Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15/03/2024, 12:43

General

  • Target
    cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a.exe
  • Size 341KB
  • Sample240315-px53ssaf34
  • SHA256 cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • nanocore

Version
  • 1.2.2.0

C2
  • 172.111.188.199:8829

Mutex
  • ce1d7a43-a4b9-4511-9ddf-1134841f2535

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2020-02-02T10:25:40.952250336Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    8829

  • default_group

    Billi

  • 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

    ce1d7a43-a4b9-4511-9ddf-1134841f2535

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    172.111.188.199

  • 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.

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Maps connected drives based on registry
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\PqLXpPC" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp44D4.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1060
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3672

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\cb70c14b7aa724c2d1cf6881f0a864897d953c367ddbc002594da76941ac376a.exe.log
        • Size 588B
        • SHA256 efa0ab0bd196baf69522d0e11a8bb384a1f0e1806590db7b6ed34abcf6faf5c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmp44D4.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp44D4.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e1006e57ce54e1f781ab62d487e4db135ae75f2329a8b0a6349315ddcbd6b517
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3308-4-0x0000000001790000-0x00000000017A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-15-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-0-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-5-0x0000000001790000-0x00000000017A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-2-0x0000000001790000-0x00000000017A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-3-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3308-1-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-14-0x0000000001A80000-0x0000000001A90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-16-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-17-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-19-0x0000000001A80000-0x0000000001A90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-20-0x0000000001A80000-0x0000000001A90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-21-0x00000000748F0000-0x0000000074EA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3672-22-0x0000000001A80000-0x0000000001A90000-memory.dmp