adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
151s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
07-01-2025 02:39

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General

Target

adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Size

93KB
MD5

e4b99200fb42ee229fbb41f2cf56d8f8
SHA1

edf6652f563fdc69788fb9c4e8b9499c412095fd
SHA256

adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9
SHA512

0a7f68fa37f55242e3d5e8b385a0eefdf971c5f196e20b34f931d339220e31a224769827129aab0444cdad4f7be78014dc9347749e90a6ec563074abe130dcb5
SSDEEP

768:LY3oxnD9O/pBcxYsbae6GIXb9pDX2t9zPL0OXLeuXxrjEtCdnl2pi1Rz4Rk3usG1:hxxOx6baIa9ROj00ljEwzGi1dDKDJgS

Score

8^/10

discovery evasion persistence privilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
1928	netsh.exe

Drops startup file 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Explower.exe	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Explower.exe	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Explower.exe	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Explower.exe	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Explower.exe	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Explower.exe	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 37 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: 33	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 1928	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe	30
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 1928	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe	30
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 1928	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe	30
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 1928	2528	adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe"
1⤵
- Drops startup file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2528
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
  netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe" "adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9.exe" ENABLE
  2⤵
  - Modifies Windows Firewall
  - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1928

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Explower.exe

Filesize
93KB

MD5
e4b99200fb42ee229fbb41f2cf56d8f8

SHA1
edf6652f563fdc69788fb9c4e8b9499c412095fd

SHA256
adae7b74db9b2c08abcc5f6b0165896726a36eb412e780710e242a97b12554f9

SHA512
0a7f68fa37f55242e3d5e8b385a0eefdf971c5f196e20b34f931d339220e31a224769827129aab0444cdad4f7be78014dc9347749e90a6ec563074abe130dcb5

Download Submit
memory/2528-0-0x0000000074631000-0x0000000074632000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2528-1-0x0000000074630000-0x0000000074BDB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

Download
memory/2528-2-0x0000000074630000-0x0000000074BDB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

Download
memory/2528-21-0x0000000074630000-0x0000000074BDB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

Download

Analysis

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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