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Database Entry


LimeRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs 1 YARA 6 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 0e69af9159b216996061639ebb6ab0a2a4ef9e1cf02be2053c9f1b3aabecd9ef
SHA3-384 hash: 3387baa0446d55c6e2526dae54af722a3f652c0c58cc4d821abab328c331eca211c8c48a3657d9483c56f8b2bf488163
SHA1 hash: b69fed6c53653aeda2d25b8f5b4075bcfaa175cb
MD5 hash: cfaeebad37470c096b090d3ade763601
humanhash: eleven-enemy-william-whiskey
File name:cfaeebad37470c096b090d3ade763601.exe
Download: download sample
Signature LimeRAT
Create hunting rule
File size:1'015'808 bytes
First seen:2021-12-05 07:41:54 UTC
Last seen:2021-12-05 10:28:35 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'661 x AgentTesla, 19'474 x Formbook, 12'208 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 12288:lOEuiIwphjANUqQVtA4SzdeGinmBcjaLObEqBIhdF5PAJcltveohVz5nXM:npnmrUIhd3iuGUF
Threatray 176 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T186258142AD621CBFCB03D6BB01A7A9B3F6C7A62963B6B660E93C4D50C0553113D5C9EC
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe LimeRAT RAT


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abuse_ch
LimeRAT C2:
192.3.157.96:3306

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
192.3.157.96:3306 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/259593/

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
758
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
cfaeebad37470c096b090d3ade763601.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2021-12-05 07:43:02 UTC
Tags:
trojan limerat rat
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/6cae7d0c-a003-4bff-b621-9a7e94bceab6

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
LimeRAT
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/211432/
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.Variant.Lazy.73519.13445.3745.UNOFFICIAL
Create hunting rule

Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Adding an access-denied ACE
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Searching for the window
DNS request
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Creating a window
Sending a custom TCP request
Moving a file to the Program Files directory
Moving a file to the Program Files subdirectory
Modifying a system executable file
Setting browser functions hooks
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Encrypting user's files
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/61ac6d604d8e6f3a5e1175d0/reports/74d462fc-b9ff-40c2-ba0e-23bd0ec9dfa3/overview
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
LimeRat
Create hunting rule
Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/ed8a9521-3d48-4481-acc9-abb19c578b40
Result
Threat name:
Covid19 Cryptolocker LimeRAT
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.spre.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/901651
Signature
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Contains functionality to hide a thread from the debugger
Drops executable to a common third party application directory
Found malware configuration
Found ransom note / readme
Found Tor onion address
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Hides threads from debuggers
Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag
Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines)
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 Covid19 Ransomware
Yara detected Cryptolocker ransomware
Yara detected LimeRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 534125 Sample: W8gg1JwtVe.exe Startdate: 05/12/2021 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 69 Found malware configuration 2->69 71 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->71 73 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 2->73 75 10 other signatures 2->75 9 W8gg1JwtVe.exe 2->9         started        12 feseserer.exe 2->12         started        process3 signatures4 79 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 9->79 81 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 9->81 83 Hides threads from debuggers 9->83 85 Contains functionality to hide a thread from the debugger 9->85 14 W8gg1JwtVe.exe 3 9->14         started        18 WerFault.exe 23 9 9->18         started        87 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 12->87 21 feseserer.exe 12->21         started        23 WerFault.exe 12->23         started        25 WerFault.exe 12->25         started        process5 dnsIp6 57 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\feseserer.exe, PE32 14->57 dropped 59 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\W8gg1JwtVe.exe.log, ASCII 14->59 dropped 99 Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag 14->99 101 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 14->101 27 feseserer.exe 14->27         started        30 schtasks.exe 1 14->30         started        67 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 18->67 61 C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\...\Report.wer, Little-endian 18->61 dropped file7 signatures8 process9 signatures10 97 Hides threads from debuggers 27->97 32 feseserer.exe 20 10 27->32         started        37 WerFault.exe 27->37         started        39 conhost.exe 30->39         started        process11 dnsIp12 63 pastebin.com 104.23.99.190, 443, 49774 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 32->63 65 192.3.157.96, 3306, 49775 AS-COLOCROSSINGUS United States 32->65 45 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\IconLib.dll, PE32 32->45 dropped 47 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\tmp20C9.tmp.exe, PE32 32->47 dropped 77 Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag 32->77 41 tmp20C9.tmp.exe 32->41         started        file13 signatures14 process15 file16 49 C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\...\setup.exe, data 41->49 dropped 51 C:\ProgramData\Adobe\...\AdobeARMHelper.exe, data 41->51 dropped 53 C:\ProgramData\Adobe\...\AdobeARMHelper.exe, data 41->53 dropped 55 C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\...\Read_Me.txt, ASCII 41->55 dropped 89 Antivirus detection for dropped file 41->89 91 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 41->91 93 Drops executable to a common third party application directory 41->93 95 2 other signatures 41->95 signatures17
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/0e69af9159b216996061639ebb6ab0a2a4ef9e1cf02be2053c9f1b3aabecd9ef/
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.AgentTesla
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-12-05 07:54:29 UTC
File Type:
PE (.Net Exe)
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
24 of 28 (85.71%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=bzu27ekzwiljsydbmoplw2vqukso7hq46av6ebj4t4ntvk7m3hxq._file
Verdict:
malicious
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Result
Malware family:
limerat
Create hunting rule
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:limerat rat
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/211205-jjv3sacbdj/
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Loads dropped DLL
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Executes dropped EXE
LimeRAT
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e3681c47dc9ff2f8b50d3736fe19cfd0499e99d58d53d8acf19fcc4d7595cb92
MD5 hash:
ba43b24dde367a985102911d9c6eea69
SHA1 hash:
da37dd3f63ecde678d49179e92aebf8ba87de7b8
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9985c8a5-d66d-4eca-bf6b-ce004ac70c65/
SH256 hash:
88debf6995f0b01d5a841e4324960bea85381a33ac5e59249edce9e440e0b02b
MD5 hash:
50ce442e82860f9d5cc3e2229bfa4c42
SHA1 hash:
28a81731f6956a7f297d52357790b115efe7b934
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9985c8a5-d66d-4eca-bf6b-ce004ac70c65/
SH256 hash:
0e69af9159b216996061639ebb6ab0a2a4ef9e1cf02be2053c9f1b3aabecd9ef
MD5 hash:
cfaeebad37470c096b090d3ade763601
SHA1 hash:
b69fed6c53653aeda2d25b8f5b4075bcfaa175cb
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/9985c8a5-d66d-4eca-bf6b-ce004ac70c65/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/0e69af9159b216996061639ebb6ab0a2a4ef9e1cf02be2053c9f1b3aabecd9ef

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:ach_LimeRAT
Create hunting rule
Author:abuse.ch
Rule name:HKTL_NET_GUID_Lime_RAT
Create hunting rule
Author:Arnim Rupp
Description:Detects VB.NET red/black-team tools via typelibguid
Reference:https://github.com/NYAN-x-CAT/Lime-RAT
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_LimeRAT
Create hunting rule
Author:ditekSHen
Description:LimeRAT payload
Rule name:pe_imphash
Create hunting rule
Rule name:pe_imphash
Create hunting rule
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Create hunting rule
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash

File information

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Web download

LimeRAT

Executable exe 0e69af9159b216996061639ebb6ab0a2a4ef9e1cf02be2053c9f1b3aabecd9ef

(this sample)

  
URLhaus
https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/1853602/
  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/211432/

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