Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    122s
  • 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, 20:08

General

  • Target
    287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample240502-ywxvgagg44
  • SHA256 287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc
  • 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 7 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\287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:840
    • 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:3068
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc.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:1320
      • 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:2312
      • 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:1796
        • 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:3712
      • 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:568
      • 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:4308
      • 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:5080
        • 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:432
        • 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:5036
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:920
          • 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:4876
          • 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:3596
          • 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:3036
          • 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:3640
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3960
            • 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:2596
              • 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:3792
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:4884

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_ghumttig.cez.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ghumttig.cez.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 1aa284f9e15ed1c196ca1196d1a603693d116981138dc673347644f554e17a5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 b37ba484f9f363cf668512bdc6114a15cadb78718fe8811dbf6da3a224a9993b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 82c7496b36fd540f977f3c456213f4f8f1fccc088bc78308ae8a0c99289fd471
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 b40c76a5745ea301ff6ac292911a2a3d08505dac0265fff267fd8111a06ecc87
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 e488f8575e97aee7573a8358ef7bd2aefb374180b6c944541080aa4d5525c144
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 287dc656e47ff7dcb016f7db045b1e64f6c76633914d53d813e4f90f980f81dc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/432-139-0x0000000070650000-0x00000000709A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/432-138-0x0000000070400000-0x000000007044C000-memory.dmp

          memory/568-90-0x0000000070650000-0x00000000709A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/568-89-0x0000000070400000-0x000000007044C000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-119-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-61-0x00000000035E0000-0x00000000039DD000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-2-0x0000000005180000-0x0000000005A6B000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-78-0x0000000005180000-0x0000000005A6B000-memory.dmp

          memory/840-1-0x00000000035E0000-0x00000000039DD000-memory.dmp

          memory/1320-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1320-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-73-0x0000000007820000-0x0000000007831000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-74-0x0000000007870000-0x0000000007885000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-72-0x00000000074B0000-0x0000000007554000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-62-0x0000000070400000-0x000000007044C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-63-0x0000000070650000-0x00000000709A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-51-0x0000000005E10000-0x0000000006167000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-37-0x0000000008400000-0x0000000008A7A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-23-0x0000000006DC0000-0x0000000006E06000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-46-0x00000000080B0000-0x00000000080B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-45-0x0000000007EF0000-0x0000000007F0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-44-0x0000000007EA0000-0x0000000007EB5000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-43-0x0000000007E90000-0x0000000007E9E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-42-0x0000000007E40000-0x0000000007E51000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-41-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007FA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-40-0x0000000007E00000-0x0000000007E0A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-38-0x0000000007DC0000-0x0000000007DDA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-36-0x0000000007C90000-0x0000000007D34000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-35-0x0000000007C70000-0x0000000007C8E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-26-0x0000000070630000-0x0000000070987000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-24-0x0000000007C30000-0x0000000007C64000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-25-0x0000000070400000-0x000000007044C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-6-0x0000000005C30000-0x000000000625A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-22-0x0000000006840000-0x000000000688C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-49-0x0000000074190000-0x0000000074941000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-4-0x000000007419E000-0x000000007419F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-21-0x0000000006810000-0x000000000682E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-20-0x0000000006340000-0x0000000006697000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-9-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005A46000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-16-0x0000000074190000-0x0000000074941000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-15-0x00000000062D0000-0x0000000006336000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-8-0x0000000005830000-0x0000000005852000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-5-0x0000000003380000-0x00000000033B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3068-7-0x0000000074190000-0x0000000074941000-memory.dmp

          memory/3596-185-0x0000000070570000-0x00000000708C7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3596-184-0x0000000070320000-0x000000007036C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3596-174-0x0000000005FB0000-0x0000000006307000-memory.dmp

          memory/3960-208-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3960-211-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4308-110-0x0000000070650000-0x00000000709A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4308-109-0x0000000070400000-0x000000007044C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-160-0x0000000070320000-0x000000007036C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-161-0x0000000070530000-0x0000000070887000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-159-0x0000000005C50000-0x0000000005C9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-171-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006F71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-157-0x0000000005580000-0x00000000058D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-170-0x0000000006DB0000-0x0000000006E54000-memory.dmp

          memory/4876-172-0x0000000005930000-0x0000000005945000-memory.dmp

          memory/4884-220-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4884-210-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4884-229-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4884-214-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-195-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-216-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-219-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-213-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-222-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-225-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-207-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-228-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-231-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5080-234-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002EE9000-memory.dmp