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Database Entry



NanoCore


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 042cca5e32593670d89e7a52b4bf4ab3c328a2b195b9ab3c94899afaad62a732
SHA3-384 hash: e8d333184ab61179dbfac7ddfd063dd1feb34ffb0fe3f64ac18c4d5d0f6b8cedb95608caee5f96f5962eedee7dede55c
SHA1 hash: 047db8dd563edf61b0b8a05118e103ce5c77a8e0
MD5 hash: 93616e8b3777af4fbb3a173cbc187b99
humanhash: monkey-nineteen-fifteen-coffee
File name:shipping documents071022.xlsx
Download: download sample
Signature NanoCore
File size:291'096 bytes
First seen:2022-07-11 08:38:26 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Excel file xlsx
MIME type:application/encrypted
ssdeep 6144:7YR66AYbrGovTPJtm/kUNo+D7HB8NXCKrjt4qsnAXybMVTkQ:7V6/Zdtm/ZB8NyK14JIybMVTR
TLSH T1D0541210BCCEBAEED88F67352F32D099DC26FC360650A806D3BA376DB576947465224C
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CVE-2017-11882 NanoCore VelvetSweatshop xlsx

Office OLE Information


This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE dump
Detection: VelvetSweatshop

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 6 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
164 bytesDataSpaces/DataSpaceInfo/StrongEncryptionDataSpace
2112 bytesDataSpaces/DataSpaceMap
3208 bytesDataSpaces/TransformInfo/StrongEncryptionTransform/Primary
476 bytesDataSpaces/Version
5284952 bytesEncryptedPackage
6224 bytesEncryptionInfo

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
217
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
nanocore
ID:
1
File name:
shipping documents071022.xlsx
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-07-11 22:21:38 UTC
Tags:
encrypted opendir exploit CVE-2017-11882 loader trojan nanocore rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Sending a custom TCP request
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Creating a file
Сreating synchronization primitives
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
OOXML Excel File with Embedding Objects in Encrypted Excel File
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
embedequation exploit packed shellcode VelvetSweatshop
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
5.6/10
Score Malicious:
57%
Score Benign:
43%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Document With No Content
Document contains little or no semantic information.
Result
Threat name:
Nanocore
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected Nanocore Rat
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office equation editor drops PE file
Office equation editor establishes network connection
Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802)
Shellcode detected
Sigma detected: EQNEDT32.EXE connecting to internet
Sigma detected: File Dropped By EQNEDT32EXE
Sigma detected: NanoCore
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Nanocore RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 661499 Sample: shipping documents071022.xlsx Startdate: 11/07/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 64 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->64 66 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->66 68 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->68 70 17 other signatures 2->70 8 EQNEDT32.EXE 12 2->8         started        13 taskeng.exe 1 2->13         started        15 EXCEL.EXE 34 69 2->15         started        17 smtpsvc.exe 2->17         started        process3 dnsIp4 60 192.227.173.41, 49171, 80 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 8->60 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\vbc[1].exe, PE32 8->50 dropped 52 C:\Users\Public\vbc.exe, PE32 8->52 dropped 82 Office equation editor establishes network connection 8->82 84 Office equation editor starts processes (likely CVE 2017-11882 or CVE-2018-0802) 8->84 19 vbc.exe 3 8->19         started        23 vbc.exe 2 13->23         started        25 smtpsvc.exe 13->25         started        54 C:\Users\...\~$shipping documents071022.xlsx, data 15->54 dropped file5 signatures6 process7 file8 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\xHylgorVCKRzEH.exe, PE32 19->46 dropped 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpF538.tmp, XML 19->48 dropped 72 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 19->72 74 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 19->74 76 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 19->76 27 vbc.exe 1 12 19->27         started        32 powershell.exe 6 19->32         started        34 schtasks.exe 19->34         started        78 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 23->78 80 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 23->80 36 powershell.exe 23->36         started        38 schtasks.exe 23->38         started        40 vbc.exe 23->40         started        signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 62 172.245.163.161, 2049, 49172, 49173 SERVER-MANIACA United States 27->62 56 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\smtpsvc.exe, PE32 27->56 dropped 58 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\run.dat, data 27->58 dropped 86 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 27->86 42 schtasks.exe 27->42         started        44 schtasks.exe 27->44         started        file12 signatures13 process14
Threat name:
Document-Office.Exploit.CVE-2017-11882
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-07-11 06:04:12 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
70
AV detection:
16 of 39 (41.03%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
nanocore
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:nanocore collection evasion keylogger persistence spyware stealer suricata trojan
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Creates scheduled task(s)
Enumerates system info in registry
Launches Equation Editor
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
Adds Run key to start application
Checks whether UAC is enabled
Loads dropped DLL
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Blocklisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
Executes dropped EXE
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suricata: ET MALWARE Possible NanoCore C2 60B
suricata: ET MALWARE Terse alphanumeric executable downloader high likelihood of being hostile
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
172.245.163.161:2049
99light.ddns.net:2049
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

File information


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