Analysis

  • max time kernel
    168s
  • max time network
    175s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    29/01/2023, 21:30

General

  • Target
    70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe
  • Size 490KB
  • Sample230129-1cgp9ade26
  • SHA256 70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • aes_key

    IRj3SceatjDfweW/qMMw7g==

  • antivm

    true

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/Jpq3By4t

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    Audio Realtek Driver.exe

  • main_folder

    AppData

  • pin_spread

    false

  • sub_folder

    \Audio Realtek Driver\

  • usb_spread

    false

Signatures

  • LimeRAT

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 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
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 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 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1304
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3044
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2276
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1676

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d.exe.log
        • Size 226B
        • SHA256 7e750c904c43d27c89e55af809a679a96c0bb63fc511006ffbceffc2c7f6fb7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Audio Realtek Driver.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Audio Realtek Driver.exe.log
        • Size 226B
        • SHA256 7e750c904c43d27c89e55af809a679a96c0bb63fc511006ffbceffc2c7f6fb7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Audio Realtek Driver.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe
        • Size 490KB
        • SHA256 70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Audio Realtek Driver.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe
        • Size 490KB
        • SHA256 70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Audio Realtek Driver.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Audio Realtek Driver\Audio Realtek Driver.exe
        • Size 490KB
        • SHA256 70f4c33eda2d8cdd793fe141489293be4ec4f70e29a55d3a4c63bac9b27d451d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1304-132-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000130000-memory.dmp

        memory/1560-134-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1560-136-0x0000000001870000-0x000000000190C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1560-137-0x00000000051A0000-0x0000000005206000-memory.dmp

        memory/1560-138-0x0000000005DC0000-0x0000000006364000-memory.dmp