Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
91s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
07/05/2026, 22:56
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
setup.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
setup.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target setup.exe
- Size 75.3MB
- Sample260507-2wt1csbv4v
- SHA256 010a6faa2861750b9b9ac629c018352d5f8fc67089941c40eed94c18cef3ca9e
- MD5 c838a9ba02c68f93b22699d2d134a33e
- SHA1 9e72fc72d5b261d7dbe195ce54b65a14bf9ca92a
- SHA512 e986007e0aafaf4cc85583e4c0abee7d1962ddf6c703b8788fb5824f4965f476fe4bf5cc3a81d56d80557283dd1f2c0c9a48f03c839c7c0a90b9082c8a11854e
- SSDEEP 1572864:lyMKoU3lBq+psVGLHL7W/At+BgzhbZXvtHucpqFq12wIiwHTPb:0o08GLHu4oazjXv4yCK2Nbb
- TLSH T14C08334574420C88D32F94741EE5C6F16D6C3C193EBCC94F9ACCBE6BBB30A86592689D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Riot Vanguard = "\"C:\\Program Files\\Riot Vanguard\\vgtray.exe\"" vgc.exe - Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\desktop.ini vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\desktop.ini vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\desktop.ini vgc.exe - Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger 3 IoCs
pid Process 2528 vgc.exe 1828 vgc.exe 3520 vgc.exe - Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 22 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\log-uploader.exe vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgrl.dll vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgk.sys vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\Logs\vgc_2026-05-07_23-58-19.log vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\desktop.ini vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\Logs\vgc_2026-05-07_23-57-47.log vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\installer.exe vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.ico vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgm.exe vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgtray.exe vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\log-uploader.exe vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.ico vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgk.sys vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgm.exe vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgrl.dll vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgtray.exe vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\desktop.ini vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\desktop.ini vgc.exe File created C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\Logs\vgc_2026-05-07_23-58-04.log vgc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\installer.exe vgc.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\vgkbootstatus.dat vgc.exe - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 5088 installer.exe 2528 vgc.exe 1828 vgc.exe 1784 vgk.sys 3520 vgc.exe - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 5088 installer.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language setup.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
pid Process 5088 installer.exe 5088 installer.exe 5088 installer.exe 5088 installer.exe 5088 installer.exe 5088 installer.exe 2528 vgc.exe 2528 vgc.exe 1828 vgc.exe 1828 vgc.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1300 wrote to memory of 5088 1300 setup.exe 80
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1300 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\installer.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\installer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:5088 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\vgc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\vgc.exe" --driver-mode 1 --use-current-process3⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2528
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C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe"C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe"1⤵
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1828
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C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgk.sys"C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgk.sys"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1784
