xloader | 358c99f5f11faa788a617eae44e7d676dfbf51ba3f1cc0348f03676f7ceea8ee

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
143s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
21-11-2024 20:41

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General

Target

captured_malware/6th july.exe
Size

780KB
MD5

09f8303a0b3321883bd45bc8a306c8b1
SHA1

983164073f1b89c80a328b11b574d2a1df9f5a4d
SHA256

17d143d76b7279d4a2aba0ec3c614714384bbc57f7b5c1018a76ae7b60da7049
SHA512

93cbd57bc4ef41e8174e072b2685e0825925848bb516430ae56c0950ea50fffac8206af0616b24243da78454b1d592b807bf2c99b22dccc6ab9dd109897a50fa
SSDEEP

12288:cK1MfoCRVXN5GnTOdU+CHpZszsAI5arGXbqFEjUKcvLFK2yxjRSxo80i5h5HsX:cK+QCRBIcGXbqdvzyxjRCoxi5hWX

Score

10^/10

xloader aqu2 discovery execution loader rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.3

Campaign

aqu2

Decoy

thenewzhut.com

biovisionchemicalspvtltd.com

yanderyn.site

safiaccountant.com

covidrecess.com

danielmondoc.com

therealtortaylor.com

bermudesfcrasettlement.com

golloctror.com

render-products.com

dropshipsusa.com

sunburnedfeet.com

zambezeactuariosconsultores.com

mylove4tees.com

sanaall.life

southernbredandread.com

rirehub.com

safetyturk.com

income-academy.net

mahadevhomoeo.com

Signatures

Xloader
Xloader is a rebranded version of Formbook malware.
loader xloader
Xloader family
xloader

Xloader payload 2 IoCs

rat

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral13/memory/1596-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral13/memory/1800-34-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000099000-memory.dmp	xloader

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
execution

PowerShell
T1059.001

Processes:

powershell.exepowershell.exepowershell.exe

pid process

2688 powershell.exe
2672 powershell.exe
2628 powershell.exe
Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

cmd.exe

pid process

1524 cmd.exe

pid	process
2688	powershell.exe
2672	powershell.exe
2628	powershell.exe

pid	process
1524	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

Processes:

6th july.exe6th july.execscript.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2512 set thread context of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 1596 set thread context of 1160	1596	6th july.exe	Explorer.EXE
PID 1800 set thread context of 1160	1800	cscript.exe	Explorer.EXE

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

cmd.exe6th july.exepowershell.exepowershell.exeschtasks.exepowershell.execscript.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	6th july.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cscript.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence execution

Scheduled Task
T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exe

pid process

2884 schtasks.exe

pid	process
2884	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 27 IoCs

Processes:

6th july.exepowershell.exepowershell.exepowershell.exe6th july.execscript.exe

pid	process
2512	6th july.exe
2512	6th july.exe
2672	powershell.exe
2688	powershell.exe
2628	powershell.exe
1596	6th july.exe
1596	6th july.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs

Processes:

6th july.execscript.exe

pid process

1596 6th july.exe
1596 6th july.exe
1596 6th july.exe
1800 cscript.exe
1800 cscript.exe

pid	process
1596	6th july.exe
1596	6th july.exe
1596	6th july.exe
1800	cscript.exe
1800	cscript.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

Processes:

6th july.exepowershell.exepowershell.exepowershell.exe6th july.execscript.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2512	6th july.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2672	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2688	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2628	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1596	6th july.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1800	cscript.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 35 IoCs

Processes:

6th july.exeExplorer.EXEcscript.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2688	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2688	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2688	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2688	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2672	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2672	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2672	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2672	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2884	2512	6th july.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2884	2512	6th july.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2884	2512	6th july.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2884	2512	6th july.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2628	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2628	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2628	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2628	2512	6th july.exe	powershell.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2508	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2508	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2508	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 2508	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 2512 wrote to memory of 1596	2512	6th july.exe	6th july.exe
PID 1160 wrote to memory of 1800	1160	Explorer.EXE	cscript.exe
PID 1160 wrote to memory of 1800	1160	Explorer.EXE	cscript.exe
PID 1160 wrote to memory of 1800	1160	Explorer.EXE	cscript.exe
PID 1160 wrote to memory of 1800	1160	Explorer.EXE	cscript.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1524	1800	cscript.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1524	1800	cscript.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1524	1800	cscript.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 1524	1800	cscript.exe	cmd.exe

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1160
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2512
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2688
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\zUtAWZm.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2672
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\zUtAWZm" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD4EC.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2884
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\zUtAWZm.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2628
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe"
    3⤵
    PID:2508
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe"
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1596
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1800
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    /c del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\6th july.exe"
    3⤵
    - Deletes itself
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1524

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpD4EC.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
4ed051b822393f4aa8b1c4d264663659

SHA1
7e8d4c6cfa3026e112bda84bd331b79a447aff79

SHA256
768c929460de9f6ddcf7c41df413dd7f2a385bad1687ff3981fd48fa2619f811

SHA512
78d4bee107e24f18010d91be13971e1f0d5d85608bf7cb8b9f968cb621a504b8fcbed5ca6cfee865b39046347a882187c9655eef9cfdde6d99c2cdb9b49951e5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms

Filesize
7KB

MD5
bd8308e0ea7390147b349b8bda050026

SHA1
da35e71438b65fcc450a9f70607dc59df6127308

SHA256
87a2debfb12e68fe2ba79c796aa820aba0af60f00e1a9893d82499a09cc011c2

SHA512
be125ec9cd07cd1e5bbb40dbb14d82348ed48f335eb898522eccd1bab72e42482539aa1722d530ad5bc9bc0df39bb798a48c0cda72b9199a5e9ea3ceae124c46

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memory/1596-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

Filesize
164KB

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memory/1596-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

Filesize
164KB

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memory/1596-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

Filesize
164KB

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memory/1596-24-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1800-34-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000099000-memory.dmp

Filesize
164KB

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memory/1800-33-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000342000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2512-1-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000A6A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/2512-3-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2512-2-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074BBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2512-7-0x0000000000580000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/2512-0-0x00000000744DE000-0x00000000744DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2512-6-0x0000000005CB0000-0x0000000005D2A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
488KB

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memory/2512-31-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074BBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2512-5-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074BBE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2512-4-0x00000000744DE000-0x00000000744DF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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