limerat | f81bc717944ec8a599c8276d9d3b1de4b995d5570139590d263b39e47e87ba3d

General

Target

xdwd.exe
Size

25KB
MD5

aae04417cc07c39988d4fbe0e85fc9bd
SHA1

2d51b49f8f1faeba674dd0993911e8f65b4d2258
SHA256

f81bc717944ec8a599c8276d9d3b1de4b995d5570139590d263b39e47e87ba3d
SHA512

53cc6468da9be1f4a3cc3089b1ed6a7544eb5cc5f91ae8dc1390688ffe10ad9aff1df224a5cd936276440ee95cb4afcaec7cf4f63332297864179c3266560dfb
SSDEEP

384:EB+Sbj6NKIPw6LZhAHt2vTh34EnWb5j4kDhlzCTJEUmNYEYQro3lcOjsjr:CpI46Lnwt4aE+RHtN8oj

Score

10^/10

limerat discovery rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes

aes_key
1337
antivm
false
c2_url
https://pastebin.com/raw/rACMKa5f
delay
3
download_payload
false
install
true
install_name
xdwd.exe
main_folder
AppData
pin_spread
false
sub_folder
\xdwd\
usb_spread
true

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes

antivm
false
c2_url
https://pastebin.com/raw/rACMKa5f
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
Limerat family
limerat
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

xdwd.exe

pid process

2784 xdwd.exe
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

Processes:

xdwd.exe

pid process

2092 xdwd.exe
2092 xdwd.exe
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Web Service
T1102

Processes:

flow ioc

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
2092	xdwd.exe
2092	xdwd.exe

flow	ioc
2	pastebin.com
3	pastebin.com

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

Processes:

xdwd.exeschtasks.exexdwd.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	xdwd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	xdwd.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

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

2932 schtasks.exe

pid	process
2932	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 62 IoCs

Processes:

xdwd.exe

pid	process
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe
2784	xdwd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

xdwd.exeAUDIODG.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2784	xdwd.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2784	xdwd.exe
Token: 33	1272	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1272	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: 33	1272	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1272	AUDIODG.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes:

xdwd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2932	2092	xdwd.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2932	2092	xdwd.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2932	2092	xdwd.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2932	2092	xdwd.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2784	2092	xdwd.exe	xdwd.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2784	2092	xdwd.exe	xdwd.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2784	2092	xdwd.exe	xdwd.exe
PID 2092 wrote to memory of 2784	2092	xdwd.exe	xdwd.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xdwd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xdwd.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2092

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xdwd\xdwd.exe'"
2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2932

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xdwd\xdwd.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xdwd\xdwd.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2784

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
"C:\Windows\explorer.exe"
1⤵
PID:2840

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x5e4
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1272

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

System Information Discovery

1

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xdwd\xdwd.exe

Filesize
25KB

MD5
aae04417cc07c39988d4fbe0e85fc9bd

SHA1
2d51b49f8f1faeba674dd0993911e8f65b4d2258

SHA256
f81bc717944ec8a599c8276d9d3b1de4b995d5570139590d263b39e47e87ba3d

SHA512
53cc6468da9be1f4a3cc3089b1ed6a7544eb5cc5f91ae8dc1390688ffe10ad9aff1df224a5cd936276440ee95cb4afcaec7cf4f63332297864179c3266560dfb

Download Submit
memory/2092-0-0x000000007456E000-0x000000007456F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2092-1-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000C2C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2092-12-0x0000000074560000-0x0000000074C4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2092-15-0x0000000074560000-0x0000000074C4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2784-13-0x0000000074560000-0x0000000074C4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2784-14-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E1C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/2784-16-0x0000000074560000-0x0000000074C4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2784-17-0x0000000074560000-0x0000000074C4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2784-18-0x0000000074560000-0x0000000074C4E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

Download
memory/2784-19-0x0000000000780000-0x000000000079E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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