Malware Analysis Report

2025-04-03 12:53

Sample ID 241109-2l2mfssqgz
Target setup.exe
SHA256 b3116b4025f78477a0c609ae3c4cc86841767faac16aeac155db82f9736ce8c4
Tags
discovery
score
7/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
7/10

SHA256

b3116b4025f78477a0c609ae3c4cc86841767faac16aeac155db82f9736ce8c4

Threat Level: Shows suspicious behavior

The file setup.exe was found to be: Shows suspicious behavior.

Malicious Activity Summary

discovery

Executes dropped EXE

Loads dropped DLL

Checks installed software on the system

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Unsigned PE

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-09 22:41

Signatures

Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-09 22:40

Reported

2024-11-09 22:43

Platform

win11-20241007-en

Max time kernel

93s

Max time network

102s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"

Signatures

Checks installed software on the system

discovery

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

discovery
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GQR1R.tmp\setup.tmp N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Games\Hearts of Iron IV\unins000.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_iu14D2N.tmp N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe N/A

Modifies registry class

Description Indicator Process Target
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2253712635-4068079004-3870069674-1000_Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GQR1R.tmp\setup.tmp N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GQR1R.tmp\setup.tmp N/A

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GQR1R.tmp\setup.tmp

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GQR1R.tmp\setup.tmp" /SL5="$70228,3297893,389120,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding

C:\Games\Hearts of Iron IV\unins000.exe

"C:\Games\Hearts of Iron IV\unins000.exe" /VERYSILENT /NODELSAVE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_iu14D2N.tmp

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_iu14D2N.tmp" /SECONDPHASE="C:\Games\Hearts of Iron IV\unins000.exe" /FIRSTPHASEWND=$7028E /VERYSILENT /NODELSAVE

C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe

"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\MiniSearchHost.exe" -ServerName:MiniSearchUI.AppXj3y73at8fy1htwztzxs68sxx1v7cksp7.mca

Network

Files

memory/3528-1-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

memory/3528-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-GQR1R.tmp\setup.tmp

MD5 c40818564f1783f5901db45b39687b17
SHA1 320ea93ec29f5a5e8f355712870e2b0970a57fd6
SHA256 7a3d0727540e73fe26d03e18e28a4b92d648f825445b5d3bfa4b2f89ace03fa3
SHA512 2873250308821c480e0eb9f69f83415b9997102e20d02f24de6bddee28ebb536734488f1b8dcfd938bc923841e8b9224da211f276077938865fafb8b06c83053

memory/2304-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6A9LG.tmp\_isetup\_iscrypt.dll

MD5 a69559718ab506675e907fe49deb71e9
SHA1 bc8f404ffdb1960b50c12ff9413c893b56f2e36f
SHA256 2f6294f9aa09f59a574b5dcd33be54e16b39377984f3d5658cda44950fa0f8fc
SHA512 e52e0aa7fe3f79e36330c455d944653d449ba05b2f9abee0914a0910c3452cfa679a40441f9ac696b3ccf9445cbb85095747e86153402fc362bb30ac08249a63

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6A9LG.tmp\ISDone.dll

MD5 4feafa8b5e8cdb349125c8af0ac43974
SHA1 7f17e5e1b088fc73690888b215962fbcd395c9bd
SHA256 bb8a0245dcc5c10a1c7181bad509b65959855009a8105863ef14f2bb5b38ac71
SHA512 d63984ee385b4f1eba8e590d6de4f082fb0121689295ec6e496539209459152465f6db09e6d8f92eec996a89fc40432077cbfa807beb2de7f375154fef6554bc

memory/2304-20-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002BB7000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6A9LG.tmp\wintb.dll

MD5 9436df49e08c83bad8ddc906478c2041
SHA1 a4fa6bdd2fe146fda2e78fdbab355797f53b7dce
SHA256 1910537aa95684142250ca0c7426a0b5f082e39f6fbdbdba649aecb179541435
SHA512 f9dc6602ab46d709efdaf937dcb8ae517caeb2bb1f06488c937be794fd9ea87f907101ae5c7f394c7656a6059dc18472f4a6747dcc8cc6a1e4f0518f920cc9bf

