Overview

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Static

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file.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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file.exe

windows11-21h2-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260126-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260126-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    28/01/2026, 14:31

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General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 574KB
  • Sample260128-rvyxtaes4c
  • SHA256 339d4048c2de701dc431af119bd3eb9c6737360cf7b00c11aca8409ce3ed8750
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Score
10/10
defense_evasionexecutionwraithnetpersistenceprivilege_escalationtrojan

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects WraithNET payload 1 IoCs
  • WraithNET

    WraithNET is a trojan written in C++.

    trojanwraithnet
  • Wraithnet family
    wraithnet
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

    execution
  • 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.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
    persistence
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
    persistence
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 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.

    persistence

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4784
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe"
      2⤵
      • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
      • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection
      • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4612
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4924
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4428
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2696
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5764
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:716
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:224
  • C:\Windows\system32\RuntimeBroker.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\RuntimeBroker.exe
    1⤵
      PID:1368
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe
      1⤵
      • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
      • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection
      • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4000
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3700
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3616
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5784
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4332
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:6020
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5816
    • C:\Windows\system32\RuntimeBroker.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\RuntimeBroker.exe
      1⤵
        PID:1968

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

            Reconnaissance

            Resource Development

            Initial Access

            Execution

            Command and Scripting Interpreter

            1
            T1059

            PowerShell

            1
            T1059.001

            Persistence

            Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

            1
            T1547

            Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

            1
            T1547.001

            Event Triggered Execution

            2
            T1546

            AppInit DLLs

            1
            T1546.010

            Image File Execution Options Injection

            1
            T1546.012

            Privilege Escalation

            Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

            1
            T1547

            Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

            1
            T1547.001

            Event Triggered Execution

            2
            T1546

            AppInit DLLs

            1
            T1546.010

            Image File Execution Options Injection

            1
            T1546.012

            Defense Evasion

            Modify Registry

            1
            T1112

            Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

            2
            T1497

            Credential Access

            Discovery

            Query Registry

            3
            T1012

            System Information Discovery

            1
            T1082

            Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

            2
            T1497

            Lateral Movement

            Collection

            Command and Control

            Exfiltration

            Impact

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            Downloads

            RuntimeBroker.exe
            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe
            • Size 574KB
            • SHA256 a96a7f270390a1ea3f01566db7dfdda32cd176ef8fd16c1b1322a90a429f0156
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
            Submit Download

            powershell.exe.log
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
            • Size 4KB
            • SHA256 e27390d57580e3dfba07bec3d8e430203bbc91e90f6937079b3fd52abc721bd4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
            Submit Download

            RuntimeBroker.exe
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\RuntimeBroker.exe
            • Size 574KB
            • SHA256 339d4048c2de701dc431af119bd3eb9c6737360cf7b00c11aca8409ce3ed8750
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
            Submit Download

            node.dat
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\RuntimeBroker\node.dat
            • Size 40B
            • SHA256 5b557b86024575547d3d5c20aca768e4e52efc711725092122c2868fe6bbd347
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 1255b8cf9c55e479c950768cda5de5daff6a42375d08c73e28fdb0557a00e948
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 08f10e2e703ff73c2e787516078f33d525747268642324e9d9525932ceec4db4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 4bd4f6e89e95b008d5e37d1bf761069bcb692417345d36b94dcf798a993733e0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 7662bb9046c49b224d3c9dcee6ab892d07e69df06d6cd312b29ec7d5eff4b21c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 93fd3c992521cef182e6847f4f6658c58cfd5bdde16d4732d1c055b3c9e34398
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 617bab12ce736930d5d83f7ceb6a15162ab4a97b34da485e651bdb863d880b6b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 f5583b4671aa3a25b1a153131eead8ed86112265a79f860081374305803ca508
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 0ca8100f47821f674565f0413248cf17a6c7ebb93fe539ee41cc1fc436e36c8b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_pdovdfxo.lzt.ps1
            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_pdovdfxo.lzt.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
            Submit Download

            memory/3700-128-0x000001FE1FB70000-0x000001FE1FC23000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-23-0x000001E1A1E50000-0x000001E1A1F03000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-28-0x000001E1A1C10000-0x000001E1A1C18000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-30-0x000001E1A2170000-0x000001E1A217A000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-29-0x000001E1A2160000-0x000001E1A2166000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-27-0x000001E1A2180000-0x000001E1A219A000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-26-0x000001E1A1C00000-0x000001E1A1C0A000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-25-0x000001E1A1C20000-0x000001E1A1C3C000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-24-0x000001E1A1BF0000-0x000001E1A1BFA000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-22-0x000001E1A1BD0000-0x000001E1A1BEC000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-7-0x000001E19F9B0000-0x000001E19F9C0000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-8-0x000001E19F9B0000-0x000001E19F9C0000-memory.dmp
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            memory/4924-14-0x000001E1A1B30000-0x000001E1A1B52000-memory.dmp
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