Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    100s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    28/12/2023, 21:32

General

  • Target
    f998121d523426ed0afed3d21dfb0d69.exe
  • Size 380KB
  • Sample231228-1d16aacfc9
  • SHA256 7a9a5279a3ced8e2aabcb0edf0c1f5f935d33b49807de894774ad8f9c51a02f8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/tDBQY6gT

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    false

  • pin_spread

    false

  • 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
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Obfuscated with Agile.Net obfuscator 2 IoCs

    Detects use of the Agile.Net commercial obfuscator, which is capable of entity renaming and control flow obfuscation.

  • 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).

  • 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 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f998121d523426ed0afed3d21dfb0d69.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f998121d523426ed0afed3d21dfb0d69.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:736
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\System32\Window Security Notification.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2764
    • C:\Users\Admin\System32\Window Security Notification.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\System32\Window Security Notification.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4368

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        AgileDotNetRT.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\658fe764-17b2-4bab-9272-0ccf7d8dc77a\AgileDotNetRT.dll
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 6d51b6527fdb08c71b5382e17de5eef7fed85fa8ead2f18b61d274c78b7b2645
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Window Security Notification.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\System32\Window Security Notification.exe
        • Size 380KB
        • SHA256 7a9a5279a3ced8e2aabcb0edf0c1f5f935d33b49807de894774ad8f9c51a02f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Window Security Notification.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\System32\Window Security Notification.exe
        • Size 92KB
        • SHA256 3c7796950be03113ff033e55d115e9579ce1dcbe09288fc15eed958cf6638377
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/736-24-0x0000000075070000-0x0000000075621000-memory.dmp

        memory/736-10-0x0000000073D90000-0x0000000073DEB000-memory.dmp

        memory/736-0-0x0000000075070000-0x0000000075621000-memory.dmp

        memory/736-2-0x0000000075070000-0x0000000075621000-memory.dmp

        memory/736-27-0x0000000073580000-0x00000000735A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/736-11-0x0000000073580000-0x00000000735A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/736-1-0x0000000001710000-0x0000000001720000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-30-0x0000000075070000-0x0000000075621000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-25-0x0000000075070000-0x0000000075621000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-32-0x00000000735B0000-0x00000000735D8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-31-0x0000000073D90000-0x0000000073DEB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-26-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-33-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-34-0x0000000075070000-0x0000000075621000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-35-0x00000000735B0000-0x00000000735D8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4368-36-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007D0000-memory.dmp