Analysis

  • max time kernel
    144s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220715-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20220715-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    05-08-2022 10:11

General

  • Target

    Model list set 20 USD4 8 HPID 90CUI 874.exe

  • Size

    782KB

  • MD5

    583524e79bf439fe42fc992fea5d75f9

  • SHA1

    433e13004fc64ef09412e0ac57cc42492eb9b327

  • SHA256

    fded70e0d7bee0d44fdb8cd327a09f1a879d61cc35a57a4d2cba7d7d232eed18

  • SHA512

    b7b1e704c7ffd7993fc937d63d0c49bc3a359ce963dc15cfb29276b282fad8ddd3035acbd9ebf3211a01beb87c1c89d717716ce8876b9e51040b0f0f1186e262

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

79.134.225.53:7171

Mutex

7492bd48-e55d-4165-b6f8-ba286e7dc450

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    79.134.225.53

  • backup_dns_server

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2022-05-17T09:15:51.131379036Z

  • 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

    7171

  • 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

    7492bd48-e55d-4165-b6f8-ba286e7dc450

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    79.134.225.53

  • primary_dns_server

  • 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 3 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Model list set 20 USD4 8 HPID 90CUI 874.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Model list set 20 USD4 8 HPID 90CUI 874.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1276
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nFxIoujoILCO.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1616
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\nFxIoujoILCO" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBD19.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1612
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Model list set 20 USD4 8 HPID 90CUI 874.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Model list set 20 USD4 8 HPID 90CUI 874.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
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1660
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "PCI Service" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC11E.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1048
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "PCI Service Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC286.tmp"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1232

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\Temp\tmpBD19.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    c014d7e51cddf9cef4df9b871ecf2020

    SHA1

    4c6c50b7b445b978fa2058d891d30cdce363439e

    SHA256

    0c5e4a1d9e7d9ee17b23ba6798beeec214bd2da94779d1088e5453af4c23bd7a

    SHA512

    fd842877fe9258fd3d34452833d9e0d96cb783f3a7e6aa8ac7c4ceacf028496dc95879175ece8842ba1711b69f9177ba5685fc277162af8eb58d78546fa981a0

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC11E.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    e36c868e6e1a9839ab343ed227dffdf5

    SHA1

    2a48105ace24da23a77eb0e9455c44511bd82496

    SHA256

    bbea0f5b120a452e82db8dd7e5d70a319f4fb8601a878becccac2ee6cd57e546

    SHA512

    a55b1b04f47c731d27e4259b92ac56856f36466314a7f685bd7719a4ef775dc173c4d96e6341cdb372addcb1b596ae79e74ffee3288df8df9131b8508bd65ba5

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC286.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    bbb0d424bb7cb3b0e6aeb68cf82b8f5f

    SHA1

    7e95dcd21a27ee53e5c23ed5a163df56a43d572a

    SHA256

    08d6bee474edf0151a0d8ff942ba9e6a1efe069585c63477abd1c7bd8046e130

    SHA512

    0dc790a415f9717f6e7633c1d5f2749a2eca5582c5bbe114119c3ddba6d4e4d0df48029622e2fe07f94d8ae97c334b88691b7721da50ada261449769ae31d466

  • memory/1048-77-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1232-80-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1276-55-0x00000000765D1000-0x00000000765D3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1276-56-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000246000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/1276-57-0x0000000000430000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1276-58-0x000000000A300000-0x000000000A388000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    544KB

  • memory/1276-54-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000F2A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    808KB

  • memory/1276-63-0x0000000002670000-0x00000000026AC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    240KB

  • memory/1612-61-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1616-79-0x000000006C9D0000-0x000000006CF7B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.7MB

  • memory/1616-85-0x000000006C9D0000-0x000000006CF7B000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.7MB

  • memory/1616-59-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1660-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1660-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1660-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1660-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1660-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1660-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/1660-71-0x000000000041E792-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1660-82-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000065A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1660-83-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006AE000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/1660-84-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000067A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1660-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB