Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    21/04/2026, 19:08

General

  • Target
    OperaGXSetup.exe
  • Size 3.6MB
  • Sample260421-xtltraaz5m
  • SHA256 12d10ec54f04652ff32fdd18eb4d71e2b23411f0f88303d9e4847a7f4c669bcd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaGXSetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3888
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS03FD90F7\installer.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS03FD90F7\installer.exe --server-tracking-blob=MTM5NGY0NGJiODgyY2Y1NjdiNzljZjNlNTlmMzFlY2Y5YzQyMDNhNmE4OTkxMWRhMmUxMjkyMTIzMGMzY2RmNDp7ImNvdW50cnkiOiJVUyIsImVkaXRpb24iOiJzdGQtMiIsImZhc3Rfb25ib2FyZGluZyI6e30sImluc3RhbGxlcl9uYW1lIjoiT3BlcmFHWFNldHVwLmV4ZSIsInByb2R1Y3QiOiJvcGVyYV9neCIsInF1ZXJ5IjoiL29wZXJhX2d4L3N0YWJsZS9lZGl0aW9uL3N0ZC0yP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9UFdOZ2FtZXMmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1wYSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249UFdOX1VTX1NWUl85NDgxX0REXzUzNDUmdXRtX2lkPTcxYTcxOTVmOWM5ZDQwY2I4N2YwZDU3ZWRhMmM3NmQ3IiwidGltZXN0YW1wIjoiMTc3NTU4MTQ4MS4yNzg4IiwidXNlcmFnZW50IjoiTW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgMTAuMDsgV2luNjQ7IHg2NCkgQXBwbGVXZWJLaXQvNTM3LjM2IChLSFRNTCwgbGlrZSBHZWNrbykgQ2hyb21lLzE0Ni4wLjAuMCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2IiwidXRtIjp7ImNhbXBhaWduIjoiUFdOX1VTX1NWUl85NDgxX0REXzUzNDUiLCJpZCI6IjcxYTcxOTVmOWM5ZDQwY2I4N2YwZDU3ZWRhMmM3NmQ3IiwibWVkaXVtIjoicGEiLCJzb3VyY2UiOiJQV05nYW1lcyJ9LCJ1dWlkIjoiN2FmNGRlNTEtOGFjMi00ODJkLWIyYmEtOTg3NTg2MDk5YzA4In0=
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3796
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS03FD90F7\installer.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS03FD90F7\installer.exe --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports" "--crash-count-file=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\crash_count.txt" --url=https://crashstats-collector-2.opera.com/ --annotation=channel=Stable --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=OperaDesktopGX --annotation=ver=129.0.5823.64 --initial-client-data=0x26c,0x270,0x274,0x248,0x278,0x7ff778dd8868,0x7ff778dd8874,0x7ff778dd8880
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4884
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\5f14269a-a3e0-4b83-96f9-353bdc60ba5f Opera GX Installer Temp\installer.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\5f14269a-a3e0-4b83-96f9-353bdc60ba5f Opera GX Installer Temp\installer.exe" --version
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1504

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        installer.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS03FD90F7\installer.exe
        • Size 8.1MB
        • SHA256 0d0064535a21d43342931657d08d112eb7476607dd3800bd38a6c6bdce7ce2f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        9478f421-41e3-45c6-81e5-f49d5b39aab6.dmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports\reports\9478f421-41e3-45c6-81e5-f49d5b39aab6.dmp
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 9d7b84b16171e8bed96d4b8654bb575f399677c037097715619b922372479d04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        settings.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera GX Stable\Crash Reports\settings.dat
        • Size 40B
        • SHA256 470af018d0563fccfb289966b23ea3491489f8e069508e99bc8b5d60a942f4e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1504-12-0x0000021D03260000-0x0000021D0338A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3796-29-0x0000020684BE0000-0x0000020684D0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4884-30-0x0000022FFB9D0000-0x0000022FFBAFA000-memory.dmp