Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • 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, 12:20

General

  • Target
    chromeremotedesktophost.msi
  • Size 21.7MB
  • Sample260415-phx4msdy2q
  • SHA256 89b058df425ce019a153dc8e5ce97810c6f00ceaaddffeb8e74edbb957068efa
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • 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 Program Files directory 18 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

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

  • 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 44 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 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\chromeremotedesktophost.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:3036
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • 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:2528
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 51B9646D7CE8D3796C90AC37C823B562 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1164
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3228
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding F9469D8B441333925564FDB0EE37FD59
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4656
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 4C8AA713E6025B5D7CC6BA0C3202D7F4 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3344
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\CurrentVersion' -Target 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\147.0.7727.3\' -Force
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:4348
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1076
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\147.0.7727.3\remoting_host.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\147.0.7727.3\remoting_host.exe" --type=daemon --host-config="C:\ProgramData\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\host.json"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4036

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58a5e1.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a5e1.rbs
          • Size 283KB
          • SHA256 c11449fa13bba94f4a64f3fa40a016d464bd2bac8360d65a535299452f82fc9a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          icudtl.dat

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\147.0.7727.3\icudtl.dat
          • Size 10.3MB
          • SHA256 1cf67874b5a87a8363a86fb3f81e3cbbed54d389062dab8fb52308d5cf8c8612
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          remoting_core.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\147.0.7727.3\remoting_core.dll
          • Size 30.3MB
          • SHA256 db26962473276c3c81238e913b76ea9563cf306f173fb7f619cf60b423ee5827
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          remoting_host.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome Remote Desktop\147.0.7727.3\remoting_host.exe
          • Size 72KB
          • SHA256 44ae47dfc0bf2f9e55054a8544a3a1711f386055aa9fae21c0b548fb6f7a32b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 22b5c71d4ac096b3b3edf207fe90e8a042d3c55813b954a3cb8acce1d4420b9c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_986C7EDF85F5859081F49AE7B6205CDD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_986C7EDF85F5859081F49AE7B6205CDD
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 74961e76764adcd25b61fbc9da3aae53407546d7411b137a34abffc470be076d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 050bfb4a0623d7970e76d7b2d7684f41a9d41b311232fafb16f1bdbbbea97695
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 400B
          • SHA256 db874a8c4d4daba2d1acfe71836e968c12573870bc7bf172bde64685e6ee4759
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_986C7EDF85F5859081F49AE7B6205CDD

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_986C7EDF85F5859081F49AE7B6205CDD
          • Size 408B
          • SHA256 506926038daa6d575c463c3cc9a4e4ffdc431c97ed27dca2498f459293e58169
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 687b8ac052d78f23a140340b2abfcc24afe9425aeb2a85b98c2290dba07e3b63
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI6B77.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6B77.tmp
          • Size 168KB
          • SHA256 b9e73e5ab78d033e0328fc74a9e4ebbd1af614bc4a7c894beb8c59d24ee3ede9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_minsxulo.bly.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_minsxulo.bly.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIA7D5.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA7D5.tmp
          • Size 88KB
          • SHA256 e24376a9346c2d486ce7426ca3ddc73cd020bb7216f8e5a0b9b2cb23caddcf31
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e58a5e0.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e58a5e0.msi
          • Size 21.7MB
          • SHA256 89b058df425ce019a153dc8e5ce97810c6f00ceaaddffeb8e74edbb957068efa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 c23c5d9882e45c9e115f41fea117bbdd6182463256bd338eb1e3dc44fb9accfd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {410fe205-cd81-4c9c-b702-79acd99337ee}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{cb34a3fb-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{410fe205-cd81-4c9c-b702-79acd99337ee}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 a2e132ac4f95f115043f53a25fcc90764ac8eb3f018f568da65b3875f8668f5a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1164-117-0x0000000001120000-0x000000000117F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1164-20-0x0000000001120000-0x000000000117F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2528-126-0x0000020B5EAB0000-0x0000020B5EB29000-memory.dmp

          memory/2528-19-0x0000020B5EAB0000-0x0000020B5EB29000-memory.dmp

          memory/2528-88-0x0000020B600F0000-0x0000020B600FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2528-87-0x0000020B5EAB0000-0x0000020B5EB29000-memory.dmp

          memory/3036-0-0x000002189A1E0000-0x000002189A259000-memory.dmp

          memory/3036-120-0x000002189A410000-0x000002189A41C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3036-119-0x000002189A1E0000-0x000002189A259000-memory.dmp

          memory/3036-1-0x000002189A410000-0x000002189A41C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3036-15-0x000002189A1E0000-0x000002189A259000-memory.dmp

          memory/3344-118-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000ABF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4036-125-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000CDF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-89-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006CC6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-75-0x0000000005430000-0x0000000005496000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-92-0x0000000007280000-0x0000000007824000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-91-0x00000000061D0000-0x00000000061F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-72-0x00000000046D0000-0x0000000004706000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-90-0x0000000006180000-0x000000000619A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-86-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-85-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000005CAE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-84-0x00000000056C0000-0x0000000005A14000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-76-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000056B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-95-0x0000000002600000-0x000000000265F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-74-0x0000000004BB0000-0x0000000004BD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4348-73-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000005378000-memory.dmp

          memory/4656-116-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000000FEF000-memory.dmp