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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 7

Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 2 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	c978e204a4343d19a9b1df57379618a391455fe0f0fd17e49fcb670670c4241c
SHA3-384 hash:	3a166b029d02a41ff47ca945713cc7e91c11cb456b3eb399f0898f311655d6dacd6d85a35ea27ced366b12039d7c3033
SHA1 hash:	1d0f5cc6776a11dc576a2873ca9df85395d74dac
MD5 hash:	af24a7dde932b61b385ac777d1e9b230
humanhash:	twenty-mike-muppet-river
File name:	emotet_e2_c978e204a4343d19a9b1df57379618a391455fe0f0fd17e49fcb670670c4241c_2020-08-12__054026._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	235'903 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-12 05:40:44 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:wj6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGk3DNLu6wXVn5plUR5:wHgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gk3DNLu6wXhbqR5
TLSH	94344C1171DFEF3BDDA642B06A56DB74246CBC51ED88814B30CDB6AD2F3692E368D048
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.EmotetWindowSong.20200204.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetCROCryLittleSister.20200720.UNOFFICIAL

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:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/421354

Signature

Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with many randomly named variables

Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection

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

Drops PE files to the user root directory

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

PowerShell case anomaly found

Powershell drops PE file

Very long command line found

Yara detected Emotet

Yara detected Emotet Downloader

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/c978e204a4343d19a9b1df57379618a391455fe0f0fd17e49fcb670670c4241c/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-12 05:42:06 UTC

AV detection:

21 of 29 (72.41%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=zf4oebfegq6rtknr35ltpfqyuoiukx7a6d6rpze7zntqm4geeqoa._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200812-jdbmeslqys/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/c978e204a4343d19a9b1df57379618a391455fe0f0fd17e49fcb670670c4241c

YARA Signatures

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