Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 15:20

General

  • Target
    c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240417-sqwsbsfb9v
  • SHA256 c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Glupteba

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

  • Glupteba payload 20 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\c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2208
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5064
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b.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:1796
      • 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:1060
      • 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:1044
        • 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:3284
      • 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:4584
      • 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:4508
      • 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:1712
        • 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:4928
        • 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:4872
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:1072
          • 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:3268
          • 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:3228
          • 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:5032
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4540
            • 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:4836
              • 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:2572
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:4048

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_fmbk42ym.tdo.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fmbk42ym.tdo.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 7e5b9c0279f2d4501042bfe2c336731d4c29e71358d9086a52ba7e5712c97a10
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 7244f1eea7a44ba8f33839586330c0b17eab5bfb506fde28b8cdf8f94c1e1879
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 4391fcf22e2ea78a697e951aad72d26908ae96c230cb8a2176d1b39f72dc323f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 8539714ae145a7165b5c6a8d9e20f22aa951db9a16a6ddecd9c04bdbcce47538
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 9c6ae7bfa5717ebd9ed5945971df258564a4ff65e0f0bc107a0829f246484383
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 c27bd9c17c3da43e09edad6a51db6edd389092a9d545f80c7e89b6d0f2e5ed8b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/1060-81-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005000000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-87-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-64-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005000000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-65-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005000000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-67-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-70-0x0000000070E00000-0x0000000071157000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-69-0x000000007F8F0000-0x000000007F900000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-79-0x0000000007530000-0x00000000075D4000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-68-0x0000000070BB0000-0x0000000070BFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-82-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005000000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-63-0x0000000005E00000-0x0000000006157000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-83-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007871000-memory.dmp

          memory/1060-84-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078C5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-273-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-297-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-293-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-289-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-285-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-281-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-277-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-261-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-269-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-242-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-265-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-253-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1712-257-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-176-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-52-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000005248000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-111-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000005248000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-53-0x0000000004E20000-0x000000000521E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-66-0x0000000005220000-0x0000000005B0B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-2-0x0000000005220000-0x0000000005B0B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003118000-memory.dmp

          memory/2208-1-0x0000000004E20000-0x000000000521E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-263-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4048-255-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4508-117-0x00000000046F0000-0x0000000004700000-memory.dmp

          memory/4508-119-0x00000000053D0000-0x0000000005727000-memory.dmp

          memory/4508-116-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4508-118-0x00000000046F0000-0x0000000004700000-memory.dmp

          memory/4508-130-0x000000007FB90000-0x000000007FBA0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4540-250-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-89-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-101-0x0000000070BB0000-0x0000000070BFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-102-0x0000000070E00000-0x0000000071157000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-90-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005290000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-112-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005290000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-114-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-91-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005290000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-39-0x0000000007F50000-0x00000000085CA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-21-0x00000000062F0000-0x000000000630E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-40-0x0000000007900000-0x000000000791A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-41-0x0000000007940000-0x000000000794A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-36-0x00000000077C0000-0x00000000077DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-42-0x0000000007A50000-0x0000000007AE6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-37-0x00000000077E0000-0x0000000007884000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-38-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002E30000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-43-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007981000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-27-0x0000000070DE0000-0x0000000071137000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-26-0x0000000070BB0000-0x0000000070BFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-25-0x0000000007780000-0x00000000077B4000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-23-0x0000000006710000-0x0000000006756000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-22-0x0000000006310000-0x000000000635C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-44-0x00000000079B0000-0x00000000079BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-24-0x000000007FA80000-0x000000007FA90000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-45-0x00000000079C0000-0x00000000079D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-20-0x0000000005DC0000-0x0000000006117000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-11-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000005D76000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-46-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007A2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-10-0x00000000055B0000-0x0000000005616000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-9-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005532000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-8-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002E30000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-6-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002E30000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-7-0x0000000005670000-0x0000000005C9A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-5-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-4-0x0000000002E50000-0x0000000002E86000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-47-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A38000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-50-0x0000000074940000-0x00000000750F1000-memory.dmp