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CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81)

CORESHELL is a downloader used by APT28. The older versions of this malware are known as SOURFACE and newer versions as CORESHELL.(Citation: FireEye APT28) (Citation: FireEye APT28 January 2017)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Binary Padding - T1027.001 (5bfccc3f-2326-4112-86cc-c1ece9d8a2b5) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern CORESHELL - S0137 (60c18d06-7b91-4742-bae3-647845cd9d81) Malware 1
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Binary Padding - T1027.001 (5bfccc3f-2326-4112-86cc-c1ece9d8a2b5) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 2
Komplex (d26b5518-8d7f-41a6-b539-231e4962853e) Malpedia SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool Private Cluster (75c79f95-4c84-4650-9158-510f0ce4831d) Unknown 2
CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
Seduploader (6bd20349-1231-4aaa-ba2a-f4b09d3b344c) Malpedia SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
Sofacy (df36267b-7267-4c23-a7a1-cf94ef1b3729) Android SOURFACE (1de47f51-1f20-403b-a2e1-5eaabe275faa) Tool 2
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 2
Komplex (d26b5518-8d7f-41a6-b539-231e4962853e) Malpedia CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool 2
GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool 2
CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool Coreshell (579cc23d-4ba4-419f-bf8a-f235ed33125e) Malpedia 2
CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool Private Cluster (75c79f95-4c84-4650-9158-510f0ce4831d) Unknown 2
CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool Seduploader (6bd20349-1231-4aaa-ba2a-f4b09d3b344c) Malpedia 2
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool 2
CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 2
Sofacy (df36267b-7267-4c23-a7a1-cf94ef1b3729) Android CORESHELL (3948ce95-468e-4ce1-82b1-57439c6d6afd) Tool 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Mail Protocols - T1071.003 (54b4c251-1f0e-4eba-ba6b-dbc7a6f6f06b) Attack Pattern 2
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 2
Komplex (d26b5518-8d7f-41a6-b539-231e4962853e) Malpedia GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool 3
GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool Private Cluster (75c79f95-4c84-4650-9158-510f0ce4831d) Unknown 3
GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool Seduploader (6bd20349-1231-4aaa-ba2a-f4b09d3b344c) Malpedia 3
GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
Sofacy (df36267b-7267-4c23-a7a1-cf94ef1b3729) Android GAMEFISH (43cd8a09-9c80-48c8-9568-1992433af60a) Tool 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Seduploader (6bd20349-1231-4aaa-ba2a-f4b09d3b344c) Malpedia 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation - T1068 (b21c3b2d-02e6-45b1-980b-e69051040839) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern 3
Fallback Channels - T1008 (f24faf46-3b26-4dbb-98f2-63460498e433) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 3
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
Komplex (d26b5518-8d7f-41a6-b539-231e4962853e) Malpedia JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 3
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 3
Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
JHUHUGIT - S0044 (8ae43c46-57ef-47d5-a77a-eebb35628db2) Malware Logon Script (Windows) - T1037.001 (eb125d40-0b2d-41ac-a71a-3229241c2cd3) Attack Pattern 3
Komplex (d26b5518-8d7f-41a6-b539-231e4962853e) Malpedia Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
Launch Agent - T1543.001 (d10cbd34-42e3-45c0-84d2-535a09849584) Attack Pattern Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Komplex - S0162 (f108215f-3487-489d-be8b-80e346d32518) Malware 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 4
Event Triggered Execution - T1546 (b6301b64-ef57-4cce-bb0b-77026f14a8db) Attack Pattern Component Object Model Hijacking - T1546.015 (bc0f5e80-91c0-4e04-9fbb-e4e332c85dae) Attack Pattern 4
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 4
Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 4
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 4
Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern 4
Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts - T1037 (03259939-0b57-482f-8eb5-87c0e0d54334) Attack Pattern Logon Script (Windows) - T1037.001 (eb125d40-0b2d-41ac-a71a-3229241c2cd3) Attack Pattern 4
Hidden Files and Directories - T1564.001 (ec8fc7e2-b356-455c-8db5-2e37be158e7d) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 4
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Launch Agent - T1543.001 (d10cbd34-42e3-45c0-84d2-535a09849584) Attack Pattern 4