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Database Entry



Neshta


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 14 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: ec2ec99d719ccde3972abb4db0ef83eae6462f4697861529ead23d304c527d29
SHA3-384 hash: 99666709800d31b47e6f164034440f996f85d75303c796b0c47b937f0a24780e269526fc9d349bedceeb2b90f3db2bbf
SHA1 hash: 655c06920e5f737b0a83018acbab4235b9933733
MD5 hash: 63e601878d77aeba4ba671307f870285
humanhash: golf-louisiana-two-magazine
File name:63e601878d77aeba4ba671307f870285
Download: download sample
Signature Neshta
File size:359'424 bytes
First seen:2023-12-12 03:49:44 UTC
Last seen:2024-01-13 00:59:28 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash d7401947d3623a2199a2114d62923cd5 (2 x Neshta, 2 x XWorm, 1 x Sality)
ssdeep 6144:jyH7xOc6H5c6HcT66vlmr641MkjVxvb1UeRUqptyH7xOc6H5c6HcT66vlmr3UeRw:jaPkPOezaXe/aXek
Threatray 77 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1A7749D2526D08D3DE87F2AF715F81B53C77BECB17904D04E4BE0699A26322D0D96872B
TrID 63.7% (.EXE) MinGW32 C/C++ Executable (245239/59/22)
10.8% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
8.1% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
4.2% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
3.4% (.SCR) Windows screen saver (13097/50/3)
Reporter zbetcheckin
Tags:32 exe Neshta

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
322
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the Windows directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Modifying an executable file
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a service
Launching a service
Creating a file in the %temp% subdirectories
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Creating a file in the Program Files subdirectories
Enabling autorun for a service
Enabling autorun with the shell\open\command registry branches
Infecting executable files
Gathering data
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-vm apt blackworm cmd control explorer keylogger lolbin neshta njrat overlay packed schtasks shell32 stealer virus worm
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:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
spre.evad
Score:
100 / 100
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 executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Drops or copies MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender, likely to bypass HIPS)
Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension
Drops PE files with benign system names
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
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)
Sample is not signed and drops a device driver
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Neshta
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1359528 Sample: 1QWuKDSrfN.exe Startdate: 12/12/2023 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 84 www.google.com 2->84 86 shed.dual-low.part-0013.t-0009.t-msedge.net 2->86 88 16 other IPs or domains 2->88 100 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->100 102 Antivirus detection for dropped file 2->102 104 Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample 2->104 106 5 other signatures 2->106 15 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 1 2->15         started        19 svchost.exe 2->19         started        signatures3 process4 file5 74 C:\Windows\svchost.exe, PE32 15->74 dropped 90 Drops PE files with a suspicious file extension 15->90 92 Drops or copies MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender, likely to bypass HIPS) 15->92 94 Drops PE files with benign system names 15->94 21 svchost.exe 15->21         started        76 C:\Program Files\...\helper.exe, PE32 19->76 dropped 78 C:\...\maintenanceservice_installer.exe, PE32 19->78 dropped 80 C:\Program Files\...\MavInject32.exe, PE32 19->80 dropped 82 6 other malicious files 19->82 dropped 96 Drops executable to a common third party application directory 19->96 98 Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html) 19->98 signatures6 process7 file8 62 C:\Users\user\Desktop\1QWuKDSrfN.exe, PE32 21->62 dropped 112 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 21->112 25 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 4 21->25         started        signatures9 process10 file11 64 C:\Windows\svchost.com, PE32 25->64 dropped 66 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\chrome.exe, PE32 25->66 dropped 68 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\1QWuKDSrfN.exe, PE32 25->68 dropped 70 89 other malicious files 25->70 dropped 114 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 25->114 116 Drops executable to a common third party application directory 25->116 118 Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html) 25->118 29 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 25->29         started        signatures12 process13 signatures14 122 Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them 29->122 32 svchost.exe 29->32         started        34 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 29->34         started        process15 process16 36 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 3 3 32->36         started        40 svchost.com 34->40         started        file17 54 C:\Program Files (x86)\...\Uninstall.exe, PE32 36->54 dropped 56 C:\...\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe, PE32 36->56 dropped 58 C:\...\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe, PE32 36->58 dropped 60 69 other malicious files 36->60 dropped 108 Drops executable to a common third party application directory 36->108 110 Infects executable files (exe, dll, sys, html) 36->110 42 svchost.com 36->42         started        46 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 40->46         started        signatures18 process19 file20 72 C:\Windows\directx.sys, ASCII 42->72 dropped 120 Sample is not signed and drops a device driver 42->120 48 svchost.com 46->48         started        signatures21 process22 process23 50 1QWuKDSrfN.exe 48->50         started        process24 52 svchost.com 50->52         started       
Threat name:
Win32.Virus.Jeefo
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-12-06 07:04:38 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
6
AV detection:
36 of 37 (97.30%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:neshta persistence spyware stealer
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:
ec2ec99d719ccde3972abb4db0ef83eae6462f4697861529ead23d304c527d29
MD5 hash:
63e601878d77aeba4ba671307f870285
SHA1 hash:
655c06920e5f737b0a83018acbab4235b9933733
Detections:
win_neshta_1 MAL_Neshta_Generic MALWARE_Win_Neshta APT_ArtraDownloader2_Aug19_1
Malware family:
BlackWorm
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:APT_ArtraDownloader2_Aug19_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ArtraDownloader malware
Reference:https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/multiple-artradownloader-variants-used-by-bitter-to-target-pakistan/
Rule name:DevCv4
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:maldoc_find_kernel32_base_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:maldoc_getEIP_method_1
Author:Didier Stevens (https://DidierStevens.com)
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_Neshta
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Neshta
Rule name:MAL_ArtraDownloader2_Aug19_1_RID30FB
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ArtraDownloader malware
Reference:https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/multiple-artradownloader-variants-used-by-bitter-to-target-pakistan/
Rule name:MAL_Neshta_Generic
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Neshta malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:MAL_Neshta_Generic_RID2DC9
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Neshta malware
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NETexecutableMicrosoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Njrat
Author:botherder https://github.com/botherder
Description:Njrat
Rule name:VideoLanClient
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:W32JeefoPEFileInfector
Author:malware-lu

File information


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

Web download

Neshta

Executable exe ec2ec99d719ccde3972abb4db0ef83eae6462f4697861529ead23d304c527d29

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments



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zbet commented on 2023-12-12 03:49:45 UTC

url : hxxp://cms-sh.de/1/stub.exe