wshrat | 21d1b6a68906c9062a548838de678dc76f763bb8300ae753e352716dcdd9be7b

General

Target

Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js
Size

1.0MB
MD5

aa4bb1e4cfe615e1890c18959f0f6fe6
SHA1

00fead3c49c16e409139630f011a00f2254adb9e
SHA256

21d1b6a68906c9062a548838de678dc76f763bb8300ae753e352716dcdd9be7b
SHA512

39489bbad7b8bbf59082531800bd78e2fce2475508addc0ddc43b17073500250bebc8491acaaff2e72b0fe364d52bde6ed81a9e338a53c9ff3b78962937040f3
SSDEEP

1536:MQ65yrQXApr8K8Y898K8Y8y3CAnuCLkxN013iog2jUS0XS0PH6Z86iLvXg0AnhPd:MQqEY1jbMYBX9h34FC/

Score

10^/10

wshrat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

wshrat

C2

http://harold.ns01.info:3609

Signatures

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

Blocklisted process makes network request 15 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
14	1740	wscript.exe
16	1740	wscript.exe
33	1740	wscript.exe
34	1740	wscript.exe
48	1740	wscript.exe
49	1740	wscript.exe
50	1740	wscript.exe
57	1740	wscript.exe
59	1740	wscript.exe
63	1740	wscript.exe
66	1740	wscript.exe
67	1740	wscript.exe
68	1740	wscript.exe
69	1740	wscript.exe
73	1740	wscript.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3811856890-180006922-3689258494-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	wscript.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js	wscript.exe
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js	wscript.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
13	ip-api.com

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Script User-Agent 14 IoCs

Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

description	flow	ioc
HTTP User-Agent header	66	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	68	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	73	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	49	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	59	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	67	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	69	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	48	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	57	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	50	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	33	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	34	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	16	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands
HTTP User-Agent header	63	WSHRAT\|A4703537\|QOLMEYBB\|Admin\|Microsoft Windows 10 Pro\|plus\|nan-av\|false - 23/10/2023\|JavaScript-v3.4\|NL:Netherlands

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 212 wrote to memory of 1740	212	wscript.exe	87
PID 212 wrote to memory of 1740	212	wscript.exe	87

C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
wscript.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops startup file
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:212
- C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" //B "C:\Users\Admin\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js"
  2⤵
  - Blocklisted process makes network request
  - Drops startup file
  PID:1740

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js

Filesize
1.0MB

MD5
aa4bb1e4cfe615e1890c18959f0f6fe6

SHA1
00fead3c49c16e409139630f011a00f2254adb9e

SHA256
21d1b6a68906c9062a548838de678dc76f763bb8300ae753e352716dcdd9be7b

SHA512
39489bbad7b8bbf59082531800bd78e2fce2475508addc0ddc43b17073500250bebc8491acaaff2e72b0fe364d52bde6ed81a9e338a53c9ff3b78962937040f3

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js

Filesize
1.0MB

MD5
aa4bb1e4cfe615e1890c18959f0f6fe6

SHA1
00fead3c49c16e409139630f011a00f2254adb9e

SHA256
21d1b6a68906c9062a548838de678dc76f763bb8300ae753e352716dcdd9be7b

SHA512
39489bbad7b8bbf59082531800bd78e2fce2475508addc0ddc43b17073500250bebc8491acaaff2e72b0fe364d52bde6ed81a9e338a53c9ff3b78962937040f3

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C:\Users\Admin\Tax-Returns-Of-R58-765.js

Filesize
1.0MB

MD5
aa4bb1e4cfe615e1890c18959f0f6fe6

SHA1
00fead3c49c16e409139630f011a00f2254adb9e

SHA256
21d1b6a68906c9062a548838de678dc76f763bb8300ae753e352716dcdd9be7b

SHA512
39489bbad7b8bbf59082531800bd78e2fce2475508addc0ddc43b17073500250bebc8491acaaff2e72b0fe364d52bde6ed81a9e338a53c9ff3b78962937040f3

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