General

  • Target
    install.tgz
  • Size 34KB
  • Sample260830-w1m5qayzcv
  • SHA256 d91701e62fc85c7bf75a29c5878a874f68af16207eae3dff8f3e771a6b7ac297
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      crontab
    • Size 336B
    • SHA256 4936c6eb00a2ae750bd75b4a0e63755f7324246ef6fd95921eac77fdd6242aa5
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    7/10
    • File and Directory Permissions Modification

      Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

    • Target
      execute
    • Size 543B
    • SHA256 08358d066e0d757582926ff181e0d2ad647e6bd50816db9ead0e59f95184d565
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    • File and Directory Permissions Modification

      Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

    • Target
      install
    • Size 4KB
    • SHA256 f84813b68b682f38ebefef9ad08155883cfb2a5ce3cabe41d5140d0b87da48e5
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Detects Kaiten/Tsunami payload

    • Family: Kaiten,Tsunami

      Linux-based IoT botnet which is controlled through IRC and normally used to carry out DDoS attacks.

    • Adds new SSH keys

      Linux special file to hold SSH keys. The threat actor may add new keys for further remote access.

    • Modifies password files for system users/ groups

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

    • File and Directory Permissions Modification

      Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Modifies sudoers policy

      Writes to /etc/sudoers or a drop-in config, potentially granting passwordless root access to a user or process.

    • 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.

    • Creates/modifies Cron job

      Cron allows running tasks on a schedule, and is commonly used for malware persistence.

    • Enumerates running processes

      Discovers information about currently running processes on the system

    • Removes the immutable protection flag from a file

      Uses chattr to remove the immutable flag from a file, allowing previously write-protected files to be modified or deleted.

    • Write file to user bin folder

    • Writes file to system bin folder

    • Target
      netstat
    • Size 422B
    • SHA256 a6a8ced5f7336ac5e94b1fa49520a4048c001796fa7365489ce54c65fab67b34
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    7/10
    • File and Directory Permissions Modification

      Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

    • Removes the immutable protection flag from a file

      Uses chattr to remove the immutable flag from a file, allowing previously write-protected files to be modified or deleted.

    • Target
      top
    • Size 129B
    • SHA256 eea10a99d7818c3c2e11db4df45249e08c73500f4f27d306780f4e45f1f8b57a
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    1/10
    • Target
      whereis
    • Size 343B
    • SHA256 da4efe5a15a881b8abd06ac73721830dcf0e953972a40b670c84d3727af273e1
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
    Score
    7/10
    • File and Directory Permissions Modification

      Adversaries may modify file or directory permissions to evade defenses.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks

static1

Score
1/10

behavioral1

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral2

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral3

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral4

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral5

defense_evasiondiscovery
Score
7/10

behavioral6

defense_evasiondiscovery
Score
7/10

behavioral7

defense_evasiondiscovery
Score
7/10

behavioral8

defense_evasiondiscovery
Score
7/10

behavioral9

botnetcredential_accessdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionkaitenpersistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
10/10

behavioral10

botnetcredential_accessdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionkaitenpersistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
10/10

behavioral11

botnetcredential_accessdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionkaitenpersistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
10/10

behavioral12

botnetcredential_accessdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionkaitenpersistenceprivilege_escalation
Score
10/10

behavioral13

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral14

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral15

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral16

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral17

Score
1/10

behavioral18

Score
1/10

behavioral19

Score
1/10

behavioral20

Score
1/10

behavioral21

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral22

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral23

defense_evasion
Score
7/10

behavioral24

defense_evasion
Score
7/10