Extracted

• • Target
    5cb96def1bfb4ccc9c85a5f4e02bc7a04a4738ca6c881e1966f2f44c07596ed0.exe
  • Size 352KB
  • SHA256 5cb96def1bfb4ccc9c85a5f4e02bc7a04a4738ca6c881e1966f2f44c07596ed0
  • MD5 87e21d5173a8bc915d8747ae208b7024
  • SHA1 f9a14ab85de9eeba9b7ea332890ff53ed4bec039
  • SHA512 cca70a522671560c2d7fec9fd70f4d3f4304e79ace5cb2bcea796a7820c486943870cf935e0f9e4f75a5024dfce59d18e93ded2a515e2cba1a89eaa7fade5dc5
  • SSDEEP 6144:Dc8L+LLwqOJFV4Re+AuqwBkVyv/+Z88f42nxo3fJVZAP51Ibkf:DF+L0qOJsR/Auh2Ve8f42nx+J+51Rf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

  Score

  10^/10

  gcleanergluptebabootkitdiscoverydropperevasionexecutionloaderpersistencerootkittrojan

  • GCleaner

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

    loadergcleaner

  • Glupteba

    Glupteba is a modular loader written in Golang with various components.

    loaderdropperglupteba

  • Glupteba payload

  • UAC bypass

    evasiontrojan

  • Windows security bypass

    evasiontrojan

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    execution

  • Downloads MZ/PE file

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    evasion

  • Checks computer location settings

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

  • Drops startup file

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Loads dropped DLL

  • Windows security modification

    evasiontrojan

  • 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

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled

    evasiontrojan

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2

  • Manipulates WinMonFS driver.

    Roottkits write to WinMonFS to hide directories/files from being detected.

    rootkitevasion

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

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