Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    22/07/2024, 12:30

General

  • Target
    63380c572eac88aef5616334fa06f9e1_JaffaCakes118.exe
  • Size 89KB
  • Sample240722-ppk3nayclk
  • SHA256 75a1081e0bce1d4ec8dc772f38a128f0a97c18637f9b83bfc5d035263eadab99
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/v9J7B6vz

  • 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).

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 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 4 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\63380c572eac88aef5616334fa06f9e1_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\63380c572eac88aef5616334fa06f9e1_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3380
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\killisrael.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1604
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\killisrael.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\killisrael.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1620

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        killisrael.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\killisrael.exe
        • Size 89KB
        • SHA256 75a1081e0bce1d4ec8dc772f38a128f0a97c18637f9b83bfc5d035263eadab99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1620-20-0x0000000002620000-0x0000000002646000-memory.dmp

        memory/1620-19-0x00007FFD950E0000-0x00007FFD95BA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1620-21-0x00007FFD950E0000-0x00007FFD95BA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1620-22-0x00007FFD950E0000-0x00007FFD95BA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1620-23-0x00007FFD950E0000-0x00007FFD95BA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-2-0x00000000011A0000-0x00000000011C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-3-0x00000000011C0000-0x00000000011D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-4-0x0000000002990000-0x00000000029A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-5-0x00007FFD950E0000-0x00007FFD95BA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-1-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-18-0x00007FFD950E0000-0x00007FFD95BA1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3380-0-0x00007FFD950E3000-0x00007FFD950E5000-memory.dmp