karton-unpacker 1.1.1

A modular Karton Framework service that unpacks common packers like UPX, MPress and others using the Qilling Framework.

Unpacker Karton Service

A modular Karton Framework service that unpacks common packers like UPX and others using the Qiling Framework.

This project is FREE as in FREE :beer:, use it commercially, privately or however you see fit.

If you like this project and wish to donate :moneybag: to support the fight against malware...

Buy me a :tea:, as I don't drink :beer:, by sending me some ₿ to 16oXesi7uv3jdPZxxwarHSD2f3cNMpaih9

Figure 1: Example of UPX Unpacked Children

Figure 2: Qiling Framework Unpacking calc.exe shellcode from tests/shellcode.exe

Consumes:

{
    "type": "sample",
    "stage": "recognized",
    "kind": "runnable",
    "platform": "win32"
},
{
    "type": "sample", 
    "stage": "recognized",
    "kind": "runnable",
    "platform": "win64" 
},
{ 
    "type": "sample",
    "stage": "recognized",
    "kind": "runnable",
    "platform": "linux"
}

{
    "type": "sample",
    "kind": "runnable",
    "stage": "recognized",
    "platform": <win32|win64|linux> (If PE File in Dump),
    "payload": {
        "sample": <Resource>,
        "parent": <Resource>,
    }
}

Usage

Make sure you have setup the core system: https://github.com/CERT-Polska/karton

Install from PyPi:

$ sudo apt install -y python3-virtualenv python-is-python3
$ virtualenv venv/
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install karton-unpacker
$ git clone https://github.com/c3rb3ru5d3d53c/karton-unpacker-modules.git modules/
$ find modules/ -name "requirements.txt" | while read i; do pip install -r $i; done
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling.git
# Due to distribution restriction, Qiling Framework will not bundle Microsoft Windows DLL files and registry.
# Please use the script qiling/examples/scripts/dllscollector.bat on your Windows machine to collect the required DLLS for the rootfs
# Once the required DLLs have been collected copy them in the rootfs
$ karton-unpacker --config-file karton.ini --modules modules/ --rootfs qiling/examples/rootfs/ --timeout 30 --debug

Install from Source:

$ sudo apt install -y python3-virtualenv python-is-python3
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/c3rb3ru5d3d53c/karton-unpacker.git
$ cd karton-unpacker/
$ virtualenv venv/
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install .
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling.git
# Due to distribution restriction, Qiling Framework will not bundle Microsoft Windows DLL files and registry.
# Please use the script qiling/examples/scripts/dllscollector.bat on your Windows machine to collect the required DLLS for the rootfs
# Once the required DLLs have been collected copy them in the rootfs
$ karton-unpacker --config-file karton.ini --modules modules/ --rootfs qiling/examples/rootfs/ --timeout 30 --debug

Testing Your Installation

Once you have completed installing karton-unpacker, try uploading the file tests/shellcode.exe to mwdb.

If successful, you will see a file in relations with the name unpacked, this is the extracted shellcode to spawn cmd.exe.

Contributing

If you wish to contribute your own modules to automatically unpack malware, please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md