Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    08-01-2025 21:16

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_ad06f960c187a89ec33dd551ce97365c.exe

  • Size

    90KB

  • MD5

    ad06f960c187a89ec33dd551ce97365c

  • SHA1

    06eb142708364b293dba46b8999730b31d0192c1

  • SHA256

    74dc53f8bf55dcc17852e5b623dc957ed83ba21b09e3c0630bb313cde14988ac

  • SHA512

    af40c2feb1f8862831f0776ddfbfef07622bd362f727178e05ef42a4c33e141649cafa644195e72bf562e447badd909ac0a28c51c71cfbd3a27bd65567725deb

  • SSDEEP

    1536:j18S+HEBWbsocH3jLUJL4ySLtRvhaOzh4O9h6h91XvDldwCef:3+kkY0JLl6tGE4kh6hLl

Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

limerat

Attributes
  • antivm

    false

  • c2_url

    https://pastebin.com/raw/UdLDJHDy

  • 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 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 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 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad06f960c187a89ec33dd551ce97365c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_ad06f960c187a89ec33dd551ce97365c.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2888
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /f /sc ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /tn LimeRAT-Admin /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\explore.exe'"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2688
    • C:\Users\Admin\explore.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\explore.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2496

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • \Users\Admin\explore.exe

    Filesize

    90KB

    MD5

    ad06f960c187a89ec33dd551ce97365c

    SHA1

    06eb142708364b293dba46b8999730b31d0192c1

    SHA256

    74dc53f8bf55dcc17852e5b623dc957ed83ba21b09e3c0630bb313cde14988ac

    SHA512

    af40c2feb1f8862831f0776ddfbfef07622bd362f727178e05ef42a4c33e141649cafa644195e72bf562e447badd909ac0a28c51c71cfbd3a27bd65567725deb

  • memory/2496-16-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2496-15-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/2496-18-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2496-19-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2496-20-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2888-0-0x0000000074CCE000-0x0000000074CCF000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2888-1-0x0000000001090000-0x00000000010AC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/2888-2-0x00000000001F0000-0x0000000000218000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    160KB

  • memory/2888-3-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000236000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/2888-4-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB

  • memory/2888-17-0x0000000074CC0000-0x00000000753AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.9MB