Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
137s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/10/2026, 02:11
General
- Target likeways.vbs
- Size 83KB
- Sample261030-cmdvcagw7v
- SHA256 230675c608fc6f82517f6c1733dc24d643007f206d2f2bd26ee1123ab9d4ff2b
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Guloader,Cloudeye
A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.
- Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\likeways.vbs"1⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /v:on /c echo ^%Skonserne^% | !Overises! -2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo %Skonserne% "3⤵
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\??\c:\windows\syswow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"c:\windows\syswow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -3⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundtaskhost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundtaskhost.exe"4⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundtaskhost.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundtaskhost.exe"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2Visual Basic
1Windows Command Shell
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Downloads
__PSScriptPolicyTest_0k0npfii.bbl.ps1
memory/2360-22-0x00000000072F0000-0x0000000007366000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-33-0x0000000008BD0000-0x000000000A3E5000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-7-0x0000000005410000-0x0000000005A38000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-8-0x0000000005150000-0x0000000005172000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-10-0x0000000005260000-0x00000000052C6000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-5-0x0000000002810000-0x0000000002846000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-9-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005256000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-18-0x0000000005A80000-0x0000000005DD4000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-19-0x0000000006000000-0x000000000601E000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-20-0x00000000060A0000-0x00000000060EC000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-21-0x0000000007150000-0x0000000007194000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-4-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-6-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-23-0x00000000079F0000-0x000000000806A000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-29-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-26-0x0000000007620000-0x00000000076B6000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-27-0x00000000075A0000-0x00000000075C2000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-28-0x0000000008620000-0x0000000008BC4000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-25-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-31-0x0000000008090000-0x0000000008094000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-30-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-32-0x0000000008BD0000-0x000000000A3E5000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-24-0x0000000007390000-0x00000000073AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-34-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-35-0x0000000008090000-0x0000000008094000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-36-0x0000000008BD0000-0x000000000A3E5000-memory.dmp