VMCloak 0.4.1 release

Posted on Sat 27 August 2016 in vmcloak by Jurriaan Bremer and Rasmus Männa

Recently we, Rasmus Männa and myself, released the latest version for VMCloak, an Automated Virtual Machine Generation and Cloaking utility tailored to be used with Cuckoo Sandbox. This release brings a couple of really neat features and enhancements:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 support.
  • Improved command-line interface.
  • Start on basic unittesting.
  • ISO mode installation (for non-VirtualBox targets).
  • VirtualBox 5.0 and 5.1 support.
  • Many more dependencies and versions.
  • Securely download dependencies over https.

Other recent changes (from version 0.3.13 and earlier) include the following changes:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit IE9, IE10, and IE11.
  • Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 7 SP1.
  • Changing the desktop wallpaper (which defaults to doge).
  • Office 2010 support alongside the Office 2007 support.

A partial list of supported dependencies (packages that may be installed in the VM) goes as follows:

  • Adobe PDF Reader 9.0.0 (default), 9.1.0, 9.2.0, 9.3.0, 9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.4.0, 9.5.0, 10.1.4, 11.0.2, 11.0.3, 11.0.4, 11.0.6, 11.0.7, 11.0.8, 11.0.9, and 11.0.10.
  • Chrome
  • CuteFTP 9.0.5
  • DotNet 4.0, 4.5.1, and 4.6.1.
  • Firefox 41.0.2.
  • Flash 11.4.402.287, 11.6.602.168, 11.7.700.169 (default), 11.8.800.94, 11.8.800.174, 11.9.900.117, 11.9.900.170, 12.0.0.38, 13.0.0.182, 13.0.0.214, 14.0.0.125, 15.0.0.167, 15.0.0.189, 16.0.0.235, 18.0.0.194, 18.0.0.203, 18.0.0.209, 19.0.0.207, 19.0.0.245, and 20.0.0.228.
  • Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11.
  • Java 7 (default), 7u1-7, 7u9-11, 7u13, 7u15, 7u17, 7u21, 7u25, 7u40, 7u45, 7u51, 7u55, 7u60, 7u65, 7u67, 7u71, 7u72, 7u75, 7u76, 7u79, 7u80, 8, 8u5, 8u11, 8u20, 8u25, 8u31, 8u40, 8u45, 8u51, 8u60, 8u65, 8u66, 8u71, 8u72, 8u73, 8u74, 8u77, 8u91, 8u92, 8u101, and 8u102.
  • Knowledge Base 2729094, 2731771, 2533623, 2670838, 2786081, 2639308, 2834140, 2882822, and 2888049.
  • Office 2007 and 2010.
  • Pillow.
  • Silverlight.
  • vcredist 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015.
  • Windows 7 SP1 upgrade.
  • Winrar 5.31.

Although a lot of things have been added, its usage hasn’t changed much since VMCloak 0.3, and hence the following quick guide is still representative.

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