Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240708-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    07-01-2025 11:18

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_5fc1365c4551eaa96e69d7b71a3eacff.exe

  • Size

    1.7MB

  • MD5

    5fc1365c4551eaa96e69d7b71a3eacff

  • SHA1

    d423ee067f56c0513cbfc501118f4be00260d3e7

  • SHA256

    8d6cb11ba8ff156054a0b2f68f424d033196e154e5bef124535ae36f4bd16f2f

  • SHA512

    2f319691258e42d1ce29e736c791b4aa7d702bc067ea7afdfef12a1298f16fc8ddc87f41651b2872a38ce58dc804bb2a6edd96d58152504bcae297fe3c6f581f

  • SSDEEP

    49152:JvKmKy0STrb/TtvO90dL3BmAFd4A64nsfJQFMgTR55IXRuz1:Jvo4zPP

Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes
  • aes_key

    49H8Kbf15JFN2diG5evGHA5G49qhgFBuDid86z3MKxTv59dcqySCzFWUL3SgsEk2SufzTziHp3UE5P8BatwuyFuv1bBKQw2

  • antivm

    true

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/pGEgCZKs

  • delay

    3

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    true

  • install_name

    kick_09.exe

  • main_folder

    Temp

  • pin_spread

    true

  • sub_folder

    \01\

  • usb_spread

    true

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/pGEgCZKs

  • download_payload

    false

  • install

    false

  • pin_spread

    false

  • usb_spread

    false

Signatures

  • LimeRAT

    Simple yet powerful RAT for Windows machines written in .NET.

  • Limerat family
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 49 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5fc1365c4551eaa96e69d7b71a3eacff.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5fc1365c4551eaa96e69d7b71a3eacff.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2860
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\go-memexec-2218379982.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\go-memexec-2218379982.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01\kick_09.exe'"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2832
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01\kick_09.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01\kick_09.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2600

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\go-memexec-2218379982.exe

    Filesize

    29KB

    MD5

    e6c5d6ed5c0585d5b14cde08319858c3

    SHA1

    52c427dfc637b06585641c283e29e7f3403af720

    SHA256

    782871e70272940a6cab3f92b6b6cacb87ae2b0af528ce6189b02a2219c99da9

    SHA512

    e8e7fdb9bdcc4c11050650d9ebfdecb98028ba5c96adda688b5c1a27ad49063beb1412374ac84b1cb9128ee9b30ec906a31ee599aa6a02d012efd90d8f6bf2f8

  • memory/108-7-0x0000000074CBE000-0x0000000074CBF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/108-8-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000E9C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/108-20-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007539E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2600-19-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E2C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2600-22-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007539E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2600-23-0x0000000074CB0000-0x000000007539E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB