Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    17/05/2024, 09:48

General

  • Target
    bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157.exe
  • Size 4.1MB
  • Sample240517-ls996scd2z
  • SHA256 bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157
  • 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 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\bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2920
    • 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:888
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157.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:2500
      • 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:1880
      • 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:2548
        • 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:4076
      • 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:4112
      • 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:2836
      • 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:424
        • 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:3448
        • 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:3752
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:3140
          • 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:880
          • 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:1388
          • 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:4004
          • 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:1940
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3188
            • 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:2144
              • 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:2296
    • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      C:\Windows\windefender.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:8

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_aq5yhlwb.tzk.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_aq5yhlwb.tzk.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 402077e218724fddd719b8b7f129d29a3bebdbc8a723f5a081386636d917ff85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 40c2729588783aa818547a6e6f16e20fac186f51a5669ee4e5bba438a4237ea2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 9ffc7a4374b4b287aad0f229bc47d7361b5b8c166e76f4086d4b8607ad2792c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 fba40823ecbf2cfe132042a1ab764fac14ffd69d17f7ed52db52712820f102b7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 038cde1f6e445a786188d13e772a21b404e46b0af1b41c4e125356559c70a951
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.1MB
          • SHA256 bf222403825552c77826570cc73f47a1214ee301d9fe3ade8c94657810d3f157
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/8-224-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/8-218-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/8-213-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-205-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-225-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-219-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-197-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-222-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-216-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-237-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-234-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-231-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/424-228-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-176-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005C75000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-163-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005EBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-155-0x0000000005890000-0x0000000005BE7000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-164-0x0000000070610000-0x000000007065C000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-165-0x0000000070860000-0x0000000070BB7000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-174-0x0000000007090000-0x0000000007134000-memory.dmp

          memory/880-175-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C31000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-38-0x0000000074480000-0x0000000074C31000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-24-0x0000000007D90000-0x0000000007DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-50-0x0000000074480000-0x0000000074C31000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-4-0x000000007448E000-0x000000007448F000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-5-0x0000000003150000-0x0000000003186000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-6-0x0000000074480000-0x0000000074C31000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-7-0x0000000005E00000-0x000000000642A000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-8-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005BC2000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-9-0x0000000005D50000-0x0000000005DB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-10-0x00000000064A0000-0x0000000006506000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-19-0x0000000006520000-0x0000000006877000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-20-0x0000000006980000-0x000000000699E000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-21-0x00000000069A0000-0x00000000069EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-22-0x0000000006F10000-0x0000000006F56000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-46-0x00000000080E0000-0x00000000080FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-45-0x0000000007FF0000-0x0000000008005000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-47-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005808000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-25-0x00000000706F0000-0x000000007073C000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-44-0x0000000007FE0000-0x0000000007FEE000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-26-0x0000000070870000-0x0000000070BC7000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-36-0x0000000007DF0000-0x0000000007E94000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-43-0x0000000007FB0000-0x0000000007FC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-35-0x0000000007DD0000-0x0000000007DEE000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-37-0x0000000074480000-0x0000000074C31000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-40-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-42-0x0000000008010000-0x00000000080A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-39-0x0000000008560000-0x0000000008BDA000-memory.dmp

          memory/888-41-0x0000000007F50000-0x0000000007F5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-187-0x0000000070610000-0x000000007065C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1388-188-0x0000000070860000-0x0000000070BB7000-memory.dmp

          memory/1880-56-0x0000000006100000-0x0000000006457000-memory.dmp

          memory/1880-65-0x00000000706F0000-0x000000007073C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1880-66-0x0000000070940000-0x0000000070C97000-memory.dmp

          memory/1880-75-0x0000000007800000-0x00000000078A4000-memory.dmp

          memory/1880-76-0x0000000007B50000-0x0000000007B61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1880-78-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BB5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2500-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2500-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2500-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2836-113-0x0000000070870000-0x0000000070BC7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2836-112-0x00000000706F0000-0x000000007073C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-2-0x0000000004D70000-0x000000000565B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-52-0x0000000004970000-0x0000000004D6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-53-0x0000000004D70000-0x000000000565B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-1-0x0000000004970000-0x0000000004D6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2920-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002B0D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-215-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3188-210-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-141-0x00000000706F0000-0x000000007073C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-139-0x00000000058E0000-0x0000000005C37000-memory.dmp

          memory/3448-142-0x0000000070890000-0x0000000070BE7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4112-91-0x00000000706F0000-0x000000007073C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4112-92-0x0000000070940000-0x0000000070C97000-memory.dmp