warzonerat | d8e6ae61fefe2f312f15fddf23fcdcba6ea02bc3cc1a1b4566e03130512c9882

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe

WarzoneRat, AveMaria
WarzoneRat is a native RAT developed in C++ with multiple plugins sold as a MaaS.
rat infostealer warzonerat

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe = "0"	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe

Warzone RAT payload 4 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3624-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp	warzonerat
behavioral2/memory/3624-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp	warzonerat
behavioral2/memory/3624-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp	warzonerat
behavioral2/memory/3624-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp	warzonerat

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-1-5-21-557049126-2506969350-2798870634-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe = "0"	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2940 set thread context of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1300	powershell.exe
1300	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1300	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 1300	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	91
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 1300	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	91
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 1300	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	91
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 3624	2940	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe	93

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe"
1⤵
- UAC bypass
- Windows security bypass
- Checks computer location settings
- Windows security modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:2940
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe" -Force
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1300
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ac18d9da9135fd1ae1dd701a76f33c25.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:3624

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

Modify Registry