Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
253s - max time network
255s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/05/2026, 19:36
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
MetaDataEdit.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
25 signatures
600 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
MetaDataEdit.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
5 signatures
600 seconds
General
- Target MetaDataEdit.exe
- Size 422KB
- Sample260511-ybdk4acy2k
- SHA256 90de1d4c8b4e44e22f87cc193d3eb68a85551d48f6f63f9cb4ed46684454fd5e
- MD5 7ba4c63cd06b05090018696165310697
- SHA1 b869baf286412c105e0967d638f2045bffbb8195
- SHA512 ce84e21ed9e86a7115b836f6090309133baea358d5080dc620a04ab43323851c91272e8829e41bf6e2fa76780c603e26167278f01bdd2b5306b4a8717b7f7446
- SSDEEP 6144:18RxcwiOG1JD/fXVFxvxkepq8RxcwiOG1JD/fXVFxvxkep:1sPiOs/dfvmecsPiOs/dfvme
- TLSH T1C2945A82A74C22D5EBB943B82D5108EEC7273E3EC0C7A88E55B6F85510A75A32077C5F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
3/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 MetaDataEdit.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DllHost.exe - Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\NotificationData MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\GroupView = "0" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\NodeSlot = "3" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\FFlags = "1092616257" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\MRUListEx = 0100000000000000ffffffff MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\Mode = "4" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\LogicalViewMode = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\GroupView = "4294967295" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\2 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02020202 MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\LogicalViewMode = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\FFlags = "1092616257" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupView = "4294967295" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\FFlags = "1092616257" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByKey:FMTID = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\FFlags = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\GroupByKey:PID = "14" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Documents" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\MRUListEx = 0000000001000000ffffffff MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\Mode = "4" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\GroupByKey:FMTID = "{B725F130-47EF-101A-A5F1-02608C9EEBAC}" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\GroupByDirection = "4294967295" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\NodeSlot = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\IconSize = "16" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\GroupByKey:FMTID = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\LogicalViewMode = "2" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\IconSize = "48" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\2 = 19002f433a5c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Generic" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\1 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 0202 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\LogicalViewMode = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\ColInfo = 00000000000000000000000000000000fddfdffd100000000000000000000000040000001800000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0a0000001001000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0e0000009000000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac040000007800000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0c00000050000000 MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259} MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByKey:FMTID = "{B725F130-47EF-101A-A5F1-02608C9EEBAC}" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\IconSize = "16" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\Sort = 000000000000000000000000000000000100000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0a00000001000000 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02 MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1 MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\FFlags = "1092616257" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\FFlags = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7} MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656} MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\ComDlg\{885A186E-A440-4ADA-812B-DB871B942259}\IconSize = "16" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\FFlags = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\2\MRUListEx = ffffffff MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\Instance\ MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\FFlags = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByDirection = "1" MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 = 14001f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d808002b30309d0000 MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\1\NodeSlot = "2" MetaDataEdit.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7} MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\3\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\ColInfo = 00000000000000000000000000000000fddfdffd100000000000000000000000040000001800000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0a000000a000000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac04000000c8000000354b179bff40d211a27e00c04fc308710300000080000000354b179bff40d211a27e00c04fc308710200000080000000 MetaDataEdit.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\4\ComDlg\{5C4F28B5-F869-4E84-8E60-F11DB97C5CC7}\GroupByKey:PID = "0" MetaDataEdit.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 5104 MetaDataEdit.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 5104 MetaDataEdit.exe 5104 MetaDataEdit.exe 5104 MetaDataEdit.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MetaDataEdit.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MetaDataEdit.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5104
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{AB8902B4-09CA-4BB6-B78D-A8F59079A8D5}1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2884