Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7v20201028
  • submitted
    26-02-2021 06:00

General

  • Target

    f7210e3233bcb64f07f95b0573e0a07b.exe

  • Size

    670KB

  • MD5

    f7210e3233bcb64f07f95b0573e0a07b

  • SHA1

    302884f77354287317b2492c28d385a1403489db

  • SHA256

    054174519f7a336d5e8e5fe6596b07cd507c9e146cc437f5d3798b6cf243504e

  • SHA512

    62feea6301fb8dec7a648be66827237671a1ed8b2fc78feb67c4a0e47b6c6528056b113fdbd31bb53f31a5b0a130efcb21e9703294f224c609480821f02bd252

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

grace7705.ddns.net:7705

Mutex

4b193573-4138-4219-99c3-ee230c07783f

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    grace7705.ddns.net

  • backup_dns_server

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2020-11-30T04:32:39.205275236Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    true

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    7705

  • default_group

    Hour Of Grace$$

  • 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

    4b193573-4138-4219-99c3-ee230c07783f

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    grace7705.ddns.net

  • primary_dns_server

  • 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.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7210e3233bcb64f07f95b0573e0a07b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7210e3233bcb64f07f95b0573e0a07b.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2008
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\LLzCWOr" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEA4F.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:784
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f7210e3233bcb64f07f95b0573e0a07b.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:412

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEA4F.tmp
    MD5

    2f441899f3c9b72285c415b4ab771cde

    SHA1

    6311057b684fe14838dc72715f88abd789f4ea71

    SHA256

    8a295521375a9d24175cbe6483fc06f098ee559fb856be609164e0f7a0997f53

    SHA512

    db28b8685a839ff1f7153d9cbe35bcd7a8c1d80a1acd07d667d9b2bc3c2c49d24d35c32ac843e85b290e463dffac37d87d558db19635aeec8e3eddaca912ebbc

  • memory/412-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/412-8-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/412-10-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/784-5-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2008-2-0x0000000075EA1000-0x0000000075EA3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2008-3-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000A91000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2008-4-0x0000000000A91000-0x0000000000A92000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB