Analysis

  • max time kernel
    30s
  • max time network
    29s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    29/03/2025, 16:25

General

  • Target

    7xG.exe

  • Size

    37KB

  • MD5

    a1ebbd72b02bbdbe1dd3b84fcdd32d36

  • SHA1

    57459e3813b77028b71cf1573a13ea045598a018

  • SHA256

    d6341ff7300b399cf031e26c87c0a5392f136ead1676e005c655eddcfd51a763

  • SHA512

    26cdb08be64ebefade04d048805e4a8b4b430dde0c74bb042cc438bba82c94fde3c8b8fe020d964ac7d78a48b2667fc3bade4a2235730d232fefc6b2795288d8

  • SSDEEP

    384:xMc1ZCiMd3jBVbJsy8PnabAoJ3xv1QqKVFrAF+rMRTyN/0L+EcoinblneHQM3epY:i3bJP8PnCAG/dKvrM+rMRa8Nusyqt

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 33 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 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 35 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7xG.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7xG.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4572
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4480
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" "Optimization.exe" ENABLE
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5116
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1452
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4408
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1704
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3984
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4984
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4724
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2388
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:312
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1636
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3308
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:616
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3144
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2468
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:700
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4736
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1792
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1900
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1392
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4472
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2504
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4812
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5084
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2240
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2796
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1080
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3320
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4808
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1132
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2764
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3516
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4400
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4032
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4832
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2184
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2876
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2528
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4452
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1428
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:548
    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1332
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
    1⤵
      PID:1468
      • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4696
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
      1⤵
        PID:5072
        • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:700
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
        1⤵
          PID:1572
          • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2556
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
          1⤵
            PID:1396
            • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
              2⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:812
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
            1⤵
              PID:2712
              • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                2⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4700
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
              1⤵
                PID:1948
                • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4812
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                1⤵
                  PID:4496
                  • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                    2⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:1400
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                  1⤵
                    PID:4920
                    • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                      2⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      PID:1920
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                    1⤵
                      PID:1764
                      • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                        C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                        2⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        PID:228
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                      1⤵
                        PID:4028
                        • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                          C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                          2⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          PID:5100
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                        1⤵
                          PID:4556
                          • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                            C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                            2⤵
                            • Executes dropped EXE
                            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                            PID:3148
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                          1⤵
                            PID:4408
                            • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                              C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                              2⤵
                              • Executes dropped EXE
                              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                              PID:4968
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                            1⤵
                              PID:1924
                              • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                                C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                                2⤵
                                  PID:2460
                              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe" ..
                                1⤵
                                  PID:3384
                                  • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe
                                    C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe ..
                                    2⤵
                                      PID:1984

                                  Network

                                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                  Downloads

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

                                    Filesize

                                    319B

                                    MD5

                                    8feef304777dfe95294f842d6d9a3852

                                    SHA1

                                    9f34db8c6647b7edfe8f4618eab53fc6a6161ea7

                                    SHA256

                                    829510e85c0787bb7a291b85b9f38d1e7c122cf07de3829c33e1fba4d06bc97f

                                    SHA512

                                    f381d170eeea45b115ad6bc6d27b6f55bfbae00d7694cc8efd18aaa7d17f4d47f1f21de856315c38754ec1181d137923a6d74cd0a0c2d1ec538c80ea8ff9d20b

                                  • C:\Users\Admin\Optimization.exe

                                    Filesize

                                    37KB

                                    MD5

                                    a1ebbd72b02bbdbe1dd3b84fcdd32d36

                                    SHA1

                                    57459e3813b77028b71cf1573a13ea045598a018

                                    SHA256

                                    d6341ff7300b399cf031e26c87c0a5392f136ead1676e005c655eddcfd51a763

                                    SHA512

                                    26cdb08be64ebefade04d048805e4a8b4b430dde0c74bb042cc438bba82c94fde3c8b8fe020d964ac7d78a48b2667fc3bade4a2235730d232fefc6b2795288d8

                                  • memory/4480-22-0x0000000075390000-0x0000000075941000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    5.7MB

                                  • memory/4480-23-0x0000000075390000-0x0000000075941000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    5.7MB

                                  • memory/4480-31-0x0000000075390000-0x0000000075941000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    5.7MB

                                  • memory/4572-0-0x0000000075392000-0x0000000075393000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    4KB

                                  • memory/4572-1-0x0000000075390000-0x0000000075941000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    5.7MB

                                  • memory/4572-2-0x0000000075390000-0x0000000075941000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    5.7MB

                                  • memory/4572-21-0x0000000075390000-0x0000000075941000-memory.dmp

                                    Filesize

                                    5.7MB