Chrommme

MITRE ATT&CK: S0667 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Chrommme

First seen
2021-06-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:23:09

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector education-and-nonprofits technology-and-telecommunications

Context

Chrommme is a backdoor tool written using the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) framework that was first reported in June 2021; security researchers noted infrastructure overlaps with Gelsemium malware.

Detection coverage

  • 193 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Scheduled Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)

Reports & references

  • ESET — Eset Gelsemium (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0667 (report)

External references