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S0337: BadPatch

BadPatch is a Windows Trojan that was used in a Gaza Hackers-linked campaign.[1]

EnterpriseS0337MalwareObject v1.1Modified
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Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0337: BadPatch describes [BadPatch](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0337) is a Windows Trojan that was used in a Gaza Hackers-linked campaign.(Citation: Unit 42 BadPatch Oct 2017)

Executive priority

S0337: BadPatch is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S0337: BadPatch by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
  • Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

  • Validate whether S0337: BadPatch appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

BadPatch

BadPatch is a Windows Trojan that was used in a Gaza Hackers-linked campaign.[1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

12 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique

BadPatch establishes a foothold by adding a link to the malware executable in the startup folder.[1]

EnterpriseT1071.003Mail ProtocolsSub-technique

BadPatch uses SMTP for C2.[1]

EnterpriseT1074.001Local Data StagingSub-technique

BadPatch stores collected data in log files before exfiltration.[1]

EnterpriseT1071.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

BadPatch uses HTTP for C2.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

BadPatch collects the OS system, OS version, MAC address, and the computer name from the victim’s machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1113Screen Capture

BadPatch captures screenshots in .jpg format and then exfiltrates them.[1]

EnterpriseT1083File and Directory Discovery

BadPatch searches for files with specific file extensions.[1]

EnterpriseT1497.001System ChecksSub-technique

BadPatch attempts to detect if it is being run in a Virtual Machine (VM) using a WMI query for disk drive name, BIOS, and motherboard information. [1]

EnterpriseT1056.001KeyloggingSub-technique

BadPatch has a keylogging capability.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

BadPatch can download and execute or update malware.[1]

EnterpriseT1518.001Security Software DiscoverySub-technique

BadPatch uses WMI to enumerate installed security products in the victim’s environment.[1]

EnterpriseT1005Data from Local System

BadPatch collects files from the local system that have the following extensions, then prepares them for exfiltration: .xls, .xlsx, .pdf, .mdb, .rar, .zip, .doc, .docx.[1]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · TechniqueT1547.001: Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1071.003: Mail ProtocolsEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1074.001: Local Data StagingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1071.001: Web ProtocolsEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1082: System Information DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1113: Screen CaptureEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1083: File and Directory DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1497.001: System ChecksEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1056.001: KeyloggingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1105: Ingress Tool TransferEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1518.001: Security Software DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1005: Data from Local SystemEnterprise
Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release
20.0
Object version
1.1
Created
Modified
Raw hash
d68449152efa0d46...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
20.01.1Current bundled68449152efa…
19.21.1Older bundled68449152efa…
19.11.1Older bundled68449152efa…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

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Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

  1. [1]
    Unit 42 BadPatch Oct 2017

    Bar, T., Conant, S. (2017, October 20). BadPatch. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    BadPatch

    (Citation: Unit 42 BadPatch Oct 2017)

  3. [3]
    mitre-attackS0337
    Open source URL
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