Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/04/2026, 11:38

General

  • Target
    Client.exe
  • Size 25KB
  • Sample260419-nrsd3sd151
  • SHA256 4ad18701b8a5839c50f968e152b0e80d2c9abad36bdf0172d5b92c0ef6d7a58b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may use port monitors to run an adversary supplied DLL during system boot for persistence or privilege escalation.

  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 6 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies Shared Task Scheduler registry keys 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Time Providers 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The Windows Time service (W32Time) enables time synchronization across and within domains.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

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

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 36 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 16 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 47 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3640
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sfx_54d1bf61-e758-4d62-87b9-159e30db0b8e\svchost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sfx_54d1bf61-e758-4d62-87b9-159e30db0b8e\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5300
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sfx_54d1bf61-e758-4d62-87b9-159e30db0b8e\ShellHost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sfx_54d1bf61-e758-4d62-87b9-159e30db0b8e\ShellHost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5256
      • C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe" "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /deny Everyone:(DE,WD)
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:5500
      • C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe"
        3⤵
        • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors
        • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
        • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection
        • Modifies Shared Task Scheduler registry keys
        • Drops startup file
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Time Providers
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • Modifies Control Panel
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        • System policy modification
        PID:816
        • C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\65dc1a62\wininit.exe" /deny Everyone:(DE,WD)
          4⤵
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:3656
        • C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe" "C:\Windows\System32\65dc1a62\winlogon.exe" /deny Everyone:(DE,WD)
          4⤵
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:5512
        • C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\icacls.exe" "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /deny Everyone:(DE,WD)
          4⤵
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:5616
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdate"
          4⤵
            PID:1904
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdate" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onlogon /rl highest /f
            4⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:6076
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateStartup"
            4⤵
              PID:6084
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateStartup" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onstart /rl highest /f
              4⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:5804
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateIdle"
              4⤵
                PID:1432
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateIdle" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onidle /i 1 /rl highest /f
                4⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:5652
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateHourly"
                4⤵
                  PID:5476
                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                  "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateHourly" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc hourly /mo 1 /rl highest /f
                  4⤵
                  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                  PID:3344
                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                  "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateDaily"
                  4⤵
                    PID:3964
                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                    "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateDaily" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc daily /rl highest /f
                    4⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:3120
                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                    "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateWeekly"
                    4⤵
                      PID:2024
                    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateWeekly" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc weekly /d MON /rl highest /f
                      4⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:5192
                    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSystem"
                      4⤵
                        PID:5188
                      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                        "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSystem" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onevent /ec System /mo *[System[EventID=1]] /rl highest /f
                        4⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:4428
                      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                        "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSecurity"
                        4⤵
                          PID:1660
                        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                          "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSecurity" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onevent /ec Security /mo *[System[EventID=4624]] /rl highest /f
                          4⤵
                          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                          PID:248
                  • C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe
                    C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe
                    1⤵
                    • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
                    • Modifies Shared Task Scheduler registry keys
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Adds Run key to start application
                    • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                    • Modifies registry class
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    • System policy modification
                    PID:5892
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdate"
                      2⤵
                        PID:5788
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdate" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onlogon /rl highest /f
                        2⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:5732
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateStartup"
                        2⤵
                          PID:5724
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateStartup" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onstart /rl highest /f
                          2⤵
                          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                          PID:4728
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateIdle"
                          2⤵
                            PID:4576
                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                            "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateIdle" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onidle /i 1 /rl highest /f
                            2⤵
                            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                            PID:5244
                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                            "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateHourly"
                            2⤵
                              PID:4432
                            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                              "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateHourly" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc hourly /mo 1 /rl highest /f
                              2⤵
                              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                              PID:3844
                            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                              "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateDaily"
                              2⤵
                                PID:5016
                              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateDaily" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc daily /rl highest /f
                                2⤵
                                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                PID:3636
                              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateWeekly"
                                2⤵
                                  PID:4692
                                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                  "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateWeekly" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc weekly /d MON /rl highest /f
                                  2⤵
                                  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                  PID:3164
                                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                  "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSystem"
                                  2⤵
                                    PID:4652
                                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                    "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSystem" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onevent /ec System /mo *[System[EventID=1]] /rl highest /f
                                    2⤵
                                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                    PID:4968
                                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                    "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSecurity"
                                    2⤵
                                      PID:1700
                                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                      "schtasks" /create /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSecurity" /tr "C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe" /sc onevent /ec Security /mo *[System[EventID=4624]] /rl highest /f
                                      2⤵
                                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                      PID:3148
                                  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
                                    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:4404
                                    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
                                      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\license.rtf" /o ""
                                      1⤵
                                      • Drops file in System32 directory
                                      • Checks processor information in registry
                                      • Enumerates system info in registry
                                      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
                                      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                                      PID:5816
                                    • C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe
                                      C:\ProgramData\1ed6b1a7.exe
                                      1⤵
                                      • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
                                      • Modifies Shared Task Scheduler registry keys
                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                      • Adds Run key to start application
                                      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                                      • Modifies registry class
                                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                      • System policy modification
                                      PID:4716
                                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                        "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdate"
                                        2⤵
                                          PID:2236
                                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                          "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateStartup"
                                          2⤵
                                            PID:3428
                                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                            "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateIdle"
                                            2⤵
                                              PID:3808
                                            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                              "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateHourly"
                                              2⤵
                                                PID:736
                                              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                                "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateDaily"
                                                2⤵
                                                  PID:780
                                                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                                  "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateWeekly"
                                                  2⤵
                                                    PID:2164
                                                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                                    "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSystem"
                                                    2⤵
                                                      PID:3240
                                                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                                      "schtasks" /query /tn "WindowsUpdateEventSecurity"
                                                      2⤵
                                                        PID:5172

