc87138bd8c9c35af24343891680a25046bf35ea04a
SHA1 hash:	86025f581fa58c80c03ba1546f486e3484029c88
MD5 hash:	b86e9c287b92bdaf4d64e8cd0b9d8f12
humanhash:	london-neptune-nuts-mobile
File name:	emotet_e2_c92778df4ae556cc2ad66979e6fafa9256ce4c9c7d0457c6525711429def55fe_2020-10-21__165915295440._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	203'264 bytes
First seen:	2020-10-21 17:01:53 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:0JivKie6B/w2yiWydwLgdWXZSvlVp0WRh92:0JiP/w2PY0WXZSlJRh92
TLSH	CB14914961C4FC9ADF45533B0F8BDEF8912A6C816D9CE582237CFA281C3694E579D2C8
Reporter	Cryptolaemus1
Tags:	doc Emotet epoch2 Heodo

Cryptolaemus1

Emotet epoch2 doc

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROCreateRomanticWarrior.20200916.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Dropper.EmotetiBlueUpdate1020-9780531-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a process with a hidden window

DNS request

Sending a custom TCP 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

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/506121

Signature

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables

Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them

Encrypted powershell cmdline option found

Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after reading information in the PEB, e.g. number of processors)

Found malware configuration

Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)

Machine Learning detection for sample

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

Very long command line found

Yara detected Emotet

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/c92778df4ae556cc2ad66979e6fafa9256ce4c9c7d0457c6525711429def55fe/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-10-21 16:58:56 UTC

AV detection:

24 of 29 (82.76%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=zetxrx2k4vlmykwwnf46n6x2sjlm4te4pucfprssk4iufhppkx7a._file

Result

Malware family:

emotet

Score:

10/10

Tags:

trojan banker family:emotet

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/201021-b4z5lafe2s/

Behaviour

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Drops file in System32 directory

Blacklisted process makes network request

Executes dropped EXE

Emotet Payload

Emotet

Process spawned unexpected child process

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YARA Signatures

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