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Database Entry



GuLoader


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: d3cad8e219ba04895ea2e43b60b1b28e6bfb73b6348b550632fae27b3a0eb985
SHA3-384 hash: aa7720eb0b81b15463495ff8adc5567a9fa08467004ba76412c9a35534da99332fef50383fad1a33802b09fb91c08df5
SHA1 hash: a86bb101a99a3ba4e4798ae4932ddec741bc2553
MD5 hash: 86b7d3bc5b1a5a50677db5809c5dd677
humanhash: august-solar-river-happy
File name:VERTRAG-pdf.js
Download: download sample
Signature GuLoader
File size:452'353 bytes
First seen:2026-10-05 09:01:31 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 6144:R/ndl9/0sbkhfYdGtzI0CmDSS6oLnMiKKnXLAmNMcry0XuZO/CWkQtXHeUDM:R/ndqQGt5C+jMiHX0Rc5eZctQ
TLSH T145A46C20ED34067A4F471B9DFCA50B62CABD8619462640F5F6DE070E61069FCE3FE269
Magika javascript
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:GuLoader js

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
172
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
93.3%
Tags:
virus shell sage
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
finger lolbin obfuscated repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
First seen:
2026-10-05T04:36:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-10-07T06:17:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Result
Threat name:
GuLoader
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Creates processes via WMI
Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading
JavaScript file contains Antivirus product strings
JavaScript source code contains functionality to generate code involving a shell, file or stream
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Obfuscated command line found
Powershell connects to network
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suspicious execution chain found
Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected GuLoader
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1982222 Sample: VERTRAG-pdf.js Startdate: 05/10/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 27 primeemberq.cfd 2->27 39 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->39 41 Yara detected GuLoader 2->41 43 JavaScript source code contains functionality to generate code involving a shell, file or stream 2->43 45 2 other signatures 2->45 9 wscript.exe 1 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 signatures5 47 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 9->47 49 Obfuscated command line found 9->49 51 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 9->51 53 2 other signatures 9->53 12 cmd.exe 1 9->12         started        process6 signatures7 55 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 12->55 15 powershell.exe 1 227 12->15         started        19 conhost.exe 12->19         started        21 cmd.exe 1 12->21         started        process8 dnsIp9 29 primeemberq.cfd 31.57.158.71, 49711, 80 AS56971AS56971CloudHK Latvia 15->29 31 Writes to foreign memory regions 15->31 33 Found suspicious powershell code related to unpacking or dynamic code loading 15->33 35 Switches to a custom stack to bypass stack traces 15->35 37 Powershell connects to network 15->37 23 backgroundTaskHost.exe 15->23         started        25 backgroundTaskHost.exe 15->25         started        signatures10 process11
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-10-05 07:55:37 UTC
File Type:
Text
AV detection:
9 of 24 (37.50%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
discovery execution
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Executes a command shell one-liner
Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Enumerates connected drives
Badlisted process makes network request
Process spawned unexpected child process
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YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Cerberus
Author:Jean-Philippe Teissier / @Jipe_
Description:Cerberus
Rule name:dependsonpythonailib
Author:Tim Brown
Description:Hunts for dependencies on Python AI libraries
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:test_Malaysia
Author:rectifyq
Description:Detects file containing malaysia string
Rule name:Warp
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp
Rule name:WarpStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp Identifying Strings

File information


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