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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 6

Intelligence 6 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ccef51f2aac08b771675329e49226ef621176b8408f1e7f7b72aa4359c3d137d
SHA3-384 hash:	d6c2fb05c7edc498ced31d1e1a73869ebf54a241050905f2d3bcfc16e6fa74dd329b1bb0847763e6d41a11c6ee56a9b1
SHA1 hash:	db7051a64a77e76981df31ae65ab2537a3315524
MD5 hash:	246e3156730195e2ba37fd135896e44b
humanhash:	black-eighteen-december-seventeen
File name:	emotet_e1_ccef51f2aac08b771675329e49226ef621176b8408f1e7f7b72aa4359c3d137d_2020-08-13__004007._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	233'235 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-13 00:40:49 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:9j6yw1MgpQiBhGWb6esLbTh8YuyDRBFtdfGktQq7Igwz/RinX:9HgtEWPsL/aTyT9Gktl7Igwz/RM
TLSH	5E346D0FDA877A36D47720304246EAB52996AC066F15422FB04E3FEC7F3DC58127A5E6
Reporter	Cryptolaemus1
Tags:	doc Emotet epoch1 Heodo

Cryptolaemus1

Emotet epoch1 doc

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.VBS.Obfus-96.UNOFFICIAL

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

Creating a file

Creating a process from a recently created file

Moving a file to the Windows subdirectory

Creating a service

Deleting a recently created file

Possible injection to a system process

Enabling autorun for a service

Connection attempt to an infection source

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Sending an HTTP POST request to an infection source

Result

Threat name:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/424575

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 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

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/ccef51f2aac08b771675329e49226ef621176b8408f1e7f7b72aa4359c3d137d/

Threat name:

Script-Macro.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-08-13 00:42:06 UTC

AV detection:

21 of 29 (72.41%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ztxvd4vkycfxoftvgkpesito6yqro24ebdy6p55xfksdlhb5cn6q._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200813-8jmal5q8as/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

Legit

Score:

0.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ccef51f2aac08b771675329e49226ef621176b8408f1e7f7b72aa4359c3d137d

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_Heodo_doc_gen_2 Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects Heodo (aka Emotet) DOC

Rule name:	Cobalt_functions Create hunting rule
Author:	@j0sm1
Description:	Detect functions coded with ROR edi,D; Detect CobaltStrike used by differents groups APT