xloader | 358c99f5f11faa788a617eae44e7d676dfbf51ba3f1cc0348f03676f7ceea8ee

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
24s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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24-12-2024 13:44

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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/2104-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp	xloader
behavioral21/memory/1952-34-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000F8000-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
2848	powershell.exe
2780	powershell.exe
2176	powershell.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1092	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2368 set thread context of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2104 set thread context of 1252	2104	EMU.exe	21
PID 1952 set thread context of 1252	1952	explorer.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	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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	explorer.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
3004	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 26 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	EMU.exe
2104	EMU.exe
2848	powershell.exe
2780	powershell.exe
2176	powershell.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2104	EMU.exe
2104	EMU.exe
2104	EMU.exe
1952	explorer.exe
1952	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2368	EMU.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2104	EMU.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2176	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2780	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2848	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1952	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 31 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2848	2368	EMU.exe	31
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2848	2368	EMU.exe	31
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2848	2368	EMU.exe	31
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2848	2368	EMU.exe	31
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2780	2368	EMU.exe	33
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2780	2368	EMU.exe	33
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2780	2368	EMU.exe	33
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2780	2368	EMU.exe	33
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	EMU.exe	35
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	EMU.exe	35
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	EMU.exe	35
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 3004	2368	EMU.exe	35
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2176	2368	EMU.exe	37
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2176	2368	EMU.exe	37
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2176	2368	EMU.exe	37
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2176	2368	EMU.exe	37
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 2368 wrote to memory of 2104	2368	EMU.exe	38
PID 1252 wrote to memory of 1952	1252	Explorer.EXE	41
PID 1252 wrote to memory of 1952	1252	Explorer.EXE	41
PID 1252 wrote to memory of 1952	1252	Explorer.EXE	41
PID 1252 wrote to memory of 1952	1252	Explorer.EXE	41
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 1092	1952	explorer.exe	42
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 1092	1952	explorer.exe	42
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 1092	1952	explorer.exe	42
PID 1952 wrote to memory of 1092	1952	explorer.exe	42

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1252
- 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:2368
- - 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:2848
- - 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:2780
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\wqvgFwuomLDukB" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB04C.tmp"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3004
- - 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:2176
- - 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:2104
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autoconv.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\autoconv.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2868
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
  "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.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:1952
- - 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:1092

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\tmpB04C.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
c68d298119d88a00a19492e574d16cc0

SHA1
25c60f31f74dfe291455c84761908a299f5c95e1

SHA256
dbc074556cd4252778f7a58dc5f7880c0594eb5e30b3f8c46106be65e3dba944

SHA512
2b2c8ec5a00c0fda05d1610ed3891cc0656d2ff533f21d044820fa11100eedd2fd5e7689eb54d82691f78aafee685c81d308c5f195bfa58ce10520bd67fa2871

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\3Y3UWQANIBL34XLGIZ26.temp

Filesize
7KB

MD5
9f9b0de85697d528af9aab784fcbc3eb

SHA1
46813563bfe7df0aa04f33153333188a776079b4

SHA256
0e0c80ea32451fc1821b081866f28c0d91751fe750866ea958fe2eb5db03e176

SHA512
c9d157bd5bc7d74f851d889060155bf5f77f5ad76f420e7eacf152bcfc417e293e8194e3ed1db97aec1f3139bfc36eb257ed955189389089095e8671448b2550

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memory/1252-35-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000380000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/1952-34-0x00000000000D0000-0x00000000000F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/1952-33-0x0000000000770000-0x00000000009F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.5MB

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memory/2104-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2104-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2104-24-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2104-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2368-6-0x0000000005BC0000-0x0000000005C3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
496KB

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memory/2368-7-0x0000000004E90000-0x0000000004EC4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
208KB

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memory/2368-5-0x0000000074110000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2368-4-0x000000007411E000-0x000000007411F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2368-0-0x000000007411E000-0x000000007411F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2368-31-0x0000000074110000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2368-3-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000916000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2368-2-0x0000000074110000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2368-1-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000AFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.2MB

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