Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/06/2026, 14:11

General

  • Target
    tmpa_igs4bf.exe
  • Size 16.7MB
  • Sample260601-rhmc9ae18x
  • SHA256 c36338fbc2b1913fd79443706dedbc9f58adcfaf5af1dab06a592446e8f6dec6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • hijackloader

Attributes
  • directory

    %APPDATA%\Gx_reader

  • inject_dll

    %windir%\SysWOW64\pla.dll

xor.hex

Signatures

  • Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,

    HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.

  • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 9 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpa_igs4bf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpa_igs4bf.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4308
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\tmpa_igs4bf.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\tmpa_igs4bf.exe -package:"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpa_igs4bf.exe" -no_selfdeleter -IS_temp -media_path:"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\Disk1\" -tempdisk1folder:"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\" -IS_OriginalLauncher:"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\Disk1\tmpa_igs4bf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3404
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe {EFB7539B-24F3-46B6-AF6E-3B021B51EFEF}:{6B132752-3C81-4E26-A0F4-0BF2D4BD81EB}
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4136
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe {EFB7539B-24F3-46B6-AF6E-3B021B51EFEF}:{4B2B7AD5-5B9D-4B3E-B990-1DA3F96F103F}
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4004
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe {EFB7539B-24F3-46B6-AF6E-3B021B51EFEF}:{3F49D878-841D-4F7B-995A-B46D4AB6C3A9}
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4000
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe {EFB7539B-24F3-46B6-AF6E-3B021B51EFEF}:{2AD10787-8E9E-4BE8-8184-AA33D9BB4EAE}
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:644
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe {EFB7539B-24F3-46B6-AF6E-3B021B51EFEF}:{7753BBB9-DC30-4892-AAC9-43EF0643C2DF}
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2504
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe {EFB7539B-24F3-46B6-AF6E-3B021B51EFEF}:{80DCB614-E366-4306-ABEF-8FFDBD7E2856}
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2500
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\Ahnenblatt4.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\Ahnenblatt4.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4056
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Gx_reader\Ahnenblatt4.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Gx_reader\Ahnenblatt4.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3652
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            5⤵
            • Badlisted process makes network request
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:3724

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        2521dd58

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2521dd58
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 29533d9ed5dcef826097a07cb826b617146165536ba04658fd9c70a26aeb2bc4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ISBEW64.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\ISBEW64.exe
        • Size 178KB
        • SHA256 561f14cdece85b38617403e1c525ff0b1b752303797894607a4615d0bd66f97f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Ahnenblatt4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\Ahnenblatt4.exe
        • Size 27.6MB
        • SHA256 8f4f53bc02348a549f3437444aacec43eae5f90875ea3c5ec96600ba1cb4a061
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        BORLNDMM.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\BORLNDMM.DLL
        • Size 71KB
        • SHA256 c36c66cffef5471d58cd81d61c9d799303fb44abc784fc75fbcc2b5c6c44aa3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CC32290MT.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\CC32290MT.DLL
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 acc1d69efeb839fc8a42619e79856fb44aa6f95a5b29a81eb180e955dc20aa58
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DIFxData.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\DIFxData.ini
        • Size 84B
        • SHA256 6bc8b890884278599e4c0ca4095cefdf0f5394c5796012d169cc0933e03267a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        FontData.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\FontData.ini
        • Size 37B
        • SHA256 a7e91b042ce33490353c00244c0420c383a837e73e6006837a60d3c174102932
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        _isres_0x0409.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\_isres_0x0409.dll
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 bd32468ee7e8885323f22eabbff9763a0f6ffef3cc151e0bd0481df5888f4152
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _isuser_0x0409.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\_isuser_0x0409.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 e7ae3c99ca8620a5c758c47a55116ba6e76ec502aa5f725b235dea91c9c8692f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        alternator.ods

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\alternator.ods
        • Size 66KB
        • SHA256 e05b0c02ac89c6b93fa7cd7fc46bcef749d1293524b5a840d384e8f8e62058ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        cabochon.ogg

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\cabochon.ogg
        • Size 799KB
        • SHA256 3ae55392f73ba08c9f6aeb9081cb80405fa291d65bda3fab653fd71ed4067329
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        isrt.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\isrt.dll
        • Size 426KB
        • SHA256 58a724d23c63387a2dda27ccfdbc8ca87fd4db671bea8bb636247667f6a5a11e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.inx

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{451BCE2F-8BE6-435E-9B39-BCB412B27FCC}\{E9933E17-B86A-4C0C-96B5-4ABDCF75C064}\setup.inx
        • Size 243KB
        • SHA256 eebc93c678daf3070b5fe457ba2a726360ed96f66204146147c5da2fd006b3a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        0x0409.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\0x0409.ini
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 8b76df0ffc9a226b532b60936765b852b89780c6e475c152f7c320e085e43948
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ISSetup.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\Disk1\ISSetup.dll
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 a01709a3c9d5eaacc6ca6ca47ef2e4e4e00d883289621c5bfff96620bfd93d8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        data1.cab

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\Disk1\data1.cab
        • Size 13.2MB
        • SHA256 2e22dc4e076cdfcdbb57b79ae7d368f5c5743779a784c97d0374e9568b655cb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        data1.hdr

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\Disk1\data1.hdr
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 3032e6f18ac84c2a7a1d52d4a71132f26c66ecc650dd948e4cef3ac53d7e906f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        layout.bin

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\Disk1\layout.bin
        • Size 522B
        • SHA256 ff24574bfff0f81deef97122bf122d6b79507a1fddd54668ed832907e649ac35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        setup.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\setup.ini
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 d18b006080f30d42b3974603e9d8c71f889de8c6322cf1460375269e3a5506b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmpa_igs4bf.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{F398A64B-8374-44EA-801E-4934484049C7}\tmpa_igs4bf.exe
        • Size 932KB
        • SHA256 10da38df880bb3c2c50f1e68cf279937118fa85bf0b19146bb55067032520e50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3404-94-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010114000-memory.dmp

        memory/3404-162-0x00000000025F0000-0x00000000025F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3404-100-0x00000000037F0000-0x00000000039B7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3404-95-0x00000000025F0000-0x00000000025F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3652-167-0x0000000072F60000-0x0000000073078000-memory.dmp

        memory/3652-166-0x0000000073080000-0x000000007309C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3652-153-0x00000000003A0000-0x0000000002117000-memory.dmp

        memory/3652-160-0x00007FFA71200000-0x00007FFA71409000-memory.dmp

        memory/3652-159-0x0000000073250000-0x00000000733CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3652-163-0x0000000073250000-0x00000000733CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3724-169-0x00007FFA71200000-0x00007FFA71409000-memory.dmp

        memory/3724-171-0x0000000071F30000-0x0000000073247000-memory.dmp

        memory/3724-172-0x0000000073250000-0x00000000733CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3724-173-0x0000000071F30000-0x0000000073247000-memory.dmp

        memory/4056-156-0x0000000073E90000-0x0000000073FA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4056-140-0x00007FFA71200000-0x00007FFA71409000-memory.dmp

        memory/4056-136-0x00000000004C0000-0x0000000002237000-memory.dmp

        memory/4056-139-0x0000000073250000-0x00000000733CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4056-155-0x0000000074100000-0x000000007411C000-memory.dmp