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Database Entry



LimeRAT


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a716b5f8a785fdbd248b36963d8a797083bf9d05dc4ae50b10536dbca81f4301
SHA3-384 hash: afbbda954e149b447b697f9d6daa9cf62d1ce260ce8ba952c38b0e52d265b9836ab965a29c7167b106b9b9d03cab95da
SHA1 hash: 11e6c74a32be6e02d2c7ebb2b10b562cfaa16c9f
MD5 hash: c7d749686aa87a0826f47179002820dd
humanhash: north-pluto-tennis-island
File name:c7d749686aa87a0826f47179002820dd.exe
Download: download sample
Signature LimeRAT
File size:29'184 bytes
First seen:2023-01-21 16:15:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash f34d5f2d4577ed6d9ceec516c1f5a744 (48'744 x AgentTesla, 19'611 x Formbook, 12'242 x SnakeKeylogger)
ssdeep 384:OB+Sbj6NKEHU637AHtSnGqDC3qSKvDKNrCeJE3WNgjLxC1zdcY2G1jVFQro3lcTe:EpE0637wtt3qSI45NmWdcJaxN7j
Threatray 8'445 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T176D26E04B7E14345D3DC1AB50B7262650E70DA07A93BFF7D0CCA54835E6BFE18A84AE2
TrID 59.4% (.EXE) Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (73123/4/13)
10.6% (.SCR) Windows screen saver (13097/50/3)
8.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
5.3% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
4.0% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe LimeRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
LimeRAT C2:
38.242.239.137:3309

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
238
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
limerat
ID:
1
File name:
c7d749686aa87a0826f47179002820dd.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-01-21 16:16:11 UTC
Tags:
limerat trojan rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Sending a custom TCP request
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the %AppData% subdirectories
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a file
Creating a window
DNS request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Enabling autorun by creating a file
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm barys coinminer greyware lime limerat packed regasm.exe windows
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.
Result
Threat name:
LimeRAT
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains potential unpacker
.NET source code references suspicious native API functions
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Connects to a pastebin service (likely for C&C)
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
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)
Sigma detected: LimeRAT
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 LimeRAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 788954 Sample: kjfTl6Mxj4.exe Startdate: 21/01/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 32 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->32 34 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->34 36 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->36 38 10 other signatures 2->38 7 kjfTl6Mxj4.exe 4 2->7         started        11 winIogon.exe 1 2->11         started        process3 file4 22 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\winIogon.exe, PE32 7->22 dropped 24 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\kjfTl6Mxj4.exe.log, ASCII 7->24 dropped 40 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 7->40 42 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 7->42 44 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 7->44 13 winIogon.exe 20 7 7->13         started        18 schtasks.exe 1 7->18         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 28 38.242.239.137, 3309, 49699 NATIXISUS United States 13->28 30 pastebin.com 104.20.67.143, 443, 49698 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 13->30 26 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\IconLib.dll, PE32 13->26 dropped 46 Antivirus detection for dropped file 13->46 48 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 13->48 50 Protects its processes via BreakOnTermination flag 13->50 52 2 other signatures 13->52 20 conhost.exe 18->20         started        file8 signatures9 process10
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Backdoor.LimeRAT
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-01-18 17:10:00 UTC
AV detection:
26 of 26 (100.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
limerat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:limerat rat
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Modifies system certificate store
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Uses the VBS compiler for execution
Executes dropped EXE
LimeRAT
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
a716b5f8a785fdbd248b36963d8a797083bf9d05dc4ae50b10536dbca81f4301
MD5 hash:
c7d749686aa87a0826f47179002820dd
SHA1 hash:
11e6c74a32be6e02d2c7ebb2b10b562cfaa16c9f
Detections:
LimeRat
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:AsyncRat_Detection_Dec_2022
Author:Potatech
Description:AsyncRat
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_LimeRAT
Author:ditekSHen
Description:LimeRAT payload
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Limerat_24269a79
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_limerat_j1_00cfd931
Author:Johannes Bader
Description:detects the lime rat

File information


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