Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    16s
  • max time network
    42s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/04/2026, 01:41

General

  • Target
    SpotifyFullSetup.exe
  • Size 100.4MB
  • Sample260419-b4actabs6l
  • SHA256 c8f01ea8a1c8fce3bdb2664c2c5047f619ca75fa99e999f1ae81999f4ee01710
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
4/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotifyFullSetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotifyFullSetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3248
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
      Spotify.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4228
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:4 --max-uploads=5 --max-db-size=20 --max-db-age=5 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://crashdump.spotify.com:443/ --annotation=platform=win32 --annotation=product=spotify --annotation=version=1.2.53.440 --initial-client-data=0x424,0x428,0x42c,0x420,0x430,0x747f2c90,0x747f2c9c,0x747f2ca8
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2416
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=gpu-process --string-annotations=is-enterprise-managed=no --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/131.0.6778.109 Spotify/1.2.53.440" --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --field-trial-handle=2212,i,8077854453402987842,16943284149408367235,262144 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr --variations-seed-version --enable-logging=handle --log-file=2216 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2208 /prefetch:2
        3⤵
          PID:1704
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --string-annotations=is-enterprise-managed=no --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/131.0.6778.109 Spotify/1.2.53.440" --field-trial-handle=2020,i,8077854453402987842,16943284149408367235,262144 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr --variations-seed-version --enable-logging=handle --log-file=2068 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2324 /prefetch:3
          3⤵
            PID:868
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --string-annotations=is-enterprise-managed=no --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/131.0.6778.109 Spotify/1.2.53.440" --field-trial-handle=2524,i,8077854453402987842,16943284149408367235,262144 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr --variations-seed-version --enable-logging=handle --log-file=2564 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2548 /prefetch:8
            3⤵
              PID:2696
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations=is-enterprise-managed=no --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/131.0.6778.109 Spotify/1.2.53.440" --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --disable-gpu-compositing --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=6 --field-trial-handle=4928,i,8077854453402987842,16943284149408367235,262144 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr --variations-seed-version --enable-logging=handle --log-file=4952 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4948 /prefetch:1
              3⤵
                PID:992
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=chrome.mojom.ProcessorMetrics --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --string-annotations=is-enterprise-managed=no --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify" --log-severity=disable --user-agent-product="Chrome/131.0.6778.109 Spotify/1.2.53.440" --field-trial-handle=5776,i,8077854453402987842,16943284149408367235,262144 --disable-features=BackForwardCache,PartitionAllocDanglingPtr,PartitionAllocUnretainedDanglingPtr --variations-seed-version --enable-logging=handle --log-file=5792 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=5788 /prefetch:8
                3⤵
                  PID:2760

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

                  Replay Monitor

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                  Downloads

                  data_0

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
                  • Size 8KB
                  • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  data_1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_1
                  • Size 264KB
                  • SHA256 902f30c1fb0597d0734bc34b979ec5d131f8f39a4b71b338083821216ec8d61b
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  data_2

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2
                  • Size 8KB
                  • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  data_3

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
                  • Size 8KB
                  • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  CURRENT

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Extension Rules\CURRENT
                  • Size 16B
                  • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  MANIFEST-000001

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Extension Scripts\MANIFEST-000001
                  • Size 41B
                  • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                  • Size 2B
                  • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  Local State

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Local State
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 c3c45c0e1d49d56afc6d6feebbeb7df2dc2620afb556ee7a0b0be7d2fcf318e1
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  Local State

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Local State
                  • Size 2KB
                  • SHA256 ad34b534667284f118ef7c0fa27528293b627ccd20ab5b6d9f8d49a1075c93b6
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  Local State~RFe587c5f.TMP

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\Local State~RFe587c5f.TMP
                  • Size 951B
                  • SHA256 71709f3a2b6f7edb4148069df4ecc208799bc2c370d7da599e529f0e07d5b288
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  settings.dat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad\settings.dat
                  • Size 56B
                  • SHA256 e5816f02bed0cb6df21cb908239bed04625a8ea6069008c961640de028f7357f
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  000002.dbtmp

