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Database Entry



AveMariaRAT


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: dce931deafb2de758da92de03b743832b9a9a5ff6319073355208f0ca523a3a7
SHA3-384 hash: 16abbbed9022f330b7b42a2663fb9a8951d713b8a499b2a80de512f9ac61bb0e97798a5d9ad5337728662eeedc6039d5
SHA1 hash: 5e2354abea291144dc5ae7b9cf288cc4ea7137e6
MD5 hash: 3f03e747d14f886ce99ab4e09f3d272a
humanhash: juliet-paris-alpha-lactose
File name:dce931deafb2de758da92de03b743832b9a9a5ff6319073355208f0ca523a3a7
Download: download sample
Signature AveMariaRAT
File size:1'930'937 bytes
First seen:2020-11-14 18:18:25 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 7be4c98eebb39d282cdffc1cea8fb470 (661 x AveMariaRAT, 29 x Riskware.Generic)
ssdeep 12288:z1V0VlHnuPZY7CSRcHya1CMtOHea0AYkMMytZVCa0A7W2FeDSIGVH/KIDgDgUeHz:H0VoafuRCvHeaBGvQDbGV6eH81kv
TLSH 76959E933711843BD62339B7A80FD3709824BD681714FB9F2BA53D085977BC2A56329B
Reporter seifreed
Tags:AveMariaRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
67
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a file
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Creating a process with a hidden window
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Forced shutdown of a system process
Creating a file in the mass storage device
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:
AveMaria
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Contains functionality to hide user accounts
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Drops PE files with benign system names
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Installs a global keyboard hook
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Sample uses process hollowing technique
Searches for specific processes (likely to inject)
Sigma detected: Suspicious Svchost Process
Sigma detected: System File Execution Location Anomaly
Spreads via windows shares (copies files to share folders)
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AveMaria stealer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 316847 Sample: Q8WP0O3prB Startdate: 15/11/2020 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 113 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->113 115 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->115 117 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->117 119 6 other signatures 2->119 12 Q8WP0O3prB.exe 1 51 2->12         started        16 StikyNot.exe 46 2->16         started        18 StikyNot.exe 2->18         started        20 6 other processes 2->20 process3 dnsIp4 95 C:\Users\user\...\Disk.sys:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 12->95 dropped 97 C:\Users\...\StikyNot.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 12->97 dropped 169 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 12->169 171 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 12->171 173 Spreads via windows shares (copies files to share folders) 12->173 185 2 other signatures 12->185 23 Q8WP0O3prB.exe 1 3 12->23         started        27 diskperf.exe 12->27         started        175 Antivirus detection for dropped file 16->175 177 Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory) 16->177 179 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 16->179 29 StikyNot.exe 16->29         started        31 diskperf.exe 16->31         started        181 Sample uses process hollowing technique 18->181 183 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 18->183 105 127.0.0.1 unknown unknown 20->105 file5 signatures6 process7 file8 93 C:\Windows\System\explorer.exe, PE32 23->93 dropped 165 Installs a global keyboard hook 23->165 33 explorer.exe 47 23->33         started        37 spoolsv.exe 23->37         started        39 diskperf.exe 23->39         started        167 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 29->167 41 explorer.exe 29->41         started        signatures9 process10 file11 87 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\Disk.sys, PE32 33->87 dropped 89 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\StikyNot.exe, PE32 33->89 dropped 121 Antivirus detection for dropped file 33->121 123 Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory) 33->123 125 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 33->125 137 5 other signatures 33->137 43 explorer.exe 3 17 33->43         started        48 diskperf.exe 33->48         started        127 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 37->127 129 Installs a global keyboard hook 37->129 50 svchost.exe 37->50         started        131 Spreads via windows shares (copies files to share folders) 41->131 133 Sample uses process hollowing technique 41->133 135 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 41->135 signatures12 process13 dnsIp14 107 vccmd03.googlecode.com 43->107 109 vccmd02.googlecode.com 43->109 111 5 other IPs or domains 43->111 99 C:\Windows\System\spoolsv.exe, PE32 43->99 dropped 101 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\mrsys.exe, PE32 43->101 dropped 187 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 43->187 189 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 43->189 191 Installs a global keyboard hook 43->191 52 spoolsv.exe 47 43->52         started        56 spoolsv.exe 46 43->56         started        58 spoolsv.exe 46 43->58         started        60 3 other processes 43->60 193 Spreads via windows shares (copies files to share folders) 50->193 195 Sample uses process hollowing technique 50->195 197 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 50->197 file15 signatures16 process17 file18 91 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\SyncHost.exe, PE32 52->91 dropped 147 Antivirus detection for dropped file 52->147 149 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 52->149 151 Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory) 52->151 163 3 other signatures 52->163 62 spoolsv.exe 2 52->62         started        66 diskperf.exe 52->66         started        153 Spreads via windows shares (copies files to share folders) 56->153 155 Writes to foreign memory regions 56->155 157 Allocates memory in foreign processes 56->157 68 spoolsv.exe 56->68         started        70 diskperf.exe 56->70         started        159 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 58->159 72 spoolsv.exe 58->72         started        74 diskperf.exe 58->74         started        161 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 60->161 76 spoolsv.exe 60->76         started        78 spoolsv.exe 60->78         started        80 diskperf.exe 60->80         started        signatures19 process20 file21 103 C:\Windows\System\svchost.exe, PE32 62->103 dropped 199 Installs a global keyboard hook 62->199 82 svchost.exe 62->82         started        signatures22 process23 signatures24 139 Antivirus detection for dropped file 82->139 141 Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights) 82->141 143 Detected unpacking (overwrites its own PE header) 82->143 145 3 other signatures 82->145 85 svchost.exe 82->85         started        process25
Threat name:
Win32.Spyware.AveMaria
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2020-11-14 18:21:13 UTC
AV detection:
28 of 29 (96.55%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Verdict:
unknown
Result
Malware family:
warzonerat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:warzonerat evasion infostealer persistence rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Drops file in Windows directory
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Adds Run key to start application
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Modifies Installed Components in the registry
Warzone RAT Payload
Modifies WinLogon for persistence
Modifies visiblity of hidden/system files in Explorer
WarzoneRat, AveMaria
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
dce931deafb2de758da92de03b743832b9a9a5ff6319073355208f0ca523a3a7
MD5 hash:
3f03e747d14f886ce99ab4e09f3d272a
SHA1 hash:
5e2354abea291144dc5ae7b9cf288cc4ea7137e6
Detections:
win_ave_maria_g0
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:ave_maria_warzone_rat
Author:jeFF0Falltrades
Rule name:Chrome_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Chrome in files like avemaria
Rule name:Codoso_Gh0st_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Codoso APT Gh0st Malware
Reference:https://www.proofpoint.com/us/exploring-bergard-old-malware-new-tricks
Rule name:Email_stealer_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:Email in files like avemaria
Rule name:RDPWrap
Author:@bartblaze
Description:Identifies RDP Wrapper, sometimes used by attackers to maintain persistence.
Reference:https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap
Rule name:suspicious_packer_section
Author:@j0sm1
Description:The packer/protector section names/keywords
Reference:http://www.hexacorn.com/blog/2012/10/14/random-stats-from-1-2m-samples-pe-section-names/
Rule name:UAC_bypass_bin_mem
Author:James_inthe_box
Description:UAC bypass in files like avemaria

File information


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