Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    147s
  • 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, 03:48

General

  • Target
    b81dbd9727c421e193c4451efa1398cc101f4456c2d92959c5037bd585ff9f57.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample260419-ec7qsab19p
  • SHA256 b81dbd9727c421e193c4451efa1398cc101f4456c2d92959c5037bd585ff9f57
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: DonutLoader

    DonutLoader is a position-independent code that enables in-memory execution of VBScript, JScript, EXE, DLL files and dotNET assemblies.

  • Detects DonutLoader 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 12 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b81dbd9727c421e193c4451efa1398cc101f4456c2d92959c5037bd585ff9f57.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b81dbd9727c421e193c4451efa1398cc101f4456c2d92959c5037bd585ff9f57.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2040
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4820
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Dism.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4296
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'where.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension '.tmp'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4980
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension '.zip'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4784
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1600
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3CA8CBF5AD850333F7C08A8596C694B1
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4376
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3ED7E64043292436F7657CB6B614756F
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3164
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5028
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4288
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1788
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\ProgramData
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2116
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Dism.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1304
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess Dism.exe
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3372
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'where.exe'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2580
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess where.exe
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1824
      • C:\windows\system32\Dism.exe
        C:\windows\system32\Dism.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1236

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        e587d6b.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e587d6b.rbs
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 e3133f0246585467ec033c27a74c8b44e16bab4ea7c0c7e87222586b7827d19f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 0bded1126970780fec25cec7aa8d570b4908315888df8435d8898e5f014b1567
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 42891749a2fa905622282a7bf8be0f0bab76bd0d896d6ddc5a589a494930bf2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 3f0b615bef1e53cd42714f7feb2b85be37b0d3645f211f8d58be7e84ed6946ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 54a4129a1a733f5a60c1f8cc068df99f4e7df7ddf6d009e3e2b200dd2cee7918
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 64B
        • SHA256 168561fb18f8eba8043fa9fc4b8a95b628f2cf5584e5a3b96c9ebaf6dd740e3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 5a9e4969c6cdb5d522c81ce55799effb7255c1b0a9966a936d1dc3ff8fe2112d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_s4yc5hj5.nv2.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_s4yc5hj5.nv2.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        emjio.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\68-new-1.4.7-win-x64-setup\68-new-1.4.7-win-x64-setup\emjio.tmp
        • Size 383KB
        • SHA256 6c95be84ae43e12aab92ab9beab4e404a8f90d349376e8f6d17942d592a33bb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        resource.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\68-new-1.4.7-win-x64-setup\68-new-1.4.7-win-x64-setup\resource.png
        • Size 551KB
        • SHA256 230ec44a9074bae24cd56fd18491930ec3922438e9b434185385aa76bba50ecc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        h2758326582377474529.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\h2758326582377474529.ini
        • Size 26B
        • SHA256 232691c46c09fd9b105351b456bb04781e62e8713c722734e4ca25780665c0e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        HFngwqj.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\fhgbzvfj\HFngwqj.tmp
        • Size 5.2MB
        • SHA256 a155e768a43912cc539bd3f2d3aa789aa5372c74935586c72f2ed4a9654b4ad4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI8037.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8037.tmp
        • Size 557KB
        • SHA256 e9e426b679b3efb233f03c696e997e2da3402f16a321e954b54454317fceb240
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI8CBF.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI8CBF.tmp
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 eef31e9195cfacde7b4e7eb7384c8178d8811063b375fd4a28ae897cc180c6a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1236-328-0x000002AA29900000-0x000002AA2A03F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1236-325-0x000002AA2A120000-0x000002AA2A1F9000-memory.dmp

        memory/1304-304-0x000001B1206B0000-0x000001B120DEF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1304-303-0x000001B1080B0000-0x000001B1080BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1600-326-0x0000025AC0F70000-0x0000025AC16AF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-214-0x0000023DAC830000-0x0000023DAC852000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-302-0x0000023DAC0C0000-0x0000023DAC7FF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-301-0x0000023D93980000-0x0000023D9398C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1824-275-0x000002B558CA0000-0x000002B5593DF000-memory.dmp

        memory/1824-274-0x000002B5406C0000-0x000002B5406CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-0-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000D10000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-2-0x0000000002880000-0x00000000028B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-3-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000D10000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-83-0x0000000070230000-0x000000007027C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-115-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074B8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-7-0x0000000005220000-0x0000000005848000-memory.dmp

        memory/2040-55-0x0000000006370000-0x00000000063BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-288-0x0000015CF4070000-0x0000015CF47AF000-memory.dmp

        memory/2116-287-0x0000015CDBDB0000-0x0000015CDBDBC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-324-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000BB4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-317-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000BB4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-157-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000BB4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2580-280-0x00000199186D0000-0x0000019918E0F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2580-279-0x00000199001F0000-0x00000199001FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3164-323-0x0000015EACA40000-0x0000015EAD17F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3372-292-0x0000021E70040000-0x0000021E7077F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3372-291-0x0000021E57930000-0x0000021E5793C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-65-0x0000000070230000-0x000000007027C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-54-0x00000000068D0000-0x00000000068EE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-289-0x0000021F946D0000-0x0000021F946DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-290-0x0000021FAE600000-0x0000021FAED3F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4296-6-0x00000000030E0000-0x00000000030F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4296-5-0x00000000030E0000-0x00000000030F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4296-11-0x0000000005D60000-0x00000000060B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4296-75-0x0000000070230000-0x000000007027C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4784-101-0x0000000070230000-0x000000007027C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-74-0x0000000007500000-0x00000000075A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-111-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007871000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-4-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004DA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-8-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005372000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-10-0x0000000005BE0000-0x0000000005C46000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-56-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-57-0x0000000070230000-0x000000007027C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-1-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004DA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-73-0x00000000068C0000-0x00000000068DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-9-0x0000000005B70000-0x0000000005BD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-110-0x0000000007A70000-0x0000000007B06000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-109-0x0000000005220000-0x000000000522A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-100-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-114-0x0000000007B30000-0x0000000007B4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-91-0x0000000070230000-0x000000007027C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-99-0x0000000007E20000-0x000000000849A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-112-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007A2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-113-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007A44000-memory.dmp

        memory/5028-296-0x0000017EFC050000-0x0000017EFC78F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5028-295-0x0000017EFA050000-0x0000017EFA05C000-memory.dmp