limerat | da5b0c44c3c33a911038c54ec26d4357f48779b3562dd6afb16e51cd16547c5d

General

Target

e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

339KB
MD5

e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9
SHA1

6d8bd9818a2b5ea6b2f3ddd2453ae6df3cedac67
SHA256

da5b0c44c3c33a911038c54ec26d4357f48779b3562dd6afb16e51cd16547c5d
SHA512

d5d7c7b3639b421b146ef10c776b89eff927eb1af89c5d033f76c5341dc1a575ea830d2a6884a04ccbdef2edd24ac0311a4fff86329a5035adb31b9f3b843c5b
SSDEEP

6144:qp3Fy+BoE7P9N6S29r3HwArJngn2lojvCe11qR:wVhF7P9Nz0r3Q+JNOvf1

Score

10^/10

limerat discovery rat

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.
rat limerat

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-355097885-2402257403-2971294179-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3748	Windows Update.exe
4048	Windows Update.exe

Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
15	pastebin.com
16	pastebin.com

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3004 set thread context of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3748 set thread context of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Windows Update.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Windows Update.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
452	schtasks.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4048	Windows Update.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4048	Windows Update.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 3004 wrote to memory of 2700	3004	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	84
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 452	2700	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 452	2700	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 452	2700	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	86
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 3748	2700	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 3748	2700	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 3748	2700	e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe	88
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89
PID 3748 wrote to memory of 4048	3748	Windows Update.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3004
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2700
- - 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:452
- - 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 WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3748
  - - 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:4048

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

1

T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9_JaffaCakes118.exe.log

Filesize
226B

MD5
916851e072fbabc4796d8916c5131092

SHA1
d48a602229a690c512d5fdaf4c8d77547a88e7a2

SHA256
7e750c904c43d27c89e55af809a679a96c0bb63fc511006ffbceffc2c7f6fb7d

SHA512
07ce4c881d6c411cac0b62364377e77950797c486804fb10d00555458716e3c47b1efc0d1f37e4cc3b7e6565bb402ca01c7ea8c963f9f9ace941a6e3883d2521

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C:\Users\Admin\Windows\Windows Update.exe

Filesize
339KB

MD5
e456517631e88d6c617afcaf827a95c9

SHA1
6d8bd9818a2b5ea6b2f3ddd2453ae6df3cedac67

SHA256
da5b0c44c3c33a911038c54ec26d4357f48779b3562dd6afb16e51cd16547c5d

SHA512
d5d7c7b3639b421b146ef10c776b89eff927eb1af89c5d033f76c5341dc1a575ea830d2a6884a04ccbdef2edd24ac0311a4fff86329a5035adb31b9f3b843c5b

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memory/2700-10-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2700-12-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2700-31-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2700-11-0x0000000004CB0000-0x0000000004D16000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2700-8-0x0000000000790000-0x000000000079C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2700-13-0x0000000005A20000-0x0000000005FC4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/2700-9-0x0000000004C10000-0x0000000004CAC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/3004-7-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3004-3-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003368000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/3004-2-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3004-0-0x0000000074F7E000-0x0000000074F7F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3004-1-0x0000000000FD0000-0x000000000102A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
360KB

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memory/3748-26-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3748-30-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3748-25-0x0000000074F70000-0x0000000075720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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