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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 7

Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 1 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	cef0a21256e2c9bb654f4f7fd0454fc6dc1795f3aa95862003eaa9e5c144ab42
SHA3-384 hash:	0978a3f1ca8c09db425cdc8032e01bf74bb6c9ebcca9d883335e933796e744b6f5b2c2eef74529898688c828c01a1c5e
SHA1 hash:	8b7615d14b88ca905430641653ad541c0fd09e50
MD5 hash:	4587fbf7ca13256c6c5af0d73e5b0d2d
humanhash:	fix-apart-don-sixteen
File name:	emotet_e1_cef0a21256e2c9bb654f4f7fd0454fc6dc1795f3aa95862003eaa9e5c144ab42_2020-09-24__053302713049._doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	162'782 bytes
First seen:	2020-09-24 05:36:54 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	docx
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:MBHqu6dEaKR22TWTogk079THcpOu5UZiQLa3PdpdOZXC:MBKu9aKR/TX07hHcJQhadTOZXC
TLSH	86F3F815A585BD75D9B009317A4AEEE860E1DC0DEA3AC20BF30ABF291F774D9D14E6C0
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-121.UNOFFICIAL

MiscreantPunch.EvilMacro.PSEncode.171003.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EMOCROCreateRomanticWarrior.20200916.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Dropper.EmotetOfficeWizard0920-9764982-0

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a window

Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests

Creating a process with a hidden window

DNS request

Sending an HTTP GET 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/474072

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Creates processes via WMI

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 domain / URL

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

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:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/cef0a21256e2c9bb654f4f7fd0454fc6dc1795f3aa95862003eaa9e5c144ab42/

Threat name:

Document-Word.Trojan.Emotet

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-09-24 05:36:12 UTC

AV detection:

19 of 29 (65.52%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=z3ykeesw4le3wzkpj575arkpy3obpfptvkkymiad5ku6lqkevnba._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200924-pbzw6wam8x/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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

Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/cef0a21256e2c9bb654f4f7fd0454fc6dc1795f3aa95862003eaa9e5c144ab42

YARA Signatures

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