Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    105s
  • max time network
    104s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/04/2026, 04:48

General

  • Target
    Cherax.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample260416-ffdsjsfv4k
  • SHA256 fdb00ca04a2241daf3466fedce4c2db0bf6d28b265af97da3f529375498c34dc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • discordrat

Attributes
  • discord_token

    MTQ4Mjg3ODM5NjQ5MjE1Mjk5Mg.Gbn_mb.wbXd4mb3kzO4I5zn0Zudzf4xqgzqOXcMIchGuA

  • server_id

    1482879817576611952

Signatures

  • Family: Discord RAT

    A RAT written in C# using Discord as a C2.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cherax.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cherax.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3680
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\CheraxLoader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\CheraxLoader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3124
      • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4212
        • C:\Windows\Temp\{5DA21F9B-A6C8-4EBF-B9D5-ED9527DD376D}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.exe
          "C:\Windows\Temp\{5DA21F9B-A6C8-4EBF-B9D5-ED9527DD376D}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.exe" -burn.clean.room="C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe" -burn.filehandle.attached=724 -burn.filehandle.self=728
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3100
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Client-built1.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Client-built1.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3972

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        CheraxLoader.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\CheraxLoader.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 ae348abf0227e0fe4c20c39c6ce043ca66ad81a885727801649d240a08e7599f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Client-built1.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Client-built1.exe
        • Size 78KB
        • SHA256 b0881c70ec7ec42eb554c0818a81440a0810857c53005fb54dcee4b41b3b94da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vc_redist.x64.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe
        • Size 24.4MB
        • SHA256 cc0ff0eb1dc3f5188ae6300faef32bf5beeba4bdd6e8e445a9184072096b713b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vc_redist.x64.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\{5DA21F9B-A6C8-4EBF-B9D5-ED9527DD376D}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.exe
        • Size 670KB
        • SHA256 568c9ba533624084ea18f7a562b4aa2249ed4e41281524a061a0d0b1008cf6bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        logo.png

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\{C83A7555-E8A2-474F-BD84-38EA78EAEB67}\.ba\logo.png
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 335a256d4779ec5dcf283d007fb56fd8211bbcaf47dcd70fe60ded6a112744ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        wixstdba.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\{C83A7555-E8A2-474F-BD84-38EA78EAEB67}\.ba\wixstdba.dll
        • Size 215KB
        • SHA256 e921f69b9fb4b5ad4691809d06896c5f1d655ab75e0ce94a372319c243c56d4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3100-77-0x00000000017C0000-0x000000000183B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3100-82-0x00000000017C0000-0x000000000183B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3972-27-0x00000209C7A40000-0x00000209C7C02000-memory.dmp

        memory/3972-26-0x00000209AD310000-0x00000209AD328000-memory.dmp

        memory/3972-76-0x00000209AD750000-0x00000209AD75C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4212-75-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A2B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4212-83-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A2B000-memory.dmp