T1218.005 Mshta in real malware

ATT&CK technique T1218.005 Mshta appears in 17 publicly analyzed samples on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 0.0% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is rising (8 recent vs 0 prior). Most associated families: Acsogenixx, Cerber, GenBadur, NMVT.

Tactics: stealth

Prevalence in the corpus

• Samples exhibiting T1218.005: 17
• Share of analyzed corpus: 0.0%
• Last 7 days: 8 · prior 7 days: 0 (rising)

Malware families using T1218.005

• Acsogenixx - 1 sample
• Cerber - 1 sample
• GenBadur - 1 sample
• NMVT - 1 sample

Example samples

• b21f723cbd13e22da1540d4dd598c33b8445fca980f615a236a3b9fc411fe3b1 - malicious
• 4ba458e551eb2d9e6ec8d44274994eb1b1851a5f17e99ef712103953b15eeb69 - suspicious
• f278c82aba15b05cfb901dd3f2b0fed5425b09ead9d2c3a8500052de366a3df3.hta - suspicious
• nfe_doc-VXNTFD.hta - suspicious
• 02c1cfc5a95100ed96175d895823c581835971cb24aceb13c17129f6f55ca70f.hta - suspicious
• 02fdd673a10bf5e1acf1ec10c54d4df40822a189f9a50e27c5f10d563eab05eb.hta - suspicious
• DOC-O8MS70.lnk - suspicious
• Contrato_Indeniza_Brasil-UJ1CH6.lnk - malicious
• 4b8ef3c6a07059e723e7f49415aedadebc84ccd8d5490d071252117fb19031f4 - suspicious
• silverfox_hta.hta - malicious
• 1dba7ae6ba0a2814d90744f4596bee18dec44141498a5ca978230e8bc53a4459.hta - malicious
• 0585547fd8fb93a98ff616249edfa78f28e2d0a57c56a8453d39c418935bf79a.lnk - malicious
• 2210b14d4791b4edfdb8cedb71482bfb0ecc21cf9d42793f9d06e522eba50430.hta - malicious
• Confirmacion_de_Pago_Pendiente.pdf.hta - malicious
• HTML.NoMercy.b.html - malicious
• cerber.exe - malicious
• ed48e74129c7f946abf72f6a14d4683a69cad54787e91c8a0b84b41b5eedfbd5.hta - malicious

Canonical technique definition: MITRE ATT&CK T1218.005 (ATT&CK v19.1, CC BY 4.0).

Frequently asked about T1218.005

How common is ATT&CK T1218.005 (Mshta) in real malware?

ATT&CK technique T1218.005 Mshta appears in 17 publicly analyzed samples on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 0.0% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is rising (8 recent vs 0 prior). Most associated families: Acsogenixx, Cerber, GenBadur, NMVT.

Is T1218.005 becoming more common?

Prevalence is rising: 8 samples in the last seven days against 0 in the seven days before. This measures submissions to MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, so it reflects what is being submitted here rather than global attacker behaviour.

Which malware families use T1218.005?

In this corpus T1218.005 is most associated with Acsogenixx (1), Cerber (1), GenBadur (1), NMVT (1). Counts are analyzed samples per family in which the technique was observed.

What share of analyzed samples use T1218.005?

0.0% of the publicly analyzed corpus (17 of 100981 samples) exhibits T1218.005. Technique attribution comes from behavior captured during real sandbox detonation and from static analysis, not from a vendor label.

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