Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20251229-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20251229-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11/01/2026, 14:28

General

  • Target
    VSDCVanguardPrime.exe
  • Size 46KB
  • Sample260111-rs4ehsgx9c
  • SHA256 513e79e43a92f59544bfbcfd0953aaadb4cf330e94c054afb465de5988feb735
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • AGCCA_PrimeEndpoint

C2
  • xar.uk.com:6606

  • xar.uk.com:7707

  • xar.uk.com:8808

  • xar.uk.com:443

  • xar.uk.com:4782

  • xar.uk.com:8848

  • xar.uk.com:8080

  • xar.uk.com:5555

  • xar.uk.com:6666

  • xar.uk.com:4444

  • xar.uk.com:6060

  • xar.uk.com:80

  • www.xar.uk.com:6606

  • www.xar.uk.com:7707

  • www.xar.uk.com:8808

  • www.xar.uk.com:443

  • www.xar.uk.com:4782

  • www.xar.uk.com:8848

  • www.xar.uk.com:8080

  • www.xar.uk.com:5555

Mutex
  • VSDC_PrimeSentinel_VanguardLock_7a8b9c0d

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Asyncrat family
  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VSDCVanguardPrime.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VSDCVanguardPrime.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3180
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2700
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC6DA.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4068
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3732
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1752
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:992

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmpC6DA.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC6DA.tmp.bat
        • Size 172B
        • SHA256 240effa7233c20f3515ddfc3ef1b8e194b60b50b66ba739924b76e6fc9c1d6e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\VSDC Vanguard Prime Sentinel.exe
        • Size 46KB
        • SHA256 513e79e43a92f59544bfbcfd0953aaadb4cf330e94c054afb465de5988feb735
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3180-0-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-1-0x0000000005380000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp

        memory/3180-2-0x0000000005390000-0x000000000542C000-memory.dmp