Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    21-05-2022 11:14

General

  • Target

    RFQ_PO_5638828111.pdf Img in.exe

  • Size

    450KB

  • MD5

    e7258dccdfef178b604b129967ae3091

  • SHA1

    7ea24dd9756999e4c7ee0620fb2f9750bee23077

  • SHA256

    6d6f5f18b3a61dc596b10fbca17969aa9e8b2d771af6b9084977e0dfa70ff6e6

  • SHA512

    2424ed2d515498068c87ccf788741c126d33b46d0cb787fff8183179d73e095e051235ca9e7f6bf5791c5c76d2039154f405a08961f336bfe7b688e2fb66c801

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

sandshoe.myfirewall.org:5654

79.134.225.85:5654

Mutex

b234c25f-62f0-47ae-8f27-8aa17107a06f

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    79.134.225.85

  • backup_dns_server

    sandshoe.myfirewall.org

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2020-05-29T06:46:02.017119936Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    false

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

    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

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    5654

  • default_group

    SAND

  • 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

    b234c25f-62f0-47ae-8f27-8aa17107a06f

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    sandshoe.myfirewall.org

  • primary_dns_server

    79.134.225.85

  • 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.

  • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 3 IoCs

    Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ_PO_5638828111.pdf Img in.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ_PO_5638828111.pdf Img in.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1260
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ_PO_5638828111.pdf Img in.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2000
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "DSL Service" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB175.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1760

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

1
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB175.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    4ed77c33e2d6d1a4c2034e26dad92c35

    SHA1

    4d98aa55896779c137fd691a18206e1249ad3d43

    SHA256

    0809af7c4b77af123d19daa7ecd22aa4b4f2549e5f2b01e896b945a4c211ef5d

    SHA512

    baaf046b32b1744be0263b5d163cc2bda1494169d8e8c29d044a916e58d9b3fd3a62b1fe660c2232c39ffc0bed2339044bc75e83f3d0f5a799f89b084a2a2d23

  • memory/1260-54-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000E26000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    472KB

  • memory/1260-55-0x00000000753C1000-0x00000000753C3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1260-56-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000037A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1260-57-0x00000000048D0000-0x000000000492E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    376KB

  • memory/1260-58-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004F8000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1760-72-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2000-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-66-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/2000-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/2000-74-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003DA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2000-75-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003FE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/2000-76-0x0000000000440000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB