LITTLELAMB.WOOLTEA

MITRE ATT&CK: S1121 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: LITTLELAMB.WOOLTEA

First seen
2023-08-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
network-devices
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:13:12

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

Context

LITTLELAMB.WOOLTEA is a backdoor that was used by UNC5325 during Cutting Edge to deploy malware on targeted Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs and to establish persistence across system upgrades and patches.

Detection coverage

  • 91 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Proxy (attack-pattern)
  • Asymmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Compromise Host Software Binary (attack-pattern)
  • Create or Modify System Process (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

  • Cutting Edge (campaign)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — Investigating Ivanti Exploitation Persistence (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1121 (report)

External references