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AutoIt backdoor - S0129 (f5352566-1a64-49ac-8f7f-97e1d1a03300)

AutoIt backdoor is malware that has been used by the actors responsible for the MONSOON campaign. The actors frequently used it in weaponized .pps files exploiting CVE-2014-6352. (Citation: Forcepoint Monsoon) This malware makes use of the legitimate scripting language for Windows GUI automation with the same name.

Cluster A	Galaxy A	Cluster B	Galaxy B	Level
AutoIt backdoor - S0129 (f5352566-1a64-49ac-8f7f-97e1d1a03300)	Malware	Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	1
AutoIt backdoor - S0129 (f5352566-1a64-49ac-8f7f-97e1d1a03300)	Malware	PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	1
AutoIt backdoor - S0129 (f5352566-1a64-49ac-8f7f-97e1d1a03300)	Malware	File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18)	Attack Pattern	1
AutoIt backdoor - S0129 (f5352566-1a64-49ac-8f7f-97e1d1a03300)	Malware	Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073)	Attack Pattern	1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c)	Attack Pattern	Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f)	Attack Pattern	2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736)	Attack Pattern	Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830)	Attack Pattern	2
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b)	Attack Pattern	Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073)	Attack Pattern	2