Overview
overview
8Static
static
3sparkle-2....up.exe
windows10-2004-x64
8sparkle-2....up.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
8$PLUGINSDI...er.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...er.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ll.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ll.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3LICENSES.c...m.html
windows10-2004-x64
4LICENSES.c...m.html
windows11-21h2-x64
4d3dcompiler_47.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1dxcompiler.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1dxil.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1ffmpeg.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1libEGL.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1libGLESv2.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1resources/elevate.exe
windows10-2004-x64
3resources/elevate.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
3resources/...or.exe
windows10-2004-x64
1resources/...or.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
1sparkle.exe
windows10-2004-x64
8vk_swiftshader.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1vulkan-1.dll
windows10-2004-x64
1$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...7z.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...7z.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
3$R0/Uninst...le.exe
windows10-2004-x64
7$R0/Uninst...le.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
7$PLUGINSDI...ls.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3Analysis
- max time kernel
119s - max time network
98s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
15/04/2026, 03:52
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
sparkle-2.17.0-setup.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
sparkle-2.17.0-setup.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/SpiderBanner.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/SpiderBanner.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/WinShell.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/WinShell.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
LICENSES.chromium.html
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
LICENSES.chromium.html
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
d3dcompiler_47.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
dxcompiler.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral15
Sample
dxil.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral16
Sample
ffmpeg.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral17
Sample
libEGL.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral18
Sample
libGLESv2.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral19
Sample
resources/elevate.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral20
Sample
resources/elevate.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral21
Sample
resources/nvidiaProfileInspector.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral22
Sample
resources/nvidiaProfileInspector.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral23
Sample
sparkle.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral24
Sample
vk_swiftshader.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral25
Sample
vulkan-1.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral26
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsExec.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral27
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsExec.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral28
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsis7z.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral29
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsis7z.dll
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral30
Sample
$R0/Uninstall sparkle.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral31
Sample
$R0/Uninstall sparkle.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
Behavioral task
behavioral32
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/StdUtils.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
General
- Target $R0/Uninstall sparkle.exe
- Size 140KB
- Sample260415-ee672aes7j
- SHA256 5edc9b41eeaa5bcda096c99036da31ca288ecfd9b1b371d8c87b4efc1a464abf
- MD5 accacb6653494bea7a5b80210bbd8c63
- SHA1 73a82899dce57b3dcf026f2f212d2be841d89f3c
- SHA512 62cea0a600af90e35db6b510f8d8afe9c513e1ab65a5242204294a3b2370672f84edfceb2f25b58e52dde3d6ad2f8d5cc3aae5ee33cc71048be3029ccf4221fa
- SSDEEP 3072:qn77v00hEoDEtauTYcq4rn5YR+rLaa12tvhOEA1RJCir86SrSrv+a3v:q740IEJ4rn5YUrL52t0EyL+3af
- TLSH T1EDE3F01177A0C167E9FA4F315BB683E71EB6F61018298F0B2BC0676E3C66690ED1D352
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-745935970-1373868228-562466063-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Un_A.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4372 Un_A.exe - Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
pid Process 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe -
pid Process 4136 powershell.exe 1120 powershell.exe - Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.
