Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06-09-2022 06:21

General

  • Target

    a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2.exe

  • Size

    933KB

  • MD5

    a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2

  • SHA1

    d26b7c87b08e46c567323e3f001a51e9d4b2927e

  • SHA256

    40163bbe666ea73c550fff89312262d3307ccfdde0d5fec95eae5deb1a1a6243

  • SHA512

    1c74859a877881624945a0f8372d074ba0f39cd4bbebbe25b4887306383f664bf3298ed970f2a9100ff91d62792d2c6b206417c2d4ede99eb20d27b4cf978627

  • SSDEEP

    24576:bZ5vT5H5dGICDJpXSYOcqFnN9Ir1mcXY+mzo3bv:l5bp5dGICHSYpSS1XlmzM

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

welu111.ddns.net:2404

127.0.0.1:2404

Mutex

fc32f95c-2910-433f-b101-8576e258a05d

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    127.0.0.1

  • backup_dns_server

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2022-06-11T12:29:33.575754536Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    true

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    2404

  • default_group

    Cass

  • 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

    fc32f95c-2910-433f-b101-8576e258a05d

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    true

  • primary_connection_host

    welu111.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 computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4952
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wlRIJxyonelRh.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1980
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wlRIJxyonelRh" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp440E.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4280
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4212

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

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\a440839332ab9d93644827ad59b21ff2.exe.log
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    e08f822522c617a40840c62e4b0fb45e

    SHA1

    ae516dca4da5234be6676d3f234c19ec55725be7

    SHA256

    bd9d5e9f7fe6fcff17d873555d4077d15f7d6cdda1183e7f7d278b735ffe1fd7

    SHA512

    894a7fb7bbc18ac6ba13378f58a7db80ad00d6080be9a66b01cae8e23e41d9d2d4cd53c1e20669356b73590c8a3ebfda4bdda3258f81240db56c4a81b7313fe4

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp440E.tmp
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    76aa0b852ece641e706716e0642f5c22

    SHA1

    e2916bc9d73ea6186bdf94da1d7e750df8b7f196

    SHA256

    8884eaa81a30292d13af4c42c45a61e3563b275841593dc172f452d9fe79c126

    SHA512

    5a737ffb24597991b936b7c76be4a56f84e760995c78870be1e4025562323df5290917e611306ff9ed1620ac19416d5c85fd755b73d01b5612e8af799fed71f5

  • memory/1980-150-0x00000000706E0000-0x000000007072C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/1980-138-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1980-146-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004CB2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/1980-158-0x0000000007280000-0x0000000007288000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/1980-147-0x00000000055C0000-0x0000000005626000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/1980-157-0x00000000072A0000-0x00000000072BA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/1980-140-0x00000000046B0000-0x00000000046E6000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/1980-148-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C7E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/1980-142-0x0000000004E90000-0x00000000054B8000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/1980-156-0x0000000007190000-0x000000000719E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/1980-155-0x00000000071E0000-0x0000000007276000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    600KB

  • memory/1980-154-0x0000000006FD0000-0x0000000006FDA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/1980-153-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006F7A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/1980-152-0x00000000075A0000-0x0000000007C1A000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/1980-151-0x0000000006200000-0x000000000621E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/1980-149-0x0000000006220000-0x0000000006252000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/4212-144-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    224KB

  • memory/4212-143-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4280-139-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/4952-132-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000C3E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    952KB

  • memory/4952-134-0x0000000005600000-0x0000000005692000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/4952-135-0x00000000055E0000-0x00000000055EA000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/4952-136-0x0000000009020000-0x00000000090BC000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/4952-133-0x0000000005B10000-0x00000000060B4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/4952-137-0x0000000009330000-0x0000000009396000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    408KB