Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    156s
  • 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, 17:29

General

  • Target
    af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51.exe
  • Size 4.1MB
  • Sample240404-v2wb2sdf21
  • SHA256 af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51
  • 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\af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4432
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4056
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51.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:2212
      • 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:3168
      • 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:3748
        • 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:1952
      • 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:2880
      • 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:2748
      • 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:2436
        • 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:2460
        • 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:2052
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:3252
          • 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:4888
          • 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:3716
          • 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:564
          • 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:1684
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4000
            • 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:5024
              • 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:3460
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3080

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_bnihy0ll.cym.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_bnihy0ll.cym.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 a286bcfe49a7c58311800b7f8ff409cc69b173e689e22786d1326ff3b398fe1e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 bf3ccdd46bfb46f0010d3c477558426186c967a73e3187262f468432588de29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 183d27f685ca77f7aed8feae22b58bddd2673e9f462d1851598b947ebdadd76b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 7d80ef7b25aa7f3bd00efa031975f53a356fa73fffa4dc1ec48eda7d3d048533
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 c1d71723aa5b84849adca5674ea8add627c1e0b95a01db7211b305afea9151da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.1MB
          • SHA256 af9b2db7ad88af015bf9b87dd7b7236b65428a5acf51dff5951b6e830033af51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/2212-60-0x0000000004DA0000-0x00000000051A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2212-96-0x0000000004DA0000-0x00000000051A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2212-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2212-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2212-152-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2212-108-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2212-121-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2436-210-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2436-240-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2436-262-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2436-259-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2436-252-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/2748-136-0x0000000070BA0000-0x0000000070BEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2748-125-0x0000000002AC0000-0x0000000002AD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2748-124-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2748-137-0x0000000070D20000-0x0000000071077000-memory.dmp

          memory/2748-135-0x0000000002AC0000-0x0000000002AD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2748-147-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-109-0x0000000002FC0000-0x0000000002FD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-103-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000006207000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-97-0x0000000002FC0000-0x0000000002FD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-110-0x0000000070BA0000-0x0000000070BEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-95-0x0000000002FC0000-0x0000000002FD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-94-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-111-0x0000000070DB0000-0x0000000071107000-memory.dmp

          memory/2880-123-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3080-261-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-63-0x0000000005450000-0x0000000005460000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-86-0x0000000007D20000-0x0000000007D31000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-92-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-62-0x0000000005450000-0x0000000005460000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-88-0x0000000007D90000-0x0000000007DA5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-64-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-70-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000065E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-74-0x0000000005450000-0x0000000005460000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-75-0x0000000070BA0000-0x0000000070BEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-76-0x0000000070DD0000-0x0000000071127000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-85-0x00000000079F0000-0x0000000007A94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4000-258-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-41-0x0000000007B00000-0x0000000007B1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-27-0x0000000007980000-0x00000000079B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-51-0x0000000007CF0000-0x0000000007CF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-54-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-4-0x00000000050F0000-0x0000000005126000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-49-0x0000000007C30000-0x0000000007C4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-48-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007BF5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-47-0x0000000007BD0000-0x0000000007BDE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-5-0x0000000074930000-0x00000000750E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-7-0x0000000005760000-0x0000000005D8A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-44-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007B71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-43-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007CE6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-42-0x0000000007B40000-0x0000000007B4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-8-0x00000000014B0000-0x00000000014C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-40-0x0000000008150000-0x00000000087CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-39-0x00000000079E0000-0x0000000007A84000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-38-0x00000000079C0000-0x00000000079DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-29-0x0000000070D20000-0x0000000071077000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-28-0x0000000070BA0000-0x0000000070BEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-9-0x00000000014B0000-0x00000000014C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-26-0x000000007F920000-0x000000007F930000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-25-0x00000000014B0000-0x00000000014C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-24-0x0000000006980000-0x00000000069C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-23-0x00000000065B0000-0x00000000065FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-22-0x0000000006570000-0x000000000658E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-21-0x0000000006030000-0x0000000006387000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-12-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005F66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-11-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000005EF6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4056-10-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-1-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-46-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-50-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005C7B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002F43000-memory.dmp

          memory/4432-2-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005C7B000-memory.dmp