pid Process 4960 powershell.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Uninstall sparkle.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Un_A.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language powershell.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 4960 powershell.exe 4960 powershell.exe 4136 powershell.exe 4136 powershell.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 4372 Un_A.exe 1120 powershell.exe 1120 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4960 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4136 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 1120 powershell.exe Token: 33 1120 powershell.exe Token: 34 1120 powershell.exe Token: 35 1120 powershell.exe Token: 36 1120 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4788 wrote to memory of 4372 4788 Uninstall sparkle.exe 85 PID 4372 wrote to memory of 4960 4372 Un_A.exe 86 PID 4372 wrote to memory of 4136 4372 Un_A.exe 89 PID 4372 wrote to memory of 1120 4372 Un_A.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$R0\Uninstall sparkle.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$R0\Uninstall sparkle.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4788 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp\Un_A.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp\Un_A.exe" _?=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$R0\2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4372 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -C "if (Get-Command Get-CimInstance -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { exit 0 } else { exit 1 }"3⤵
- Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4960
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -C "if ((Get-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process) -eq 'Restricted') { exit 1 } else { exit 0 }"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4136
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -C "if ((Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | ? {$_.Path -and $_.Path.StartsWith('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$R0', 'CurrentCultureIgnoreCase')}).Count -gt 0) { exit 0 } else { exit 1 }"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1120
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 c03c91dd74498cc33a32d616fb3050ad954ed4f57e671e2e9651aedb7b128ff3
- MD5 d30f23b777856a4a772cbe961f7b3343
- SHA1 7b4f11fe65abb9620e0dbfeee619097a4648e70d
- SHA512 64fa5e6ca5021734b620f79ded479d44ce30d4bd58ae9cdbee49fe1b251d6bd779a3b62708afafe90c37491259efc348d7fb2cb774d74668671c6295dca793d3
- TLSH T1E4415C303221B8D84D436F1315286ED5A3EF478AAFA89F5CB569231DCD2A45BD7221F3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 16KB
- SHA256 625267858b9fd8ddfc38b9875fb545f30a06f270e3c5cb890ff4ceeb4e775e81
- MD5 b1cd927d4d9f4dbcb265ae524f89de5b
- SHA1 9ddd2f701a1a4c6a1b479fe160ab933554cc6429
- SHA512 bda948aef3ced2995a26fb7c31e93cec36aff3dd1399d02471b0159cdbc3891cdf5bee8409dc1b3ae8ba04a362b3b8624f5e7967a739eacf4acb4c8fdbd12bf5
- SSDEEP 384:bsf+F29i+6sM5zBi+6rkkcVoYTw7K6seY28E/uv3KoZhX/hEGcj2m:AfKsMpoKkkoYTw7NPbUKkJEGC
- TLSH T1CC7294AE610F26C3C8961378D10B055FE4F2DECD531907D9BB1A9F3B4EACA9A553C188
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 16KB
- SHA256 34b6e26fcbf52d250e2f228fa1031e07775f2542b2f1c9f79dfbdcef3dd7e35d
- MD5 060ed43170780ba3018a310a7e41de87
- SHA1 4900b04ace30e4011b3ce2b602db4da7babb6388
- SHA512 1b9c6218333de46ab52f423a15ac52f16d1c2ca37100327cf02eee319e66f4d2c1c1ee99ac1268389d4769488c72d8e72f71403757df23b5ebe8605f4c6a5d81
- SSDEEP 384:76++A91WRJcj6OlTxDWgh9wNY1Iko6gfo+mEjPa7dEd59dS:OWmCEghSN9tFfrjEdEdQ
- TLSH T16572F8AD311F2297D4A123B8D02A43EBF9B09D8FD30817DD6A169D3706DEB6580781E8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4tg4b1fp.re0.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst346A.tmp\StdUtils.dll
- Size 100KB
- SHA256 b72e9013a6204e9f01076dc38dabbf30870d44dfc66962adbf73619d4331601e
- MD5 c6a6e03f77c313b267498515488c5740
- SHA1 3d49fc2784b9450962ed6b82b46e9c3c957d7c15
- SHA512 9870c5879f7b72836805088079ad5bbafcb59fc3d9127f2160d4ec3d6e88d3cc8ebe5a9f5d20a4720fe6407c1336ef10f33b2b9621bc587e930d4cbacf337803
- SSDEEP 3072:WNuZmJ9TDP3ahD2TF7Rq9cJNPhF9vyHf:WNuZ81zaAFHhF9v
- TLSH T125A33B62A2FA9CF5E4E70B3D1469BB264CBB7B383431D93F2342054B8534586DA2D35B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst346A.tmp\System.dll
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 3eb38ae99653a7dbc724132ee240f6e5c4af4bfe7c01d31d23faf373f9f2eaca
- MD5 0d7ad4f45dc6f5aa87f606d0331c6901
- SHA1 48df0911f0484cbe2a8cdd5362140b63c41ee457
- SHA512 c07de7308cb54205e8bd703001a7fe4fd7796c9ac1b4bb330c77c872bf712b093645f40b80ce7127531fe6746a5b66e18ea073ab6a644934abed9bb64126fea9
- SSDEEP 192:1enY0LWelt70elWjvfstJcVtwtYbjnIOg5AaDnbC7ypXhtIj:18PJlt70esj0Mt9vn6ay6
- TLSH T1BA428E12977049F2F1A0183C10A67F265FBEAE5C1BE445A39FE380867D652DF9436343
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst346A.tmp\WinShell.dll
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 9be85b986ea66a6997dde658abe82b3147ed2a1a3dcb784bb5176f41d22815a6
- MD5 1cc7c37b7e0c8cd8bf04b6cc283e1e56
- SHA1 0b9519763be6625bd5abce175dcc59c96d100d4c
- SHA512 7acf7f8e68aa6066b59ca9f2ae2e67997e6b347bc08eb788d2a119b3295c844b5b9606757168e8d2fbd61c2cda367bf80e9e48c9a52c28d5a7a00464bfd2048f
- TLSH T16A51365F13BED7A4C3071738A6FBDC85749B440012C659558BB2172ABF141E0BB3CD08
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst346A.tmp\nsExec.dll
- Size 6KB
- SHA256 5d9ceb1ce5f35aea5f9e5a0c0edeeec04dfefe0c77890c80c70e98209b58b962
- MD5 ec0504e6b8a11d5aad43b296beeb84b2
- SHA1 91b5ce085130c8c7194d66b2439ec9e1c206497c
- SHA512 3f918f1b47e8a919cbe51eb17dc30acc8cfc18e743a1bae5b787d0db7d26038dc1210be98bf5ba3be8d6ed896dbbd7ac3d13e66454a98b2a38c7e69dad30bb57
- SSDEEP 96:YjHFiKaoggCtJzTlKXb0tbo68qD853Ns7GgmkNq3m+s:JbogRtJzTlNR8qD85uGgmkNr
- TLSH T173D109B836C20CF3D54E46743E22381713FEE4761B7502A18B976ED61D92AE2FE20781
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp\Un_A.exe
- Size 140KB
- SHA256 5edc9b41eeaa5bcda096c99036da31ca288ecfd9b1b371d8c87b4efc1a464abf
- MD5 accacb6653494bea7a5b80210bbd8c63
- SHA1 73a82899dce57b3dcf026f2f212d2be841d89f3c
- SHA512 62cea0a600af90e35db6b510f8d8afe9c513e1ab65a5242204294a3b2370672f84edfceb2f25b58e52dde3d6ad2f8d5cc3aae5ee33cc71048be3029ccf4221fa
- SSDEEP 3072:qn77v00hEoDEtauTYcq4rn5YR+rLaa12tvhOEA1RJCir86SrSrv+a3v:q740IEJ4rn5YUrL52t0EyL+3af
- TLSH T1EDE3F01177A0C167E9FA4F315BB683E71EB6F61018298F0B2BC0676E3C66690ED1D352
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH