Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230915-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230915-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    20/09/2023, 13:22

General

  • Target
    Gaelde2.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample230920-ql79fsge3y
  • SHA256 a0b0db8c6dc77550bb990118e37e3dda30255f3abd39c04089bb120887d225ce
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Guloader,Cloudeye

    A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.

  • Checks QEMU agent file 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Checks presence of QEMU agent, possibly to detect virtualization.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gaelde2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gaelde2.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks QEMU agent file
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5084
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gaelde2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Gaelde2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks QEMU agent file
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3216

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswE32D.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 a0cac4cf4852895619bc7743ebeb89f9e4927ccdb9e66b1bcd92a4136d0f9c77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/3216-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-44-0x00000000333C0000-0x000000003370A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-43-0x0000000077141000-0x0000000077261000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-22-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000002DC8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-23-0x00000000771C8000-0x00000000771C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-24-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000002DC8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-25-0x00000000771E5000-0x00000000771E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001654000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-40-0x0000000001660000-0x0000000002DC8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5084-16-0x0000000004590000-0x0000000005CF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5084-17-0x0000000004590000-0x0000000005CF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5084-20-0x0000000073FA0000-0x0000000073FA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5084-19-0x0000000077141000-0x0000000077261000-memory.dmp

        memory/5084-18-0x0000000077141000-0x0000000077261000-memory.dmp