Overview

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DarthAqua.exe

windows10-ltsc_2021-x64

8

Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    86s
  • max time network
    90s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/04/2026, 19:27

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General

  • Target
    DarthAqua.exe
  • Size 6.3MB
  • Sample260429-x6bvbabs4l
  • SHA256 ef5ecf10fd23d5cbc23071b0600bb9965529b371440adedb781b510972bfd0a9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
defense_evasiondiscoveryexploit

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 2 IoCs
    exploit
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
    discovery
  • File and Directory Permissions Modification: Windows File and Directory Permissions Modification 1 TTPs
    defense_evasion
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DarthAqua.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DarthAqua.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3100
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DarthAqua.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DarthAqua.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3760
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c chcp 1251
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3440
        • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
          chcp 1251
          4⤵
            PID:4972
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c fsutil file createnew "\\.\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\con.MADE_BY_AQUA" 9663628492
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5028
          • C:\Windows\system32\fsutil.exe
            fsutil file createnew "\\.\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\con.MADE_BY_AQUA" 9663628492
            4⤵
              PID:3172
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c takeown /f "C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe" /a
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2384
            • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
              takeown /f "C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe" /a
              4⤵
              • Possible privilege escalation attempt
              • Modifies file permissions
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4884
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c icacls "C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe" /grant administrators:F
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5060
            • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
              icacls "C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe" /grant administrators:F
              4⤵
              • Possible privilege escalation attempt
              • Modifies file permissions
              PID:1300
      • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
        1⤵
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        PID:4356
      • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:3728
        • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
          "C:\Windows\explorer.exe"
          1⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          PID:1808

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              VCRUNTIME140.dll
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\VCRUNTIME140.dll
              • Size 96KB
              • SHA256 d66c3b47091ceb3f8d3cc165a43d285ae919211a0c0fcb74491ee574d8d464f8
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              _bz2.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\_bz2.pyd
              • Size 81KB
              • SHA256 5843872d5e2b08f138a71fe9ba94813afee59c8b48166d4a8eb0f606107a7e80
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              _ctypes.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\_ctypes.pyd
              • Size 120KB
              • SHA256 e662d2b35bb48c5f3432bde79c0d20313238af800968ba0faa6ea7e7e5ef4535
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              _decimal.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\_decimal.pyd
              • Size 245KB
              • SHA256 d0df57988a74acd50b2d261e8b5f2c25da7b940ec2aafbee444c277552421e6e
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              _hashlib.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\_hashlib.pyd
              • Size 62KB
              • SHA256 39bc615842a176db72d4e0558f3cdcae23ab0623ad132f815d21dcfbfd4b110e
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              _lzma.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\_lzma.pyd
              • Size 154KB
              • SHA256 613de58e4a9a80eff8f8bc45c350a6eaebf89f85ffd2d7e3b0b266bf0888a60a
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              _socket.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\_socket.pyd
              • Size 76KB
              • SHA256 39715ef8d043354f0ab15f62878530a38518fb6192bc48da6a098498e8d35769
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              base_library.zip
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\base_library.zip
              • Size 1.4MB
              • SHA256 7beac6ee5574acae80865ba8b0ab29e90c8349e134a0ee719ee955edc8360789
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              libcrypto-1_1.dll
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\libcrypto-1_1.dll
              • Size 3.3MB
              • SHA256 976ce72efd0a8aeeb6e21ad441aa9138434314ea07f777432205947cdb149541
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              libffi-8.dll
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\libffi-8.dll
              • Size 34KB
              • SHA256 128a583e821e52b595eb4b3dda17697d3ca456ee72945f7ecce48ededad0e93c
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              python311.dll
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\python311.dll
              • Size 5.5MB
              • SHA256 a0cf640e756875c25c12b4a38ba5f2772e8e512036e2ac59eb8567bf05ffbfb7
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              select.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\select.pyd
              • Size 28KB
              • SHA256 0046eb32f873cde62cf29af02687b1dd43154e9fd10e0aa3d8353d3debb38790
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              unicodedata.pyd
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI31002\unicodedata.pyd
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 ecf7836aa0d36b5880eb6f799ec402b1f2e999f78bfff6fb9a942d1d8d0b9baa
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              memory/4356-33-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-34-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-35-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-40-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-45-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-44-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-43-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-42-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-41-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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              memory/4356-39-0x000001F74DF90000-0x000001F74DF91000-memory.dmp
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