Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    108s
  • 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, 07:51

General

  • Target
    KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe
  • Size 4.0MB
  • Sample260507-jp2grads7p
  • SHA256 714fcbd22f9fba63620475e6ed81724ba1a8f7479872dfe4978703578a900f46
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2572
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5804
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe" /SILENTUNATTEND /HWND:524394 /KEXDIR:"C:\Program Files\VxKex"
        3⤵
        • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5808
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5808 -s 532
          4⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:1336
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe" /SILENTUNATTEND /HWND:524394 /KEXDIR:"C:\Program Files\VxKex"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1900
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 5808 -ip 5808
    1⤵
      PID:5580

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          KexSetup.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 9419fecb789e3d1675425a479ade7ed3218b4ca222fa7537bcaa88681b51715e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1900-132-0x0000000001320000-0x00000000013E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2572-87-0x00000000008D0000-0x0000000000992000-memory.dmp

          memory/2572-131-0x00000000008D0000-0x0000000000992000-memory.dmp

          memory/5804-88-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000E52000-memory.dmp

          memory/5804-90-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000E52000-memory.dmp

          memory/5808-86-0x0000000001010000-0x00000000010D2000-memory.dmp