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
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250619-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe
- Size 4.0MB
- Sample260507-jp2grads7p
- SHA256 714fcbd22f9fba63620475e6ed81724ba1a8f7479872dfe4978703578a900f46
- MD5 738ab01ee1bb4f0b1c85f02c8fc37c4d
- SHA1 2010c2c37c552d26a4e23eb46395e0e69b17d329
- SHA512 4228d509038179c6002e4c1b85467e4bd41a0b5cad37d3a75f9259f3135cae12e5040c2729ce9bbaeac5ac272d5dbd0365e3bc3118f043a15abbca95f48b3ae4
- SSDEEP 98304:rS0eQQl5VUJK42PIPVthnk4reYCuhDhkAUFgfFFPDVlUJ:WXZU84JlDrQuphkT8Zm
- TLSH T15B163338E85A8C13D5DF1330B456E7DD38964FF81462A3D24D66400D9EFBCA26DF9A22
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\{VxKexPropagationVirtualKey} KexSetup.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\{VxKexPropagationVirtualKey}\GlobalFlag = "256" KexSetup.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\{VxKexPropagationVirtualKey}\VerifierFlags = "2147483648" KexSetup.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\{VxKexPropagationVirtualKey}\VerifierDlls = "KexDll.dll" KexSetup.exe - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 5804 KexSetup.exe 5808 KexSetup.exe 1900 KexSetup.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 1336 5808 WerFault.exe 79 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KexSetup.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KexSetup.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language KexSetup.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5808 KexSetup.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2572 wrote to memory of 5804 2572 KexSetup_Release_1_1_4_1528.exe 78 PID 5804 wrote to memory of 5808 5804 KexSetup.exe 79 PID 5804 wrote to memory of 1900 5804 KexSetup.exe 83
Processes
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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.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe2⤵
- 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.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5808 -s 5324⤵
- Program crash
PID:1336
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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
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 5808 -ip 58081⤵PID:5580
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7z7C9BDA0C\KexSetup.exe
- Size 67KB
- SHA256 9419fecb789e3d1675425a479ade7ed3218b4ca222fa7537bcaa88681b51715e
- MD5 957c94b85b8a97c7fafd179544310388
- SHA1 af4b1fc5d224977191140b3a9a4e44448e2fa4ee
- SHA512 1b8bee4de500c03282dc2ae54222a4e415117c8c02e867b9eab0befffa448b4ee461d1d98a7573a4c1a5510f95d28e18c3806312a19b6e770ed90eab07f85797
- SSDEEP 1536:ut7Tac8FO2/Qxdu6wyajQKPV7vpn8Jr/W9NEy1FCRG:6xmaxdu6DajQKtL2UNEYFC
- TLSH T1F863B2427BE94115F2F3AFB1BFB566218A7BBC629C34C91E53800A5E1972B10D974B33
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH