Submitting malware samples to Cuckoo Sandbox

For submitting malware samples, Cuckoo Sandbox has a command utility in its utils folder. To submit a malware sample run the following command in the terminal:

$ ./utils/submit.py [optional arguments] [positional argument]

As described in the previous section, we know that the arguments can be filled by:

  • [optional arguments]:
    • -h, --help: This argument shows this help message and exits
    • --url: This argument specifies whether the target is an URL or not
    • --package PACKAGE: This argument specifies an analysis package
    • --custom CUSTOM: This argument specifies any custom value
    • --timeout TIMEOUT: This argument specifies an analysis timeout
    • --options OPTIONS: This argument specifies options for the analysis package ...

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