Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
111s - max time network
113s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/05/2026, 08:49
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Potassium Executor.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
Errors
Reason
Machine shutdown
General
- Target Potassium Executor.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260510-krge2act3s
- SHA256 e5851d920e686456a5d5c82cca8727844a71295ec6d97e8be1e3a1a6d7eb90eb
- MD5 7628e68fbd0df51416488235f539883a
- SHA1 5b20f1e671d1569f13ccaaff701785cd7a4c0fcc
- SHA512 12ce92e4108bd62116d1a911523f737d4dbbe8372c42f2b2ee6aed19a36b84f9d670465add37e60325f83a13282fffcf68d0d068bd9b7ac5efa3e2593fcb721e
- SSDEEP 49152:RuI2h3Xyun/ggS76zvJO5WImt0XDR6KG4VqYqq:R5OnX/gL7kBO5WIw0XDR6Pkt5
- TLSH T1F8A5D03BF28BA53EE06A1A367A72E110543B7A2165164C1696ECF88CCF751701E3F787
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4192 Potassium Executor.tmp - 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 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Setup\unins000.dat Potassium Executor.tmp File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Setup\is-D662V4078J.tmp Potassium Executor.tmp File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Setup\unins000.dat Potassium Executor.tmp - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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 Potassium Executor.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Potassium Executor.tmp - Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs
Inno Setup installer
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4332-0-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010C9000-memory.dmp innosetup behavioral1/memory/4332-14-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010C9000-memory.dmp innosetup behavioral1/memory/4332-18-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010C9000-memory.dmp innosetup - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4288567808" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292311040" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365271" LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292311040" LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365271" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "36" LogonUI.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = a6d8ff0076b9ed00429ce3000078d700005a9e000042750000264200f7630c00 LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0" LogonUI.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 4192 Potassium Executor.tmp - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 768 LogonUI.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4332 wrote to memory of 4192 4332 Potassium Executor.exe 84
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Potassium Executor.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Potassium Executor.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4332 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A5BHYXJT97.tmp\Potassium Executor.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A5BHYXJT97.tmp\Potassium Executor.tmp" /SL5="$60246,893952,893952,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Potassium Executor.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:4192
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C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding1⤵PID:5484
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C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa396a855 /state1:0x41c64e6d1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:768
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-A5BHYXJT97.tmp\Potassium Executor.tmp
- Size 4.2MB
- SHA256 600cec7902185ab9aaad57bd07df9b6471c9d5e80ac3f01d4badc69de9a2721e
- MD5 1532641982e8fde9fc67d3ef646a3597
- SHA1 1ea03e12033636841df955808355bc01b7df62b6
- SHA512 7f094f57483bf46d18bf3680cc7e25ce4f845d3ffe9acf877343397f0f3b44b11d7806dcbbd81ddd04f2f3d8f5d82c68401d01aeaa198772ab82b0465f1c905f
- SSDEEP 98304:5YU5hnuOajWwMPdCpepI3GrwrA+Js333Po:7xuHjWfZIzeo
- TLSH T149268F03F388753EE4571A3A583FA280983F7A213915CD4B6BFC295C8F396416D2A797
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH