7da34ade939a6a7a8d39eeca18a3ed6ad3d906f51d1ee9d65c2e3b9fce507cff

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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09-01-2025 14:45

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General

Target

CHEAT.exe
Size

93KB
MD5

49f3ad1aad41b40d4ff259eb6a2feb89
SHA1

9b7a8d9e2b3e8e4fd30a085e50b43224f8bd10ee
SHA256

7da34ade939a6a7a8d39eeca18a3ed6ad3d906f51d1ee9d65c2e3b9fce507cff
SHA512

96817c7fe37886fa10a505a4833723a9f7e4da4ccd2af77ec0e65ccce7c6b688ec18ef3e6e703247269f0af4a652b0e0c098e517a62586fb256b3c9b85220ece
SSDEEP

1536:0UwC+xhUa9urgOBPRNvM4jEwzGi1dDLsD/gS:0UmUa9urgObdGi1dWY

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
4952	netsh.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	CHEAT.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5064	server.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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 3 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	CHEAT.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	server.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5064	server.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 37 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe
Token: 33	5064	server.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5064	server.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 5064	4816	CHEAT.exe	82
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 5064	4816	CHEAT.exe	82
PID 4816 wrote to memory of 5064	4816	CHEAT.exe	82
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 4952	5064	server.exe	83
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 4952	5064	server.exe	83
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 4952	5064	server.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CHEAT.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CHEAT.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4816
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5064
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.exe" "server.exe" ENABLE
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4952

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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

Filesize
93KB

MD5
49f3ad1aad41b40d4ff259eb6a2feb89

SHA1
9b7a8d9e2b3e8e4fd30a085e50b43224f8bd10ee

SHA256
7da34ade939a6a7a8d39eeca18a3ed6ad3d906f51d1ee9d65c2e3b9fce507cff

SHA512
96817c7fe37886fa10a505a4833723a9f7e4da4ccd2af77ec0e65ccce7c6b688ec18ef3e6e703247269f0af4a652b0e0c098e517a62586fb256b3c9b85220ece

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\app

Filesize
4B

MD5
7a8184d640ef6cdf954a7f10b80dc908

SHA1
541efc229f03c114a3e8f8413a293947e2578e82

SHA256
f82cb3b7c58b97a0b99662278b17e1cfb211ac7db5640f116ee2cc78475a1887

SHA512
cfa2535b3f842bc525b5d07053fd0267bbdea903364965971b472a172395c557d716b3caa5330a80c197331ce6b0fa6c1d3cb9bed4ae290fc4a8190479425659

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memory/4816-0-0x0000000074852000-0x0000000074853000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4816-1-0x0000000074850000-0x0000000074E01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4816-2-0x0000000074850000-0x0000000074E01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/4816-14-0x0000000074850000-0x0000000074E01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/5064-13-0x0000000074850000-0x0000000074E01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/5064-17-0x0000000074850000-0x0000000074E01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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