Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/02/2026, 02:51

General

  • Target
    action1_agent(My_Organization).msi
  • Size 6.4MB
  • Sample260203-dcdx2agy5c
  • SHA256 6a02721f5227dc764b66cc48dd46e75385d2bb10b0e0aadeb8f82fea54ddaab7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\action1_agent(My_Organization).msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:4640
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3972
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1748
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C68EBEEF130DB0DC6FBB936A71D9CFE4
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3172
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 883452BE664B20A6230839359BF23C95 E Global\MSI0000
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1884
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding E34F68002949A362F12D992E1B04E966 E Global\MSI0000
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1260
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3528
  • C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe
    C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe service
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2556
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /I "C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.msi" /quiet /qn /norestart /lv* "C:\Windows\Action1\logs\agent_install_1770087133.log" ALLOWRESTRICTEDVERSIONS=1
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4776
  • C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe
    C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe service
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2208
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:2616
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command -
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4740
      • C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe
        "C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe" loggedonuser
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1068
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command -
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:3332

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        e58a228.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a228.rbs
        • Size 240KB
        • SHA256 9d5aa60fdc6773c5bd6127fbd11e2a993d49abfae6c3ce26ea43948af1decb4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        e58a229.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a229.rbs
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 d56e5982f33591b58d771c570d70b40c2ee29b62123d82f90b641ddf70ac671b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        e58a22e.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a22e.rbs
        • Size 246KB
        • SHA256 e5eb22b9ace8727e3250681f2b5374f3ffc9b5ac365b6a42c47a3a93d4d30ddd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        e58a234.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a234.rbs
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 dacd7272692db5eecbdbb6106d6e6dc4bc828a8780fff1dda3d353c0f5367f4a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        e58a238.rbf

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a238.rbf
        • Size 3B
        • SHA256 13bf7b3039c63bf5a50491fa3cfd8eb4e699d1ba1436315aef9cbe5711530354
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        e58a239.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a239.rbs
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a163096a58daa212ec1ef3ca4845a1b0cfa26655e9497f1866440566e660d4ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        e58a23a.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a23a.rbs
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 f5cbe5ba3f9baf89fc1f644385745b8a7757aced398486ff4342da2fad9c7201
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        18E6B4A57A6BC7EC9B861CDF2D6D0D02_EF52C1EC85F21F31CC0157A5C8803013

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\18E6B4A57A6BC7EC9B861CDF2D6D0D02_EF52C1EC85F21F31CC0157A5C8803013
        • Size 765B
        • SHA256 c51adb0cdaf5ef53cbc3484c4c1fd5857075b86ae3b261768efce56540d26579
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        3AA0DCD5A74331FBD6F344550EC48B87_FAB5A9F6C6BE3394975FF948CA40CA87

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3AA0DCD5A74331FBD6F344550EC48B87_FAB5A9F6C6BE3394975FF948CA40CA87
        • Size 637B
        • SHA256 c0f692caf7908214134245789052573329ce2a1b45ff0a872e4712156cb1d0ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B2FAF7692FD9FFBD64EDE317E42334BA_93702E680A5530C052C8D2BA33A2225F

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B2FAF7692FD9FFBD64EDE317E42334BA_93702E680A5530C052C8D2BA33A2225F
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f185d774e14018f9168c148160b08cacdde50afe2fe6c1d2f2aa54f306afcd9f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        18E6B4A57A6BC7EC9B861CDF2D6D0D02_EF52C1EC85F21F31CC0157A5C8803013

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\18E6B4A57A6BC7EC9B861CDF2D6D0D02_EF52C1EC85F21F31CC0157A5C8803013
        • Size 484B
        • SHA256 990915d2cc75d8641b87a36df5c2b2733f3350b939070b333fe9f0727845352b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        3AA0DCD5A74331FBD6F344550EC48B87_FAB5A9F6C6BE3394975FF948CA40CA87

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3AA0DCD5A74331FBD6F344550EC48B87_FAB5A9F6C6BE3394975FF948CA40CA87
        • Size 488B
        • SHA256 23c96c07e99a1769bea34aaad0360df88be72963b0bb364f4a6daf9b9359d34b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B2FAF7692FD9FFBD64EDE317E42334BA_93702E680A5530C052C8D2BA33A2225F

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B2FAF7692FD9FFBD64EDE317E42334BA_93702E680A5530C052C8D2BA33A2225F
        • Size 482B
        • SHA256 4cd87da8ba8a34e23f6e273fb4cafe8bb4332eeba1baa71ffa183ec617e87db1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        7z.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\7z.dll
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 9d5eb586d110759ef5cb3403cda57c060567a703115e9bc66819c9638294664c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        action1_agent.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe
        • Size 8.3MB
        • SHA256 371db1fccf5743d5a3ff3161b20557f045a4c5ccf8a8bfdc3388f4d3c7173a37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        action1_agent.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 bdaf0c46119913e3636524f2a353f3fdaef30d6bf3efb168a20edd6dd10809bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        action1_agent.exe.connection

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe.connection
        • Size 2B
        • SHA256 565339bc4d33d72817b583024112eb7f5cdf3e5eef0252d6ec1b9c9a94e12bb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        action1_agent.exe.update_state

