What is mbamchameleon.sys?

mbamchameleon.sys is part of Malwarebytes Chameleon and developed by Malwarebytes according to the mbamchameleon.sys version information.

mbamchameleon.sys's description is "Malwarebytes Chameleon"

mbamchameleon.sys is digitally signed by Malwarebytes Inc.

mbamchameleon.sys is usually located in the 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about mbamchameleon.sys.

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VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the mbamchameleon.sys file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1606251187.34375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "e:\\jenkins\\workspace\\N_SelfProtection_Kernel\\bin\\x64\\Win7_Release\\MbamChameleon.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "NONPAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "PAGE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 826,
            "time": 4.160095930099487,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 1154,
            "time": 3.050330877304077,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1482,
            "time": 4.182178974151611,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "4b65ae1596753a8cbb380a0be00fe1e5dd82bbb1708844de596b3a755abf0d50",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "274c9eb49794a07a5063ac5f6ed69106550c429e8b473acc4484fc5aa941217d",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Folder name variants

mbamchameleon.sys may also be located in other folders than C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\. The most common variants are listed below:

• c:\Program Files\Malwarebytes\Anti-Malware\sdk\

Other files also named mbamchameleon.sys

mbamchameleon.sys (20 votes)

Malware or legitimate?

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