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
    25/12/2025, 12:10

General

  • Target
    merlin.x86.dll
  • Size 13.5MB
  • Sample251225-pcfbmsbj3v
  • SHA256 91ff90a50a73885b19a4f9b1e9b743eb5dcf8635c770a77960f51c8387f1886e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
3/10

Malware Config

Signatures

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

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
    regsvr32 /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\merlin.x86.dll
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:708
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\merlin.x86.dll
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2984

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        memory/2984-0-0x0000000074900000-0x000000007559F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2984-3-0x0000000074900000-0x000000007559F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2984-5-0x0000000074900000-0x000000007559F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2984-6-0x0000000074900000-0x000000007559F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2984-9-0x0000000074900000-0x000000007559F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2984-12-0x0000000074900000-0x000000007559F000-memory.dmp