Analysis

  • max time kernel
    205s
  • max time network
    216s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220812-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220812-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    21/10/2022, 13:06

General

  • Target
    Remittance advice payment notification as of.exe
  • Size 766KB
  • Sample221021-qb3afscef2
  • SHA256 9f11277408508861dee8aeef598cbee2af8d13b0e85c65fd5ec96cf5062e25fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • wshrat

C2
  • http://0b3c.duckdns.org:1988

Signatures

  • WSHRAT

    WSHRAT is a variant of Houdini worm and has vbs and js variants.

  • WSHRAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 11 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Remittance advice payment notification as of.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Remittance advice payment notification as of.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4192
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4380
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:428
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1628
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4912
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2216
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\DGayX.vbs"
          4⤵
          • Blocklisted process makes network request
          • Drops startup file
          • Adds Run key to start application
          PID:4152
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2216 -s 964
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:4344
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4380 -s 576
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3844
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 456 -p 4380 -ip 4380
    1⤵
      PID:32
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 360 -p 2216 -ip 2216
      1⤵
        PID:4444

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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            Downloads

            bbinf.w

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bbinf.w
            • Size 4KB
            • SHA256 931870702ec86cea9e92f72501cf3f3f6df6c4b4b8474c5b47c9ba6b16235be1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csuwthfqa.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
            • Size 58KB
            • SHA256 627615ca5fb20b3ffdcfc964b81bc3cd5370f5080164bbfa0bd964e9fd193a66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csuwthfqa.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
            • Size 58KB
            • SHA256 627615ca5fb20b3ffdcfc964b81bc3cd5370f5080164bbfa0bd964e9fd193a66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csuwthfqa.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
            • Size 58KB
            • SHA256 627615ca5fb20b3ffdcfc964b81bc3cd5370f5080164bbfa0bd964e9fd193a66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csuwthfqa.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
            • Size 58KB
            • SHA256 627615ca5fb20b3ffdcfc964b81bc3cd5370f5080164bbfa0bd964e9fd193a66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csuwthfqa.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
            • Size 58KB
            • SHA256 627615ca5fb20b3ffdcfc964b81bc3cd5370f5080164bbfa0bd964e9fd193a66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csuwthfqa.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csuwthfqa.exe
            • Size 58KB
            • SHA256 627615ca5fb20b3ffdcfc964b81bc3cd5370f5080164bbfa0bd964e9fd193a66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            vjamxa.jp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vjamxa.jp
            • Size 606KB
            • SHA256 1c8f1b9d1ff34d0838778957b366afd84ebb4ee84f11bff9c2f657df194324cf
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            DGayX.vbs

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\DGayX.vbs
            • Size 180KB
            • SHA256 7cb32afa10f19e75b6825d8fdc2cfdb77e5c0778946d2a7ca30f48e5b86d51a1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP