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S9016: Caminho

Caminho is a downloader that has been used by threat actors since at least 2025 to deliver various strains of malware such as XWorm.[1]

EnterpriseS9016MalwareObject v1.0Modified
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Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S9016: Caminho describes [Caminho](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S9016) is a downloader that has been used by threat actors since at least 2025 to deliver various strains of malware such as XWorm.(Citation: Zscaler BlindEagle DEC 2025)

Executive priority

S9016: Caminho 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 S9016: Caminho 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 S9016: Caminho 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

Caminho

Caminho is a downloader that has been used by threat actors since at least 2025 to deliver various strains of malware such as XWorm.[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.

6 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Caminho can deobfuscate downloaded files prior to execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1055.012Process HollowingSub-technique

Caminho has launched and hollowed out MSBuild.exe to host malicious code.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.001Binary PaddingSub-technique

Caminho can use junk code for obfuscation.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.013Encrypted/Encoded FileSub-technique

Caminho can use code flattening for payload obfuscation.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

Caminho has the ability to download files onto compromised hosts.[1]

EnterpriseT1106Native API

Caminho can use `System.Net.WebClient.downloadString()` for file download.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G0099: APT-C-36

APT-C-36 is a suspected South American threat group that has engaged in espionage and financially motivated operations since at least 2018. APT-C-36 has targeted government institutions and entities in the financial, energy, and professional manufacturing sectors across Colombia and other Latin American countries.[1][2][3][4]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · GroupG0099: APT-C-36Enterpriseuses · TechniqueT1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or InformationEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1055.012: Process HollowingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1027.001: Binary PaddingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1027.013: Encrypted/Encoded FileEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1105: Ingress Tool TransferEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1106: Native APIEnterprise
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
8ab04b58f5cd1862...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.0Current bundle8ab04b58f5cd…
19.11.0Older bundle8ab04b58f5cd…
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]
    Zscaler BlindEagle DEC 2025

    Pellegrino, G. (2025, December 16). BlindEagle Targets Colombian Government Agency with Caminho and DCRAT. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    VMDetectLoader

    (Citation: Zscaler BlindEagle DEC 2025)

  3. [3]
    mitre-attackS9016
    Open source URL
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