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
    19/04/2024, 16:03

General

  • Target
    ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240419-thf8cage73
  • SHA256 ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca
  • 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\ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1232
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca.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:3168
      • 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:4052
      • 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:4612
        • 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:1352
      • 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:2900
      • 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:3396
      • 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:3176
        • 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:4824
        • 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:1020
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:812
          • 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:3732
          • 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:2116
          • 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:236
          • 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:4708
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4892
            • 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:3232
              • 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:556
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:2128

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_turs0ytx.anr.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_turs0ytx.anr.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 2ac2480ac0393f53cc54414c47b0e07b9ae1554267770bce6aff5eade78f56b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 fca10cb4634134c05ba4a61eb871ca3378f77424a168d0139272710ce9ca0d99
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 20cd604d1179b50b3d5f3e590febd5ae06c3df02d2adf106e5f6395fb0599902
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 ba9628b72475086f808db24cec81c1c519442873131e67bc66be329f16d9f48f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 55ce34344f042dc0a6101c549ff1cdf8a19911e56eb08f339dad1d6a7edd305f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 ba096aa71726bcf62c0a7c08580ba5a17867d2a3386356c2963628c91754adca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/1232-24-0x000000007FE00000-0x000000007FE10000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-41-0x0000000007E40000-0x0000000007ED6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-20-0x00000000062B0000-0x0000000006607000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-21-0x0000000006730000-0x000000000674E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-22-0x0000000006760000-0x00000000067AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-23-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-10-0x0000000006160000-0x00000000061C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-25-0x0000000007B40000-0x0000000007B74000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-26-0x0000000070CF0000-0x0000000070D3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-27-0x0000000070EC0000-0x0000000071217000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-36-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BBE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-37-0x0000000007BC0000-0x0000000007C64000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-38-0x0000000008330000-0x00000000089AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-39-0x0000000007CF0000-0x0000000007D0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-40-0x0000000007D30000-0x0000000007D3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-9-0x0000000005880000-0x00000000058A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-42-0x0000000007D50000-0x0000000007D61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-43-0x0000000007DA0000-0x0000000007DAE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-44-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007DC5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-45-0x0000000007E00000-0x0000000007E1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-46-0x0000000007E30000-0x0000000007E38000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-49-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-4-0x0000000003270000-0x00000000032A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-5-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-7-0x00000000032C0000-0x00000000032D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-11-0x0000000006240000-0x00000000062A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-6-0x00000000032C0000-0x00000000032D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1232-8-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005FEA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-265-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-257-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-90-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004900000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-113-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004900000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-116-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-114-0x00000000048F0000-0x0000000004900000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-102-0x0000000070F40000-0x0000000071297000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-101-0x0000000070CF0000-0x0000000070D3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-96-0x0000000005560000-0x00000000058B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2900-89-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-111-0x0000000003B20000-0x0000000003F1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-51-0x0000000003B20000-0x0000000003F1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-54-0x0000000003F20000-0x000000000480B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-274-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-256-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-242-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-288-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-253-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-268-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-260-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-264-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-277-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-285-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-292-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-296-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-281-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-129-0x0000000070CF0000-0x0000000070D3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-117-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-130-0x0000000070E70000-0x00000000711C7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-127-0x0000000006050000-0x00000000063A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-118-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000052A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-81-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000003000000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-69-0x00000000716C0000-0x0000000071A17000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-83-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A45000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-82-0x00000000079E0000-0x00000000079F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-55-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-80-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000003000000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-62-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000003000000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-66-0x0000000002FF0000-0x0000000003000000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-78-0x00000000076C0000-0x0000000007764000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-86-0x0000000074A80000-0x0000000075231000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-68-0x0000000070CF0000-0x0000000070D3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-67-0x000000007F5C0000-0x000000007F5D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4052-56-0x0000000005E80000-0x00000000061D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4892-251-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-1-0x0000000003C40000-0x0000000004043000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-53-0x0000000003C40000-0x0000000004043000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001DFD000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-2-0x0000000004050000-0x000000000493B000-memory.dmp