General

  • Target
    zxcrAretard.x86_64
  • Size 3.7MB
  • Sample260710-pflylabt8q
  • SHA256 f12c6b938993cd6dc4a793c209aabe140202164615acd82eec7a11ff390bc071
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      zxcrAretard.x86_64
    • Size 3.7MB
    • SHA256 f12c6b938993cd6dc4a793c209aabe140202164615acd82eec7a11ff390bc071
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Modifies password files for system users/ groups

      Modifies files storing password hashes of existing users/ groups, likely to grant additional privileges.

    • Deletes Audit logs

      Deletes logs related to the Linux Audit framework.

    • Deletes itself

    • Deletes journal logs

      Deletes systemd journal logs. Likely to evade detection.

    • Deletes system logs

      Deletes log file which contains global system messages. Adversaries may delete system logs to minimize their footprint.

    • OS Credential Dumping

      Adversaries may attempt to dump credentials to use it in password cracking.

    • Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism: Sudo and Sudo Caching

      Abuse sudo or cached sudo credentials to execute code.

    • Reads AppArmor ptrace settings

      Discovery of allowed ptrace capabilities by AppArmor.

    • Adds a user to the system

    • Creates/modifies environment variables

      Creating/modifying environment variables is a common persistence mechanism.

    • Deletes log files

      Deletes log files on the system.

    • Enumerates running processes

      Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

    • Reads hardware information

      Accesses system info like serial numbers, manufacturer names etc.

    • Reads network interface configuration

      Fetches information about one or more active network interfaces.

    • Modifies Bash startup script

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks