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File name:

PROJECT PLAN.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/c664643b-f6be-4193-bf99-64b9a6c9db54
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

NanoCore is a Remote Access Trojan or RAT. This malware is highly customizable with plugins which allow attackers to tailor its functionality to their needs. Nanocore is created with the .NET framework and it’s available for purchase for just $25 from its “official” website.

Analysis date: February 18, 2019, 15:53:12
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
rat
nanocore
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

F0C5AAE241C3FF8D9E95689EEDE4B0BF

SHA1:

50D66F134F3906313628447BC5ACEBC08BEA6814

SHA256:

7121C4C5076DD276ED148C7383794B955B0EA39A3463E3195EE626EC2C189D63

SSDEEP:

24576:2AHnh+eWsN3skA4RV1Hom2KXMmHacYaPKtvB90bofKujyUSCi5:Rh+ZkldoPK8YacsfRjyZD

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Known privilege escalation attack

      • PROJECT PLAN.exe (PID: 3136)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3220)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 2376)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 2772)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3488)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3300)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
    • NanoCore was detected

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
    • Loads the Task Scheduler COM API

      • schtasks.exe (PID: 2420)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 3380)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 2544)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 4020)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 3148)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 3836)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 3188)
      • schtasks.exe (PID: 2796)
    • Uses Task Scheduler to run other applications

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
      • PROJECT PLAN.exe (PID: 3928)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3796)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 2352)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3904)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3500)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 1984)
    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2832)
      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 3328)
      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2848)
      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 3888)
      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2172)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
    • Modifies the open verb of a shell class

      • PROJECT PLAN.exe (PID: 3136)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3220)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 2376)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 2772)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3488)
      • dccw.exe (PID: 3300)
    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
      • PROJECT PLAN.exe (PID: 3928)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
      • PROJECT PLAN.exe (PID: 3928)
    • Connects to unusual port

      • RegAsm.exe (PID: 2888)
  • INFO

    No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.4)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2019:02:18 05:48:52+01:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 12
CodeSize: 581632
InitializedDataSize: 899072
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x2800a
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 0.0.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: English (British)
CharacterSet: Unicode

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 18-Feb-2019 04:48:52
Detected languages:
  • English - United Kingdom

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x0090
Pages in file: 0x0003
Relocations: 0x0000
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000110

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 5
Time date stamp: 18-Feb-2019 04:48:52
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00001000
0x0008DFDD
0x0008E000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.67525
.rdata
0x0008F000
0x0002FD8E
0x0002FE00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
5.76324
.data
0x000BF000
0x00008F74
0x00005200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
1.19638
.rsrc
0x000C8000
0x0009F44C
0x0009F600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.19564
.reloc
0x00168000
0x00007134
0x00007200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.78396

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.40026
1007
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_MANIFEST
2
3.65355
744
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_ICON
3
3.43704
296
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_ICON
4
4.16139
3752
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_ICON
5
4.07494
2216
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_ICON
6
2.18302
1384
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_ICON
7
3.34702
1428
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_STRING
8
3.2817
1674
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_STRING
9
3.28849
1168
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_STRING
10
3.28373
1532
Latin 1 / Western European
English - United Kingdom
RT_STRING

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
COMCTL32.dll
COMDLG32.dll
GDI32.dll
IPHLPAPI.DLL
KERNEL32.dll
MPR.dll
OLEAUT32.dll
PSAPI.DLL
SHELL32.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
94
Monitored processes
38
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
6

Behavior graph

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start project plan.exe no specs eventvwr.exe no specs eventvwr.exe project plan.exe #NANOCORE regasm.exe schtasks.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs dccw.exe no specs eventvwr.exe no specs eventvwr.exe dccw.exe no specs regasm.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs dccw.exe no specs eventvwr.exe no specs eventvwr.exe dccw.exe no specs regasm.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs dccw.exe no specs eventvwr.exe no specs eventvwr.exe dccw.exe no specs regasm.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs dccw.exe no specs eventvwr.exe no specs eventvwr.exe dccw.exe no specs regasm.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs dccw.exe no specs eventvwr.exe no specs eventvwr.exe dccw.exe no specs regasm.exe no specs schtasks.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3136"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PROJECT PLAN.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PROJECT PLAN.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
2452"C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe" C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exePROJECT PLAN.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Event Viewer Snapin Launcher
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3080"C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe" C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe
PROJECT PLAN.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Event Viewer Snapin Launcher
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3928"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PROJECT PLAN.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PROJECT PLAN.exe
eventvwr.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Exit code:
0
2888"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
PROJECT PLAN.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Microsoft .NET Assembly Registration Utility
Version:
2.0.50727.5420 (Win7SP1.050727-5400)
2420"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "TCP Monitor" /xml "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF205.tmp"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeRegAsm.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Manages scheduled tasks
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3380"schtasks.exe" /create /f /tn "TCP Monitor Task" /xml "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF2A2.tmp"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeRegAsm.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Manages scheduled tasks
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2544"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /tn dasHost /tr "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\diskpart\dccw.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /FC:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exePROJECT PLAN.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Manages scheduled tasks
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3220C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\diskpart\dccw.exe C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\diskpart\dccw.exetaskeng.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
3080"C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe" C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exedccw.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Event Viewer Snapin Launcher
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Total events
1 076
Read events
997
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
3
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2888RegAsm.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF205.tmp
MD5:
SHA256:
2888RegAsm.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\90059C37-1320-41A4-B58D-2B75A9850D2F\run.dattext
MD5:99C63F7E19DF29057A479A0A55BAB104
SHA256:D1D0CE0FB7C0E2DCFB0EA2349E5168B0232654FD59B31EBBE79E0590C354B1EE
2888RegAsm.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\90059C37-1320-41A4-B58D-2B75A9850D2F\task.dattext
MD5:EFD1636CFC3CC38FD7BABAE5CAC9EDE0
SHA256:F827D5B11C1EB3902D601C3E0B59BA32FE11C0B573FBF22FB2AF86BFD4651BBA
3928PROJECT PLAN.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\diskpart\dccw.exeexecutable
MD5:BFE4B34EF882BD171797679332747E0B
SHA256:BB5D2E7F0ACF355DB5851E358CA3C0C250001053B0E89B9D42CE68DF8EDF86F8
2888RegAsm.exeC:\Program Files\TCP Monitor\tcpmon.exeexecutable
MD5:278EDBD499374BF73621F8C1F969D894
SHA256:C6999B9F79932C3B4F1C461A69D9DC8DC301D6A155ABC33EFE1B6E9E4A038391
2888RegAsm.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF2A2.tmpxml
MD5:E4118E3EC98934AA1D4235C87B44AA31
SHA256:EFC475D73603DF6A26978D7BCAC27004830137E97FDD1656140B4A08C07470D9
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
52
DNS requests
0
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2888
RegAsm.exe
185.244.31.187:3000
malicious

DNS requests

No data

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info