asyncrat | dbfbf2c25085f7b789162d736584bd971fbb373f9d04495df79d28ede0f12226

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
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29/04/2026, 03:28

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General

Target
gatex.exe
Size 45KB
Sample260429-d1dbeab12m
SHA256 dbfbf2c25085f7b789162d736584bd971fbb373f9d04495df79d28ede0f12226
MD5 2d6004d2915cffb5f8fe0b7598546502
SHA1 2e4878409eb5d1f5057a3f07dccf5e5bb01d31da
SHA512 81a5b82b723e10fbfc2fc3b91b02824af249734e5d4798d71376584f6783a39a7febec9c2f89e938bf14185115a966c201f5d6e640920854f9148be30b666c11
SSDEEP 768:xu2z1T1tMfdWUdLO3mo2qzceeXKGoibbbQtN8/nPI65zjbzgX3iNET3a9aP85dBn:xu2z1T1y22OeDAtNKA653bsXSU3d85zn
TLSH
T1E8233B003BE8812BF2BF4F7899F26245867AF2633603D64A1CC451DB5713BC59A52AFD
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

default defense_evasion discovery execution asyncrat persistence rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

asyncrat

Version

0.5.8

Botnet

Default

www.almendrawinery.com:443
www.almendrawinery.com:80
www.almendrawinery.com:25
www.almendrawinery.com:8443
gatex.www.almendrawinery.com:443
gatex.www.almendrawinery.com:80
gatex.www.almendrawinery.com:25
gatex.www.almendrawinery.com:8443

Mutex

v9GxcnIgyeae

Attributes

delay
9
install
true
install_file
gatex.exe
install_folder
%AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

Family: AsyncRat
AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.
rat asyncrat

Async RAT payload 1 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000244a2-9.dat	family_asyncrat

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-721190819-434563495-2007910846-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	gatex.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3612	gatex.exe
2144	gatex.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	timeout.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	gatex.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	gatex.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	gatex.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
4640	timeout.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4656	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs

pid	Process
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe
4364	gatex.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4364	gatex.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3612	gatex.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3612	gatex.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 4156	4364	gatex.exe	85
PID 4364 wrote to memory of 4392	4364	gatex.exe	87
PID 4156 wrote to memory of 4656	4156	cmd.exe	89
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 4640	4392	cmd.exe	90
PID 4392 wrote to memory of 2144	4392	cmd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gatex.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gatex.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4364
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "gatex" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe"' & exit
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4156
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "gatex" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe"'
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4656
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2AD4.tmp.bat""
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4392
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout 3
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:4640
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2144

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3612

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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gatex.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\gatex.exe.log
Size 522B
SHA256 2412679218bb0a7d05ceee32869bbb223619bde9966c4c460a68304a3367724b
MD5 acc9090417037dfa2a55b46ed86e32b8
SHA1 53fa6fb25fb3e88c24d2027aca6ae492b2800a4d
SHA512 d51f7085ec147c708f446b9fb6923cd2fb64596d354ed929e125b30ace57c8cb3217589447a36960e5d3aea87a4e48aaa82c7509eced6d6c2cecd71fcfe3697b
TLSH
T11EF097303722E1E489423F521C1C3A9943EF079AA360EE2C3958036ED825227AB212E3
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tmp2AD4.tmp.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2AD4.tmp.bat
Size 149B
SHA256 67a3932b06e25289b0aae9b6e4b781bbeed45fafe132a35c0f60af6e99d554e7
MD5 4161b81795b982da32e4707263cdf566
SHA1 57fd1b942ed5f1ff2ce2b9d3cb63d35c74d4fcfb
SHA512 d7a3fac039d97ec575d61b4b1fe74d0e99daf961b585b19146c8cd23ca448aaed48dab8a00cc8724cb0ff013f79a8f62d4dbb0cd85b6802e90a28058e8acf189
TLSH
T192C02B4261CBEA6E2817545302FAD48CD17B7C593F41FB00C3CE400E1A8044AF4DD341
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gatex.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\gatex.exe
Size 45KB
SHA256 dbfbf2c25085f7b789162d736584bd971fbb373f9d04495df79d28ede0f12226
MD5 2d6004d2915cffb5f8fe0b7598546502
SHA1 2e4878409eb5d1f5057a3f07dccf5e5bb01d31da
SHA512 81a5b82b723e10fbfc2fc3b91b02824af249734e5d4798d71376584f6783a39a7febec9c2f89e938bf14185115a966c201f5d6e640920854f9148be30b666c11
SSDEEP 768:xu2z1T1tMfdWUdLO3mo2qzceeXKGoibbbQtN8/nPI65zjbzgX3iNET3a9aP85dBn:xu2z1T1y22OeDAtNKA653bsXSU3d85zn
TLSH
T1E8233B003BE8812BF2BF4F7899F26245867AF2633603D64A1CC451DB5713BC59A52AFD
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/2144-16-0x0000000002620000-0x000000000262A000-memory.dmp

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memory/2144-15-0x0000000004B30000-0x0000000004B8F000-memory.dmp

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memory/3612-14-0x0000000003010000-0x000000000301A000-memory.dmp

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memory/3612-13-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000056AF000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-0-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-1-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E00000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-2-0x0000000004EA0000-0x0000000004F3C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4364-7-0x0000000004D50000-0x0000000004DAF000-memory.dmp

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