Analysis

  • max time kernel
    30s
  • max time network
    25s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    07-02-2025 22:09

General

  • Target

    Update.exe

  • Size

    48KB

  • MD5

    a6fed209276015af14b2f088d52282af

  • SHA1

    7ee00d72c43b4f6720340637b2773e88664a1b70

  • SHA256

    c7ddec717bda7e1ef135d2815a795df62157cd14f1ac45c44c91868ae72c80d4

  • SHA512

    b7f0d9279c556e58063ee768c078fec87993596463f5006fd7510527a49b3d598584ebaf6d9894340313d46961cbfbb09a0c7ed9c86c5d7348a791d4f5817f9a

  • SSDEEP

    768:dzvN+xBNneQbxS59ilnp/D2vGFI590TRXZ66QDY/X9u0hcb4yU:tV+xBNneQbxS0p/6vGFrKY/Xg8cb4y

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Update.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Update.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1596
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Update.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Update.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3012
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Update.exe" "Update.exe" ENABLE
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2812
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=asset_store.mojom.AssetStoreService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=asset_store_service --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=4932,i,1678230212308367374,16198277103294615511,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4156 /prefetch:14
    1⤵
      PID:4240

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\Update.exe.log

      Filesize

      411B

      MD5

      3dc9dbdea7b64d1aa174f0b7d9bf82af

      SHA1

      41f5ed46b506cabe02a1ed03ad4f958b3d577a22

      SHA256

      354df334b9a390263e437b524f42d1c4bf22ce0b7a2e8757f852742702d970b4

      SHA512

      edf8682d01a03ac6bc9aaa4dafcc304fbcfd313de0974df33105c5a917e792c4a3927a98c9a1d34e97c3212d90ce933e0b7a20f27c94b5093688543be400d9e9

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Update.exe

      Filesize

      48KB

      MD5

      a6fed209276015af14b2f088d52282af

      SHA1

      7ee00d72c43b4f6720340637b2773e88664a1b70

      SHA256

      c7ddec717bda7e1ef135d2815a795df62157cd14f1ac45c44c91868ae72c80d4

      SHA512

      b7f0d9279c556e58063ee768c078fec87993596463f5006fd7510527a49b3d598584ebaf6d9894340313d46961cbfbb09a0c7ed9c86c5d7348a791d4f5817f9a

    • memory/1596-0-0x00000000747C1000-0x00000000747C2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1596-1-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074D71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/1596-2-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074D71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/1596-13-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074D71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/3012-14-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074D71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/3012-15-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074D71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB

    • memory/3012-19-0x00000000747C0000-0x0000000074D71000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.7MB