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Database Entry

Neshta

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 12 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash:	ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99
SHA3-384 hash:	7ee57440fdbb3b7ea7fa3c3ad3cde053f62fc4e20eb1b1a0ae5aee2cf8e53c41fbb5a7f9c3181e89fb1ed1ccfbcd9c6f
SHA1 hash:	f19038eb94365c67bc2cf0959f075d53e1d87cd5
MD5 hash:	ac5e40b7d8456ff9149d11b3061fea62
humanhash:	twelve-fix-kitten-wyoming
File name:	ac5e40b7d8456ff9149d11b3061fea62
Download:	download sample
Signature	Neshta Create hunting rule
File size:	1'403'392 bytes
First seen:	2024-03-02 17:57:04 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	9f4693fc0c511135129493f2161d1e86 (250 x Neshta, 15 x Formbook, 14 x AgentTesla)
ssdeep	24576:qkB1cymwN0rx46Zmx++GvZ2Af0Qn652QO43ue8+OI:q6a/T1fvZtLqj
TLSH	T169556B07F6848AF7C46DC274C6579322FB72B8894B26F7AB1B804A313D56B906F1C758
TrID	64.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 6 (262638/61) 14.1% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19) 10.2% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9) 3.4% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4) 2.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
Reporter	zbetcheckin
Tags:	32 exe Neshta

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

292

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Detection(s):

Win.Trojan.Neshuta-1

PUA.Win.Packer.Pequake-4

Win.Virus.Neshta-7101689-0

Win.Trojan.Jadtre-5

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories

Сreating synchronization primitives

Creating a process from a recently created file

Creating a file in the Windows directory

Modifying an executable file

Creating a file

Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories

DNS request

Connection attempt

Sending a custom TCP request

Searching for synchronization primitives

Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)

Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches

Infecting executable files

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm expand fingerprint lolbin neshta overlay remote shell32

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/65e368aef73edfc47704a2e8/reports/4cfd0f19-0bb1-412a-9dee-00ace260dbac/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Virus.Neshta

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99

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:

Neshta

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/37e763f0-3210-4847-99a3-f96b725124ff

Result

Threat name:

Neshta

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

spre.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1401961

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Antivirus detection for dropped file

Creates an undocumented autostart registry key

Drops executable to a common third party application directory

Drops or copies MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender, likely to bypass HIPS)

Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension

Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html)

Machine Learning detection for dropped file

Machine Learning detection for sample

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL

Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Yara detected Neshta

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99/

Threat name:

Win32.Virus.Neshta

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2024-03-02 17:58:05 UTC

File Type:

PE (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

24 of 24 (100.00%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=vqla3smdzz6k3julutt4r2tsozq5dxntm6obarxd7hytfg42xomq._file

Verdict:

malicious

Result

Malware family:

neshta

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:neshta persistence spyware stealer

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/240302-wj5y7sgb58/

Behaviour

Modifies registry class

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

Drops file in Program Files directory

Drops file in Windows directory

Checks computer location settings

Executes dropped EXE

Loads dropped DLL

Modifies system executable filetype association

Reads user/profile data of web browsers

Detect Neshta payload

Neshta

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99

MD5 hash:

ac5e40b7d8456ff9149d11b3061fea62

SHA1 hash:

f19038eb94365c67bc2cf0959f075d53e1d87cd5

Detections:

win_neshta_g0

win_neshta_1

MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1

MAL_Neshta_Generic

MALWARE_Win_Neshta

INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RawGitHub_URL

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/6465a616-d6ba-4fdb-b076-8ded4fc3009f/

Malware family:

Nautilus

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/ac160dc983ce/report/overview.html

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/ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:	Borland Create hunting rule
Author:	malware-lu

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RawGitHub_URL Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_Neshta Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Neshta

Rule name:	MAL_Malware_Imphash_Mar23_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Arnim Rupp
Description:	Detects malware by known bad imphash or rich_pe_header_hash
Reference:	https://yaraify.abuse.ch/statistics/

Rule name:	MAL_Neshta_Generic Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	Detects Neshta malware
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	MAL_Neshta_Generic_RID2DC9 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Neshta malware
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	Rustyloader_mem_loose Create hunting rule
Author:	James_inthe_box
Description:	Corroded buerloader
Reference:	https://app.any.run/tasks/83064edd-c7eb-4558-85e8-621db72b2a24

Rule name:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	shellcode Create hunting rule
Author:	nex
Description:	Matched shellcode byte patterns

Rule name:	Windows_Virus_Neshta_2a5a14c8 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

File information

The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Neshta

exe ac160dc983ce7cada68ba4e7c8ea727661d1ddb3679c1046e3f9f1329b9abb99

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

URLhaus

https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/2774444/

BLint

The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_NX	Missing Non-Executable Memory Protection	critical
CHECK_PIE	Missing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protection	high

Reviews

ID	Capabilities	Evidence
MULTIMEDIA_API	Can Play Multimedia	gdi32.dll::StretchDIBits
SHELL_API	Manipulates System Shell	shell32.dll::ShellExecuteA
WIN32_PROCESS_API	Can Create Process and Threads	kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_API	Uses Win Base API	kernel32.dll::GetDriveTypeA kernel32.dll::GetStartupInfoA kernel32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_API	Can Execute other programs	kernel32.dll::WinExec
WIN_BASE_IO_API	Can Create Files	kernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA kernel32.dll::CreateFileA kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA kernel32.dll::GetWindowsDirectoryA kernel32.dll::GetFileAttributesA kernel32.dll::FindFirstFileA
WIN_REG_API	Can Manipulate Windows Registry	advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA advapi32.dll::RegSetValueExA

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zbet commented on 2024-03-02 17:57:05 UTC

url : hxxps://107.175.3.10//Users/SecurityHealt_20240222070916028.exe