Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240215-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    19/02/2024, 10:07

General

  • Target

    INVOICE.rtf

  • Size

    79KB

  • MD5

    d3a5532e4cccbf16de85fc3defd1fd27

  • SHA1

    66db633b15618b652921f74f642354bcdf0fee66

  • SHA256

    e33a790854091478f63dbb3aa9cd465d8b72e2fe8276a6ef11eb05219425179a

  • SHA512

    41513ae7e53ac7bd1fc9c22b61a46a8c5ec46b6b96cf57bfac979feb47876439256e8062d36c7e8e857dc24544c85e590ca4f0268812c29514a7cfdbf9014a3e

  • SSDEEP

    768:rwAbZSibMX9gRWjtwAbZSibMX9gRWjtwAbZSibMX9gRWjCd4tDquh0lOpznXsaEG:rwAlRkwAlRkwAlRstmuhXpznc6TPzVd

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

nanocore

Version

1.2.2.0

C2

tzitziklishop3.ddns.net:1663

Mutex

fbf9faaf-f2bf-43ae-91ec-07031d9e9f20

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    tzitziklishop3.ddns.net

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2023-11-24T23:15:19.996809436Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    false

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

    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

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    1663

  • default_group

    NEW JOY

  • 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

    fbf9faaf-f2bf-43ae-91ec-07031d9e9f20

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    tzitziklishop3.ddns.net

  • primary_dns_server

    8.8.8.8

  • request_elevation

    true

  • restart_delay

    5000

  • run_delay

    0

  • run_on_startup

    false

  • 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.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INVOICE.rtf"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2876
    • C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
      C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
      2⤵
        PID:2732
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Launches Equation Editor
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2548
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\big62293.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\big62293.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2880
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\big62293.exe"
          3⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:240
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\big62293.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\big62293.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1600
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "DDP Subsystem" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp35FE.tmp"
            4⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2124
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "DDP Subsystem Task" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp366D.tmp"
            4⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2372

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp35FE.tmp

      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      8bea017d4abf60466095032ca4584643

      SHA1

      2c080ff74f4d12152e2360d3e5a8e773448697a6

      SHA256

      37f772288b75d966cb376824b9a3bc5b224c7e7e5eb199249ddf4e147cf58f2a

      SHA512

      f90b198043ceab4229f30c73614c787e0418be0253889e430c62f162d3e3ff98fa12c983ccb08dfe2ccb2088559644a4e73b7c482fab3c70d43b05542c9113d4

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp366D.tmp

      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      8e2d5fba24ae8a54087d8e6cadc188c1

      SHA1

      548555025543b4773b8f36301f5fa5003e1c85dc

      SHA256

      f8a3739cca23897792b42a11a21adcce745201fa19f8d84ec66a6e0c5e519759

      SHA512

      9246583d7b08152cd73dc40254013e1ae4b8c93603dbb1f4e6b82624e14b134c59de6c8039b588f14075602768a388121e985f886322ae5fb9ec2eee94d4ea3d

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

      Filesize

      20KB

      MD5

      c8275818df79a2c0178f5a45104f53c0

      SHA1

      ffe72da87b1c4fc315d647dd0fc35c4f5c9c9561

      SHA256

      ad730146aba1c1c70c2f61f1c534dc50b8d862211d74c1ece75dcf5dfe1d5df1

      SHA512

      2b08d537da193b6683a96fbf685e5d860a7b5b04a06e1092b408393cdf176181e98ddbba2aac6e32fe45f7f70b5b9b1248a192c59b248930b9b6ae747aae5ed5

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\big62293.exe

      Filesize

      658KB

      MD5

      1b5ad20b8a289ce7526dceea7c91f5f3

      SHA1

      447d20bdbc1aa6258b00949def3d2410409e4ea1

      SHA256

      ee58fa913b4f5d0527453664b762b848404c19c23369ab6c4c893d55adbdde4b

      SHA512

      83af90542f6470f5a712ca4bb0768341994567f50af030e169f5502f8ec5ddbe70ca7d33cae1f0ab50aba1f6d7101818302a84edb79b0cf79085fdc8e4183c31

    • memory/240-65-0x000000006A9F0000-0x000000006AF9B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/240-80-0x000000006A9F0000-0x000000006AF9B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/240-69-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002BD0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/240-71-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002BD0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/240-68-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002BD0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/240-67-0x000000006A9F0000-0x000000006AF9B000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/1600-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-78-0x0000000000440000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/1600-98-0x0000000004A30000-0x0000000004A70000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/1600-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-52-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1600-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-97-0x000000006B1C0000-0x000000006B8AE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/1600-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-63-0x000000006B1C0000-0x000000006B8AE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/1600-64-0x0000000004A30000-0x0000000004A70000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/1600-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-95-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DC4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/1600-94-0x0000000000E00000-0x0000000000E2E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      184KB

    • memory/1600-93-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000D9E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1600-92-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D54000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/1600-91-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D40000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1600-90-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D34000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      80KB

    • memory/1600-77-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003FA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1600-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      224KB

    • memory/1600-79-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000056A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1600-89-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D1E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1600-88-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000CCC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1600-84-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000005A2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/1600-85-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005FA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      104KB

    • memory/1600-86-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000007EE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1600-87-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000000862000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2876-82-0x000000007113D000-0x0000000071148000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/2876-2-0x000000007113D000-0x0000000071148000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      44KB

    • memory/2876-0-0x000000002FE51000-0x000000002FE52000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2876-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2876-119-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2880-33-0x0000000001190000-0x000000000123A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      680KB

    • memory/2880-34-0x000000006B240000-0x000000006B92E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2880-35-0x0000000004CB0000-0x0000000004CF0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/2880-40-0x0000000000580000-0x000000000059C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/2880-42-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005D2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2880-43-0x00000000053F0000-0x000000000546A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      488KB

    • memory/2880-59-0x000000006B240000-0x000000006B92E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB