Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20251015-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251015-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    18/11/2025, 16:13

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 3.8MB
  • Sample251118-tpblfawrds
  • SHA256 35fcd9a92974ed0a8866eebef90a00780afc1f6ecc70dec50c1e06eae047526a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 17 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Salatstealer family
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 12 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs

    Steal credentials from unsecured files.

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 22 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4580
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader_tmp_7972.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader_tmp_7972.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3528
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p1_6317.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p1_6317.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5832
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Set-MpPreference -Force"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1816
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p2_3947.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p2_3947.exe
        3⤵
        • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3996
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe
          "CMD" netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Zjt+r[!ArtekrJ" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe" enable=yes & exit
          4⤵
            PID:2396
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
            "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2264
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe" /RL HIGHEST
              5⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:6124
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
            "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwdSearcher.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3836
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwdSearcher.exe" /RL HIGHEST
              5⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:4740
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p3_4734.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p3_4734.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6008
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\csrss.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\csrss.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:844
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell.exe
              5⤵
              • UAC bypass
              • Badlisted process makes network request
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1636
            • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\csrss.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\csrss.exe" -
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              PID:3504
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\csrss.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\csrss.exe" -
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              PID:1624
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3932
    • C:\Windows\xdwdSearcher.exe
      C:\Windows\xdwdSearcher.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3640
    • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\133.0.6943.60\elevation_service.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\133.0.6943.60\elevation_service.exe"
      1⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:2832
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\133.0.3065.69\elevation_service.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\133.0.3065.69\elevation_service.exe"
      1⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:1212
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4820
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1244
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4336

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          xdwdSearch.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\xdwdSearch.exe.log
          • Size 642B
          • SHA256 07cd502f2fffb7c6a891a219527278857fed0061bac452445b945c4753899f2f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_rrnwuopx.ud0.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rrnwuopx.ud0.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          loader_tmp_7972.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\loader_tmp_7972.exe
          • Size 3.7MB
          • SHA256 4e14cd03ea4e0e8e44d71b7b60415895c1d0c316fe01777e59915c6b8de2ced5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          p1_6317.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p1_6317.exe
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 cd8ea15d1fd045626e9063075e4676852c888d95f2814d34b538c16863f994bd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          p2_3947.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p2_3947.exe
          • Size 473KB
          • SHA256 95b3ab0d4191815ef84e9c005e15f3881cdbf0ef7ffb93f6c4e212e9b57ba7a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          p3_4734.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\p3_4734.exe
          • Size 3.1MB
          • SHA256 614694acd84dd5396d573e4119610d9339683de336b6ee4e3409c4bcde13fadd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          xdwd.dll

          • Path C:\Windows\xdwd.dll
          • Size 136KB
          • SHA256 35c8d022e1d917f1aabdceae98097ccc072161b302f84c768ca63e4b32ac2b66
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/844-149-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-225-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-239-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-210-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-235-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-233-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-241-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-243-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-228-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-237-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-223-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-247-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-221-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-219-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/844-213-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000D4B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1624-179-0x00000000008D0000-0x000000000145B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1624-183-0x00000000008D0000-0x000000000145B000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-161-0x0000000005040000-0x0000000005062000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-201-0x0000000007580000-0x0000000007595000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-180-0x00000000064E0000-0x0000000006526000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-173-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005F1E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-184-0x0000000007330000-0x0000000007364000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-186-0x0000000070FB0000-0x0000000071307000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-193-0x0000000007370000-0x000000000738E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-194-0x0000000007390000-0x0000000007434000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-185-0x0000000070D00000-0x0000000070D4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-196-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-195-0x0000000007AF0000-0x000000000816A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-197-0x0000000007510000-0x000000000751A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-198-0x0000000007660000-0x00000000076F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-199-0x0000000007530000-0x0000000007541000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-200-0x0000000007570000-0x000000000757E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-157-0x00000000026E0000-0x0000000002716000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-202-0x00000000075E0000-0x00000000075FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-203-0x00000000075D0000-0x00000000075D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-204-0x00000000075F0000-0x0000000007612000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-205-0x0000000008720000-0x0000000008CC6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-159-0x00000000050B0000-0x00000000056DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-163-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005826000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-170-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005D47000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-174-0x0000000005F60000-0x0000000005FAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1636-162-0x0000000005750000-0x00000000057B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1816-23-0x000001C01DF00000-0x000001C01DF22000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-172-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000E9B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3504-158-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000E9B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3528-33-0x00007FF6E4FC0000-0x00007FF6E5381000-memory.dmp

          memory/3528-141-0x00007FF6E4FC0000-0x00007FF6E5381000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-218-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-224-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-208-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-226-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-234-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-242-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-236-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-229-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-238-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-240-0x000001E5BE8B0000-0x000001E5BEA63000-memory.dmp

          memory/3996-32-0x000001C73ECD0000-0x000001C73ED4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4580-28-0x00007FF6C1E10000-0x00007FF6C21EF000-memory.dmp

          memory/5832-17-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C78000-memory.dmp

          memory/6008-137-0x00000000004D0000-0x000000000105B000-memory.dmp

          memory/6008-151-0x00000000004D0000-0x000000000105B000-memory.dmp