Analysis

  • max time kernel
    143s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    25/01/2024, 12:36

General

  • Target
    Request For Quotation.scr.exe
  • Size 331KB
  • Sample240125-psxwmageeq
  • SHA256 4e31d493a6e64c76ff10026b147f95c6f2982860609803d88c8738a26fa3309f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • nanocore

Version
  • 1.2.2.0

C2
  • harold.jetos.com:6051

Mutex
  • c21ee39c-274d-42dc-9878-9c010930f524

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    harold.jetos.com

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2023-11-05T15:38:42.943803836Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    6051

  • default_group

    sales224

  • enable_debug_mode

    true

  • gc_threshold

    1.048576e+07

  • keep_alive_timeout

    30000

  • keyboard_logging

    false

  • lan_timeout

    2500

  • max_packet_size

    1.048576e+07

  • mutex

    c21ee39c-274d-42dc-9878-9c010930f524

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    harold.jetos.com

  • primary_dns_server

    8.8.8.8

  • request_elevation

    true

  • restart_delay

    5000

  • run_delay

    0

  • run_on_startup

    true

  • set_critical_process

    true

  • timeout_interval

    5000

  • use_custom_dns_server

    false

  • version

    1.2.2.0

  • wan_timeout

    8000

Signatures

  • NanoCore

    NanoCore is a remote access tool (RAT) with a variety of capabilities.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 60 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Request For Quotation.scr.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Request For Quotation.scr.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1344
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4072
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd" /c mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer"
      2⤵
        PID:4832
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe'" /f
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5000
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe'" /f
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:2304
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Request For Quotation.scr.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:4168
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3984
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
          2⤵
            PID:4148
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "cmd" /c mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer"
            2⤵
              PID:4680
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              "cmd" /c schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe'" /f
              2⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2776
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe'" /f
                3⤵
                • Creates scheduled task(s)
                PID:2756
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              "cmd" /c copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe"
              2⤵
                PID:4732
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe
              1⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4432
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
                "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
                2⤵
                  PID:2024
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                  "cmd" /c mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer"
                  2⤵
                    PID:4304
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                    "cmd" /c schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe'" /f
                    2⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1416
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe'" /f
                      3⤵
                      • Creates scheduled task(s)
                      PID:4156
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                    "cmd" /c copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe"
                    2⤵
                      PID:1728

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                        Downloads

                        explorer.exe.log

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\explorer.exe.log
                        • Size 612B
                        • SHA256 704dd8b8fb6dfccf43fd0712e36950102151fe7232d6602c53a42af967969533
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        vbc.exe.log

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\vbc.exe.log
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 e16024b092a026a9dc00df69d4b9bbcab7b2dc178dc5291fc308a1abc9304a99
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        explorer.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\explorer\explorer.exe
                        • Size 331KB
                        • SHA256 4e31d493a6e64c76ff10026b147f95c6f2982860609803d88c8738a26fa3309f
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        memory/1344-4-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-3-0x0000000006010000-0x00000000065B4000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-5-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A60000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-6-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D36000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-1-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-10-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-2-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005A60000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1344-0-0x0000000000FE0000-0x0000000001038000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2024-61-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2024-63-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005360000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2024-64-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3984-50-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3984-45-0x00000000055F0000-0x0000000005600000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3984-44-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3984-40-0x00000000055F0000-0x0000000005600000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3984-39-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-33-0x0000000006970000-0x000000000697E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-19-0x0000000005400000-0x000000000541E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-27-0x00000000068F0000-0x0000000006902000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-32-0x0000000006950000-0x0000000006964000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-31-0x0000000006930000-0x0000000006940000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-35-0x00000000069B0000-0x00000000069C4000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-34-0x0000000006980000-0x00000000069AE000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-24-0x00000000068A0000-0x00000000068B2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-30-0x0000000006920000-0x0000000006934000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-29-0x0000000006910000-0x000000000691E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-26-0x00000000068E0000-0x00000000068EE000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-25-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068CA000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-21-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005440000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-20-0x0000000006100000-0x000000000610A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-41-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-42-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005440000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-43-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005440000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-28-0x0000000006900000-0x000000000690C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-18-0x0000000005250000-0x000000000525A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-9-0x0000000005130000-0x00000000051C2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-16-0x00000000051D0000-0x00000000051DA000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-11-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-15-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005440000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4072-12-0x0000000005270000-0x000000000530C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4148-52-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4148-49-0x00000000050D0000-0x00000000050E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4148-48-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4432-56-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E50000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4432-57-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4432-58-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004E50000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4432-55-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4432-62-0x0000000075230000-0x00000000759E0000-memory.dmp