xloader | 5d429d5b5040db22296b658ddf87b4ee8a5dd7ba5e780453c2336dd13555e4bf

General

Target

shipping docs.exe
Size

608KB
MD5

b2746eceecc59cdef8881c91a88550f4
SHA1

63011e47cee50731bbd9b3cc8a15dbb6b9f8fad7
SHA256

5d429d5b5040db22296b658ddf87b4ee8a5dd7ba5e780453c2336dd13555e4bf
SHA512

8855654ba48a0fd8220adaffe97d636652fdd480aed3d12da4884f9b277ab53924dd290e71fba1fb33ff6635e2656d50660479ab4491adb4dbafc482655da922

Score

10^/10

xloader a8hq loader persistence rat suricata

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.6

Campaign

a8hq

Decoy

veteransductcleaning.com

beajtjunkies.com

houseofascofi.com

scottsdalemediator.com

atelyadesign.com

profitcase.pro

imtokenio.club

qinglingpai.com

bigsmile-meal.net

daytonlivestream.com

aspiradores10.online

ytybs120.com

hdatelier.com

bearpierce.com

yeson28ca.com

booklearner.com

m8j9.club

mmophamthinhlegend.space

hq4a7o6zb.com

sophiadaki.online

Signatures

Xloader
Xloader is a rebranded version of Formbook malware.
loader xloader
suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)
suricata: ET MALWARE FormBook CnC Checkin (GET)
suricata

Xloader Payload 4 IoCs

rat

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1376-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/1376-63-0x000000000041F2C0-mapping.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/1376-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/1176-72-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AB000-memory.dmp	xloader

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

2008 cmd.exe

pid	process
2008	cmd.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

systray.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	systray.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\6LFHZLEHO8_L = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\C2dphjx\\ThumbCacheyjrx.exe"	systray.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

Processes:

shipping docs.exeshipping docs.exesystray.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 948 set thread context of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 1376 set thread context of 1256	1376	shipping docs.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 1176 set thread context of 1256	1176	systray.exe	Explorer.EXE

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

systray.exe

description ioc process

File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\C2dphjx\ThumbCacheyjrx.exe systray.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\C2dphjx\ThumbCacheyjrx.exe	systray.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

systray.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\Registry\User\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms\Storage2	systray.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs

Processes:

shipping docs.exesystray.exe

pid	process
1376	shipping docs.exe
1376	shipping docs.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe
1176	systray.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 7 IoCs

Processes:

shipping docs.exesystray.exe

pid process

1376 shipping docs.exe
1376 shipping docs.exe
1376 shipping docs.exe
1176 systray.exe
1176 systray.exe
1176 systray.exe
1176 systray.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

shipping docs.exesystray.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1376 shipping docs.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1176 systray.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

Processes:

Explorer.EXE

pid process

1256 Explorer.EXE
1256 Explorer.EXE
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs

Processes:

Explorer.EXE

pid process

1256 Explorer.EXE
1256 Explorer.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1376	shipping docs.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1176	systray.exe

pid	process
1256	Explorer.EXE
1256	Explorer.EXE

pid	process
1256	Explorer.EXE
1256	Explorer.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes:

shipping docs.exeExplorer.EXEsystray.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 948 wrote to memory of 1376	948	shipping docs.exe	shipping docs.exe
PID 1256 wrote to memory of 1176	1256	Explorer.EXE	systray.exe
PID 1256 wrote to memory of 1176	1256	Explorer.EXE	systray.exe
PID 1256 wrote to memory of 1176	1256	Explorer.EXE	systray.exe
PID 1256 wrote to memory of 1176	1256	Explorer.EXE	systray.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2008	1176	systray.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2008	1176	systray.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2008	1176	systray.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2008	1176	systray.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 1668	1176	systray.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 1668	1176	systray.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 1668	1176	systray.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 1668	1176	systray.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 1668	1176	systray.exe	Firefox.exe

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1256

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shipping docs.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shipping docs.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:948

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shipping docs.exe
"{path}"
3⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1376

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\systray.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\systray.exe"
2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1176

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
/c del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shipping docs.exe"
3⤵
- Deletes itself
PID:2008

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe"
3⤵
PID:1668

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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Downloads

memory/948-55-0x0000000075DF1000-0x0000000075DF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/948-56-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002AA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/948-57-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005CB4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/948-58-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005F2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/948-54-0x00000000013D0000-0x000000000146E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
632KB

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memory/1176-74-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A00000-memory.dmp

Filesize
576KB

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memory/1176-73-0x0000000002120000-0x0000000002423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.0MB

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memory/1176-72-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1176-71-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D15000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1176-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1256-68-0x0000000002B60000-0x0000000002C10000-memory.dmp

Filesize
704KB

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memory/1256-75-0x0000000004200000-0x00000000042D4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
848KB

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memory/1376-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1376-67-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1376-66-0x0000000000910000-0x0000000000C13000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.0MB

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memory/1376-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1376-63-0x000000000041F2C0-mapping.dmp

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memory/1376-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1376-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/2008-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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