xloader | ac213b1d8331ee8203ea10b89efddf288b8de75cfee6238e83e05458b607f0ac

Analysis

max time kernel
93s
max time network
145s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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08-01-2025 06:16

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
Size

437KB
MD5

8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d
SHA1

f44565f65f81b2be21b33a3221a7865529fdc363
SHA256

ac213b1d8331ee8203ea10b89efddf288b8de75cfee6238e83e05458b607f0ac
SHA512

afa0f187dace10027e434a5d72270b6d2987dcf004c46e585072208cbdede654838c464f2131e4e167ce609c970eac278cb65372f36c4a2538908c0b42d73907
SSDEEP

12288:CUi2iN6U0HWV1HGJIHZTrcXvA7Xxz90aiir:CUi1D0K1mGHZTe2XlOaNr

Score

10^/10

xloader p0on discovery execution loader rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xloader

Version

2.5

Campaign

p0on

Decoy

milopcoesbr.com

homestyle.online

cannonceramics.com

allycreditunion.com

findoutturkey.com

wingsboxmalta.com

freedomnflow.com

kwresearchfreelancer.com

filomenafashions.com

lilpil.com

extremevids.biz

suenasa.com

voraspices.com

bex-fit.com

gerontis.net

brighton-holidays.com

ginakferguson.store

newmexicochiletrader.com

klauszeit.com

gsareno.com

Signatures

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

Xloader payload 1 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3384-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp	xloader

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
2740	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1045960512-3948844814-3059691613-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1436 set thread context of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102

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 3 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	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.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
3872	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
3384	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
3384	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
2740	powershell.exe
2740	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2740	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 2740	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	99
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 2740	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	99
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 2740	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	99
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3872	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	101
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3872	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	101
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3872	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	101
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102
PID 1436 wrote to memory of 3384	1436	JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1436
- 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\JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IrIIWEuGb" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp29CA.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:3872
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_8ff43129c348ba7a6aba4328300a6f4d.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:3384

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

Query Registry

T1012

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\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fbjrwava.44v.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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memory/1436-6-0x0000000005640000-0x000000000564E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/1436-2-0x00000000059D0000-0x0000000005F74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1436-3-0x0000000005330000-0x00000000053C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1436-5-0x0000000005400000-0x000000000540A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1436-4-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1436-24-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1436-7-0x00000000746EE000-0x00000000746EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1436-8-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1436-9-0x0000000006160000-0x00000000061FC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1436-10-0x0000000006350000-0x00000000063A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
328KB

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memory/1436-0-0x00000000746EE000-0x00000000746EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1436-1-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000994000-memory.dmp

Filesize
464KB

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memory/2740-27-0x00000000061D0000-0x0000000006236000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2740-51-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2740-22-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2740-19-0x00000000059D0000-0x0000000005FF8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/2740-17-0x0000000005250000-0x0000000005286000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/2740-18-0x00000000746EE000-0x00000000746EF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2740-66-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2740-20-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2740-26-0x00000000060B0000-0x0000000006116000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2740-37-0x0000000006240000-0x0000000006594000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/2740-25-0x0000000005960000-0x0000000005982000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2740-38-0x0000000006800000-0x000000000681E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2740-39-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068FC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2740-53-0x00000000079E0000-0x0000000007A83000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/2740-52-0x0000000007970000-0x000000000798E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2740-62-0x0000000007E70000-0x0000000007E8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2740-54-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074E90000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2740-40-0x0000000007990000-0x00000000079C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/2740-41-0x0000000070FA0000-0x0000000070FEC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/2740-55-0x0000000008180000-0x00000000087FA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/2740-56-0x0000000007B30000-0x0000000007B4A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/2740-57-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BAA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2740-58-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E46000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/2740-59-0x0000000007D30000-0x0000000007D41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/2740-60-0x0000000007D60000-0x0000000007D6E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2740-61-0x0000000007D70000-0x0000000007D84000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2740-63-0x0000000007E50000-0x0000000007E58000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/3384-23-0x00000000011E0000-0x000000000152A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/3384-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp

Filesize
164KB

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