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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S0660: Clambling

Clambling is a modular backdoor written in C++ that has been used by Threat Group-3390 since at least 2017.[1]

EnterpriseS0660MalwareObject v1.0Modified
Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0660: Clambling describes [Clambling](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0660) is a modular backdoor written in C++ that has been used by [Threat Group-3390](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0027) since at least 2017.(Citation: Trend Micro DRBControl February 2020)

Executive priority

S0660: Clambling 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 S0660: Clambling 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 S0660: Clambling 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

Clambling

Clambling is a modular backdoor written in C++ that has been used by Threat Group-3390 since at least 2017.[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.

34 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1125Video Capture

Clambling can record screen content in AVI format.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1095Non-Application Layer Protocol

Clambling has the ability to use TCP and UDP for communication.[1]

EnterpriseT1564.001Hidden Files and DirectoriesSub-technique

Clambling has the ability to set its file attributes to hidden.[1]

EnterpriseT1102.002Bidirectional CommunicationSub-technique

Clambling can use Dropbox to download malicious payloads, send commands, and receive information.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1113Screen Capture

Clambling has the ability to capture screenshots.[1]

EnterpriseT1497.003Time Based ChecksSub-technique

Clambling can wait 30 minutes before initiating contact with C2.[1]

EnterpriseT1012Query Registry

Clambling has the ability to enumerate Registry keys, including KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bitcoin\Bitcoin-Qt\strDataDir to search for a bitcoin wallet.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1083File and Directory Discovery

Clambling can browse directories on a compromised host.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique

Clambling can establish persistence by adding a Registry run key.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1204.002Malicious FileSub-technique

Clambling has gained execution through luring victims into opening malicious files.[1]

EnterpriseT1567.002Exfiltration to Cloud StorageSub-technique

Clambling can send files from a victim's machine to Dropbox.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1027Obfuscated Files or Information

The Clambling executable has been obfuscated when dropped on a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1569.002Service ExecutionSub-technique

Clambling can create and start services on a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1055Process Injection

Clambling can inject into the `svchost.exe` process for execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentSub-technique

Clambling has been delivered to victim's machines through malicious e-mail attachments.[1]

EnterpriseT1115Clipboard Data

Clambling has the ability to capture and store clipboard data.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

Clambling can use cmd.exe for command execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

Clambling can discover the hostname, computer name, and Windows version of a targeted machine.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1135Network Share Discovery

Clambling has the ability to enumerate network shares.[1]

EnterpriseT1071Application Layer Protocol

Clambling has the ability to use Telnet for communication.[1]

EnterpriseT1056.001KeyloggingSub-technique

Clambling can capture keystrokes on a compromised host.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1055.012Process HollowingSub-technique

Clambling can execute binaries through process hollowing.[1]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Clambling can deobfuscate its payload prior to execution.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

Clambling can enumerate processes on a targeted system.[1]

EnterpriseT1124System Time Discovery

Clambling can determine the current time.[1]

EnterpriseT1112Modify Registry

Clambling can set and delete Registry keys.[1]

EnterpriseT1071.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

Clambling has the ability to communicate over HTTP.[1]

EnterpriseT1548.002Bypass User Account ControlSub-technique

Clambling has the ability to bypass UAC using a `passuac.dll` file.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1543.003Windows ServiceSub-technique

Clambling can register itself as a system service to gain persistence.CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1033System Owner/User Discovery

Clambling can identify the username on a compromised host.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1059.001PowerShellSub-technique

The Clambling dropper can use PowerShell to download the malware.[1]

EnterpriseT1016System Network Configuration Discovery

Clambling can enumerate the IP address of a compromised machine.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

EnterpriseT1005Data from Local System

Clambling can collect information from a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1574.001DLLSub-technique

Clambling can store a file named `mpsvc.dll`, which opens a malicious `mpsvc.mui` file, in the same folder as the legitimate Microsoft executable `MsMpEng.exe` to gain execution.[1]CitationTalent-Jump Clambling February 2020

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G0027: Threat Group-3390

Threat Group-3390 is a Chinese threat group that has extensively used strategic Web compromises to target victims.[1] The group has been active since at least 2010 and has targeted organizations in the aerospace, government, defense, technology, energy, manufacturing and gambling/betting sectors.[2][3][4]

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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
19.2
Object version
1.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
c7c3830683a20a0e...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.0Current bundlec7c3830683a2…
19.11.0Older bundlec7c3830683a2…
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.

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]
    Trend Micro DRBControl February 2020

    Lunghi, D. et al. (2020, February). Uncovering DRBControl. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS0660
    Open source URL
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