Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/05/2026, 14:14

General

  • Target
    Mad-Installer.exe
  • Size 13.0MB
  • Sample260503-rj96psev4j
  • SHA256 2ee90a1ea33cabb04324c4c81fbf5e10324555daa15a5ce1cca057c12e61b096
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mad-Installer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mad-Installer.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1108
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c cls
      2⤵
        PID:3672
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /F /IM Madium.exe /IM Loader.exe >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1548
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /F /IM Madium.exe /IM Loader.exe
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4400
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Madium\Bin\Madium.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Madium\Bin\Madium.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5136
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --webview-exe-name=Madium.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.0 --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView" --noerrdialogs --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --disable-features=msWebOOUI,msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection --lang=en-US --mojo-named-platform-channel-pipe=5136.5140.10053998474849928781
          3⤵
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2280
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=crashpad-handler --user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler --database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Crashpad --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=132.0.6834.160 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Edge WebView2" --annotation=ver=132.0.2957.140 --initial-client-data=0x160,0x164,0x168,0x13c,0x170,0x7ffc53a6b078,0x7ffc53a6b084,0x7ffc53a6b090
            4⤵
              PID:2164
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=gpu-process --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=Madium.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1704,i,11719277191223300450,8568317320195132075,262144 --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1700 /prefetch:2
              4⤵
                PID:4088
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=Madium.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2140,i,11719277191223300450,8568317320195132075,262144 --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2152 /prefetch:11
                4⤵
                  PID:5544
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=Madium.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2376,i,11719277191223300450,8568317320195132075,262144 --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2388 /prefetch:13
                  4⤵
                    PID:2372
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=Madium.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --js-flags="--harmony-weak-refs-with-cleanup-some --expose-gc --ms-user-locale=" --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3588,i,11719277191223300450,8568317320195132075,262144 --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3608 /prefetch:1
                    4⤵
                      PID:664
              • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /0
                1⤵
                • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
                • Checks processor information in registry
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
                • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
                PID:2744
              • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -p -s NPSMSvc
                1⤵
                  PID:2844

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      settings.dat

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                      • Size 280B
                      • SHA256 d21c8470381c67758d4fe076fff52244691a50267652364b5e84702a08ac3eba
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      settings.dat

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                      • Size 280B
                      • SHA256 336060ed3561ef7e82f019f99fa187f4fa6ead4e1d70fb584f3a4024e8880dff
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      throttle_store.dat

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Crashpad\throttle_store.dat
                      • Size 20B
                      • SHA256 41c91a9c93d76295746a149dce7ebb3b9ee2cb551d84365fff108e59a61cc304
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      f_000008

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000008
                      • Size 38KB
                      • SHA256 38e37c856e4c7c8c3556dddc8bf1b4cf728ddda639c2ce8cd51c0bf577c00a63
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      the-real-index

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
                      • Size 48B
                      • SHA256 8fa175298f9048ff97564f81f0a80acbb2e88fa90c461b7d40ddef019fc0397d
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      the-real-index

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
                      • Size 456B
                      • SHA256 f984dec786c76cc993d8d977cc67eb2d61cfbd05a4a8b983f45f7c4734d9829b
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      data_0

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      data_1

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_1
                      • Size 264KB
                      • SHA256 902f30c1fb0597d0734bc34b979ec5d131f8f39a4b71b338083821216ec8d61b
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      data_2

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      data_3

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      MANIFEST-000001

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Extension Rules\MANIFEST-000001
                      • Size 41B
                      • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      Network Persistent State

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Network\Network Persistent State
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 bb5465f41197122707dbfa9b0bc52a7a06ed21168e4ab6f4082b69be6b934600
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      Network Persistent State~RFe5a2397.TMP

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Network\Network Persistent State~RFe5a2397.TMP
                      • Size 59B
                      • SHA256 226eec4486509917aa336afebd6ff65777b75b65f1fb06891d2a857a9421a974
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                      • Size 2B
                      • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      Preferences

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Preferences
                      • Size 6KB
                      • SHA256 53f2ce5cea37627900ee1350a59c8bb9c9070151606720781eb950bb8db18c5e
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Preferences~RFe5a2387.TMP

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Preferences~RFe5a2387.TMP
                      • Size 6KB
                      • SHA256 0c87cc206b6780c773789d67291bb3f54488deccfea4d14a9841899f9f47b248
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      CURRENT

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Default\Site Characteristics Database\CURRENT
                      • Size 16B
                      • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      Local State

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Local State
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 307029c584575d4bb2e37d3c15a917d020b12c887e1af886075596cd798fa702
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      Local State

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Local State
                      • Size 2KB
                      • SHA256 db07af3b718a75264d377235b1ec3ca58bfb523f8e9803d62332c1502ea90688
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      Local State

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Local State
                      • Size 3KB
                      • SHA256 fb390a4ec585dcba4baa8a2072549ce1e7ccea7738799420128f50dc3fb70031
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      Local State

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Local State
                      • Size 16KB
                      • SHA256 76090ecd05d0e95861bd5236e8ffe3ce28d6e4147f265c87e067380430b3643c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Local State

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Local State
                      • Size 16KB
                      • SHA256 f8fb08a636c7717503aef13157a11e11bf056dee173c9f48eb9709fed1e71bc9
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Local State~RFe598c96.TMP

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.madium.app\EBWebView\Local State~RFe598c96.TMP
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 cb2d8ba55fc883fd4dac11fb82d24bd1b4865617599b1737e1bac279604fb34c
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      Madium.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Madium\Bin\Madium.exe
                      • Size 15.0MB
                      • SHA256 edaf6676fe03d0a552f07d7fd438f34d8fe79612c80a365cb42fba679bbea530
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      memory/664-214-0x00007FFC73040000-0x00007FFC73041000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-70-0x00007FF774903000-0x00007FF7750EE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-8-0x00007FF7748B0000-0x00007FF775DE6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-0-0x00007FF774903000-0x00007FF7750EE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-63-0x00007FF7748B0000-0x00007FF775DE6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-62-0x000001B056CA0000-0x000001B056CAC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-1-0x00007FFC745D0000-0x00007FFC745D2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-2-0x00007FF7748B0000-0x00007FF775DE6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-5-0x00007FF7748B0000-0x00007FF775DE6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-6-0x00007FF774903000-0x00007FF7750EE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1108-7-0x000001B056CA0000-0x000001B056CAC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-30-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-35-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-23-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-24-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-25-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-34-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-33-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-32-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-31-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2744-29-0x00000289BBDD0000-0x00000289BBDD1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4088-90-0x00007FFC73040000-0x00007FFC73041000-memory.dmp