| File name: | 2024-08-24-GuLoader-for-Remcos-RAT-malspam-1614-UTC.eml |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/d174ba55-68a4-4060-aac9-d85069b7a9f2 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | GuLoader is an advanced downloader written in shellcode. It’s used by criminals to distribute other malware, notably trojans, on a large scale. It’s infamous for using anti-detection and anti-analysis capabilities. |
| Analysis date: | August 28, 2024, 07:14:26 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | message/rfc822 |
| File info: | SMTP mail, ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators |
| MD5: | F2182DDB031871721473E004828CC7EC |
| SHA1: | 115A283DA318A72A9C6F328F772DC94146ACC1AF |
| SHA256: | 91B1AABA570CF9ACA6DB024388B5AD5607C21B59EE9C1CC5D2B57FDB956E03B0 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:Pobyd4RcT3aMnun+5kMtPHKcteesCZ4ScbNvC3wmCtYrQq:Abydfjnd2gqcpzZJ2DC0q |
| .eml | | | E-Mail message (Var. 1) (100) |
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PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
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| 1116 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\windows mail\wab.exe" /stext "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rnqrkdkcbtvayl" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe | wab.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Contacts Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 1156 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c "echo %appdata%\skaberevners.Dam && echo t" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2024 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DIa6124.9704\Payment_Confirmation_Advice_0822202400000000837849_pdf.vbs" | C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe | — | WinRAR.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host Exit code: 0 Version: 5.812.10240.16384 Modules
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| 2256 | C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache | C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe | services.exe | ||||||||||||
User: NETWORK SERVICE Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Host Process for Windows Services Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2368 | "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /f /v "Startup key" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "%Idigbo% -w 1 $Mycoprotein=(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Oversanselig\').Penta;%Idigbo% ($Mycoprotein)" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe | — | wab.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2584 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe" "D418CEC6-01EB-4D54-BBE7-55753E3EBBBE" "430A3DC0-9A33-43EB-8488-76E6CD6536FD" "3448" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\VFS\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\ai.exe | — | OUTLOOK.EXE | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Host for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System and Platform x64. Version: 0.12.2.0 Modules
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| 3448 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE" /eml C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-08-24-GuLoader-for-Remcos-RAT-malspam-1614-UTC.eml | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Outlook Version: 16.0.16026.20146 Modules
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| 3568 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\windows mail\wab.exe" /stext "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xrfoqso" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe | wab.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Contacts Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3784 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" /c "echo %appdata%\skaberevners.Dam && echo t" | C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 3800 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\windows mail\wab.exe" /stext "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hllhrlzjol" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe | wab.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Contacts Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\ClientTelemetry\Sampling |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 6 |
Value: 01941A000000001000B24E9A3E06000000000000000600000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\CrashPersistence\OUTLOOK\3448 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: 0B0E1067474C927461B544BF1323986FC3FF0B230046FA92E4839FA3BEED016A04102400449A7D64B29D01008500A907556E6B6E6F776EC906022222CA0DC2190000C91003783634C511F81AD2120B6F00750074006C006F006F006B002E00650078006500C51620C517808004C91808323231322D44656300 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | BootCommand |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | BootFailureCount |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | delete key | Name: | (default) |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | CantBootResolution |
Value: BootSuccess | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProfileBeingOpened |
Value: Outlook | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SessionId |
Value: C3D8E96E-C1AF-4750-8D52-F4E28119C131 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics\BootDiagnosticsDataPreviousSession |
| Operation: | write | Name: | BootDiagnosticsLogFile |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Outlook Logging\OUTLOOK_16_0_16026_20146-20240718T1116060318-1644.etl | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3448) OUTLOOK.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Diagnostics |
| Operation: | delete value | Name: | ProfileBeingOpened |
Value: | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Documents\Outlook Files\Outlook1.pst | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\089d66ba04a8cec4bdc5267f42f39cf84278bb67.tbres | binary | |
MD5:CD6A59106D4EDEC905EC1614A3C5FD47 | SHA256:87E80145BDEC3548B5BAAF6D04380DA0A70FF9DF51B35EEC600AAEA03DC2BE47 | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO\122C590A.dat | image | |
MD5:008B98484B9D3651DE63A4BBD80B88BF | SHA256:3B203A55B66665F9EAECFD0DBDCC70BBA25AC64A6244A82CB1C7C3FF3B203D88 | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntitiesUpdated.bin | text | |
MD5:6B69D014B354D6D2EB1C0D01AB2FA11B | SHA256:FF82D8E703955962AC23D39FE9C29FC54BE0E477A58B85DA99C1FA19D6A232FA | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\~$rmalEmail.dotm | pgc | |
MD5:80488DDD0826A982906843C13EC48E22 | SHA256:7D5E4E841D25E5EDBA8951AAEA1D8E0665E4BD5958B703CFBA6A80F589E38EBA | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\AddInClassifierCache\OfficeSharedEntities.bin | text | |
MD5:CC90D669144261B198DEAD45AA266572 | SHA256:89C701EEFF939A44F28921FD85365ECD87041935DCD0FE0BAF04957DA12C9899 | |||
| 3568 | wab.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bhv6F96.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\6DVF4MVO\Payment_Confirmation_Advice_0822202400000000837849_pdf.7z:Zone.Identifier | text | |
MD5:FBCCF14D504B7B2DBCB5A5BDA75BD93B | SHA256:EACD09517CE90D34BA562171D15AC40D302F0E691B439F91BE1B6406E25F5913 | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_TableViewPreviewPrefs_2_740CD612A979F545A139353E9881E108.dat | xml | |
MD5:0E092DB99AEE99FDFF9B5B222C732CFD | SHA256:D1614AD99ADED9F6F5C1BE7FE7FFA5124BD04A526580DA3818EA8A954E852AA6 | |||
| 3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\TokenBroker\Cache\56a61aeb75d8f5be186c26607f4bb213abe7c5ec.tbres | binary | |
MD5:365EC39B04CFAF3BBF5C5952ECEF7800 | SHA256:1162A6024042E0EF4795E7E318E52943DA3066AAB90E1E5CB23421BE5835D361 | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3832 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 192.229.221.95:80 | http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6964 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6964 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2968 | svchost.exe | GET | 304 | 69.192.161.44:80 | http://x1.c.lencr.org/ | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
6420 | wab.exe | GET | 200 | 178.237.33.50:80 | http://geoplugin.net/json.gp | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6872 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
6856 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
2120 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | — | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 52.113.194.132:443 | ecs.office.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
6872 | svchost.exe | 51.124.78.146:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 23.48.23.54:443 | omex.cdn.office.net | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 52.111.236.4:443 | messaging.lifecycle.office.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3448 | OUTLOOK.EXE | 13.89.179.11:443 | self.events.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
ecs.office.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
omex.cdn.office.net |
| whitelisted |
messaging.lifecycle.office.com |
| whitelisted |
self.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
ocsp.digicert.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
softiq.ro |
| unknown |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
2256 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2256 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |
2256 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2256 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |
6420 | wab.exe | Malware Command and Control Activity Detected | ET MALWARE Remcos 3.x Unencrypted Checkin |
6420 | wab.exe | Malware Command and Control Activity Detected | ET MALWARE Remcos 3.x Unencrypted Server Response |
2256 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2256 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |
2256 | svchost.exe | Potentially Bad Traffic | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain |
2256 | svchost.exe | Misc activity | ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain |