Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/04/2026, 17:27

General

  • Target
    c522eb2c07cca1f37b1807092f3722e6d9ad6183820ad44373f82392c1af80a0.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample260426-v1rx8sc16w
  • SHA256 c522eb2c07cca1f37b1807092f3722e6d9ad6183820ad44373f82392c1af80a0
  • 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
  • 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.

  • 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 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c522eb2c07cca1f37b1807092f3722e6d9ad6183820ad44373f82392c1af80a0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c522eb2c07cca1f37b1807092f3722e6d9ad6183820ad44373f82392c1af80a0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4592
    • 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:4600
    • 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:4780
    • 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:5948
    • 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:4752
    • 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:4932
    • 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:3808
  • 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:1492
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 7DB4BC5172FD7B6A97924E9E15EED6A0
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1324
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding D4C03FF6F4D6CDFA14B9890029B1A9FA
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5444
      • 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:3340
        • 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:1788
      • 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:2828
        • 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:4524
      • 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:308
        • 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:1728
      • 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:5360
        • 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:3216

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        e5848fe.rbs

        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5848fe.rbs
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 cb574c7fbdab81ccd9afbcd0ed873e9a953d3a8199c15732a4b91296aa35bee9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 8ef7a682dfd99ff5b7e9de0e1be43f0016d68695a43c33c028af2635cc15ecfe
        • 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 62dceaf2fc6f5857d5a2087b053d29d58bfc813022fa4889231dfd5e9f244751
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 c76410e49cf9549a7f1c1bdff42de8e04d7de7d08a61f23cd6658f73d76458ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 86ef3fdf0989dee49843da3a5b9a159dcfea779f5b27e78b5b98f36c3541633a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 0c06d29c2e4b7c22d3fcd947cfb7cb60e67317f3c479d7712fa8655dd4100821
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

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

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ylopb3gr.wah.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ylopb3gr.wah.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 ab1684bbe356559d5e69908115c2d13a3154bc26891cc253fcf2369f1fea8e7a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GNLFangWo.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\reqwuioip\GNLFangWo.tmp
        • Size 5.3MB
        • SHA256 2421988fca0454a20a28fb36c14330906d682fe2a62791e05a022611447566e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI4C66.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI4C66.tmp
        • Size 557KB
        • SHA256 e9e426b679b3efb233f03c696e997e2da3402f16a321e954b54454317fceb240
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSI56DA.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI56DA.tmp
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 eef31e9195cfacde7b4e7eb7384c8178d8811063b375fd4a28ae897cc180c6a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/308-296-0x000001829F710000-0x000001829FE4F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1324-315-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001A33000-memory.dmp

        memory/1324-325-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001A33000-memory.dmp

        memory/1492-314-0x0000015A0D2E0000-0x0000015A0DA1F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1728-289-0x000002C6CD060000-0x000002C6CD79F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-280-0x000001FA26A10000-0x000001FA2714F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2828-302-0x0000017AEE8F0000-0x0000017AEF02F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2828-226-0x0000017AEF230000-0x0000017AEF252000-memory.dmp

        memory/3216-290-0x000001B0E8790000-0x000001B0E8ECF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3340-295-0x000001DBEE820000-0x000001DBEEF5F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3808-144-0x00000000014D0000-0x0000000001670000-memory.dmp

        memory/3808-101-0x000000006F670000-0x000000006F6BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-284-0x00000194A5B90000-0x00000194A62CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-174-0x0000000000FA0000-0x0000000001027000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-173-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000756000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-326-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000756000-memory.dmp

        memory/4592-327-0x0000000000FA0000-0x0000000001027000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-54-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000062EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-4-0x0000000005090000-0x00000000056B8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-1-0x0000000002900000-0x0000000002936000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-10-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005C64000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-132-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000CF0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-57-0x000000006F670000-0x000000006F6BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-53-0x0000000005EE0000-0x0000000005EFE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-122-0x0000000007520000-0x0000000007528000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-2-0x0000000004A50000-0x0000000004A60000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-0-0x0000000004A50000-0x0000000004A60000-memory.dmp

        memory/4600-116-0x0000000007430000-0x000000000743E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4752-73-0x000000006F670000-0x000000006F6BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4752-100-0x0000000007590000-0x000000000759A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4752-89-0x00000000073F0000-0x0000000007493000-memory.dmp

        memory/4752-138-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000F30000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-3-0x00000000049A0000-0x00000000049B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-88-0x0000000006870000-0x000000000688E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-121-0x0000000007920000-0x000000000793A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-8-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004F36000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-117-0x0000000007820000-0x0000000007834000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-9-0x0000000004F40000-0x0000000004FA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-131-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005BC3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-109-0x0000000007860000-0x00000000078F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-110-0x00000000077E0000-0x00000000077F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-7-0x0000000004E30000-0x0000000004E52000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-56-0x000000006F670000-0x000000006F6BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4780-55-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-91-0x000000006F670000-0x000000006F6BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4932-135-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000E60000-memory.dmp

        memory/5360-301-0x0000028A68CB0000-0x0000028A693EF000-memory.dmp

        memory/5444-316-0x000001CD62480000-0x000001CD62BBF000-memory.dmp

        memory/5444-317-0x000001CD62480000-0x000001CD62BBF000-memory.dmp

        memory/5948-90-0x0000000007C30000-0x00000000082AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5948-5-0x0000000002940000-0x0000000002950000-memory.dmp

        memory/5948-6-0x0000000002940000-0x0000000002950000-memory.dmp

        memory/5948-141-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000F50000-memory.dmp

        memory/5948-92-0x00000000075F0000-0x000000000760A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5948-65-0x000000006F670000-0x000000006F6BC000-memory.dmp