Analysis

  • max time kernel
    136s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17/08/2024, 19:44

General

  • Target
    a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe
  • Size 332KB
  • Sample240817-yf4yvatalh
  • SHA256 98bd317536a3897e12a06396535593e6df8d2bef351f0f4e4f248e71c26cbbc7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • aes_key

    IRj3SceatjDfweW/qMMw7g==

  • antivm

    true

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/p8Be8nNX

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    Windows Update.exe

  • main_folder

    UserProfile

  • pin_spread

    false

  • sub_folder

    \Windows\

  • usb_spread

    false

Extracted

Family
  • limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/p8Be8nNX

  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:804
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4020
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe'"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5032
      • C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4948
        • C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4552

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\a3e1ee0eaca1c17b5c1956bd09d198b0_JaffaCakes118.exe.log
        • Size 425B
        • SHA256 34ba0ab8d1850e7825763f413142a333ccbc05fa2b5499a28a7d27b8a1c5b4bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Windows Update.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe
        • Size 332KB
        • SHA256 98bd317536a3897e12a06396535593e6df8d2bef351f0f4e4f248e71c26cbbc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/804-0-0x000000007474E000-0x000000007474F000-memory.dmp

        memory/804-1-0x00000000006F0000-0x000000000074A000-memory.dmp

        memory/804-2-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/804-3-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/804-4-0x0000000002AD0000-0x0000000002AD8000-memory.dmp

        memory/804-8-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-9-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-10-0x00000000057A0000-0x000000000583C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-11-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005966000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-12-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-13-0x00000000065A0000-0x0000000006B44000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4020-25-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-26-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-27-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-28-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-33-0x0000000074740000-0x0000000074EF0000-memory.dmp