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\public.ldb\000002.dbtmp
                  • Size 16B
                  • SHA256 1005a525006f148c86efcbfb36c6eac091b311532448010f70f7de9a68007167
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  login.spa

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Apps\login.spa
                  • Size 3.5MB
                  • SHA256 4b334c2a786a13d0b4040641166871a7fe8a656cb5c827fa5355e446afc57ddf
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  Spotify.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                  • Size 26.5MB
                  • SHA256 18dc2d41372e508464b50ef0d2ebf72a0b22bf3d7554a7224f3c99ff928a6583
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  Spotify.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                  • Size 9.5MB
                  • SHA256 5c1d9db0f776834a22074607b122cc803e3a30f803d9ee2a40234cd8bcb1d89b
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  chrome_100_percent.pak

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_100_percent.pak
                  • Size 674KB
                  • SHA256 275b004dcf3aaf698b0ee9e6b9c58126843d2a8aac676253247cbb52f4c37251
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  chrome_200_percent.pak

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_200_percent.pak
                  • Size 1.0MB
                  • SHA256 106d075bfc082ddc28bd791bc0be9889590d76f5a167e63a32df023b2cee24da
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  chrome_elf.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_elf.dll
                  • Size 1.1MB
                  • SHA256 6fb35ece1976e801cc9bb72369ad3030e41a9e349851f98c61f2dd6edb7f38fd
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  crash_reporter.cfg

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\crash_reporter.cfg
                  • Size 577B
                  • SHA256 a8604331230c5c06d2c818d1a5654a2115e0259cfc3e643ffd83d58fd9e8de48
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  d3dcompiler_47.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\d3dcompiler_47.dll
                  • Size 3.9MB
                  • SHA256 0f724ee112b2bd1f7ab2d75f2d1cda58b1a709df84fde6efb0ef05a964df66ad
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  icudtl.dat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\icudtl.dat
                  • Size 10.0MB
                  • SHA256 83c9dda91a7ee30db25f8efb3929989d38f823e91aad0ab2097d9cc8dfcc7f3d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  libEGL.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libEGL.dll
                  • Size 395KB
                  • SHA256 6f9b16574869189af9d17b788785acd905e6397ae455d3903dbd91cdedd4dc5b
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  libGLESv2.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\libGLESv2.dll
                  • Size 7.0MB
                  • SHA256 103da88ec7d6e0725d08780e623e2482c38a604a7b244fbb9dde51aa4b61a855
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  en-US.pak

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en-US.pak
                  • Size 504KB
                  • SHA256 85bd0e493bb2e25c8b065f9f5373f577002ed4e6ee902c69b916602905cc0925
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  en.mo

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\en.mo
                  • Size 16KB
                  • SHA256 1f5e1c707a5d265dd406a5886206c9686620834f95db1a985bbe2b4de1161ec1
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  resources.pak

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\resources.pak
                  • Size 8.5MB
                  • SHA256 ba9ac61f39b358b989bd5faa9538ef7679415e24e6b72da3adda19c9ab3cc665
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  v8_context_snapshot.bin

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\v8_context_snapshot.bin
                  • Size 673KB
                  • SHA256 51cd1b22ca273538149af4dcfcbf6e3d107c57139386e258c37a20231a1173c2
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  vk_swiftshader.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\vk_swiftshader.dll
                  • Size 4.5MB
                  • SHA256 4c351e2f628d2aa859400509a594f80c7699a7fe2aef8cf8b5de6915253b4388
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  vk_swiftshader_icd.json

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
                  • Size 106B
                  • SHA256 32d83ff113fef532a9f97e0d2831f8656628ab1c99e9060f0332b1532839afd9
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  vulkan-1.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\vulkan-1.dll
                  • Size 757KB
                  • SHA256 72f61a7c8d73adb806768b7ec1e87ddf4b6335a6f53c91e50f9019d6d83cbad7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/1704-287-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000001C06000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2416-212-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000001C06000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4228-303-0x000000000E660000-0x000000000EA9C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4228-424-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000001C06000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4228-197-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000001C06000-memory.dmp