Analysis

  • max time kernel
    300s
  • max time network
    298s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240426-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11-05-2024 13:06

General

  • Target

    Google.exe

  • Size

    31KB

  • MD5

    cc893a8b514d6874965dd29c0c473732

  • SHA1

    69f56d454e6facba1eadffbdc7c2bf826b01ceaf

  • SHA256

    369caea879ce15a7146b74e59ac7e172faa742d053634bfa436637c150c0c85a

  • SHA512

    9ce978051ec948e2178a2cbbaf3b72d8367b0b711772ab7c903c34362c0ad848d152fd73babdeca5b86a775460075f526e42ddd4a0062b7b0330b45d495ac9e9

  • SSDEEP

    384:71B+Sbj6NKGHU637AHtKnDqD1Hg3IWcvDKNrCeJE3WNgW1+PgpQB6SDi5GbQro3j:7vpG0637wtJA3IWS45NL+PgSB4g8jEP

Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes
  • aes_key

    Venom

  • antivm

    true

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/9YkEF3aU

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    Google.exe

  • main_folder

    Temp

  • pin_spread

    true

  • sub_folder

    \system\

  • usb_spread

    true

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/9YkEF3aU

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    false

  • pin_spread

    false

  • usb_spread

    false

Signatures

  • LimeRAT

    Simple yet powerful RAT for Windows machines written in .NET.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Google.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Google.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:920
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\system\Google.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:652
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\system\Google.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\system\Google.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4396

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Google.exe.log

    Filesize

    709B

    MD5

    8a1197be130e48aa5aeeafd43eb6bb9f

    SHA1

    cb790c7c216e41524348eaa0e5b74926e78dbfc6

    SHA256

    547474087ec8f71dfd32b76f9b74c86f9844addf5082df37562a2c2c0cae4bfb

    SHA512

    4ad9d8dbbc253c8d7b1c2b4ec5f115c770f02bdbbc21ca0b422e251a3a98331e169c5062cabf7da81d5ae0d295b3778ef105ef82709df1a4ace71be288b8f166

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\system\Google.exe

    Filesize

    31KB

    MD5

    cc893a8b514d6874965dd29c0c473732

    SHA1

    69f56d454e6facba1eadffbdc7c2bf826b01ceaf

    SHA256

    369caea879ce15a7146b74e59ac7e172faa742d053634bfa436637c150c0c85a

    SHA512

    9ce978051ec948e2178a2cbbaf3b72d8367b0b711772ab7c903c34362c0ad848d152fd73babdeca5b86a775460075f526e42ddd4a0062b7b0330b45d495ac9e9

  • memory/920-3-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000056B6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/920-0-0x0000000074FAE000-0x0000000074FAF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/920-4-0x0000000074FA0000-0x0000000075750000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/920-5-0x00000000061F0000-0x0000000006794000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/920-2-0x0000000005540000-0x00000000055DC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/920-1-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000C8E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/920-16-0x0000000074FA0000-0x0000000075750000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/4396-17-0x0000000074FA0000-0x0000000075750000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/4396-18-0x0000000074FA0000-0x0000000075750000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/4396-19-0x0000000074FA0000-0x0000000075750000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/4396-20-0x0000000074FA0000-0x0000000075750000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB