Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-22 13:51

Sample ID 240823-1f183ayalb
Target 1qwss.exe
SHA256 2ad4531950ae5d29c411ca5cfa092b36eb5cfee82695a08e984b2a5379d57fec
Tags
hacked njrat discovery evasion persistence privilege_escalation
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

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

2ad4531950ae5d29c411ca5cfa092b36eb5cfee82695a08e984b2a5379d57fec

Threat Level: Known bad

The file 1qwss.exe was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

hacked njrat discovery evasion persistence privilege_escalation

Njrat family

Modifies Windows Firewall

Unsigned PE

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-08-23 21:36

Signatures

Njrat family

njrat

Unsigned PE

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

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-08-23 21:36

Reported

2024-08-23 21:38

Platform

win7-20240704-en

Max time kernel

149s

Max time network

122s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe"

Signatures

Modifies Windows Firewall

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL

persistence privilege_escalation
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 2388 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 2388 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 2388 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
PID 2540 wrote to memory of 2388 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe

netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe" "1qwss.exe" ENABLE

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 demo-device-4-mysql-instance.at.remote.it udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp

Files

memory/2540-0-0x0000000074A11000-0x0000000074A12000-memory.dmp

memory/2540-1-0x0000000074A10000-0x0000000074FBB000-memory.dmp

memory/2540-2-0x0000000074A10000-0x0000000074FBB000-memory.dmp

memory/2540-3-0x0000000074A10000-0x0000000074FBB000-memory.dmp

memory/2540-4-0x0000000074A10000-0x0000000074FBB000-memory.dmp

memory/2540-5-0x0000000074A10000-0x0000000074FBB000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-08-23 21:36

Reported

2024-08-23 21:38

Platform

win10v2004-20240802-en

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

134s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe"

Signatures

Modifies Windows Firewall

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL

persistence privilege_escalation
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A
Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: 33 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4988 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe"

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe

netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1qwss.exe" "1qwss.exe" ENABLE

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --field-trial-handle=4336,i,16316361669272684588,6171287487746154806,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4328 /prefetch:8

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 8.8.8.8.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 g.bing.com udp
US 150.171.30.10:443 g.bing.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 10.30.171.150.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 73.144.22.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 64.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 228.249.119.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 97.17.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 demo-device-4-mysql-instance.at.remote.it udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 86.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 171.39.242.20.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 172.214.232.199.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 43.229.111.52.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 tse1.mm.bing.net udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 43.58.199.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
US 150.171.28.10:443 tse1.mm.bing.net tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 10.28.171.150.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:33000 tcp

Files

memory/2160-0-0x00007FFA440B0000-0x00007FFA442A5000-memory.dmp

memory/2160-1-0x00007FFA440B0000-0x00007FFA442A5000-memory.dmp

memory/2160-2-0x00007FFA440B0000-0x00007FFA442A5000-memory.dmp