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Database Entry



GCleaner


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: ae8bf3692b3d3af9c38cb7ebbd14b302dcabd386a427ad4148bfb14966817eb1
SHA3-384 hash: 04fb70f9df085b551663c2d347bbe3c9e80cfab225e4134a8bd4478565791cfcc481de5e7adc8a21b11194aaac49da17
SHA1 hash: 69df6086ab477c08a25841127efa483eee1eccaa
MD5 hash: 43be78d05d449b6471b5a9b474666800
humanhash: jig-asparagus-fourteen-coffee
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature GCleaner
File size:4'526'592 bytes
First seen:2025-03-26 13:05:23 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 2eabe9054cad5152567f0699947a2c5b (2'852 x LummaStealer, 1'312 x Stealc, 1'026 x Healer)
ssdeep 98304:ib17RH0J2D20UhFJaHuyju/Y3H5sLncMRJIT:ib1l0P0UhTANu/Y3Z6nc8OT
TLSH T1F726333FEC317A1BE8531B745BF2AF180B921963BEEBE55F8057E59844D217E408128E
TrID 35.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
16.4% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
16.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
15.8% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
15.8% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
Magika pebin
dhash icon e0f8fafbc3f3f8d8 (41 x GCleaner, 3 x Amadey, 1 x Rhadamanthys)
Reporter jstrosch
Tags:exe gcleaner


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jstrosch
Found at hxxp://176.113.115[.]7/files/martin2/random.exe by #subcrawl

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
417
Origin country :
CA CA
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
file
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-03-26 13:12:06 UTC
Tags:
gcleaner loader auto generic

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
cobalt emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Searching for analyzing tools
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Creating a file in the %temp% directory
Creating a process from a recently created file
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Connection attempt to an infection source
Sending an HTTP GET request to an infection source
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
borland_delphi packed packed packer_detected
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
CryptOne
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Hides threads from debuggers
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
PE file contains section with special chars
Potentially malicious time measurement code found
Sample uses process hollowing technique
Tries to detect process monitoring tools (Task Manager, Process Explorer etc.)
Tries to detect sandboxes / dynamic malware analysis system (registry check)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (window names)
Tries to detect virtualization through RDTSC time measurements
Tries to evade debugger and weak emulator (self modifying code)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CryptOne packer
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Gcleaner
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-26 13:05:42 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
31
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
gcleaner
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gcleaner defense_evasion discovery loader
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Checks BIOS information in registry
Executes dropped EXE
Identifies Wine through registry keys
Loads dropped DLL
Downloads MZ/PE file
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
GCleaner
Gcleaner family
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ae8bf3692b3d3af9c38cb7ebbd14b302dcabd386a427ad4148bfb14966817eb1
MD5 hash:
43be78d05d449b6471b5a9b474666800
SHA1 hash:
69df6086ab477c08a25841127efa483eee1eccaa
SH256 hash:
05912b74fa3d7167d39e4b7658b7b894d2b66783e8b62e5b8336d587dc6dfdd4
MD5 hash:
659e2946176e26ed9b773d0f21e42adb
SHA1 hash:
f2787208c3d4dd980042b6a775a2a0ad92bc34b6
Detections:
GCleaner
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

GCleaner

Executable exe ae8bf3692b3d3af9c38cb7ebbd14b302dcabd386a427ad4148bfb14966817eb1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh

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