xloader | 358c99f5f11faa788a617eae44e7d676dfbf51ba3f1cc0348f03676f7ceea8ee

Analysis

max time kernel
146s
max time network
21s
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/EMU.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

9d950d95e33cda5789d549ae9f27d3a1
SHA1

f96003fff605e13c18773741878b0a9f1a03a4c6
SHA256

a09ad5ee3ef9214717004d7e8c2761a0a2f010e74755f4c99ab4be8d592794cc
SHA512

db04584c57392bb453c99ba9f6a614b62a9727b33f2e55c05766e5004b2086f47399b938161d292b6439f079624c03ac501d44428d8209a90ce61eae7cabdbab
SSDEEP

24576:xYHtb9SH7UHokfWOLVDtz/Pkg0n5f9l6PIYpbjb6:xYNbIUHokfrVtz/MD5FcxbH

Score

10^/10

xloader qn6g discovery execution loader rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.3

Campaign

qn6g

Decoy

kemtechonline.com

myjourneywithothers.com

pfifaq.com

vaziva-immo.net

thethickpick.com

sidvip.com

bidaleri.com

allginns.com

farmersystemofanalysis.com

shoponserendipity.com

expressdeliverybd.com

hargatoyota-malang.com

taichiforcalmess.com

lovewickcandlecompany.com

chrometoasterrv.com

chustozen.site

xiaofeizhi.com

nbzweb.xyz

tequenovegano.com

e-elearningconsultancy.com

Signatures

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

Xloader payload 2 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral21/memory/2504-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral21/memory/1440-37-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000F8000-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

pid	Process
2648	powershell.exe
1908	powershell.exe
2080	powershell.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2928	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2472 set thread context of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2504 set thread context of 1188	2504	EMU.exe	21
PID 1440 set thread context of 1188	1440	rundll32.exe	21

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	EMU.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

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

pid	Process
2540	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 25 IoCs

pid	Process
2504	EMU.exe
2504	EMU.exe
2648	powershell.exe
1908	powershell.exe
2080	powershell.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2504	EMU.exe
2504	EMU.exe
2504	EMU.exe
1440	rundll32.exe
1440	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2472	EMU.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2504	EMU.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1908	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2648	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2080	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1440	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2648	2472	EMU.exe	31
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2648	2472	EMU.exe	31
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2648	2472	EMU.exe	31
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2648	2472	EMU.exe	31
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 1908	2472	EMU.exe	33
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 1908	2472	EMU.exe	33
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 1908	2472	EMU.exe	33
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 1908	2472	EMU.exe	33
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2540	2472	EMU.exe	35
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2540	2472	EMU.exe	35
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2540	2472	EMU.exe	35
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2540	2472	EMU.exe	35
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2080	2472	EMU.exe	37
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2080	2472	EMU.exe	37
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2080	2472	EMU.exe	37
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2080	2472	EMU.exe	37
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 2472 wrote to memory of 2504	2472	EMU.exe	38
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1188 wrote to memory of 1440	1188	Explorer.EXE	40
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2928	1440	rundll32.exe	41
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2928	1440	rundll32.exe	41
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2928	1440	rundll32.exe	41
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2928	1440	rundll32.exe	41

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1188
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\EMU.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\EMU.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2472
- - 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\EMU.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2648
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wqvgFwuomLDukB.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1908
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wqvgFwuomLDukB" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp72C0.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2540
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\wqvgFwuomLDukB.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2080
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\EMU.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\EMU.exe"
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2504
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.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:1440
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    /c del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\captured_malware\EMU.exe"
    3⤵
    - Deletes itself
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2928

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\tmp72C0.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
393d8bb1bbe74af739d155998b2a20c5

SHA1
c68add65ae01839d2a6054606ffcf94fdeb3115e

SHA256
75347e280bdd5afd62c25b6dc7322e50521bca6da86af4d47f5d7ee3aff0683a

SHA512
3a72084334968b7e0eded577e9cb02bdad6a2fad8a186b9c2f92b2840d6832cce678bce58f88f9a29791f6c31f0011909dd9a5a6c9d4659db5c96ec881062d85

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\Q37SZSM9UYGKWLEF8MJ3.temp

Filesize
7KB

MD5
120a860763089aacb542425a420ac901

SHA1
2c6adf32e364ae5427b3cdd587d97ab3789298e4

SHA256
c9b750862082080de1f3fe444768126af98b2ece4602b3dc626df98f64ab9b25

SHA512
fd2a9dd1102a6180d2fa42385129e675bc2e283d74c72569e2a7b6134a86b513127f3c2ab1d78f9be89d846054db4109982867e554d79125c93044ad6e9a779a

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memory/1440-37-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/1440-36-0x0000000000180000-0x000000000018E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1440-34-0x0000000000180000-0x000000000018E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2472-4-0x000000007432E000-0x000000007432F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2472-6-0x0000000005000000-0x000000000507C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
496KB

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memory/2472-7-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000BA4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/2472-5-0x0000000074320000-0x0000000074A0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2472-0-0x000000007432E000-0x000000007432F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2472-26-0x0000000074320000-0x0000000074A0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2472-3-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003A6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2472-2-0x0000000074320000-0x0000000074A0E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2472-1-0x00000000010F0000-0x000000000121A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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memory/2504-24-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2504-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2504-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2504-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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