Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230221-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06/03/2023, 02:56

General

  • Target
    32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9.exe
  • Size 29KB
  • Sample230306-dff7kaad46
  • SHA256 32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • aes_key

    mrrobot

  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/mndrG70y

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    yes.exe

  • main_folder

    AppData

  • pin_spread

    false

  • sub_folder

    \pok\

  • usb_spread

    false

Signatures

  • LimeRAT

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • 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 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pok\yes.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4476
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pok\yes.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pok\yes.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3464

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        yes.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pok\yes.exe
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        yes.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pok\yes.exe
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        yes.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\pok\yes.exe
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 32696f5d14f82da2b483b853946a88eac8ef47abf8b163446011fd4eb37f06f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/828-133-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-134-0x0000000005530000-0x00000000055CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-135-0x00000000055D0000-0x0000000005636000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-136-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005730000-memory.dmp

        memory/828-137-0x00000000062E0000-0x0000000006884000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-148-0x0000000002870000-0x0000000002880000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-149-0x0000000002870000-0x0000000002880000-memory.dmp