Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 02:21

General

  • Target
    left4dead2.exe
  • Size 356KB
  • Sample260502-ctafhact2j
  • SHA256 7223483544111e6a8b3865dd83d73f5543760c9050ec6b25c332bd5d9731e6b9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs
  • Network Service Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt to gather information on host's network.

  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\left4dead2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\left4dead2.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5040
  • C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\GameBarPresenceWriter.exe" -ServerName:Windows.Gaming.GameBar.Internal.PresenceWriterServer
    1⤵
    • Network Service Discovery
    PID:1292
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:656
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k BcastDVRUserService -s BcastDVRUserService
    1⤵
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:4984

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        desktop.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Captures\desktop.ini
        • Size 190B
        • SHA256 86d9f822aeb989755fac82929e8db369b3f5f04117ef96fd76e3d5f920a501d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/656-14-0x00000199A4AC0000-0x00000199A4BEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/656-16-0x00000199A4AC0000-0x00000199A4BEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/656-19-0x00000199A4AC0000-0x00000199A4BEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/656-20-0x00000199A4AC0000-0x00000199A4BEA000-memory.dmp