Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/04/2026, 17:14

General

  • Target
    43d07375e536c94f430ca1088755b1807d1774936892220b62decfd5ca656c0c.exe
  • Size 3.3MB
  • Sample260425-vsdewaew9t
  • SHA256 43d07375e536c94f430ca1088755b1807d1774936892220b62decfd5ca656c0c
  • 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 12 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
  • Badlisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

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

  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\43d07375e536c94f430ca1088755b1807d1774936892220b62decfd5ca656c0c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\43d07375e536c94f430ca1088755b1807d1774936892220b62decfd5ca656c0c.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4544
    • 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'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5992
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Byp
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4156
    • 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'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1216
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -No
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2948
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass erence -ExclusionExtension '.tmp'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5168
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfil
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5180
  • 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:1196
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 40008293039F7884AFBF1CEC27AE481E
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4592
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 5689080E3C98CBAB1271CFE743638193
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1936
      • 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:6024
        • 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:5904
      • 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:436
        • 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:6136
      • 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:3580
        • 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:4260
      • 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:1300
        • 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:5648

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        e5825b6.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5825b6.rbs
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 a056c7b89ca7fbf0f92d8d0e6a0319245b4b3ab59be7ac33f6ebc2d5c6957777
        • 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

        ModuleAnalysisCache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
        • Size 53KB
        • SHA256 4ebde1c12625cb55034d47e5169f709b0bd02a8caa76b5b9854efad7f4710245
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 30bf8496e9a08f4fdfe4767abcd565f92b6da06ca1c7823a70cb7cab16262e51
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 adf65afaf1c83572f05a99bf2ede8eb7be1aab0717d5254f501d5e09ba6f587b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 64B
        • SHA256 4b7d0e3f0a5997d43fee330dfcdc54b7a0faa81af558ddb49d3c50c900ef3496
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 64B
        • SHA256 673a87b4f6ede14bd91569e7d20dd177c7046ef2ec82095ebad2f5b24c8a7cf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 2c42082be2718281fe2a2bf0136bf417ff214ce7c36bc22a40d23adb1d026632
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 64B
        • SHA256 423bf9cd93d4b7134d0fe70c2d8bef133b4041875c5d2725d4517a3e9cefbf58
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 2ae6e3f473d1bb5d3fb350e7f4361420068d8fc4ca9bb770d8d97c946217e553
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 87d1dd56f12a88907ba5aebca8d555443d6f77ed214497277cc8bcd31c669f2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 00f8a035324d39bd62e6dee5e1b480069015471c487ebee4479e6990ea9ddb14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_xbo0wlxq.owp.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_xbo0wlxq.owp.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 386KB
        • SHA256 2d56d856fc28407eb226850f3ced2941e51bf8b8599da7dc8c2af7a4337c8fbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        fky_d3.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\reqwuioip\fky_d3.zip
        • Size 5.3MB
        • SHA256 cad861d974e7f511d292e3d36970260c0b4855460752859a822ed50f5ad6e5bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI2853.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2853.tmp
        • Size 557KB
        • SHA256 e9e426b679b3efb233f03c696e997e2da3402f16a321e954b54454317fceb240
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI319F.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI319F.tmp
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 eef31e9195cfacde7b4e7eb7384c8178d8811063b375fd4a28ae897cc180c6a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/436-215-0x000001D2F5B20000-0x000001D2F5B28000-memory.dmp

        memory/1216-57-0x00000147FC620000-0x00000147FC628000-memory.dmp

        memory/1300-216-0x0000020A5B860000-0x0000020A5B868000-memory.dmp

        memory/2948-54-0x000001DEE4EA0000-0x000001DEE4EA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3580-219-0x0000015DF48A0000-0x0000015DF48A8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4156-117-0x000001146B200000-0x000001146B208000-memory.dmp

        memory/4156-18-0x000001146D350000-0x000001146D394000-memory.dmp

        memory/4156-27-0x000001146D630000-0x000001146D6A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4260-207-0x000002132FC60000-0x000002132FC68000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-86-0x00007FF6FC840000-0x00007FF6FCB4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-0-0x00007FF6FC840000-0x00007FF6FCB4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-250-0x00007FF6FC840000-0x00007FF6FCB4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4544-116-0x00007FF6FC840000-0x00007FF6FCB4B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-238-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A3F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-249-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A3F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5168-60-0x0000025840900000-0x0000025840908000-memory.dmp

        memory/5180-119-0x000001DF63080000-0x000001DF63088000-memory.dmp

        memory/5648-210-0x000001D3D9DF0000-0x000001D3D9DF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5904-222-0x00000279DA180000-0x00000279DA188000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-26-0x000001BD22770000-0x000001BD22778000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-2-0x000001BD3AE50000-0x000001BD3AE60000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-1-0x000001BD3AE50000-0x000001BD3AE60000-memory.dmp

        memory/5992-3-0x000001BD22B80000-0x000001BD22BA2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6024-225-0x000002706A750000-0x000002706A758000-memory.dmp

        memory/6136-206-0x000001BA8D830000-0x000001BA8D838000-memory.dmp