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nthmax.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/88792cc2-ac02-4bd5-9fb4-e6e9f98982fb
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: January 10, 2019, 16:26:36
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 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
MD5:

DAF0235A114E3C348688EC528545A145

SHA1:

F38F1C616F13CE573A89BE089B0EB237F558BDF9

SHA256:

FF8A4E34BF430F88309D6A9C1C497B271BAFA3A0FD5EC60802D2ED374C178D91

SSDEEP:

6144:sUtkbsS8TJU3G+bqSCupWGc+PGkhAWzTzAE+c/KDE+5EltJR6qOD/9/VWSJFO:5mbfmJnqJ+WT+c/KI+WltCZDjlDO

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • svhost.exe (PID: 2632)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • reg.exe (PID: 3940)
      • svhost.exe (PID: 2632)
    • NanoCore was detected

      • svhost.exe (PID: 2632)
    • Runs app for hidden code execution

      • nthmax.exe (PID: 3148)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • svhost.exe (PID: 2632)
      • nthmax.exe (PID: 3148)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • svhost.exe (PID: 2632)
    • Uses REG.EXE to modify Windows registry

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3184)
    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • nthmax.exe (PID: 3148)
    • Connects to unusual port

      • svhost.exe (PID: 2632)
  • 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 | Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (45.1)
.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (19.2)
.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (17)
.scr | Windows screen saver (8)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (4)

EXIF

EXE

ProductName: Steam
LegalCopyright: © Valve Corporation
FileVersion: 2.10.91.91
FileDescription: Steam
CharacterSet: Windows, Cyrillic
LanguageCode: Bulgarian
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
ProductVersionNumber: 2.10.91.91
FileVersionNumber: 2.10.91.91
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x5d3ce
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 69632
CodeSize: 373760
LinkerVersion: 6
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2019:01:10 01:14:24+01:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 10-Jan-2019 00:14:24
Detected languages:
  • Bulgarian - Bulgaria
  • Chinese - PRC
  • Chinese - Taiwan
  • Czech - Czech Republic
  • Danish - Denmark
  • Dutch - Netherlands
  • English - United States
  • Finnish - Finland
  • French - France
  • German - Germany
  • Greek - Greece
  • Hungarian - Hungary
  • Italian - Italy
  • Japanese - Japan
  • Korean - Korea
  • Norwegian - Norway (Bokmal)
  • Polish - Poland
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Romanian - Romania
  • Russian - Russia
  • Spanish - Spain (Traditional sort)
  • Swedish - Sweden
  • Thai - Thailand
  • Turkish - Turkey
  • Ukrainian - Ukraine
FileDescription: Steam
FileVersion: 2.10.91.91
LegalCopyright: © Valve Corporation
ProductName: Steam

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: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 4
Time date stamp: 10-Jan-2019 00:14:24
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_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.text
0x00002000
0x0005B3D4
0x0005B400
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
7.46333
.sdata
0x0005E000
0x000007B8
0x00000800
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
5.97392
.rsrc
0x00060000
0x000105C0
0x00010600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
6.54366
.reloc
0x00072000
0x0000000C
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
0.0980042

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.00112
490
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_MANIFEST
2
4.19177
1384
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
3
5.71619
872
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
4
4.91233
3240
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
5
4.72962
7336
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
6
7.97503
22808
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
7
5.69139
1128
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
8
5.942
4264
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
9
5.48879
9640
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_ICON
103
2.77822
132
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_GROUP_ICON

Imports

mscoree.dll
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
35
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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drop and start start nthmax.exe cmd.exe no specs reg.exe #NANOCORE svhost.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3148"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\nthmax.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\nthmax.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Steam
Exit code:
0
Version:
2.10.91.91
3184"cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exenthmax.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
3940reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows" /v Load /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\C:\softsaver\lifeware.exe.lnk" /fC:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Registry Console Tool
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2632"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svhost.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svhost.exe
nthmax.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
MSBuild.exe
Version:
3.5.30729.4926 built by: NetFXw7
Total events
82
Read events
80
Write events
2
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3940) reg.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Operation:writeName:Load
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\C:\softsaver\lifeware.exe.lnk
(PID) Process:(2632) svhost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:TCP Monitor
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\90059C37-1320-41A4-B58D-2B75A9850D2F\TCP Monitor\tcpmon.exe
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
1
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2632svhost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\90059C37-1320-41A4-B58D-2B75A9850D2F\run.datbinary
MD5:AC8F62B5AFC2B90919733E67FA3A54F3
SHA256:7A79129F8A60E1C825961E674F7B86819974FA3E394FA82D409CA6FD58829964
3148nthmax.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svhost.exeexecutable
MD5:2E5F1CF69F92392F8829FC9C9263AE9B
SHA256:51985A57E085D8B17042F0CDC1F905380B792854733EB3275FD8FCE4E3BB886B
2632svhost.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\90059C37-1320-41A4-B58D-2B75A9850D2F\TCP Monitor\tcpmon.exeexecutable
MD5:2E5F1CF69F92392F8829FC9C9263AE9B
SHA256:51985A57E085D8B17042F0CDC1F905380B792854733EB3275FD8FCE4E3BB886B
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
44
DNS requests
22
Threats
0

HTTP requests

No HTTP requests
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2632
svhost.exe
194.5.98.17:1809
maxwellclassic.ddns.net
FR
malicious
2632
svhost.exe
8.8.8.8:53
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
8.8.8.8:53
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
maxwellclassic.ddns.net
  • 194.5.98.17
malicious

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Query to a Suspicious *.ddns.net Domain
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Generic dynamic DNS detection
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Query to a Suspicious *.ddns.net Domain
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Generic dynamic DNS detection
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Query to a Suspicious *.ddns.net Domain
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Generic dynamic DNS detection
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Query to a Suspicious *.ddns.net Domain
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Generic dynamic DNS detection
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Query to a Suspicious *.ddns.net Domain
2632
svhost.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
SC BAD_UNKNOWN Generic dynamic DNS detection
No debug info