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Database Entry

Emotet (aka Heodo)

Vendor detections: 7

Intelligence 7 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	ec21525a8852265e8892193f896c9002e6f4a525c42e980120cdfce6e8ab3d9f
SHA3-384 hash:	d6c7fc33e4edca877d877c415233e66759773d7ba5709278ffaed223cad0163a27c0de1380b1eb41fd270fac589e07a6
SHA1 hash:	4aa554d1bd84c417ed44d918c6c233e7af3cbe98
MD5 hash:	62676e3879454229738d542743fae7f5
humanhash:	island-football-triple-black
File name:	invoice-XIHF30-917435640(1).doc
Download:	download sample
Signature	Heodo Create hunting rule
File size:	172'798 bytes
First seen:	2020-08-03 07:18:58 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	doc
MIME type:	application/msword
ssdeep	3072:y4PrXcuQuvpzm4bkiaMQgAlSIqFSgn83sKOw:zDRv1m4bnQgISIqkgn83sKOw
TLSH	9DF33A2030B3AC17E64226711CCBCD5822EA6F531947D32B3748BB6E5F36A706DB961D
Reporter	JAMESWT_WT
Tags:	Emotet Heodo

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

Origin country :

n/a

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

TwinWave.EvilDoc.WelcomeBackEmotetThatsWhyTheyCallItWindowPain.2020717.UNOFFICIAL

TwinWave.EvilDoc.EmotetCROCryLittleSister.20200720.UNOFFICIAL

Doc.Dropper.Agent-9166907-0

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

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

Possible injection to a system process

Sending a TCP request to an infection source

Enabling autorun for a service

Launching a process by exploiting the app vulnerability

Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source

Result

Threat name:

Emotet

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

bank.troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/407437

Signature

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

Creates processes via WMI

Document contains an embedded VBA with hexadecimal 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

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:

Download SVG

Detection:

emotet

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ec21525a8852265e8892193f896c9002e6f4a525c42e980120cdfce6e8ab3d9f/

Threat name:

Script-Macro.Trojan.LEmoDldr

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2020-07-31 16:30:31 UTC

File Type:

Document

Extracted files:

AV detection:

21 of 29 (72.41%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5qqvewuikitf5cesde7ys3eqaltpjjjfyqxjqajazx6on2flhwpq._file

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

8/10

Tags:

macro

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/200803-8m1jm5hlx6/

Behaviour

Suspicious Office macro

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Threat name:

Emotet

Score:

0.70

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/ec21525a8852265e8892193f896c9002e6f4a525c42e980120cdfce6e8ab3d9f

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	ach_Heodo_doc_gen Create hunting rule
Author:	abuse.ch
Description:	Detects Heodo 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