Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220414-en
  • submitted
    02/05/2022, 13:16

General

  • Target
    af011ef170eec14497356b28fa8a80e4.exe
  • Size 28KB
  • Sample220502-qhsdtsffbk
  • SHA256 387cc2ebbd93f8207e1fbf6ab34434dfb1dc04811d0937174f6251aa6e1cdaa1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Wallets
  • bc1q2yn60mcqwx3gmwjfzdh2sx6g8ck8s8405q43zy

Attributes
  • aes_key

    nyancat

  • antivm

    true

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/kJDs9fgb

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    Wservices.exe

  • main_folder

    AppData

  • pin_spread

    false

  • sub_folder

    \

  • usb_spread

    true

Signatures

  • LimeRAT

    Simple yet powerful RAT for Windows machines written in .NET.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af011ef170eec14497356b28fa8a80e4.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af011ef170eec14497356b28fa8a80e4.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4480
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Wservices.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4456
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Wservices.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Wservices.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:316

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        Wservices.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Wservices.exe
        • Size 28KB
        • SHA256 387cc2ebbd93f8207e1fbf6ab34434dfb1dc04811d0937174f6251aa6e1cdaa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Wservices.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Wservices.exe
        • Size 28KB
        • SHA256 387cc2ebbd93f8207e1fbf6ab34434dfb1dc04811d0937174f6251aa6e1cdaa1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/316-138-0x00000000068D0000-0x0000000006962000-memory.dmp

        memory/4480-130-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F2C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4480-131-0x00000000058D0000-0x000000000596C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4480-132-0x0000000005970000-0x00000000059D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4480-133-0x00000000066A0000-0x0000000006C44000-memory.dmp