Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240419-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240419-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    26/04/2024, 15:24

General

  • Target
    4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240426-stf62sed55
  • SHA256 4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Glupteba

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

  • Glupteba payload 18 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Program crash 1 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 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\4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3336
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3284
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84.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:4760
      • 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:4416
      • 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:2088
        • 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:3948
      • 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:4740
      • 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:2960
      • C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
        C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Manipulates WinMonFS driver.
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2188
        • 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:4720
        • 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:2028
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:4200
          • 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:3552
          • 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:652
          • 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:1412
          • 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:3460
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3336 -s 648
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3144
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3336 -ip 3336
      1⤵
        PID:1920

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_br4j2mrv.amc.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_br4j2mrv.amc.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 01f9dac4075e8613cf6ffbfb65ee960ef48dd287eb83f0fd457c964079f7c3ec
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            StartupProfileData-Interactive

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
            • Size 19KB
            • SHA256 bc7c79a02202e7183000eeb461b648c38ac5ac1aedcfc9d8d13723e93de4ed66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            StartupProfileData-Interactive

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
            • Size 19KB
            • SHA256 9cbc605a2271c97d59837ac9fed9508f6f5ce9bf6cc27741f6de69e32f61745c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            StartupProfileData-Interactive

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
            • Size 19KB
            • SHA256 f2b9d0fb081d18030accfdf106e48a8bbc46c0e689485f7b55b190ca619277f6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            StartupProfileData-Interactive

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
            • Size 19KB
            • SHA256 1ad73e0333a79cd0c83f337990c4ae589bbc3e76058c7ca85bdc8b82088aa063
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            csrss.exe

            • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
            • Size 4.2MB
            • SHA256 4aff8a59576291865070bd0330d35b35472f438c765c143dc64f10a91ec70b84
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/652-185-0x00000000701F0000-0x000000007023C000-memory.dmp

            memory/652-186-0x0000000070370000-0x00000000706C7000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-205-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-212-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-211-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-150-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-203-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-204-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-202-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-210-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-195-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-206-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-207-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-208-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2188-209-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2960-109-0x00000000704F0000-0x0000000070847000-memory.dmp

            memory/2960-108-0x0000000070370000-0x00000000703BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-22-0x0000000006860000-0x00000000068AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-26-0x00000000704B0000-0x0000000070807000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-44-0x0000000007E90000-0x0000000007EAA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-45-0x0000000007EB0000-0x0000000007EB8000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-48-0x0000000073FF0000-0x00000000747A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-4-0x0000000073FF0000-0x00000000747A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-5-0x0000000003330000-0x0000000003366000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-42-0x0000000007E30000-0x0000000007E3E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-41-0x0000000007DE0000-0x0000000007DF1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-40-0x0000000007ED0000-0x0000000007F66000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-39-0x0000000007DC0000-0x0000000007DCA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-24-0x0000000007BD0000-0x0000000007C04000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-25-0x0000000070260000-0x00000000702AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-37-0x00000000083C0000-0x0000000008A3A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-38-0x0000000007D80000-0x0000000007D9A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-43-0x0000000007E40000-0x0000000007E55000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-35-0x0000000007C30000-0x0000000007C4E000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-36-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007CF4000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-23-0x0000000006D40000-0x0000000006D86000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-21-0x00000000067E0000-0x00000000067FE000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-20-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000065F7000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-11-0x0000000006160000-0x00000000061C6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-10-0x00000000060F0000-0x0000000006156000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-9-0x0000000006050000-0x0000000006072000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-8-0x0000000005A20000-0x000000000604A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-7-0x00000000032E0000-0x00000000032F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3284-6-0x00000000032E0000-0x00000000032F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3336-51-0x0000000006D40000-0x000000000762B000-memory.dmp

            memory/3336-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/3336-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

            memory/3336-2-0x0000000006D40000-0x000000000762B000-memory.dmp

            memory/3336-1-0x0000000004790000-0x0000000004B96000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-159-0x0000000006100000-0x0000000006457000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-173-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005F81000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-174-0x0000000005FB0000-0x0000000005FC5000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-161-0x0000000006A90000-0x0000000006ADC000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-162-0x00000000701F0000-0x000000007023C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-163-0x0000000070370000-0x00000000706C7000-memory.dmp

            memory/3552-172-0x0000000007840000-0x00000000078E4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-73-0x0000000007270000-0x0000000007281000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-74-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072D5000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-52-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005BC7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-61-0x0000000005D80000-0x0000000005DCC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-62-0x0000000070370000-0x00000000703BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-63-0x00000000705B0000-0x0000000070907000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-72-0x0000000006F40000-0x0000000006FE4000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-135-0x00000000061A0000-0x00000000061EC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-148-0x0000000005E10000-0x0000000005E25000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-133-0x0000000005A90000-0x0000000005DE7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-147-0x0000000007610000-0x0000000007621000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-137-0x00000000704E0000-0x0000000070837000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-136-0x00000000702D0000-0x000000007031C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4720-146-0x0000000007290000-0x0000000007334000-memory.dmp

            memory/4740-89-0x00000000704F0000-0x0000000070847000-memory.dmp

            memory/4740-88-0x0000000070370000-0x00000000703BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4740-86-0x0000000006450000-0x00000000067A7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4760-123-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp