Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    08/08/2025, 00:09

General

  • Target
    gg4.hta
  • Size 176B
  • Sample250808-afpl6askw7
  • SHA256 a13e4f5e885ff9dbfa3719fbb1821df0f0c97f020d93d50ebd34cba94bb4ee0a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 64 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer start page 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gg4.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
    1⤵
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5976
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2244
  • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies Internet Explorer start page
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2948
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2948 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:124
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2948 CREDAT:82946 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4524

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 5b2c34b3c4e8dd898b664dba6c3786e2ff9869eff55d673aa48361f11325ed07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        suggestions[1].en-US

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\0MIWKZMG\suggestions[1].en-US
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        KnoC294.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KnoC294.tmp
        • Size 88KB
        • SHA256 1e2e25bf730ff20c89d57aa38f7f34be7690820e8279b20127d0014dd27b743f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP