0e88b6fcbb8591edfd28184fa70a04b6dd3af8a14367c628edd7caba32e58c68

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
151s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
25/05/2026, 12:19

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General

Target
arvest/Astute/img/Microsoft/microsoft_bg.svg
Size 1KB
Sample260525-pg9faafv7q
SHA256 0e88b6fcbb8591edfd28184fa70a04b6dd3af8a14367c628edd7caba32e58c68
MD5 bc3d32a696895f78c19df6c717586a5d
SHA1 9191cb156a30a3ed79c44c0a16c95159e8ff689d
SHA512 8d4f38907f3423a86d90575772b292680f7970527d2090fc005f9b096cc81d3f279d59ad76eafca30c3d4bbaf2276bbaa753e2a46a149424cf6f1c319ded5a64
TLSH
T14E310059C51D3566EC04C3ACEAE1D468315E71EFA8A581C961849B3F95B0DCE0ECCB70
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Score

3^/10

adware discovery spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IEXPLORE.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 32 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31255616"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a0594a3e49ecdc01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3694775571"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "486476565"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000908e179ee9d21446978e85b516b39ee8000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005ab89459370560816a911596eeaa3895591f8a2d4c516ee4c38f68df07014c45000000000e8000000002000020000000753d47c022e01b11ace347d808b7ad4a4682a81e46af5aa13186104780cc932d200000002873a42329c3f6aa3df00cae937f488a5bc27e4d30f4506465778370931b30ed400000000ff549a0ded7a9c85bcbccb950de9c51bea619935c918e6212b159aa3ab9c023596148800810542e131cba09b92f0c80b5258dabed03358576b7d3cfddc33bf7	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000908e179ee9d21446978e85b516b39ee800000000020000000000106600000001000020000000febc511c0e6a1c9bf58bb854b66e42774aec7952646749815bd1c3a5df1c8f54000000000e800000000200002000000021fe7cba43403cf0797a318385d68b8cd3310362446560c261d8af4cdcf25a07200000002c057ff363ed58e1345b8cb0346ad9a489c592d43a63d5af125aeb41284ae69440000000a379373cf305396e439a04d311921277d5e1a8c740a8df595febb2d4a1fee27f2933350886f525dc4f18d0ac51bc271183bb1e4e29f875b427d08b3d25a3e275	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{072D2C03-5834-11F1-9F3C-C2D11B6ECFEC} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = a03b4f3e49ecdc01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4060	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4060	iexplore.exe
4060	iexplore.exe
3928	IEXPLORE.EXE
3928	IEXPLORE.EXE
3928	IEXPLORE.EXE
3928	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 3928	4060	iexplore.exe	89

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arvest\Astute\img\Microsoft\microsoft_bg.svg
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4060
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4060 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3928

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

suggestions[1].en-US

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\1G6LDOHX\suggestions[1].en-US
Size 17KB
SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
MD5 5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a
SHA1 3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f
SHA512 e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee
SSDEEP 384:K4gN8sGygaEKfWYSJUKbO7UckxtBjCdY7mO3D0C5l+piEieDSV126ry1/XSGKwG3:K4gNFXiKfWfJ1Kockxbd7mAt5Mp5ie2F
TLSH
T13A823E4E61D88F57EA47B6B2D9084EA702E0C8794716DB93D62CFE63CDE33B25D02161
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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