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.exe.update_state
        • Size 1B
        • SHA256 7902699be42c8a8e46fbbb4501726517e86b22c56a189f7625a6da49081b2451
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        action1_agent.msi

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\action1_agent.msi
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 9f7125f869316c8a80402afcff018baa6291d4175950261ebef519ee06bd8c56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        action1_remote.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\action1_remote.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 84f9e22a5f457274b80bc978cfd07a8d6597fcfc4557e2386e5e609dc46991de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        advanced_settings.json

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\advanced_settings.json
        • Size 46KB
        • SHA256 7fcd824e084c15043e2f41c5a0b36fbe05d601bc817440eea1eb6a11b86e0897
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        agent_cdm_not_downloading.threshold

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\agent_cdm_not_downloading.threshold
        • Size 627B
        • SHA256 109e5e32624412b76a79fcefe8940439df15459d7e263179e25ba6d6a050482b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        agent_downgrade.version_pair

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\agent_downgrade.version_pair
        • Size 73B
        • SHA256 623baee7aa2a7e498b98bc48f4df34dcee9a238b803658d025aef14edba78015
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        first_install

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\first_install
        • Size 50B
        • SHA256 84a07ae0ded681a36d23cdfcf143ec10456874b51b89d33d2c2c0f1446757974
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        agent_install_1770087133.log

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\logs\agent_install_1770087133.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 34435ee04e4fb91320f4f6836fe16e03495996a639bc5161dcdb60ef003cea07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        CLOUD_2ba943b0-85b6-11ef-b9af-69a8758f6819_1728420293483_builtin.result

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\package_downloads\CLOUD_2ba943b0-85b6-11ef-b9af-69a8758f6819_1728420293483_builtin.result
        • Size 65B
        • SHA256 1e3ac9c8a588845c709660b8732c46bffcf9b0a853858dfa3afc8af4c079eda0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        CLOUD_394fae00-85b6-11ef-b9af-69a8758f6819_1728420316384_builtin.result

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\package_downloads\CLOUD_394fae00-85b6-11ef-b9af-69a8758f6819_1728420316384_builtin.result
        • Size 65B
        • SHA256 68866c8616cb1d63d51c34f4459f0a897be18cfc6e1a41eba1e1f8e7a8fe4f10
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        CLOUD_e469fa00-869e-11ef-9fc1-4b2f0f8dddf2_1728520246688_builtin.result

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\package_downloads\CLOUD_e469fa00-869e-11ef-9fc1-4b2f0f8dddf2_1728520246688_builtin.result
        • Size 65B
        • SHA256 e5fef12b888ae46cf9ea6d857ea48a0f893614ecf989b9dc3535d83ebf566db0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        sas.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\Action1\sas.dll
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 996b01e15f85e165899630721a141b178a9c372b6e878012180ec9e9d4e7bd06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSIA340.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA340.tmp
        • Size 379KB
        • SHA256 d7b6867d5bcd9ec42c32d82a145949cfb6c1e4557c1dbcccd7407209810b2e54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSIA5E2.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA5E2.tmp
        • Size 234KB
        • SHA256 78860e15e474cc2af7ad6e499a8971b6b8197afb8e49a1b9eaaa392e4378f3a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSIC6DB.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIC6DB.tmp
        • Size 385KB
        • SHA256 626a4e7060bd9b789795804e8b6497743c11d61c7353fb68798dd0bc76152cae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        e58a227.msi

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e58a227.msi
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 6a02721f5227dc764b66cc48dd46e75385d2bb10b0e0aadeb8f82fea54ddaab7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ProductIcon

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\{105F3C06-87D1-4863-91B3-ED4EA297A0B4}\ProductIcon
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 7a214ccfe309e4c0c83f40d9b7c92e3d41206db734401e7227ef10b38064ca9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_igfgmdj1.iiy.ps1

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_igfgmdj1.iiy.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 64B
        • SHA256 83e613b6dc8d70e3bb67c58535e014f58f3e8b2921e93b55137d799fc8c56391
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 726d2b3a5003e478f61d3626a078477d2ce3caa24520bafefc1750edd68ef617
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        metadata-2

        • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
        • Size 24.1MB
        • SHA256 e7ec9ca475c5d1da551c434b0b3761ba90883cc035df4a57249b90158e1850f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        {bb2e9a0b-c724-4873-b134-91e662cbbf6d}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

        • Path \??\Volume{ae01ce4e-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{bb2e9a0b-c724-4873-b134-91e662cbbf6d}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
        • Size 6KB
        • SHA256 ccc11eed0f0d5d313b9c2d555edc64f50d43cc962a83a43bc92b747b0429b2d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2616-235-0x0000018AC68B0000-0x0000018AC68D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3332-481-0x00000189E30E0000-0x00000189E30FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3332-486-0x00000189E3100000-0x00000189E31B5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3332-487-0x00000189E2ED0000-0x00000189E2EDA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3332-488-0x00000189E3330000-0x00000189E335A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3332-489-0x00000189E3330000-0x00000189E3354000-memory.dmp