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win.vapor_rage (Back to overview)

VaporRage

aka: BOOMMIC

Actor(s): APT29


According to Mandiant, VaporRage or BOOMMIC, is a shellcode downloader written in C that communicates over HTTPS. Shellcode Payloads are retrieved from a hardcoded C2 that uses an encoded host_id generated from the targets domain and account name. BOOMMIC XOR decodes the downloaded shellcode payload in memory and executes it.

References
2023-03-10MrtiepoloGianluca Tiepolo
@online{tiepolo:20230310:sophisticated:2892d3e, author = {Gianluca Tiepolo}, title = {{Sophisticated APT29 Campaign Abuses Notion API to Target the European Commission}}, date = {2023-03-10}, organization = {Mrtiepolo}, url = {https://mrtiepolo.medium.com/sophisticated-apt29-campaign-abuses-notion-api-to-target-the-european-commission-200188059f58}, language = {English}, urldate = {2023-03-14} } Sophisticated APT29 Campaign Abuses Notion API to Target the European Commission
BEATDROP EnvyScout GraphicalNeutrino tDiscoverer VaporRage
2022-09-06INCIBE-CERTINCIBE
@techreport{incibe:20220906:estudio:20f14b0, author = {INCIBE}, title = {{Estudio del análisis de Nobelium}}, date = {2022-09-06}, institution = {INCIBE-CERT}, url = {https://www.incibe-cert.es/sites/default/files/contenidos/estudios/doc/incibe-cert_estudio_analisis_nobelium_2022_v1.pdf}, language = {Spanish}, urldate = {2022-11-22} } Estudio del análisis de Nobelium
BEATDROP BOOMBOX Cobalt Strike EnvyScout Unidentified 099 (APT29 Dropbox Loader) VaporRage
2022-04-29MandiantJohn Wolfram, Sarah Hawley, Tyler McLellan, Nick Simonian, Anders Vejlby
@online{wolfram:20220429:trello:c078513, author = {John Wolfram and Sarah Hawley and Tyler McLellan and Nick Simonian and Anders Vejlby}, title = {{Trello From the Other Side: Tracking APT29 Phishing Campaigns}}, date = {2022-04-29}, organization = {Mandiant}, url = {https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/tracking-apt29-phishing-campaigns}, language = {English}, urldate = {2022-10-19} } Trello From the Other Side: Tracking APT29 Phishing Campaigns
BEATDROP VaporRage
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_vapor_rage_auto (20230407 | Detects win.vapor_rage.)
rule win_vapor_rage_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2023-03-28"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.vapor_rage."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.vapor_rage"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20230328"
        malpedia_hash = "9d2d75cef573c1c2d861f5197df8f563b05a305d"
        malpedia_version = "20230407"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { e8???????? a1???????? 85c0 7f04 33c0 eb59 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   a1????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7f04                 | jg                  6
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   eb59                 | jmp                 0x5b

        $sequence_1 = { 6a00 8d55ec 52 8b45d4 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   8d55ec               | lea                 edx, [ebp - 0x14]
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   8b45d4               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c]

        $sequence_2 = { 50 ff15???????? eb1e 8b4de4 51 }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   eb1e                 | jmp                 0x20
            //   8b4de4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c]
            //   51                   | push                ecx

        $sequence_3 = { c745fcfeffffff e8???????? 84db 0f8564ffffff e8???????? }
            // n = 5, score = 200
            //   c745fcfeffffff       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0xfffffffe
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   84db                 | test                bl, bl
            //   0f8564ffffff         | jne                 0xffffff6a
            //   e8????????           |                     

        $sequence_4 = { 8d55ec 52 8b45d4 50 6a05 8b4de4 51 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   8d55ec               | lea                 edx, [ebp - 0x14]
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   8b45d4               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c]
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6a05                 | push                5
            //   8b4de4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c]
            //   51                   | push                ecx

        $sequence_5 = { 3b0d???????? f27502 f2c3 f2e94e030000 55 8bec 5d }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   3b0d????????         |                     
            //   f27502               | bnd jne             5
            //   f2c3                 | bnd ret             
            //   f2e94e030000         | bnd jmp             0x354
            //   55                   | push                ebp
            //   8bec                 | mov                 ebp, esp
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp

        $sequence_6 = { 6a05 8b4de4 51 ff15???????? 8945a4 8b55d4 }
            // n = 6, score = 200
            //   6a05                 | push                5
            //   8b4de4               | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c]
            //   51                   | push                ecx
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   8945a4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x5c], eax
            //   8b55d4               | mov                 edx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c]

        $sequence_7 = { c705????????02000000 32db 885de7 c745fcfeffffff e8???????? 84db 0f8564ffffff }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   c705????????02000000     |     
            //   32db                 | xor                 bl, bl
            //   885de7               | mov                 byte ptr [ebp - 0x19], bl
            //   c745fcfeffffff       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0xfffffffe
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   84db                 | test                bl, bl
            //   0f8564ffffff         | jne                 0xffffff6a

        $sequence_8 = { 68???????? e8???????? a1???????? 85c0 7f04 33c0 eb59 }
            // n = 7, score = 200
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   a1????????           |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   7f04                 | jg                  6
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   eb59                 | jmp                 0x5b

        $sequence_9 = { c745e400000000 6a00 6800008000 6a00 }
            // n = 4, score = 200
            //   c745e400000000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0
            //   6a00                 | push                0
            //   6800008000           | push                0x800000
            //   6a00                 | push                0

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 296960
}
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