Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/06/2026, 10:57
General
- Target tmpx2uqsn61.exe
- Size 4.2MB
- Sample260602-m2fmlabs8x
- SHA256 560b98b3550a5c840a2227c73d2924b0abc63000d3f5d3f1962fd80b4536ff4b
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Glupteba
Glupteba is a modular loader written in Golang with various components.
- Glupteba payload 21 IoCs
- Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 6 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.
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Manipulates WinMonFS driver. 1 IoCs
Roottkits write to WinMonFS to hide directories/files from being detected.
- 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
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
- Program crash 5 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpx2uqsn61.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpx2uqsn61.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpx2uqsn61.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpx2uqsn61.exe"2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\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
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C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exenetsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="csrss" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" enable=yes4⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
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C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exeC:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Manipulates WinMonFS driver.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /CREATE /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /TR "C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" /TN csrss /F4⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /delete /tn ScheduledUpdate /f4⤵
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\injector.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\injector.exe taskmgr.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csrss\injector\NtQuerySystemInformationHook.dll4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /CREATE /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /TR "C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe" /TN csrss /F4⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 860 -s 7763⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 440 -p 860 -ip 8601⤵
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C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe"C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe"C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5052 -s 8523⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2180 -s 8402⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 512 -p 2180 -ip 21801⤵
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C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exeC:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe"C:\Windows\rss\csrss.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3348 -s 7363⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4372 -s 8042⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 544 -p 5052 -ip 50521⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 4372 -ip 43721⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 512 -p 3348 -ip 33481⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify System Firewall
1Modify Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
injector.exe
csrss.exe
memory/860-6-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002F63000-memory.dmp
memory/860-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/916-1-0x0000000002A20000-0x0000000002E0E000-memory.dmp
memory/916-2-0x0000000002E10000-0x0000000003687000-memory.dmp
memory/916-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/916-5-0x0000000002E10000-0x0000000003687000-memory.dmp
memory/2180-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/2344-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/3348-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/4372-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp
memory/5052-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp