c9d8a08fbb5e3cdaee8c394b9f2143910a97fc4a2d45d1742037e4c15ede5dc1

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
152s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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28/05/2026, 12:19

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General

Target
dana/ast/img/hc-home-merchant.svg
Size 110KB
Sample260528-phpr9se17k
SHA256 c9d8a08fbb5e3cdaee8c394b9f2143910a97fc4a2d45d1742037e4c15ede5dc1
MD5 c3d45f3fb3f244a226ce00fa71575aab
SHA1 b1e8c74b804324b50be23dfd0407c631fdbeeaa1
SHA512 80f395de6a8d69865ffb736b240e2aa68104cc44cd4c30938a0188446955f2620abe6bfabd33e234241935b33f7e75c21a18fcf0c951e2f2e2463c2c3720a12b
SSDEEP 768:UbqvK60ptmSc5xhUqQ/Jfhhh89km1fS+fT++Cfuk0HmiBFSD9hSXYZIuej3pcbmC:UbqB0eSw9WH3DkYyuKcbmC
TLSH
T1D5B352ED67A85DA6D6CCC3CBFF55907D202782F7DAC1C290C2946F1E285988B4C1EAD1
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

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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-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "486736200"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 40e45cc0a5eedc01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1584398951"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31256221"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 502958c0a5eedc01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000aa1a7503faf3b6479abc0c68cea414fb00000000020000000000106600000001000020000000e6c85b78e2c09a15c24788b9301b1b4389682f50dff52637e41c091775c329c3000000000e8000000002000020000000e69ab7e72304d8f94091c8e0a59ca63c454a06b873860bb731188f1715ed3a962000000044e99130937aba96b99ece5b42fa717a26cdbd1442e8aeffff735d816993146040000000f1009b9772850485a3b3d5ea838d6d3f0ba651e1a0a3426b65722211dedbcb0da32ad7f0d1d26ed7fad45ea6e10a90fb86f06c92ab3f8e3343e2178065527cc5	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb01000000aa1a7503faf3b6479abc0c68cea414fb000000000200000000001066000000010000200000003219d07af8f37ecbef26d30fc5731c8f64abe063d798df34146036e5a97b1664000000000e8000000002000020000000a04557597fd701382a30fb455ae276e999d156316614e790b4a01ff2966ed6232000000030ecd61b5e847524620a963794183d65974c847277ad8873626a4b5876b58f3740000000f14220822ec956c6faf2bae30e34b0ab9f760058559dab20fd5c6d360ac401da9d682cc2959eb01d6e87acd004a522afb4451248f5b38baf483fd6d7720924b1	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{89968FD6-5A90-11F1-B995-5E09A530FE4D} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5056	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
5056	iexplore.exe
5056	iexplore.exe
2536	IEXPLORE.EXE
2536	IEXPLORE.EXE
2536	IEXPLORE.EXE
2536	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5056 wrote to memory of 2536	5056	iexplore.exe	89

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dana\ast\img\hc-home-merchant.svg
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5056
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:5056 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2536

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\FVK2FCOF\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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