Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    14/09/2024, 22:53

General

  • Target
    Nitro.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample240914-2t99ka1fpl
  • SHA256 be045cf8976030dc7200bedb119e053213e575af26e5e5b92a1a4f51e2f96b4e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xenorat

C2
  • 148.0.169.121

Mutex
  • Nitro

Attributes
  • delay

    5000

  • install_path

    temp

  • port

    4444

  • startup_name

    Nitro

Signatures

  • Detect XenoRat Payload 2 IoCs
  • XenorRat

    XenorRat is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nitro.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Nitro.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3240
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XenoManager\Nitro.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XenoManager\Nitro.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1008
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Nitro" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9EC0.tmp" /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2152

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

        Replay Monitor

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        Downloads

        Nitro.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Nitro.exe.log
        • Size 226B
        • SHA256 7e750c904c43d27c89e55af809a679a96c0bb63fc511006ffbceffc2c7f6fb7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Nitro.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XenoManager\Nitro.exe
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 be045cf8976030dc7200bedb119e053213e575af26e5e5b92a1a4f51e2f96b4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        tmp9EC0.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9EC0.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4c66a47aa57a8014b7a18da47b7b1e269fb9b65cb655c4207052795c2834c42f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1008-15-0x0000000074430000-0x0000000074BE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1008-18-0x0000000074430000-0x0000000074BE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1008-19-0x0000000074430000-0x0000000074BE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-0-0x000000007443E000-0x000000007443F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-1-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002F2000-memory.dmp