Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
157s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
17/03/2026, 02:41
General
- Target avastsvc/AvastSvc.exe
- Size 60KB
- Sample260317-c6f4tabw8m
- SHA256 85ca20eeec3400c68a62639a01928a5dab824d2eadf589e5cbfe5a2bc41d9654
Malware Config
Extracted
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plugx
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45.142.166.112:443
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45.142.166.112:110
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folder
AvastSvcpCP
Signatures
- PlugX
PlugX is a RAT (Remote Access Trojan) that has been around since 2008.
- Plugx family
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Modifies registry class 6 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avastsvc\AvastSvc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\avastsvc\AvastSvc.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\ProgramData\AvastSvcpCP\AvastSvc.exeC:\ProgramData\AvastSvcpCP\AvastSvc.exe 7202⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\ProgramData\AvastSvcpCP\AvastSvc.exe"C:\ProgramData\AvastSvcpCP\AvastSvc.exe" 7201⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
AvastAuth.dat
AvastSvc.exe
wsc.dll
memory/3532-17-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-34-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-42-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-39-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-14-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-16-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-38-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-15-0x0000000001520000-0x0000000001620000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-27-0x0000000001620000-0x0000000005258000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-25-0x0000000001520000-0x0000000001620000-memory.dmp
memory/3532-24-0x0000000005360000-0x00000000053DB000-memory.dmp
memory/5044-2-0x00000000007A0000-0x00000000008A0000-memory.dmp
memory/5044-1-0x00000000009A0000-0x00000000045D8000-memory.dmp
memory/5044-11-0x00000000006B0000-0x000000000072B000-memory.dmp
memory/6088-21-0x0000000001610000-0x0000000005248000-memory.dmp
memory/6088-23-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000053CB000-memory.dmp
memory/6088-22-0x0000000001440000-0x0000000001540000-memory.dmp