Analysis

  • max time kernel
    156s
  • max time network
    163s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240412-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240412-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    18/04/2024, 09:42

General

  • Target
    4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240418-lpbmfaaf6v
  • SHA256 4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae
  • 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\4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1276
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3028
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae.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:1080
      • 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:2484
      • 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:4392
        • 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:2032
      • 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:756
      • 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:4888
      • 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:2324
        • 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:3740
        • 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:4084
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:3648
          • 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:3752
          • 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:3524
          • 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:2076
          • 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:3860
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1952
            • 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:1688
              • 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:4284
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3432

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_y3ic5xdc.mql.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_y3ic5xdc.mql.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 573340b498b9dcc4402a0de34ba18a430c99955603ea520e5b55eb6e03718502
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 d348f3499b52a5850b00a1bc98dc3ff1958928eb99e98b196d73e4a2586c81d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 22a7a8b953a6031405f07cafcda04f63d6668ec7635076d2e54ee9b7e6539759
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 60697d88755fd6cf14cbfbf4c6a0dcb7ffb4e012ec141fd096b0d961b68647a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 81bf7599622b3a2b0adf932c99fbdb482c6c16efbd251e84bfbd0c3696723977
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 4fd5347f52e67b48fcd4071a78d3cf9ba6b939a104318f2abc19f806fe78a0ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/756-106-0x0000000070CE0000-0x0000000070D2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-105-0x000000007F020000-0x000000007F030000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-104-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-107-0x0000000070E60000-0x00000000711B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-92-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-91-0x0000000004CA0000-0x0000000004CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-118-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/756-90-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-93-0x0000000003540000-0x0000000003944000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-102-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-56-0x0000000003540000-0x0000000003944000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-117-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1080-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-2-0x0000000005270000-0x0000000005B5B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-1-0x00000000033D0000-0x00000000037C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-55-0x0000000005270000-0x0000000005B5B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1952-252-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2324-254-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/2324-253-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/2324-257-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/2324-245-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/2324-211-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-69-0x0000000005550000-0x00000000058A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-87-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-59-0x0000000004540000-0x0000000004550000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-60-0x0000000004540000-0x0000000004550000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-58-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-70-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005F8C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-71-0x0000000004540000-0x0000000004550000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-72-0x0000000070CE0000-0x0000000070D2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-73-0x0000000070E60000-0x00000000711B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-82-0x0000000006C60000-0x0000000006D04000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-83-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006F71000-memory.dmp

          memory/2484-84-0x0000000006FB0000-0x0000000006FC5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-28-0x0000000070BD0000-0x0000000070C1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-12-0x0000000005660000-0x00000000056C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-47-0x00000000072F0000-0x000000000730A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-46-0x00000000072A0000-0x00000000072B5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-45-0x0000000007290000-0x000000000729E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-44-0x0000000007240000-0x0000000007251000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-43-0x0000000007330000-0x00000000073C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-42-0x0000000007220000-0x000000000722A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-41-0x00000000071E0000-0x00000000071FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-40-0x0000000007820000-0x0000000007E9A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-39-0x00000000070B0000-0x0000000007154000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-38-0x0000000007050000-0x000000000706E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-29-0x0000000070D60000-0x00000000710B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-52-0x0000000074960000-0x0000000075111000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-27-0x0000000007070000-0x00000000070A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-5-0x0000000002480000-0x00000000024B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-6-0x0000000004F10000-0x000000000553A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-7-0x0000000074960000-0x0000000075111000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-26-0x000000007F000000-0x000000007F010000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-9-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-8-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-11-0x0000000005540000-0x00000000055A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-10-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D82000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-25-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-24-0x00000000061E0000-0x0000000006226000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-23-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000005CDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-22-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005C5E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-21-0x0000000005710000-0x0000000005A67000-memory.dmp

          memory/3028-48-0x00000000072D0000-0x00000000072D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-255-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-143-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-133-0x0000000070E60000-0x00000000711B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-132-0x0000000070CE0000-0x0000000070D2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-131-0x0000000004870000-0x0000000004880000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-120-0x0000000004870000-0x0000000004880000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-121-0x0000000004870000-0x0000000004880000-memory.dmp

          memory/4888-119-0x0000000074A00000-0x00000000751B1000-memory.dmp