Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    48s
  • max time network
    46s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/04/2026, 01:16

General

  • Target
    WMIC_protected.exe
  • Size 3.7MB
  • Sample260428-bmt1wsb17s
  • SHA256 3a19053cbd16eb45d7a44e3d4d390a6f218e135cf038f6c8238d640cf38e79a7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • 45.61.151.135:7070

Mutex
  • i8vCBL1ESnFx

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    WMI Provider Host.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Suricata alert: AsyncRAT Malware Default X.509 Certificate Detected - Inbound 2 IoCs

    Network activity triggered a Suricata alert

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Themida packer 3 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WMIC_protected.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WMIC_protected.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suricata alert: AsyncRAT Malware Default X.509 Certificate Detected - Inbound
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3736
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "WMI Provider Host" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WMI Provider Host.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3164
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "WMI Provider Host" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WMI Provider Host.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4204
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "WMIC_protected"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3076
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /delete /f /tn "WMIC_protected"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1032
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8BD0.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2124
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3216

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmp8BD0.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8BD0.tmp.bat
        • Size 166B
        • SHA256 28e5fbf68137218149da8957d08847bbd9750095daa0e48f9b6df8977ac4d1ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3216-48-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-20-0x0000000006A40000-0x0000000006AA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DA4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DA4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-7-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-8-0x0000000005550000-0x00000000055EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DA4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-10-0x00000000766C6000-0x00000000766C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-12-0x0000000001370000-0x000000000142B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-13-0x00000000055F0000-0x00000000055F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-14-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-15-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-22-0x0000000007290000-0x00000000072F8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DA4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000DA4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-19-0x0000000006430000-0x00000000069D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-23-0x0000000007340000-0x000000000735E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-24-0x00000000074B0000-0x0000000007542000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-28-0x0000000007880000-0x000000000795A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-33-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007AC4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-40-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-42-0x0000000001370000-0x000000000142B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-44-0x0000000007880000-0x000000000795A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-2-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-39-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-21-0x0000000007210000-0x0000000007286000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-47-0x00000000766B0000-0x00000000767A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3736-1-0x00000000766C6000-0x00000000766C7000-memory.dmp