Extracted

• • Target

    file.exe

  • Size

    758KB

  • MD5

    92d8874c9bccf6efe5794d190c6f0aae

  • SHA1

    644a860909f12dde66cdc9e6e1fb574f5114a106

  • SHA256

    8bb65de7a3ac7c7cdf84ff44b3e09ea54ed7e38dde63a886b4c04321dcfe2402

  • SHA512

    200c9271e2268e8231c2c64c6f418aba06eacecfc58376741e14415f1dafe45b204deb76fb411702189a4f57c25c0689453aaca664c819ddc3346d71c1b09f36

  • SSDEEP

    12288:VQi3pRnv6m6URA3Phfgp1hf39Wkv8xwJiWt6uIn:VQiZZChh4pdUMic6uY

  Score

  10^/10

  gcleanerdiscoveryevasionloaderpersistence

  • GCleaner

    GCleaner is a Pay-Per-Install malware loader first discovered in early 2019.

    loadergcleaner

  • Process spawned unexpected child process

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess

  • Checks for common network interception software

    Looks in the registry for tools like Wireshark or Fiddler commonly used to analyze network activity.

    evasion

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Drops file in Drivers directory

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination

    Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Checks installed software on the system

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

    discovery

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Looks up external IP address via web service

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

  behavioral1behavioral2