runningrat | b10884a495070c2f9ee183bbbb6d1b8f7351fc75d094f4bb212c38c859a6e867

General

Target

me.exe
Size

68KB
MD5

04485ee0f0313f990255aa4a06546abb
SHA1

fa87b9a7b914c11fb75b775e391a3ad46d4eb432
SHA256

b10884a495070c2f9ee183bbbb6d1b8f7351fc75d094f4bb212c38c859a6e867
SHA512

d95011d0bbae4c63ab0acf26568d0759990f26ed87dbc60ed01fdb840477519adb931feff6a6029c0b32d4ba4623ef2951ca260fcfabc609b364f51f775f024b
SSDEEP

768:BCB8S+OR7dOahyoHokBtqN74W7bZZmYb9PyzcjRlYlwa6NVdkPnJJMI4V:BHJaAoHoc2x7bZoYBAcQlwJdME

Score

10^/10

runningrat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

runningrat

Signatures

RunningRat
RunningRat is a remote access trojan first seen in 2018.
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RunningRat payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3496-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000F000-memory.dmp	family_runningrat

Runningrat family
runningrat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\NETSYSDDL\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240634687.dll"	me.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1160	NETSYSDDL.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
3496	me.exe
3496	me.exe
2220	svchost.exe
1160	NETSYSDDL.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSYSDDL.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240634687.dll	me.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	me.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSYSDDL.exe	svchost.exe

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	me.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	NETSYSDDL.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	NETSYSDDL.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	NETSYSDDL.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\Version = "7"	NETSYSDDL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum	NETSYSDDL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software	NETSYSDDL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft	NETSYSDDL.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie	NETSYSDDL.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1160	2220	svchost.exe	95
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1160	2220	svchost.exe	95
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 1160	2220	svchost.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\me.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\me.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3496

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "NETSYSDDL"
1⤵
PID:1948

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "NETSYSDDL"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2220
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSYSDDL.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\NETSYSDDL.exe "c:\windows\system32\240634687.dll",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
  PID:1160

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240634687.dll

Filesize
37KB

MD5
65d32b9b7cb3f88e2b1f81537a1afb79

SHA1
657aa72d602d5479b81297321ab4a6173cadfc22

SHA256
152f1bf6b11eb2f8e0f31bce6853f7f9fa604164a429741ec0973f508f6520e1

SHA512
3c98e516d8bced9f287b94422163ef86201c1067b13834377ecc70c0b35d48cedfd1044e2e058df5b2b50133d43990f58be49f19189191992af157cc60033811

Download Submit
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETSYSDDL.exe

Filesize
60KB

MD5
889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

SHA1
8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

SHA256
6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

SHA512
08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini

Filesize
44B

MD5
cd92b1c093215b18d5a97f34be0b8dc9

SHA1
61abe2809c12832c33db34e4d5c0a7b521b41a66

SHA256
db312628b3001d24ca2836ab065bed9573f65158a3b31d97f009f44110c4a4cb

SHA512
af0ff006f503d37347cab6c993f9074656dab4d40639bb0c42178ca5d59fa094ce3393c422651f093ef0315b28258adff718bcf607541d61b2929ae3d9dd1868

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memory/3496-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
60KB

Download
memory/3496-8-0x0000000000700000-0x000000000070D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
52KB

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