buer | 0a6be94628e528a0354c71a800510ab89c442a5f3a428a49b729662d4d19529c

General

Target

DocumentPreview.exe
Size

228KB
MD5

801b2019d58f05ea3667603d3f2ff822
SHA1

ce0c63d9c1dd967d68158156e1c88e731fa25447
SHA256

0a6be94628e528a0354c71a800510ab89c442a5f3a428a49b729662d4d19529c
SHA512

8ef21833c493cb7bfad632df1842216dbcf7fa54fd87cb065d8d32fc120635b802e93481128f01d53bb7b5f32fa4d50122b4099f38cc348f9153a3b43be6131a

Score

10^/10

buer loader persistence

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

buer

C2

https://162.244.81.87/

http://162.244.81.87:8080/

Signatures

Buer
Buer is a new modular loader first seen in August 2019.
loader buer

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "explorer.exe, \"C:\\ProgramData\\b6a8e8f24bc6b598ce7d\\gennt.exe\""	gennt.exe

Buer Loader 2 IoCs

Detects Buer loader in memory or disk.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2536-0-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000066C000-memory.dmp	buer
behavioral2/memory/2652-4-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059C000-memory.dmp	buer

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2652	gennt.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2652	gennt.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 24 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\F:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\A:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	gennt.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3224	2676	WerFault.exe	75

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 15 IoCs

pid	Process
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
3224	WerFault.exe
2652	gennt.exe
2652	gennt.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3224	WerFault.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3224	WerFault.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3224	WerFault.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 2652	2536	DocumentPreview.exe	73
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 2652	2536	DocumentPreview.exe	73
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 2652	2536	DocumentPreview.exe	73
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 2676	2652	gennt.exe	75
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3476	2652	gennt.exe	78
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3476	2652	gennt.exe	78
PID 2652 wrote to memory of 3476	2652	gennt.exe	78

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DocumentPreview.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DocumentPreview.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2536
- C:\ProgramData\b6a8e8f24bc6b598ce7d\gennt.exe
  C:\ProgramData\b6a8e8f24bc6b598ce7d\gennt.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DocumentPreview.exe" ensgJJ
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Deletes itself
  - Enumerates connected drives
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2652
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\secinit.exe
    C:\ProgramData\b6a8e8f24bc6b598ce7d\gennt.exe
    3⤵
    PID:2676
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2676 -s 420
      4⤵
      Program crash
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3224
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" powershell.exe -Command "& {Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\ProgramData\b6a8e8f24bc6b598ce7d}"
    3⤵
    PID:3476

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1004

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/2536-0-0x0000000000660000-0x000000000066C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2652-4-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/3224-6-0x00000000044F0000-0x00000000044F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3224-12-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004ED1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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