General
- Target Pulse.exe
- Size 557KB
- Sample260705-sghjcac141
- SHA256 93be267e65b7d88329b07cec07b58455b7b2b2a29939ced377ec163ee9f84236
- MD5 b29d2a97dd2330b8807af093cc219af7
- SHA1 f10a563e55a10178c292f87b9798037d73d66eec
- SHA512 bec26a43a5d10286133f13f469fa4137044fabbef622a55459f3e0263a7870498113eebd6ef076f13643646b6a135d5bf76599f88055c966454a29ba3171e9a7
- SSDEEP 12288:tW4Lqr+3jnEhxtKLdHndlRwLsb/2wBtcTn:rjnWaBrGwb/lg
- TLSH T193C4B3257FF4AD10E588143E897B2658D722E0E116037347370AB6B25D0A9EEDF2D3DA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Pulse.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Malware Config
Extracted
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sheetrat
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1.8
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portbuddy.dev:42635
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localhost
127.0.0.1:7777
Targets
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- Target Pulse.exe
- Size 557KB
- SHA256 93be267e65b7d88329b07cec07b58455b7b2b2a29939ced377ec163ee9f84236
- MD5 b29d2a97dd2330b8807af093cc219af7
- SHA1 f10a563e55a10178c292f87b9798037d73d66eec
- SHA512 bec26a43a5d10286133f13f469fa4137044fabbef622a55459f3e0263a7870498113eebd6ef076f13643646b6a135d5bf76599f88055c966454a29ba3171e9a7
- SSDEEP 12288:tW4Lqr+3jnEhxtKLdHndlRwLsb/2wBtcTn:rjnWaBrGwb/lg
- TLSH T193C4B3257FF4AD10E588143E897B2658D722E0E116037347370AB6B25D0A9EEDF2D3DA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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Detects Sheetrat obfuscated V1.8 and higher
Sheetrat aka NonEuclid RAT is a trojan written in C#.
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Modifies WinLogon for persistence
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UAC bypass
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Adds policy Run key to start application
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Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.
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Disables RegEdit via registry modification
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Disables Task Manager via registry modification
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Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.
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Checks computer location settings
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
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Executes dropped EXE
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Loads dropped DLL
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Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
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Adds Run key to start application
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Enumerates connected drives
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
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Looks up external IP address via web service
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
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Drops file in System32 directory
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
4Active Setup
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Winlogon Helper DLL
1Event Triggered Execution
1AppInit DLLs
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
4Active Setup
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Winlogon Helper DLL
1Event Triggered Execution
1AppInit DLLs
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Modify Registry
6Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
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