Analysis

  • max time kernel
    159s
  • max time network
    166s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    04/04/2024, 23:36

General

  • Target
    996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8.exe
  • Size 4.1MB
  • Sample240404-3llfxaed75
  • SHA256 996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Glupteba

    Glupteba is a modular loader written in Golang with various components.

  • Glupteba payload 17 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Manipulates WinMonFS driver. 1 IoCs

    Roottkits write to WinMonFS to hide directories/files from being detected.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Certain files are specific to VirtualBox VMs and can be used to detect execution in a VM.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1424
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3444
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8.exe"
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4048
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\Sysnative\cmd.exe /C "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="csrss" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" enable=yes"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3864
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="csrss" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" enable=yes
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          PID:2356
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4880
      • C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
        C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Manipulates WinMonFS driver.
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2296
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -nologo -noprofile
          4⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3420
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /CREATE /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /TR "C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" /TN csrss /F
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3896
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:656
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -nologo -noprofile
            4⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1348
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -nologo -noprofile
            4⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1580
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\injector.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\injector.exe taskmgr.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\NtQuerySystemInformationHook.dll
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:4228
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /CREATE /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /TR "C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" /TN csrss /F
            4⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:5096
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4612
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd.exe /C sc sdset WinDefender D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(D;;WPDT;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4872
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
                sc sdset WinDefender D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(D;;WPDT;;;BA)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2092
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3392

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_oomrttbu.okg.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_oomrttbu.okg.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          injector.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\injector.exe
          • Size 281KB
          • SHA256 5de4e2b07a26102fe527606ce5da1d5a4b938967c9d380a3c5fe86e2e34aaaf1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 e39062a62c3c7617feeeff95ea8a0be51104a0d36f46e44eea22556fda74d8d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 2b7f93781ad9556bc600e6695d996f7c81dc731a4b0eaecd1a666539e6b31acf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 490e7ccf872d26ab6856f3618f324836c6483d3049122132c431ce72b531e086
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 a8f3ffb73a96fd65a788ab8d2c7ce69674b7f871ef476023fea0217381e52e3e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 a39caa244d845b6ce316ff2b2a1c1c4618d85ab162b1d67215314944626f6e0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 b9e39835032be7bda84a9cc87a36916eb3ac10fe274d5178e682ad83a3e3e12d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.1MB
          • SHA256 996157aa3baa22c197c238545919b6d5e2194e01a445e1143e96fad0abdc23b8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\windefender.exe
          • Size 2.0MB
          • SHA256 166ddb03ff3c89bd4525ac390067e180fdd08f10fbcf4aadb0189541673c03fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1424-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-47-0x0000000004CA0000-0x00000000050A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-1-0x0000000004CA0000-0x00000000050A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-49-0x00000000050B0000-0x000000000599B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1424-2-0x00000000050B0000-0x000000000599B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-118-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-94-0x0000000004D30000-0x0000000005136000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-58-0x0000000004D30000-0x0000000005136000-memory.dmp

          memory/2296-216-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2296-265-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2296-262-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2296-252-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2296-250-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F3F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3392-263-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-23-0x0000000002FA0000-0x0000000002FB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-50-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-53-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-46-0x0000000007A80000-0x0000000007A9A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-45-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A45000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-44-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007A2E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-43-0x0000000005270000-0x0000000005281000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-42-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007B56000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-41-0x00000000079B0000-0x00000000079BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-39-0x0000000007FC0000-0x000000000863A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-40-0x0000000007970000-0x000000000798A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-38-0x0000000007830000-0x00000000078D4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-37-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-28-0x0000000070390000-0x00000000706E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-27-0x0000000070210000-0x000000007025C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-24-0x00000000077F0000-0x0000000007824000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-25-0x000000007F540000-0x000000007F550000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-22-0x0000000006990000-0x00000000069D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-21-0x00000000063F0000-0x000000000643C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-20-0x00000000063B0000-0x00000000063CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-19-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006337000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-10-0x0000000005E40000-0x0000000005EA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-9-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C86000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-8-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005512000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-7-0x00000000055F0000-0x0000000005C1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-6-0x0000000002FA0000-0x0000000002FB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-5-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/3444-4-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002F16000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-62-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D30000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-91-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-60-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-61-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D30000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-73-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D30000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-75-0x0000000070210000-0x000000007025C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-74-0x000000007F1B0000-0x000000007F1C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-76-0x0000000070390000-0x00000000706E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-85-0x0000000007300000-0x00000000073A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-86-0x0000000007630000-0x0000000007641000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-87-0x0000000007680000-0x0000000007695000-memory.dmp

          memory/4612-260-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-125-0x0000000002F80000-0x0000000002F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-135-0x0000000002F80000-0x0000000002F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-123-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-124-0x0000000002F80000-0x0000000002F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-148-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-137-0x0000000070390000-0x00000000706E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4880-136-0x0000000070210000-0x000000007025C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-105-0x0000000005580000-0x00000000058D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-106-0x0000000002780000-0x0000000002790000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-109-0x0000000070C20000-0x0000000070F77000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-95-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-101-0x0000000002780000-0x0000000002790000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-122-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000074751000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-108-0x0000000070210000-0x000000007025C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-119-0x000000007F670000-0x000000007F680000-memory.dmp