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C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe"C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe"1⤵
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Suspicious use of NtCreateThreadExHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3520
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\desktop.ini
- Size 174B
- SHA256 4705ba6793dc93c1bbe2a9e790e9e22778d217531b1750471206fd5c52bbd2b5
- MD5 6383522c180badc4e1d5c30a5c4f4913
- SHA1 62a30e96459b694f7b22d730c460a65cd2ebaaca
- SHA512 7cf603201e13fb85873c9aa07388429cbd1ea1fbf5ee9fc785d1ca4da0cf565db70e705636bf62f600fc6c5e16fd9395a8f92cd7d60882d015dbfb087fb33f54
- TLSH T169C08028D2E9311041718D32BC749001DBB1F4212C17CF5E16C0518B08A0605E732743
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\installer.exe
- Size 4.3MB
- SHA256 26cd23c792f0b7378736103f32229071035223272de52ffb721ca923a974d609
- MD5 94a4b3c15014a07c418d2c03d4283fda
- SHA1 2d8d04d2bcb811db3d0cacd0eeab809a8ddc0571
- SHA512 5f47221987bb7805f94015267751ec6581dbc4f78f7a35d6ca37d51b007af5e333ab1a9c9c20728b4574f912ef1bd463a040d5aa8af9dc123f34c4360d9fd116
- SSDEEP 49152:uGtlqSOIU6iQVwASOT/lTHQweL+VsQoN4e6b/XfJVyoYf+nlOWQgjfcRqihNncvH:X+QRvyo6xc0eveWyzOYoB
- TLSH T1DC268D5AB7A400E8D4BAC138C5568633D7B1BC5617B097DB12A0A67A1F73AE11F3FB40
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\log-uploader.exe
- Size 4.1MB
- SHA256 79ce42b9d0118d4df1c0824fe0b8ed28a6973df7ad36b6cbea8f6871152ad499
- MD5 b50b964613b06bfd583621d4114e5e87
- SHA1 38e4f5340951ed9bf650d33504fe5199cc5d7a03
- SHA512 de881423b0c42a0295ad50206cb703a8984330fc7684e77393afbe356b4ac47eed5b5a4ec612808ea7d9fe5029dc1a3a59be87cc12326b1fa4be83e229e30a3a
- SSDEEP 49152:4Gtlq3TIU6ijVwASO60yfhJQO6wrVbzq8InsY4p8G7aeXt1oGwG9mY/OVJXz8Pdf:9++0UVbuCILJirjn
- TLSH T14B168D69B6A400E8D86AC138C5574723D7F2FC6657B097CB16A4967A0F73AE12F3E700
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\vgc.ico
- Size 21KB
- SHA256 86ffb7a15202324679921dddfe6f91e1273061e5a33669b4ebfa49dc92b85965
- MD5 5a0dc81814420406e42acafe45d8cce0
- SHA1 9b953250a90768b05a96f95d9a27ec8a24bedf70
- SHA512 2ee5949dc19894814de95c69306d458ee1d877a862755e1d9b031167dee8e3dad697156cf06edec523a6ee006a33540c2439a9fb69d96f7509cc05d506f0a7d2
- SSDEEP 192:ZUKC1uvyIn/q4x2nhsNy5Lj0KeMLQipFGdcCq8EXvP:C9uvnFohKy5X0XMrFGdcf8E3
- TLSH T1AEA24C16F3048EA3D5780AF3D12ED7B94522FEA47436932524E27EA3B972307089BD49
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\vgm.exe
- Size 12.9MB
- SHA256 6b95e3d4b11b374ebfc3de638592cf61b19981c79d6ddb837407a978bbdcd0e7
- MD5 c3a77c0eec06e94521f4f638159a5c0a
- SHA1 caae96d5cb96831a8ccdce9358cada9f3d87bba4
- SHA512 5db4f41bcc8928a0a1034119d4d62ddf620a03caf71a83210e144a40dab8abc9fdd94c671a6f8db6415e69f9f0c5b0d8f17ee8ab39a785c20248edd1e029ef52
- SSDEEP 196608:rQmu8wup2Q67krX6Z+F5i17ScNbXdo29CigX27:rQmRP2eXHnySc3WXi
- TLSH T1F3D6AF73EEF783D0C09AFA7AC36CF223EA20791ADA35B36F5F5695012179691D064B10
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\vgrl.dll
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 2f8e2f035659d830d5a5f144138ae9402aeacc266737a28955adced74bd2d07d
- MD5 55d912eab5d86bf4559cda66c20d7164
- SHA1 6cd9fc34d202cf0da86883aed4e9838e48b06a9c
- SHA512 09258ec308314754110a08d31d5fc8b187b116b3c410040646996ff9f36580cd8201bbcb127223276596b664066a21ac07662ef8ca8c6140b7db5c6b2c4f2b69
- SSDEEP 49152:PKvXsCP4pcxvnlfJRsMThAd3hQVo+LOcLp3o40t/WAg6VoYn8JFdsyF:PK/sCPQc/JaMPM/O40XdTF
- TLSH T1A8E501AE615433ACC41E883C5433FD49B2B6562F52E4D5EE72CF76C07BAA410DA46F0A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z81559514\vgtray.exe
- Size 4.0MB
- SHA256 47f260db7183f12316214cc89e7535fcf168854549c992b49669c201cef4f40f
- MD5 db460e8121710cd15730d89a9e0eb801
- SHA1 e229faef923b8d9c2650176b2e84d656ef43c953
- SHA512 6cb4846790ff1530f52e8e7336420dcbac2de549823db0b4d202cc92a22dbd825c9a514bbe871321e51d257e91f47ef20b0f19da238c7743c2e48426d09a321f
- SSDEEP 49152:zGtlqkGIU6ieVwASOE/BtcXkacfH01ijb/8+rix66HH0RpDQYWxwvu8CD8KZ2YNH:4+dopcdb/TeiPBngVYF49aG
- TLSH T124167C5AA7A400F8D8AAD138C5564323D7F1FC5617B097CB16A4A6BA0F73EE15E3E700
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH