Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240412-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240412-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    25/04/2024, 09:41

General

  • Target
    POP.exe
  • Size 660KB
  • Sample240425-lny2cahe4v
  • SHA256 3796fdf35ca6c4557746dc1de61e477fe9972bc44a2fb23503e302c27fab4335
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • nanocore

Version
  • 1.2.2.0

C2
  • amechi.duckdns.org:4190

Mutex
  • 1e951a16-0899-4a49-9bed-fad9fc6657d1

Attributes
  • activate_away_mode

    true

  • backup_connection_host

    amechi.duckdns.org

  • backup_dns_server

    8.8.4.4

  • buffer_size

    65535

  • build_time

    2024-02-05T10:09:03.565293536Z

  • bypass_user_account_control

    true

  • bypass_user_account_control_data

  • clear_access_control

    true

  • clear_zone_identifier

    false

  • connect_delay

    4000

  • connection_port

    4190

  • default_group

    clement

  • 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

    1e951a16-0899-4a49-9bed-fad9fc6657d1

  • mutex_timeout

    5000

  • prevent_system_sleep

    false

  • primary_connection_host

    amechi.duckdns.org

  • 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • 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 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POP.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POP.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4420
    • 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\POP.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4360
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CXAoYUE.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\CXAoYUE" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp705D.tmp"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4980
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POP.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\POP.exe"
      2⤵
      • 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
      PID:3828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4420 -s 1732
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:3704
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4420 -ip 4420
    1⤵
      PID:1184

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 3ccd66e69e2e5d7392dd36af374580c70cbd5020a594d06153c26661b187f6f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_a5unpihh.k3j.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_a5unpihh.k3j.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          tmp705D.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp705D.tmp
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 fadee56b817cdccccefee0132a577f2d4300746fe8599efbc4938f686479a7d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/800-59-0x000000007FD30000-0x000000007FD40000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-26-0x00000000057A0000-0x00000000057C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-103-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-96-0x0000000007B70000-0x0000000007B78000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-94-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007AA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-92-0x0000000007A50000-0x0000000007A61000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-90-0x00000000078C0000-0x00000000078CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-88-0x0000000007E90000-0x000000000850A000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-87-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000051B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-18-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000051B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-83-0x0000000007510000-0x00000000075B3000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-19-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000051B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-60-0x00000000074D0000-0x0000000007502000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-61-0x000000006EE10000-0x000000006EE5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-22-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-57-0x0000000006560000-0x00000000065AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-56-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000653E000-memory.dmp

          memory/800-34-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005EE6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-28-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-55-0x0000000006480000-0x000000000648A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-50-0x0000000005700000-0x0000000005710000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-104-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-115-0x0000000006CB0000-0x0000000006CBE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-114-0x0000000006C90000-0x0000000006CA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-113-0x0000000006C70000-0x0000000006C80000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-53-0x00000000056F0000-0x00000000056FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-54-0x0000000006340000-0x000000000635E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-108-0x0000000006C20000-0x0000000006C2E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-106-0x0000000006BE0000-0x0000000006BF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-112-0x0000000006C60000-0x0000000006C74000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-111-0x0000000006C50000-0x0000000006C5E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-110-0x0000000006C40000-0x0000000006C4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-109-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C42000-memory.dmp

          memory/3828-107-0x0000000006BF0000-0x0000000006C0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-73-0x0000000007850000-0x000000000786E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-17-0x00000000057F0000-0x0000000005E18000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-85-0x00000000051B0000-0x00000000051C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-62-0x000000007F830000-0x000000007F840000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-86-0x00000000051B0000-0x00000000051C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-14-0x00000000050E0000-0x0000000005116000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-16-0x00000000051B0000-0x00000000051C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-89-0x00000000079E0000-0x00000000079FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-15-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-102-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-91-0x0000000007C60000-0x0000000007CF6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-93-0x0000000007C10000-0x0000000007C1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-20-0x00000000051B0000-0x00000000051C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-95-0x0000000007D20000-0x0000000007D3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-63-0x000000006EE10000-0x000000006EE5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4360-49-0x0000000006170000-0x00000000061D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-58-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-6-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005640000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-1-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-2-0x0000000005640000-0x0000000005BE4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-7-0x0000000006370000-0x0000000006384000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-8-0x0000000006920000-0x000000000699A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-9-0x000000000D280000-0x000000000D31C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-4-0x0000000004FE0000-0x0000000004FF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-5-0x0000000005050000-0x000000000505A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-0-0x00000000005A0000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-35-0x0000000004FE0000-0x0000000004FF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-24-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-3-0x0000000005090000-0x0000000005122000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-27-0x000000000DEC0000-0x000000000E214000-memory.dmp