Analysis

  • max time kernel
    163s
  • max time network
    155s
  • 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, 12:43

General

  • Target
    170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240417-px776afe76
  • SHA256 170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0
  • 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 4 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\170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4864
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2376
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0.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:796
      • 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:2872
      • 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:4732
        • 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:3740
      • 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:2216
      • 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:2564
      • 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:1404
        • 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:2636
        • 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:1124
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:4564
          • 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:1968
          • 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:5008
          • 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:4596
          • 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:652
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4524
            • 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:2908
              • 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:8
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:2316

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_ncmuitln.4gv.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ncmuitln.4gv.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 9600b3fdf0565ccb49e21656aa4b24d7c18f776bfd04d9ee984b134707550f02
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 5740870b9704a472ab7497d64566eef0f90d4392821994c86cd16bc18e406662
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 d21c1879400ecfbea45ba9634f17fd2e0b6e2f98f7d55de4447ae0ff932a13da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 378d91095e21282b1424ce353b75e9591869fab9c69e697b4347697bcf08e9e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 ce26dca488525508404196630cdf7a08a9ac18d50a76ef8d4ef7e392c9843839
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 646051f9423aae025f4279962bf8d43a392f9e238c6d6ed0d3fd769887bd58fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 170dd7b18082686c732c05b94525db576a46ba090823ed6cb53ea7732a4aa8f0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/796-56-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000005263000-memory.dmp

          memory/796-151-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/796-116-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/796-102-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/796-92-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000005263000-memory.dmp

          memory/796-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/796-57-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-178-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-253-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-271-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-265-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-275-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-152-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005600000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-269-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-251-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/1404-229-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-107-0x0000000070D00000-0x0000000071057000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-106-0x0000000070B80000-0x0000000070BCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-118-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-105-0x0000000002E80000-0x0000000002E90000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-104-0x0000000002E80000-0x0000000002E90000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-103-0x0000000002E80000-0x0000000002E90000-memory.dmp

          memory/2216-91-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-267-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-276-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-24-0x00000000067B0000-0x00000000067F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-54-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-51-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007868000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-49-0x0000000007880000-0x000000000789A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-48-0x0000000007780000-0x0000000007795000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-47-0x0000000007770000-0x000000000777E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-45-0x0000000007730000-0x0000000007741000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-44-0x00000000077C0000-0x0000000007856000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-43-0x0000000007700000-0x000000000770A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-42-0x00000000076C0000-0x00000000076DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-41-0x0000000007D10000-0x000000000838A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-40-0x0000000007580000-0x0000000007624000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-39-0x0000000007520000-0x000000000753E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-30-0x0000000070D00000-0x0000000071057000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-29-0x0000000070B80000-0x0000000070BCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-27-0x0000000007540000-0x0000000007574000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-28-0x000000007FE20000-0x000000007FE30000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-25-0x0000000004FD0000-0x0000000004FE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-22-0x0000000006170000-0x00000000061BC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-21-0x0000000006080000-0x000000000609E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-20-0x0000000005D20000-0x0000000006077000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-19-0x0000000005570000-0x00000000055D6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-10-0x00000000053D0000-0x0000000005436000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-9-0x0000000005230000-0x0000000005252000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-8-0x0000000004FD0000-0x0000000004FE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-6-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005C3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-7-0x0000000004FD0000-0x0000000004FE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-5-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2376-4-0x0000000002C50000-0x0000000002C86000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-121-0x0000000004AA0000-0x0000000004AB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-144-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-122-0x0000000004AA0000-0x0000000004AB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-120-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-132-0x0000000004AA0000-0x0000000004AB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-133-0x0000000070B80000-0x0000000070BCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2564-134-0x0000000070D90000-0x00000000710E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-72-0x0000000070B80000-0x0000000070BCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-61-0x0000000006150000-0x00000000064A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-84-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007BF5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-83-0x0000000007B90000-0x0000000007BA1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-82-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007904000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-73-0x0000000070D90000-0x00000000710E7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-58-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-71-0x0000000005470000-0x0000000005480000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-59-0x0000000005470000-0x0000000005480000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-88-0x0000000074910000-0x00000000750C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2872-60-0x0000000005470000-0x0000000005480000-memory.dmp

          memory/4524-262-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-70-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-1-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000005387000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-50-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005C7B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-26-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000005387000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000310D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4864-2-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005C7B000-memory.dmp