                                                    Network

                                                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                                          Downloads

                                                          ShellHost.exe

                                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sfx_54d1bf61-e758-4d62-87b9-159e30db0b8e\ShellHost.exe
                                                          • Size 28KB
                                                          • SHA256 9ad7741f164c4c8f9bb34625f9efb7965948d8fd4c575edbaa9b858a25e85a69
                                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                          svchost.exe

                                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sfx_54d1bf61-e758-4d62-87b9-159e30db0b8e\svchost.exe
                                                          • Size 15KB
                                                          • SHA256 e94eaae45af8eed5f921636d87f954816dd2618da99fdffb378a579114c77746
                                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                          index.dat

                                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office\Recent\index.dat
                                                          • Size 421B
                                                          • SHA256 0c4b94f1987266ef8be55a0408cc94f7610a26775b79a099e7743abc9d0e0647
                                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                          memory/816-46-0x000000001B4F0000-0x000000001B4FC000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/816-47-0x000000001B550000-0x000000001B5BF000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/816-145-0x000000001B550000-0x000000001B5BF000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/816-51-0x000000001B550000-0x000000001B5BF000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/3640-3-0x00000000013D0000-0x00000000013E2000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/3640-0-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000B78000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/3640-1-0x00000000013A0000-0x00000000013AA000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/3640-4-0x000000001B7F0000-0x000000001B800000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/4404-66-0x000001B6A0E60000-0x000001B6A0EBD000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/4716-149-0x000000001BD40000-0x000000001BDAF000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/4716-143-0x000000001BD40000-0x000000001BDAF000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/4716-142-0x000000001B720000-0x000000001B72C000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5256-29-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F3E000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-134-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-135-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-92-0x00007FFCD0710000-0x00007FFCD0720000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-88-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-93-0x00007FFCD0710000-0x00007FFCD0720000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-91-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-89-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-90-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-136-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-137-0x0000013495BA0000-0x0000013495BFD000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-133-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5816-87-0x00007FFCD32B0000-0x00007FFCD32C0000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5892-53-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C7F000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5892-49-0x0000000002C10000-0x0000000002C7F000-memory.dmp

                                                          memory/5892-48-0x0000000001230000-0x000000000123C000-memory.dmp