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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S1065: Woody RAT

Woody RAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) that has been used since at least August 2021 against Russian organizations.[1]

EnterpriseS1065MalwareObject v1.2Modified
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S1065: Woody RAT describes [Woody RAT](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1065) is a remote access trojan (RAT) that has been used since at least August 2021 against Russian organizations.(Citation: MalwareBytes WoodyRAT Aug 2022)

Executive priority

S1065: Woody RAT 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 S1065: Woody RAT 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 S1065: Woody RAT 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

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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

Woody RAT

Woody RAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) that has been used since at least August 2021 against Russian organizations.[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.

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EnterpriseT1083File and Directory Discovery

Woody RAT can list all files and their associated attributes, including filename, type, owner, creation time, last access time, last write time, size, and permissions.[1]

EnterpriseT1033System Owner/User Discovery

Woody RAT can retrieve a list of user accounts and usernames from an infected machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

Woody RAT can execute commands using `cmd.exe`.[1]

EnterpriseT1055.012Process HollowingSub-technique

Woody RAT can create a suspended notepad process and write shellcode to delete a file into the suspended process using `NtWriteVirtualMemory`.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

Woody RAT can retrieve the following information from an infected machine: OS, architecture, computer name, OS build version, and environment variables.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.001PowerShellSub-technique

Woody RAT can execute PowerShell commands and scripts with the use of .NET DLL, `WoodyPowerSession`.[1]

EnterpriseT1041Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

Woody RAT can exfiltrate files from an infected machine to its C2 server.[1]

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

Woody RAT can call `NtQuerySystemProcessInformation` with `SystemProcessInformation` to enumerate all running processes, including associated information such as PID, parent PID, image name, and owner.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.013Encrypted/Encoded FileSub-technique

Woody RAT has used Base64 encoded strings and scripts.[1]

EnterpriseT1680Local Storage Discovery

Woody RAT can retrieve information about storage drives from an infected machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1518.001Security Software DiscoverySub-technique

Woody RAT can detect Avast Software, Doctor Web, Kaspersky, AVG, ESET, and Sophos antivirus programs.[1]

EnterpriseT1087Account Discovery

Woody RAT can identify administrator accounts on an infected machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1005Data from Local System

Woody RAT can collect information from a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1113Screen Capture

Woody RAT has the ability to take a screenshot of the infected host desktop using Windows GDI+.[1]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Woody RAT can deobfuscate Base64-encoded strings and scripts.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

Woody RAT can download files from its C2 server, including the .NET DLLs, `WoodySharpExecutor` and `WoodyPowerSession`.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.002Asymmetric CryptographySub-technique

Woody RAT can use RSA-4096 to encrypt data sent to its C2 server.[1]

EnterpriseT1070.004File DeletionSub-technique

Woody RAT has the ability to delete itself from disk by creating a suspended notepad process and writing shellcode to delete a file into the suspended process using `NtWriteVirtualMemory`.[1]

EnterpriseT1055Process Injection

Woody RAT can inject code into a targeted process by writing to the remote memory of an infected system and then create a remote thread.[1]

EnterpriseT1071.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

Woody RAT can communicate with its C2 server using HTTP requests.[1]

EnterpriseT1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentSub-technique

Woody RAT has been delivered via malicious Word documents and archive files.[1]

EnterpriseT1016.001Internet Connection DiscoverySub-technique

Woody RAT can make `Ping` GET HTTP requests to its C2 server at regular intervals for network connectivity checks.[1]

EnterpriseT1204.002Malicious FileSub-technique

Woody RAT has relied on users opening a malicious email attachment for execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1106Native API

Woody RAT can use multiple native APIs, including `WriteProcessMemory`, `CreateProcess`, and `CreateRemoteThread` for process injection.[1]

EnterpriseT1685Disable or Modify Tools

Woody RAT has suppressed all error reporting by calling `SetErrorMode` with 0x8007 as a parameter.[1]

EnterpriseT1016System Network Configuration Discovery

Woody RAT can retrieve network interface and proxy information.[1]

EnterpriseT1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Woody RAT has relied on CVE-2022-30190 (Follina) for execution during delivery.[1]

EnterpriseT1012Query Registry

Woody RAT can search registry keys to identify antivirus programs on an compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1518Software Discovery

Woody RAT can collect .NET, PowerShell, and Python information from an infected host.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.001Symmetric CryptographySub-technique

Woody RAT can use AES-CBC to encrypt data sent to its C2 server.[1]

Relationship explorer

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.2
Created
Modified
Raw hash
52e93b2e54c7c9b0...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.2Current bundle52e93b2e54c7…
19.11.2Older bundle52e93b2e54c7…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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Source references

External references and citations

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  1. [1]
    MalwareBytes WoodyRAT Aug 2022

    MalwareBytes Threat Intelligence Team. (2022, August 3). Woody RAT: A new feature-rich malware spotted in the wild. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS1065
    Open source URL
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