Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240412-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240412-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    17/04/2024, 12:53

General

  • Target
    2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240417-p41rnaga46
  • SHA256 2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Glupteba

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

  • Glupteba payload 19 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\2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4644
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2204
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50.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:2180
      • 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:1572
      • 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:1536
        • 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:2144
      • 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:3912
      • 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:4692
      • 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:3956
        • 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:4172
        • 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:3508
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:4148
          • 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:1292
          • 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:2632
          • 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:1628
          • 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:4704
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4964
            • 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:2408
              • 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:2732
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:3644

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_yb23a3kg.hcb.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_yb23a3kg.hcb.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 fb192d595643b4f1f58ff16cc2bd49bfcdd4c860e86e30b3d34554617e3dee0c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 a062a0bb64167698d4c7776cc575ab0b5107c51c719083da4b7888da61559024
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 aa346d66c94680ed4ab1483835bfb04e80c9419cc383622d435f36f224b345b7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 008918f27bad7b8674b80abc96b43469e8f9b7714da815429a91e17a89920b4c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 99f08262f9be63d44d7c294598ade77d090ff2e712ff2cff38fd9eafc721a545
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 2b158f0dbb0bcbfc4c2c3ec212574f06e6be9110080cd419f1c7c9142a011b50
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/1572-88-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-69-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-57-0x0000000005710000-0x0000000005720000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-56-0x0000000005710000-0x0000000005720000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-66-0x0000000006500000-0x0000000006857000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-70-0x0000000005710000-0x0000000005720000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-84-0x0000000007ED0000-0x0000000007EE5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-83-0x0000000007E80000-0x0000000007E91000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-82-0x0000000007940000-0x00000000079E4000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-73-0x0000000070B00000-0x0000000070E57000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-72-0x0000000070980000-0x00000000709CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1572-71-0x000000007EE40000-0x000000007EE50000-memory.dmp

          memory/2180-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2180-115-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2180-54-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000005215000-memory.dmp

          memory/2180-151-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2180-116-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000005215000-memory.dmp

          memory/2180-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-37-0x0000000007510000-0x00000000075B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-7-0x0000000004C70000-0x0000000004C80000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-46-0x0000000007750000-0x000000000776A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-47-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004F38000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-50-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-4-0x0000000004BC0000-0x0000000004BF6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-45-0x0000000007700000-0x0000000007715000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-44-0x00000000076F0000-0x00000000076FE000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-43-0x00000000076A0000-0x00000000076B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-42-0x0000000007790000-0x0000000007826000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-41-0x0000000007680000-0x000000000768A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-40-0x0000000007640000-0x000000000765A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-5-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-39-0x0000000007C80000-0x00000000082FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-6-0x00000000052B0000-0x00000000058DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-38-0x000000007FC50000-0x000000007FC60000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-8-0x00000000051C0000-0x00000000051E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-36-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-27-0x0000000070BB0000-0x0000000070F07000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-26-0x0000000070980000-0x00000000709CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-25-0x00000000074D0000-0x0000000007504000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-23-0x0000000004C70000-0x0000000004C80000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-22-0x0000000006650000-0x0000000006696000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-21-0x00000000060D0000-0x000000000611C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-9-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005A46000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-10-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005AB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-19-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005E97000-memory.dmp

          memory/2204-20-0x00000000060B0000-0x00000000060CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/3644-267-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-100-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000006287000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-104-0x000000007FB10000-0x000000007FB20000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-105-0x0000000070980000-0x00000000709CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-106-0x0000000070B20000-0x0000000070E77000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-99-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-101-0x0000000002BC0000-0x0000000002BD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-118-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3912-102-0x0000000002BC0000-0x0000000002BD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-271-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-210-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-279-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-259-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-283-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-266-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-253-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-262-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-240-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3956-275-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-53-0x00000000053B0000-0x0000000005C9B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-52-0x0000000004FA0000-0x00000000053A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-67-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-2-0x00000000053B0000-0x0000000005C9B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-1-0x0000000004FA0000-0x00000000053A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4644-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-123-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-135-0x0000000070BD0000-0x0000000070F27000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-134-0x0000000070980000-0x00000000709CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-133-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-121-0x0000000005570000-0x00000000058C7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-122-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-120-0x0000000074710000-0x0000000074EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4964-254-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp