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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S1141: LunarWeb

LunarWeb is a backdoor that has been used by Turla since at least 2020 including in a compromise of a European ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) together with LunarLoader and LunarMail. LunarWeb has only been observed deployed against servers and can use Steganography to obfuscate command and control.[1]

EnterpriseS1141MalwareObject v1.0Modified
Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S1141: LunarWeb describes [LunarWeb](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1141) is a backdoor that has been used by [Turla](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0010) since at least 2020 including in a compromise of a European ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) together with [LunarLoader](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1143) and [LunarMail](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1142). [LunarWeb](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1141) has only been observed deployed against servers and can use [Steganography](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/...

Executive priority

S1141: LunarWeb 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 S1141: LunarWeb 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 S1141: LunarWeb 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

LunarWeb

LunarWeb is a backdoor that has been used by Turla since at least 2020 including in a compromise of a European ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) together with LunarLoader and LunarMail. LunarWeb has only been observed deployed against servers and can use Steganography to obfuscate command and control.[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.

30 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1615Group Policy Discovery

LunarWeb can capture information on group policy settings[1]

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

LunarWeb can run shell commands using a BAT file with a name matching `%TEMP%\<⁠random_9_alnum_chars>.batfile` or through cmd.exe with the `/c` and `/U` option for Unicode output.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

LunarWeb can use WMI queries and shell commands such as systeminfo.exe to collect the operating system, BIOS version, and domain name of the targeted system.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.001PowerShellSub-technique

LunarWeb has the ability to run shell commands via PowerShell.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.002Asymmetric CryptographySub-technique

LunarWeb can send short C2 commands, up to 512 bytes, encrypted with RSA-4096.[1]

EnterpriseT1104Multi-Stage Channels

LunarWeb can use one C2 URL for first contact and to upload information about the host computer and two additional C2 URLs for getting commands.[1]

EnterpriseT1560.002Archive via LibrarySub-technique

LunarWeb can zlib-compress data prior to exfiltration.[1]

EnterpriseT1497.003Time Based ChecksSub-technique

LunarWeb can pause for a number of hours before entering its C2 communication loop.[1]

EnterpriseT1572Protocol Tunneling

LunarWeb can run a custom binary protocol under HTTPS for C2.[1]

EnterpriseT1083File and Directory Discovery

LunarWeb has the ability to retrieve directory listings.[1]

EnterpriseT1135Network Share Discovery

LunarWeb can identify shared resources in compromised environments.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.001Symmetric CryptographySub-technique

LunarWeb can send AES encrypted C2 commands.[1]

EnterpriseT1518Software Discovery

LunarWeb can list installed software on compromised systems.[1]

EnterpriseT1560.001Archive via UtilitySub-technique

LunarWeb can create a ZIP archive with specified files and directories.[1]

EnterpriseT1016System Network Configuration Discovery

LunarWeb can use shell commands to discover network adapters and configuration.[1]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

LunarWeb can decrypt strings related to communication configuration using RC4 with a static key.[1]

EnterpriseT1070.004File DeletionSub-technique

LunarWeb can self-delete from a compromised host if safety checks of C2 connectivity fail.[1]

EnterpriseT1049System Network Connections Discovery

LunarWeb can enumerate system network connections.[1]

EnterpriseT1071.001Web ProtocolsSub-technique

LunarWeb can use `POST` to send victim identification to C2 and `GET` to retrieve commands.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.013Encrypted/Encoded FileSub-technique

The LunarWeb install files have been encrypted with AES-256.[1]

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

LunarWeb has used shell commands to list running processes.[1]

EnterpriseT1047Windows Management Instrumentation

LunarWeb can use WMI queries for discovery on the victim host.[1]

EnterpriseT1069.001Local GroupsSub-technique

LunarWeb can discover local group memberships.[1]

EnterpriseT1090Proxy

LunarWeb has the ability to use a HTTP proxy server for C&C communications.[1]

EnterpriseT1030Data Transfer Size Limits

LunarWeb can split exfiltrated data that exceeds 1.33 MB in size into multiple random sized parts between 384 and 512 KB.[1]

EnterpriseT1559Inter-Process Communication

LunarWeb can retrieve output from arbitrary processes and shell commands via a pipe.[1]

EnterpriseT1132.001Standard EncodingSub-technique

LunarWeb can use Base64 encoding to obfuscate C2 commands.[1]

EnterpriseT1033System Owner/User Discovery

LunarWeb can collect user information from the targeted host.[1]

EnterpriseT1518.001Security Software DiscoverySub-technique

LunarWeb has run shell commands to obtain a list of installed security products.[1]

EnterpriseT1001.002SteganographySub-technique

LunarWeb can receive C2 commands hidden in the structure of .jpg and .gif images.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G0010: Turla

Turla is a cyber espionage threat group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB). They have compromised victims in over 50 countries since at least 2004, spanning a range of industries including government, embassies, military, education, research and pharmaceutical companies. Turla is known for conducting watering hole and spearphishing campaigns, and leveraging in-house tools and malware, such as Uroburos.[1][2][3][4][5]

Relationship explorer

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
b5ecbf9c3d3cf344...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.0Current bundleb5ecbf9c3d3c…
19.11.0Older bundleb5ecbf9c3d3c…
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]
    ESET Turla Lunar toolset May 2024

    Jurčacko, F. (2024, May 15). To the Moon and back(doors): Lunar landing in diplomatic missions. Retrieved June 26, 2024.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS1141
    Open source URL
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