Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10v20201028
  • submitted
    09/11/2020, 20:09

General

  • Target
    xppp.exe
  • Size 452KB
  • Sample201109-mtpewkz3kn
  • SHA256 1d21886bb28a6dfb2f331cb95cf7b74dbb5ae79dc70bbcd7451f15afd53999e1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • nanocore

Version
  • 1.2.2.0

C2
  • bright1.awsmppl.com:4777

  • ml.warzonedns.com:4777

Mutex
  • 2de2dd5e-5799-4adf-b77b-aaae77ba7236

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    ml.warzonedns.com

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2019-05-05T15:07:06.178032736Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    4777

  • default_group

    People

  • enable_debug_mode

    true

  • gc_threshold

    1.048576e+07

  • keep_alive_timeout

    30000

  • keyboard_logging

    false

  • lan_timeout

    2500

  • max_packet_size

    1.048576e+07

  • mutex

    2de2dd5e-5799-4adf-b77b-aaae77ba7236

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    bright1.awsmppl.com

  • primary_dns_server

    8.8.8.8

  • request_elevation

    true

  • restart_delay

    5000

  • run_delay

    0

  • run_on_startup

    true

  • set_critical_process

    true

  • timeout_interval

    5000

  • use_custom_dns_server

    false

  • version

    1.2.2.0

  • wan_timeout

    8000

Signatures

  • NanoCore

    NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xppp.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xppp.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:728
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\swndhost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\swndhost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c copy "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Temp/xppp.exe" "%temp%\FolderN\name.exe" /Y
      2⤵
        PID:3916
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c echo [zoneTransfer]ZoneID = 2 > %temp%\FolderN\name.exe:Zone.Identifier
        2⤵
        • NTFS ADS
        PID:892

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          memory/200-10-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000548000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-13-0x0000000004A60000-0x0000000004A61000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-19-0x0000000004F50000-0x0000000004F53000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-18-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004F49000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-9-0x0000000073EE0000-0x00000000745CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-17-0x0000000004D40000-0x0000000004D45000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-12-0x0000000004F60000-0x0000000004F61000-memory.dmp

          memory/200-15-0x0000000004BC0000-0x0000000004BC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/728-0-0x0000000073EE0000-0x00000000745CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/728-3-0x0000000005080000-0x0000000005081000-memory.dmp

          memory/728-4-0x0000000004FD0000-0x000000000500C000-memory.dmp

          memory/728-1-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000771000-memory.dmp