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-6A9LG.tmp\callbackctrl.dll

MD5 f07e819ba2e46a897cfabf816d7557b2
SHA1 8d5fd0a741dd3fd84650e40dd3928ae1f15323cc
SHA256 68f42a7823ed7ee88a5c59020ac52d4bbcadf1036611e96e470d986c8faa172d
SHA512 7ed26d41ead2ace0b5379639474d319af9a3e4ed2dd9795c018f8c5b9b533fd36bfc1713a1f871789bf14884d186fd0559939de511dde24673b0515165d405af

memory/3528-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-44-0x000000006B080000-0x000000006B08D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-43-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002BB7000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-48-0x000000006B080000-0x000000006B08D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-51-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002BB7000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-62-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-86-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-88-0x000000006B080000-0x000000006B08D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-87-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002BB7000-memory.dmp

C:\Games\Hearts of Iron IV\unins000.exe

MD5 c35fb86f913300cbc6cae36ca38eb1e0
SHA1 a82f60c6717b061452b79bf19cde96afec8bfc31
SHA256 337caa7dad8fc4f865e66bbe9480244a85cc2a5fc95f0e07bcbd9b1be04aa096
SHA512 d9672acbbf6fbd55ca648d4f035a63713d94b14edfdd5fc468b8058e0c33c1e038d7d3cf7a2e7f77f53e156377b4a37c52a871859e6a360da2c539985bfe5dd5

C:\Games\Hearts of Iron IV\unins000.dat

MD5 e077989fc6aa41507ec1ea552c9191db
SHA1 a631bd250d089eaf0c197a8eca935811a585a2f6
SHA256 f792cb57dc9e7fe34c340fdb7d7e9c8879cd287b18a453c1dc6f42303ad9aa7e
SHA512 16788bb7d12af55d53e3fd98e3b978d9861d2ff763ffd913705ecde91fcadc7cbf49027a1275fc9d466acc9a1f661d54caed1496c03420afb351e36748413ec6

memory/2056-98-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-AOTEP.tmp\_isetup\_shfoldr.dll

MD5 92dc6ef532fbb4a5c3201469a5b5eb63
SHA1 3e89ff837147c16b4e41c30d6c796374e0b8e62c
SHA256 9884e9d1b4f8a873ccbd81f8ad0ae257776d2348d027d811a56475e028360d87
SHA512 9908e573921d5dbc3454a1c0a6c969ab8a81cc2e8b5385391d46b1a738fb06a76aa3282e0e58d0d2ffa6f27c85668cd5178e1500b8a39b1bbae04366ae6a86d3

C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Hearts of Iron IV\settings.txt

MD5 6aabab209fecb8b837477bab6bf0b89c
SHA1 66d9977f37b2e064b4078e9a13357f29c6872dcb
SHA256 c6f5aab57857739b0515dd3016fd70c8997df3ba0a0fdc045c2f824ced5d903f
SHA512 4947ea409bb2dd8a24fe47fa204351849565fc8d54564120240a823892f46185bc5680cd9c1b7482e591186c80150a4a50699ebbad4b224cdf76782cf9396f06

memory/2056-110-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/3256-113-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/2304-138-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000056D000-memory.dmp

memory/3528-139-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\SearchHoverUnifiedTileModelCache.dat

MD5 77a8b2c86dd26c214bc11c989789b62d
SHA1 8b0f2d9d0ded2d7f9bff8aed6aefd6b3fdd1a499
SHA256 e288c02cbba393c9703519e660bf8709331f11978c6d994ea2a1346eef462cb8
SHA512 c287e3ae580343c43a5354347ca5444f54840fba127a2b1edc897b1dfea286fa37b5808f6e89f535c4022db8b3f29448aa4cc2f41ab0f308eec525a99fac4e5e