Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    18/04/2024, 12:46

General

  • Target
    b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240418-pzy29sde92
  • SHA256 b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7
  • 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.

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • 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\b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:496
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3988
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7.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:1440
      • 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:2144
      • 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:4952
        • 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:4216
      • 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:1232
      • 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:1692
      • 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:1496
        • 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:2332
        • 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:940
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:2588
          • 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:1528
          • 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:2756
          • 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:1576
          • 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:2836
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2412
            • 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:4368
              • 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:4992
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1440 -s 736
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:2928
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 496 -s 844
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3108
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 496 -ip 496
      1⤵
        PID:2588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 1440 -ip 1440
        1⤵
          PID:3732
        • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
          C:\Windows\windefender.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:1628

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_ezxbzayo.fc0.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ezxbzayo.fc0.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 a2d442f277714d93e6dba12f20ed1e766e8ce12a6faeaf1eaaa43c7fc57805fd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              StartupProfileData-Interactive

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
              • Size 19KB
              • SHA256 334d59809a004bd7321bc2c3c27874711feb7fecd5a25321aa05ae67e96c3592
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              StartupProfileData-Interactive

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
              • Size 19KB
              • SHA256 2f5579b72d45e76a925907d26853bc8d6d7ebfce11b21feb6ece45728c831614
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              StartupProfileData-Interactive

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
              • Size 19KB
              • SHA256 fb03c2fb2b3125964ea0c04ca2abba9fab0d4fb2878ac8a8e559902e03d964ad
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              StartupProfileData-Interactive

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
              • Size 19KB
              • SHA256 f49de9726e61906fd6c1d5d80f71b7835566aaa37840e73d03b4b5e5a4dc4465
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              csrss.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 b5a9d52fb85dfc18938b24312f1fa76101cb8bcad9de7c51c021350c0e93d2b7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              windefender.exe

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

              memory/496-2-0x00000000052D0000-0x0000000005BBB000-memory.dmp

              memory/496-1-0x0000000003420000-0x0000000003828000-memory.dmp

              memory/496-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/496-51-0x00000000052D0000-0x0000000005BBB000-memory.dmp

              memory/496-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-89-0x0000000004750000-0x0000000004760000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-111-0x0000000004750000-0x0000000004760000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-113-0x00000000744E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-98-0x00000000055E0000-0x0000000005937000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-102-0x0000000070940000-0x0000000070C97000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-100-0x000000007F770000-0x000000007F780000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-88-0x0000000004750000-0x0000000004760000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-87-0x00000000744E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

              memory/1232-101-0x00000000707C0000-0x000000007080C000-memory.dmp

              memory/1440-52-0x0000000003450000-0x0000000003853000-memory.dmp

              memory/1440-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1440-115-0x0000000003450000-0x0000000003853000-memory.dmp

              memory/1440-127-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1440-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-265-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-254-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-255-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-269-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-240-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-272-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-257-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-259-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-267-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-262-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1496-264-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003009000-memory.dmp

              memory/1628-256-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

              memory/1628-260-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

              memory/1692-129-0x00000000707C0000-0x000000007080C000-memory.dmp

              memory/1692-114-0x00000000744E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

              memory/1692-116-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025C0000-memory.dmp

              memory/1692-117-0x0000000005820000-0x0000000005B77000-memory.dmp

              memory/1692-128-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025C0000-memory.dmp

              memory/1692-130-0x000000007F4F0000-0x000000007F500000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-80-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007604000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-85-0x00000000744E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-82-0x00000000078D0000-0x00000000078E5000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-81-0x0000000007880000-0x0000000007891000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-79-0x0000000002B10000-0x0000000002B20000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-70-0x0000000002B10000-0x0000000002B20000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-68-0x00000000707C0000-0x000000007080C000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-69-0x00000000709D0000-0x0000000070D27000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-67-0x000000007F320000-0x000000007F330000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-66-0x0000000006390000-0x00000000063DC000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-65-0x0000000005E20000-0x0000000006177000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-54-0x00000000744E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-56-0x0000000002B10000-0x0000000002B20000-memory.dmp

              memory/2144-55-0x0000000002B10000-0x0000000002B20000-memory.dmp

              memory/2412-252-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-39-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077DA000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-24-0x0000000007610000-0x0000000007644000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-43-0x0000000007850000-0x0000000007865000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-42-0x0000000007840000-0x000000000784E000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-41-0x00000000077F0000-0x0000000007801000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-40-0x00000000078E0000-0x0000000007976000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-45-0x00000000078C0000-0x00000000078C8000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-38-0x0000000007790000-0x00000000077AA000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-37-0x0000000007DD0000-0x000000000844A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-36-0x0000000007670000-0x0000000007714000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-35-0x0000000007650000-0x000000000766E000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-26-0x0000000070830000-0x0000000070B87000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-25-0x00000000706B0000-0x00000000706FC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-44-0x00000000078A0000-0x00000000078BA000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-48-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BF1000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-23-0x000000007FBE0000-0x000000007FBF0000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-22-0x0000000006770000-0x00000000067B6000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-21-0x0000000006230000-0x000000000627C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-20-0x00000000061E0000-0x00000000061FE000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-19-0x0000000005D40000-0x0000000006097000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-15-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D36000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-9-0x00000000053C0000-0x0000000005426000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-8-0x0000000005320000-0x0000000005342000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-7-0x00000000055A0000-0x0000000005BCA000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-6-0x00000000029C0000-0x00000000029D0000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-4-0x00000000029D0000-0x0000000002A06000-memory.dmp

              memory/3988-5-0x0000000074440000-0x0000000074BF1000-memory.dmp