xloader | 461f96a4dac8f3ba5bacb38052c61bf74088dd0eafa458b8789494b343736fc7

General

Target

SHIPPING DOC.exe
Size

552KB
MD5

f9a9d7132aec30df35492673996222bb
SHA1

1abc89b60339bdc3cf9db2b6a626b736d7077882
SHA256

461f96a4dac8f3ba5bacb38052c61bf74088dd0eafa458b8789494b343736fc7
SHA512

6d9e7708b983aedd36bf1ab8fc2dba4a7bf31d01de63ccf921ab7fd77dd6ce20933c192578257da2c5c0398165ff0fbfbd414bfcc81cd5f1ec546713c5be2fba

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 5 IoCs

rat

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1192-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/1192-63-0x000000000041F2C0-mapping.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/1192-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/884-72-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AB000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral1/memory/884-76-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AB000-memory.dmp	xloader

Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

netsh.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run	netsh.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run\TR_TNHA8WT = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Z1b6hzl5\\Cookiesnz7hbv_.exe"	netsh.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

1780 cmd.exe

pid	process
1780	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

Processes:

SHIPPING DOC.exeSHIPPING DOC.exenetsh.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2008 set thread context of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 1192 set thread context of 1260	1192	SHIPPING DOC.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 884 set thread context of 1260	884	netsh.exe	Explorer.EXE

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

netsh.exe

description ioc process

File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Z1b6hzl5\Cookiesnz7hbv_.exe netsh.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Z1b6hzl5\Cookiesnz7hbv_.exe	netsh.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

netsh.exe

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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs

Processes:

SHIPPING DOC.exenetsh.exe

pid	process
1192	SHIPPING DOC.exe
1192	SHIPPING DOC.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe
884	netsh.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 7 IoCs

Processes:

SHIPPING DOC.exenetsh.exe

pid process

1192 SHIPPING DOC.exe
1192 SHIPPING DOC.exe
1192 SHIPPING DOC.exe
884 netsh.exe
884 netsh.exe
884 netsh.exe
884 netsh.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

SHIPPING DOC.exenetsh.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1192 SHIPPING DOC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 884 netsh.exe
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs

Processes:

Explorer.EXE

pid process

1260 Explorer.EXE
1260 Explorer.EXE
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs

Processes:

Explorer.EXE

pid process

1260 Explorer.EXE
1260 Explorer.EXE

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1192	SHIPPING DOC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	884	netsh.exe

pid	process
1260	Explorer.EXE
1260	Explorer.EXE

pid	process
1260	Explorer.EXE
1260	Explorer.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

Processes:

SHIPPING DOC.exeExplorer.EXEnetsh.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 2008 wrote to memory of 1192	2008	SHIPPING DOC.exe	SHIPPING DOC.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 884	1260	Explorer.EXE	netsh.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 884	1260	Explorer.EXE	netsh.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 884	1260	Explorer.EXE	netsh.exe
PID 1260 wrote to memory of 884	1260	Explorer.EXE	netsh.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1780	884	netsh.exe	cmd.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1780	884	netsh.exe	cmd.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1780	884	netsh.exe	cmd.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1780	884	netsh.exe	cmd.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 968	884	netsh.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 968	884	netsh.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 968	884	netsh.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 968	884	netsh.exe	Firefox.exe
PID 884 wrote to memory of 968	884	netsh.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:1260

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SHIPPING DOC.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SHIPPING DOC.exe"
2⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2008

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SHIPPING DOC.exe
"{path}"
3⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1192

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe"
2⤵
- Adds policy 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:884

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
/c del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SHIPPING DOC.exe"
3⤵
- Deletes itself
PID:1780

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Firefox.exe"
3⤵
PID:968

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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memory/884-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/884-76-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/884-74-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000B70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
576KB

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memory/884-72-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000AB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/884-73-0x0000000002150000-0x0000000002453000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.0MB

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memory/884-71-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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memory/1192-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1192-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1192-63-0x000000000041F2C0-mapping.dmp

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memory/1192-65-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1192-66-0x0000000000930000-0x0000000000C33000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.0MB

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memory/1192-67-0x0000000000180000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1192-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/1260-68-0x0000000004350000-0x000000000443F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
956KB

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memory/1260-75-0x0000000006520000-0x00000000065F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
852KB

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memory/1260-77-0x0000000006520000-0x00000000065F5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
852KB

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memory/1780-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/2008-54-0x0000000000330000-0x00000000003C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
576KB

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memory/2008-58-0x00000000007A0000-0x00000000007D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/2008-57-0x0000000007CD0000-0x0000000007D54000-memory.dmp

Filesize
528KB

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memory/2008-56-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003DA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2008-55-0x0000000075BF1000-0x0000000075BF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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