Malware Analysis Report

2024-09-11 10:01

Sample ID 240426-h42kmabd8y
Target 004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118
SHA256 34d54fc11ec26dc3645995c8cad58d22976293e6af1ec3789cfab640ace146b4
Tags
limerat rat
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

34d54fc11ec26dc3645995c8cad58d22976293e6af1ec3789cfab640ace146b4

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118 was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

limerat rat

LimeRAT

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Maps connected drives based on registry

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix V13

Initial Access
TA0001
Execution
TA0002
Persistence
TA0003
Privilege Escalation
TA0004
Defense Evasion
TA0005
Credential Access
TA0006
Discovery
TA0007
Query Registry
T1012
Peripheral Device Discovery
T1120
System Information Discovery
T1082
Lateral Movement
TA0008
Collection
TA0009
Exfiltration
TA0010
Command and Control
TA0011
Web Service
T1102
Impact
TA0040
Resource Development
TA0042
Reconnaissance
TA0043

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-04-26 07:18

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-04-26 07:18

Reported

2024-04-26 07:20

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

138s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

LimeRAT

rat limerat

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2112 set thread context of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2192 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 pastebin.com udp
US 104.20.4.235:443 pastebin.com tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:5119 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:5119 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:6981 tcp

Files

memory/2112-0-0x00000000012C0000-0x00000000012D4000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-1-0x0000000074840000-0x0000000074F2E000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-2-0x0000000001260000-0x00000000012A0000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-3-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001EA000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-7-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

memory/2112-11-0x0000000074840000-0x0000000074F2E000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-15-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074EAE000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-16-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E30000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-17-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074EAE000-memory.dmp

memory/2192-18-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E30000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-04-26 07:18

Reported

2024-04-26 07:20

Platform

win10v2004-20240412-en

Max time kernel

147s

Max time network

151s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Signatures

LimeRAT

rat limerat

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A
N/A pastebin.com N/A N/A

Maps connected drives based on registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3116 set thread context of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe
PID 3116 wrote to memory of 5092 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 68.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 204.79.197.237:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.197.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 237.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 9.228.82.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 198.32.209.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 pastebin.com udp
US 104.20.3.235:443 pastebin.com tcp
NL 23.62.61.75:443 www.bing.com tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 235.3.20.104.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 26.35.223.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 75.61.62.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 21.114.53.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 67.32.209.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 183.59.114.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 56.126.166.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 58.55.71.13.in-addr.arpa udp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 153.97.55.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 119.110.54.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 15.164.165.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 65.139.73.23.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.210.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.197.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 48.251.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
BE 194.187.251.163:6981 tcp
IE 52.111.236.23:443 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:6981 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 204.79.197.200:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 200.197.79.204.in-addr.arpa udp
BE 194.187.251.163:51233 tcp
BE 194.187.251.163:5119 tcp

Files

memory/3116-1-0x0000000074860000-0x0000000075010000-memory.dmp

memory/3116-0-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000774000-memory.dmp

memory/3116-2-0x0000000005120000-0x00000000051BC000-memory.dmp

memory/3116-3-0x00000000053B0000-0x00000000053C0000-memory.dmp

memory/3116-4-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

memory/3116-5-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005F14000-memory.dmp

memory/5092-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\004317b8cf9bf0a8595424977cecddd0_JaffaCakes118.exe.log

MD5 99e770c0d4043aa84ef3d3cbc7723c25
SHA1 19829c5c413fccba750a3357f938dfa94486acad
SHA256 33c7dd4c852dae6462c701337f8e0a8647602847ccaee656fa6f1149cccfb5d5
SHA512 ba521e2f57d7e1db19445201948caa7af6d953e1c1340228934888f8ec05b8984ad492122d0bf0550b5e679614d8a713ecf68f91916ffa6e5d8f75bf003aae39

memory/3116-9-0x0000000074860000-0x0000000075010000-memory.dmp

memory/5092-10-0x0000000074860000-0x0000000075010000-memory.dmp

memory/5092-11-0x0000000005270000-0x00000000052D6000-memory.dmp

memory/5092-12-0x0000000005570000-0x0000000005580000-memory.dmp

memory/5092-13-0x0000000074860000-0x0000000075010000-memory.dmp

memory/5092-14-0x0000000005570000-0x0000000005580000-memory.dmp