code-discovery.md

ID	B0046
Objective(s)	Discovery
Related ATT&CK Techniques	None
Version	2.2
Created	10 November 2021
Last Modified	29 April 2024

Code Discovery

Malware may inspect code or enumerate aspects.

Methods

Name	ID	Description
Enumerate PE Sections	B0046.001	Malware enumerates virtual offsets of code sections.
Inspect Section Memory Permissions	B0046.002	Malware identifies section memory permissions from image section header.
Parse PE Header	B0046.003	Malware parses the PE header.

Use in Malware

Name	Date	Method	Description
BlackEnergy	2007	B0046.001	BlackEnergy enumerates PE sections. [1]
CryptoLocker	2013	B0046.001	CryptoLocker enumerates PE sections. [1]
Dark Comet	2008	B0046.001	DarkComet enumerates PE sections. [1]
Emotet	2018	B0046.001	Emotet enumerates PE sections. [1]
Gamut	2014	B0046.001	Gamut enumerates PE sections. [1]
Hupigon	2013	B0046.001	Hupigon enumerates PE sections. [1]
Locky Bart	2017	B0046.001	Locky Bart enumerates PE sections. [1]
Redhip	2011	B0046.002	Redhip inspects section memory permissions. [1]
Stuxnet	2010	B0046.001	Stuxnet enumerates PE sections. [1]
TrickBot	2016	B0046.002	TrickBot inspects section memory permissions. [1]
Ursnif	2016	B0046.001	Ursnif enumerates PE sections. [1]

Detection

Tool: capa	Mapping	APIs
enumerate PE sections	Code Discovery::Enumerate PE Sections (B0046.001)	--
inspect section memory permissions	Code Discovery::Inspect Section Memory Permissions (B0046.002)	--

References

[1] capa v4.0, analyzed at MITRE on 10/12/2022