Executes dropped EXE

Modifies Polkit authorization policy

Rule or action files in the Polkit framework are written to, potentially allowing a process or user to execute privileged operations without requiring authentication.

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.

Adds a user to the system

Checks hardware identifiers (DMI)

Checks DMI information which indicate if the system is a virtual machine.

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.

Write file to user bin folder

Modifies Bash startup script

Reads process memory

Read the memory of a process through the /proc virtual filesystem. This can be used to steal credentials.