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Petya Ransomware Information

Posted on by jeff

Just correlating all the useful information I can find with regards to the latest Petya Ransomware attack.

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/027cc450ef5f8c5f653329641ec1fed91f694e0d229928963b30f6b0d7d3a745?environmentId=100

Behaviour

<Ignored Process>
 rundll32.exe C:\027cc450ef5f8c5f653329641ec1fed91f694e0d229928963b30f6b0d7d3a745.bin.dll",#1" (PID: 2880)
 cmd.exe " /TR "%WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe /r /f" /ST 07:45" (PID: 2724) 
 schtasks.exe " /TR "%WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe /r /f" /ST 07:45" (PID: 2720) 
 FE04.tmp %TEMP%\FE04.tmp" \\.\pipe\{E532AB34-D5C5-4AA8-9511-A05572AE75BC}" (PID: 1968) 
 dllhost.dat %WINDIR%\027cc450ef5f8c5f653329641ec1fed91f694e0d229928963b30f6b0d7d3a745.bin.dll",#1 10 "%OSUSER%-PC\%OSUSER%:123456"" (PID: 2512) 1/59 Seen in another context
 cmd.exe /c wevtutil cl Setup & wevtutil cl System & wevtutil cl Security & wevtutil cl Application & fsutil usn deletejournal /D C: (PID: 2072) 
 wevtutil.exe wevtutil cl Setup (PID: 2204) 
 wevtutil.exe wevtutil cl System (PID: 2128) 
 wevtutil.exe wevtutil cl Security (PID: 4016) 
 wevtutil.exe wevtutil cl Application (PID: 3988) 
 fsutil.exe fsutil usn deletejournal /D C: (PID: 1368) 
 shutdown.exe %WINDIR%\system32\shutdown.exe" /r /f" (PID: 2796)

 

Petya ransomware successful in spreading because it combines both a client-side attack (CVE-2017-0199) and a network based threat (MS17-010)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0199

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx

 

 

https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/petya-ransomware-outbreak-here-s-what-you-need-know

Another good analysis from Kaspersky

How does the ransomware spread?

To capture credentials for spreading, the ransomware uses custom tools, a la Mimikatz. These extract credentials from the lsass.exe process. After extraction, credentials are passed to PsExec tools or WMIC for distribution inside a network.

Other observed infection vectors include:

  • A modified EternalBlue exploit, also used by WannaCry.
  • The EternalRomance exploit – a remote code execution exploit targeting Windows XP to Windows 2008 systems over TCP port 445 (Note: patched with MS17-010).
  • An attack against the update mechanism of a third-party Ukrainian software product called MeDoc.

IMPORTANT: A single infected system on the network possessing administrative credentials is capable of spreading this infection to all the other computers through WMI or PSEXEC.

Schroedinger’s Pet(ya)

 

Cloaking Itself in Legitimate Code

Petya uses memory injection as an evasive technique to bypass existing defenses. Attackers often use this method to hide in legitimate processes on the endpoint by injecting malicious code into the memory of non-malicious applications. Sometimes referred to as fileless malware, these threats avoid being detected by file-based detection tools, as the malicious code manipulates the memory stack to achieve malicious actions without actually placing the malicious program on the file system.

In the case of Petya, the executable creates another instance of itself and injects decrypted code into it.

 

https://minerva-labs.com/post/new-petya-ransomware-attack-prevented-by-minerva

 

 

SMB Vulnerability MS17-010 NSE – Script to detect MS17-010 (WannaCry Ransomware)

Posted on by jeff

This is taken from the nmap seclist page.  A script for nmap has been written that should allow you to scan your network to determine if its vulnerable.  It may not be perfect but I am sure it will help someone out there.

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2017/q2/79
Hey list,

I need some help testing the script smb-vuln-ms17-010. I tested it on a vulnerable win7 machine and it works as 
expected but I suspect there might be some issues with newer Windows versions and certain smb configurations (v2 
authentication protocols with signing enabled).

Don't forget to send me packet captures if you run into servers that are incorrectly marked as not vulnerable. 

Cheers!

smb-vuln-ms17-010: https://github.com/cldrn/nmap-nse-scripts/blob/master/scripts/smb-vuln-ms17-010.nse 
description = [[
Attempts to detect if a Microsoft SMBv1 server is vulnerable to a remote code
 execution vulnerability (ms2017-010).

The script connects to the $IPC tree, executes a transaction on FID 0 and
 checks if the error "STATUS_INSUFF_SERVER_RESOURCES" is returned to
 determine if the target is not patched against CVE2017-010.

Tested on a vulnerable Windows 7. We might have some issues with v2 protocols with
 signing enabled.

References:
* https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx
* https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/
* https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee441489.aspx
* https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_ms17_010.rb 
]]



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