Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
23/05/2026, 22:24
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
General
- Target 2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe
- Size 71KB
- Sample260523-2bb9tabv9p
- SHA256 c741c99d012dc3f2ecb4057129d8f5d7f66fe2c75c087ce5f3faa6c5eaea3f92
- MD5 41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875
- SHA1 f25f1cb56f372f370106eef2b4b00c6f16c2e61a
- SHA512 cf2124ffdb324bd29886186aa47840d5bf67101d032ba971c4a4991c44e19cf33912e0ab2359213a683a2c12501ed2e3d288c70bc186fff92fbddaba7ebb5244
- SSDEEP 1536:oSQpv/ns4Q6UxkPWrbvkM8qLv1ASGZq4nvM6cCrc5hf8ILVV2MKF6F+:pQns4UxkesgASGZtM6VKVa6F+
- TLSH T1D163AE02E34FD1BEF682807E751776BB512439392171A9AEFB879988B4507D032E1F0B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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emotet
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Epoch2
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173.247.19.238:80
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174.81.132.128:80
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211.44.35.111:80
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165.227.156.155:443
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167.99.105.223:7080
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67.225.179.64:8080
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176.31.200.130:8080
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104.131.11.150:8080
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68.118.26.116:80
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190.226.44.20:21
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120.150.246.241:80
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92.222.216.44:8080
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73.214.99.25:80
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110.142.38.16:80
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24.93.212.32:80
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190.53.135.159:21
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66.209.97.122:8080
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173.91.11.142:80
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100.14.117.137:80
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2.237.76.249:80
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104.137.176.186:80
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47.6.15.79:80
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62.75.187.192:8080
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47.156.70.145:80
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201.173.217.124:443
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104.131.44.150:8080
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186.75.241.230:80
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31.131.182.30:80
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107.170.24.125:8080
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110.143.84.202:80
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75.80.148.244:80
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186.67.208.78:8080
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104.236.246.93:8080
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45.51.40.140:80
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45.33.49.124:443
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74.105.102.97:8080
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70.46.247.81:80
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59.103.164.174:80
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110.143.57.109:80
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31.31.77.83:443
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192.241.255.77:8080
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195.244.215.206:80
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144.139.247.220:80
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103.86.49.11:8080
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61.197.110.214:80
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91.242.138.5:443
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101.187.134.207:443
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73.11.153.178:8080
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190.12.119.180:443
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5.196.74.210:8080
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209.141.54.221:8080
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169.239.182.217:8080
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2.38.99.79:80
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197.254.221.174:80
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85.72.180.68:80
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179.13.185.19:80
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183.102.238.69:465
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149.202.153.252:8080
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64.53.242.181:8080
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2.235.190.23:8080
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174.77.190.137:8080
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182.176.132.213:8090
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167.71.10.37:8080
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138.59.177.106:443
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218.44.21.114:80
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46.105.131.87:80
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87.230.19.21:8080
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37.157.194.134:443
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83.136.245.190:8080
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178.210.51.222:8080
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108.179.206.219:8080
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93.147.141.5:80
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178.209.71.63:8080
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64.147.15.138:80
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12.176.19.218:80
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128.65.154.183:443
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108.191.2.72:80
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217.160.182.191:8080
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37.59.24.177:8080
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78.24.219.147:8080
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212.64.171.206:80
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87.106.136.232:8080
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211.63.71.72:8080
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81.0.63.86:8080
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80.21.182.46:80
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210.6.85.121:80
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188.152.7.140:80
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206.189.112.148:8080
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70.175.171.251:80
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190.147.215.53:22
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212.129.24.79:8080
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98.24.231.64:80
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189.209.217.49:80
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91.73.197.90:80
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116.48.142.21:443
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209.97.168.52:8080
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181.57.193.14:80
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73.176.241.255:80
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173.12.14.133:8080
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139.130.241.252:443
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200.7.243.108:443
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85.152.174.56:80
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165.228.24.197:80
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159.65.25.128:8080
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176.106.183.253:8080
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5.88.182.250:80
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59.148.227.190:80
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31.172.240.91:8080
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58.171.42.66:8080
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91.205.215.66:443
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1.33.230.137:80
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82.155.161.203:80
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95.128.43.213:8080
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47.6.15.79:443
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201.184.105.242:443
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86.98.156.239:443
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190.220.19.82:443
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66.34.201.20:7080
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87.106.139.101:8080
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50.116.86.205:8080
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5.154.58.24:80
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201.251.133.92:443
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101.187.247.29:80
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206.81.10.215:8080
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60.40.74.197:80
Signatures
- Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5 pdfmethods.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE pdfmethods.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies pdfmethods.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5 pdfmethods.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language pdfmethods.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language pdfmethods.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:" pdfmethods.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:" pdfmethods.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix pdfmethods.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
pid Process 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe 3700 pdfmethods.exe - Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2740 2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3564 wrote to memory of 2740 3564 2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe 87 PID 2480 wrote to memory of 3700 2480 pdfmethods.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3564 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_41081c3631cf782a6b41cd3e4a71d875_elex_emotet_maze.exe--6d52a1f2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
PID:2740
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdfmethods.exe"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdfmethods.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2480 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\pdfmethods.exe--904977f22⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:3700
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