SampleCheck5000
MITRE ATT&CK: S1168 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: SC5k, SampleCheck5000
- First seen
- 2019-05-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- downloader
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:11:07
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:sa
Context
SampleCheck5000 is a downloader with multiple variants that was used by OilRig including during the Outer Space campaign to download and execute additional payloads.
Detection coverage
- 204 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Bidirectional Communication (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Archive via Utility (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over Web Service (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Outer Space (campaign)
- OilRig (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- ESET — Oilrigs Outer Space Juicy Mix Same Ol Rig New Drill Pipes (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1168 (report)
- ESET — Oilrig Persistent Attacks Cloud Service Powered Downloaders (report)