Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10_x64
  • resource
    win10v20210408
  • submitted
    11-05-2021 11:10

General

  • Target

    RFQEMFA.Elektrik.pdf.exe

  • Size

    951KB

  • MD5

    212b4438b24a7861e987a74aeb6b937e

  • SHA1

    df3c8093317d50ed2463fa96ca681a037123ddcf

  • SHA256

    00b6b610ff7d07af06a0888ac2095085de70aae5238bb1e876128ed0ede3fb3e

  • SHA512

    164beaf6d8d9693a3ab9971fe925cd680c844886acd1caf0ccd9c6f05e15f0c72c4fee867076f15e87a5788363302919751c6d712ee35ce0dc7198c1535e8335

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

79.134.225.17:2050

127.0.0.1:2050

Mutex

faa60493-d519-4c8d-8ff8-8e7cd20e9967

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    127.0.0.1

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2021-02-19T18:34:39.325937936Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    2050

  • default_group

    Default

  • 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

    faa60493-d519-4c8d-8ff8-8e7cd20e9967

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    79.134.225.17

  • primary_dns_server

    8.8.8.8

  • request_elevation

    true

  • restart_delay

    5000

  • run_delay

    0

  • run_on_startup

    false

  • 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.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQEMFA.Elektrik.pdf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQEMFA.Elektrik.pdf.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\UmdaRvNPnl" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp492A.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2256
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQEMFA.Elektrik.pdf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQEMFA.Elektrik.pdf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1312

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\RFQEMFA.Elektrik.pdf.exe.log
    MD5

    90acfd72f14a512712b1a7380c0faf60

    SHA1

    40ba4accb8faa75887e84fb8e38d598dc8cf0f12

    SHA256

    20806822f0c130b340504132c1461b589261fbbc518e468f4f90733ab514cb86

    SHA512

    29dbf85e14e60868574cb4dc9bda83d3c229fb956733d8d2557f2475ee0e690ac9c2e72f31e02284996da6906ba2dbfa382a29b04c15a2406571d8ee19ad16b9

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp492A.tmp
    MD5

    b25b804bcb11b573796086ac9ae552c8

    SHA1

    eec2e77c14a4779389b99b38424e2da85de1f38c

    SHA256

    20471a1a1d588733fc59e98e8c3c8701e9e084efc22d83873d45b168031f05e6

    SHA512

    7b915862df5504dfdd619875bbb4f9a46f603a37d5e13e4f7416b98bb5c498105a29f01e6b523b91c8412600649685d3cae0c2e4ce6d99f5bdbe84f3703ba2a7

  • memory/804-116-0x0000000005810000-0x0000000005811000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/804-117-0x0000000005DB0000-0x0000000005DB1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/804-118-0x00000000058B0000-0x00000000058B1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/804-119-0x00000000031E0000-0x00000000031E1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/804-120-0x00000000058B0000-0x0000000005DAE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.0MB

  • memory/804-121-0x0000000005780000-0x0000000005781000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/804-122-0x00000000057E0000-0x00000000057E4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    16KB

  • memory/804-123-0x00000000066B0000-0x000000000677B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    812KB

  • memory/804-124-0x0000000005CF0000-0x0000000005D7A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    552KB

  • memory/804-114-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1312-137-0x00000000051D0000-0x00000000051D5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    20KB

  • memory/1312-142-0x00000000064E0000-0x00000000064E6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1312-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1312-136-0x0000000005080000-0x0000000005112000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/1312-152-0x00000000067A0000-0x00000000067A1000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/1312-138-0x00000000056D0000-0x00000000056E9000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    100KB

  • memory/1312-139-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005E83000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1312-140-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000005E9D000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    52KB

  • memory/1312-141-0x00000000064B0000-0x00000000064C5000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    84KB

  • memory/1312-128-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1312-143-0x0000000006500000-0x000000000650C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/1312-144-0x0000000006510000-0x0000000006517000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    28KB

  • memory/1312-145-0x0000000006520000-0x0000000006526000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1312-146-0x0000000006530000-0x000000000653D000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    52KB

  • memory/1312-147-0x0000000006540000-0x0000000006549000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    36KB

  • memory/1312-148-0x0000000006550000-0x000000000655F000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    60KB

  • memory/1312-149-0x0000000006570000-0x000000000657A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1312-150-0x0000000006580000-0x00000000065A9000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    164KB

  • memory/1312-151-0x00000000065C0000-0x00000000065CF000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    60KB

  • memory/2256-125-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp