Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    19/05/2024, 01:53

General

  • Target
    a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807.exe
  • Size 4.1MB
  • Sample240519-cbe82acd6w
  • SHA256 a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807
  • 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\a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:468
    • 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:1304
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807.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:4916
      • 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:1744
      • 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:3200
        • 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:1088
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nologo -noprofile
        3⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1236
      • 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:1956
      • 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:1464
        • 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:1352
        • 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:4968
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f
          4⤵
            PID:3816
          • 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:3972
          • 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:2288
          • 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:4112
          • 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:5076
          • C:\Windows\windefender.exe
            "C:\Windows\windefender.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3536
            • 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:2996
              • 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:4812

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_34x2co0a.kfw.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_34x2co0a.kfw.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 05d0b89d065bd6b0f720a4eb651b11962ad7d80dc4c32724235a6f2c63507019
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 802f593b288d96ef8954603324d14e36a534869adad9717b48c32b597bc8ca3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 1902b0309d8f5f01900ffa8afe613a518c2e4cd3ff322675a52c2cd072f12838
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 9508dba1530de3a4034b6f57e63c224c3456e43001e20e99080e3f3690a0d815
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          StartupProfileData-Interactive

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-Interactive
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 680550744e41e1701e2a9ad3714b39d9f6714dd2e3836be27326f55027d34acd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          csrss.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe
          • Size 4.1MB
          • SHA256 a921a7ca6c6614ba7d44dd9dde5645359f2ec9c765a72db2a117347aa7d15807
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          windefender.exe

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

          memory/468-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/468-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/468-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/468-1-0x00000000041B0000-0x00000000045B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/468-2-0x00000000045C0000-0x0000000004EAB000-memory.dmp

          memory/468-78-0x00000000045C0000-0x0000000004EAB000-memory.dmp

          memory/468-62-0x00000000041B0000-0x00000000045B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1236-90-0x00000000703D0000-0x0000000070727000-memory.dmp

          memory/1236-89-0x00000000701C0000-0x000000007020C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1236-84-0x00000000061A0000-0x00000000064F7000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-37-0x0000000007930000-0x00000000079D4000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-9-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005786000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-38-0x0000000073F50000-0x0000000074701000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-39-0x00000000080A0000-0x000000000871A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-40-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007A7A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-41-0x0000000007AA0000-0x0000000007AAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-42-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007BF6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-43-0x0000000007AD0000-0x0000000007AE1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-44-0x0000000007B10000-0x0000000007B1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-45-0x0000000007B20000-0x0000000007B35000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-46-0x0000000007C20000-0x0000000007C3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-47-0x0000000007C00000-0x0000000007C08000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-50-0x0000000073F50000-0x0000000074701000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-4-0x0000000073F5E000-0x0000000073F5F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-5-0x0000000003000000-0x0000000003036000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-24-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078E4000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-6-0x0000000005790000-0x0000000005DBA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-7-0x0000000073F50000-0x0000000074701000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-35-0x0000000073F50000-0x0000000074701000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-25-0x00000000701C0000-0x000000007020C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-26-0x0000000070410000-0x0000000070767000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-36-0x0000000007910000-0x000000000792E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-23-0x0000000006A10000-0x0000000006A56000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-22-0x00000000064D0000-0x000000000651C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-21-0x00000000064A0000-0x00000000064BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-19-0x0000000005FB0000-0x0000000006307000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-20-0x0000000073F50000-0x0000000074701000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-8-0x0000000005600000-0x0000000005622000-memory.dmp

          memory/1304-10-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005FA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1352-137-0x00000000701C0000-0x000000007020C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1352-138-0x00000000703D0000-0x0000000070727000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-229-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-237-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-235-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-232-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-241-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-201-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-227-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-222-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-220-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-217-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-214-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1464-212-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/1744-61-0x0000000070410000-0x0000000070767000-memory.dmp

          memory/1744-72-0x0000000007080000-0x0000000007091000-memory.dmp

          memory/1744-71-0x0000000006D60000-0x0000000006E04000-memory.dmp

          memory/1744-60-0x00000000701C0000-0x000000007020C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1744-73-0x00000000070D0000-0x00000000070E5000-memory.dmp

          memory/1956-110-0x0000000070410000-0x0000000070767000-memory.dmp

          memory/1956-109-0x00000000701C0000-0x000000007020C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2288-184-0x00000000700E0000-0x000000007012C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2288-185-0x0000000070330000-0x0000000070687000-memory.dmp

          memory/2288-174-0x0000000005B50000-0x0000000005EA7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3536-205-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3536-210-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-171-0x0000000007FB0000-0x0000000007FC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-170-0x0000000007C20000-0x0000000007CC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-161-0x0000000070310000-0x0000000070667000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-160-0x00000000700E0000-0x000000007012C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-159-0x0000000006A40000-0x0000000006A8C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-157-0x0000000006380000-0x00000000066D7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3972-172-0x0000000006780000-0x0000000006795000-memory.dmp

          memory/4812-221-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4812-215-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4812-208-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4916-125-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp

          memory/4916-119-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002361000-memory.dmp