Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240419-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240419-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    02/05/2024, 16:32

General

  • Target
    86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240502-t1813seh38
  • SHA256 86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1
  • 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 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 6 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.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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\86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -nologo -noprofile
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4240
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1.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:1088
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3176
      • 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:1372
        • 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:3616
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1200
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1336
      • 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:4624
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -nologo -noprofile
          4⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3608
        • 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:2164
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:2212
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -nologo -noprofile
            4⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2192
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -nologo -noprofile
            4⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2160
          • 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:652
          • 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:4844
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2696
            • 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:3888
              • 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:4476
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:2784

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_aisr0quv.xjw.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_aisr0quv.xjw.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 2c5217b27886031b8f7de8e83020dcf3ae48d21b22126dd7e57d2161ecfdf828
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 6f509fe1361457fc941c4ae56920a45fcf53e263c6299a4c79166a6ea367c581
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 b6d0d764094d8b2e362856757194e5fdab2cf0cca699efa4ceb6c5b692d1214c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 c0daa5802930fa1a7af9ea2ea0be7f094f02ab1d03dfaac3209a0b38f07672c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 99993ff2735bccd2f34483f6cc8c7724140772ca37b88797542de4d8ec18046e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 86eb4f54b68219aed3dff4edda1ef668b842a12a4a53cb97a259b830ecbe3cc1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/1088-98-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1088-126-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1200-89-0x00000000704F0000-0x0000000070847000-memory.dmp

          memory/1200-88-0x00000000702E0000-0x000000007032C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1200-80-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005877000-memory.dmp

          memory/1336-113-0x0000000070530000-0x0000000070887000-memory.dmp

          memory/1336-112-0x00000000702E0000-0x000000007032C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1336-109-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005877000-memory.dmp

          memory/2160-185-0x0000000070200000-0x000000007024C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2160-186-0x0000000070380000-0x00000000706D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-173-0x0000000007C20000-0x0000000007C31000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-174-0x0000000005FA0000-0x0000000005FB5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-159-0x00000000060B0000-0x0000000006407000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-161-0x0000000006AF0000-0x0000000006B3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-162-0x0000000070200000-0x000000007024C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-163-0x0000000070380000-0x00000000706D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2192-172-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007904000-memory.dmp

          memory/2696-212-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2696-207-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-1-0x0000000003740000-0x0000000003B42000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-53-0x00000000052F0000-0x0000000005BDB000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-52-0x0000000003740000-0x0000000003B42000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-2-0x00000000052F0000-0x0000000005BDB000-memory.dmp

          memory/2752-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-210-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-216-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-222-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-72-0x0000000007200000-0x00000000072A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-62-0x00000000702E0000-0x000000007032C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-63-0x0000000070460000-0x00000000707B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-73-0x0000000007760000-0x0000000007771000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-74-0x00000000077A0000-0x00000000077B5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3608-138-0x00000000060C0000-0x0000000006417000-memory.dmp

          memory/3608-140-0x00000000702E0000-0x000000007032C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3608-141-0x0000000070480000-0x00000000707D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-49-0x0000000074070000-0x0000000074821000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-4-0x000000007407E000-0x000000007407F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-11-0x0000000005110000-0x0000000005176000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-10-0x00000000050A0000-0x0000000005106000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-9-0x0000000004F00000-0x0000000004F22000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-21-0x0000000005EA0000-0x0000000005EBE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-8-0x0000000074070000-0x0000000074821000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-22-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000005F3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-23-0x0000000006430000-0x0000000006476000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-36-0x0000000007340000-0x00000000073E4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-7-0x0000000074070000-0x0000000074821000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-24-0x00000000072E0000-0x0000000007314000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-37-0x0000000007AB0000-0x000000000812A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-26-0x0000000070460000-0x00000000707B7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-25-0x00000000702E0000-0x000000007032C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-35-0x0000000007320000-0x000000000733E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-46-0x0000000007650000-0x0000000007658000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-6-0x00000000051C0000-0x00000000057EA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-5-0x00000000029F0000-0x0000000002A26000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-20-0x0000000005AC0000-0x0000000005E17000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-38-0x0000000007470000-0x000000000748A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-45-0x0000000007630000-0x000000000764A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-44-0x0000000007530000-0x0000000007545000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-43-0x0000000007520000-0x000000000752E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-42-0x00000000074E0000-0x00000000074F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-41-0x0000000007570000-0x0000000007606000-memory.dmp

          memory/4240-40-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-213-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-215-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-218-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-197-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-221-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-224-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-228-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-231-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-233-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4624-236-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp