Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/06/2026, 18:36
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
BootstrapperNew.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
BootstrapperNew.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
General
- Target BootstrapperNew.exe
- Size 638KB
- Sample260602-w8ylescy2x
- SHA256 c22964eece616d74e93f81a99ce8d4792d10028e51dfcc62baabb97489f011c6
- MD5 b8ec8bc9321e371ef2a781f41cba4633
- SHA1 0d8b3152e74ad64db977ed15178ec6cb410f0724
- SHA512 4100ddd72ae7edb84f0e7e39337c12cebeb7772d00a948eab9488c6a90bdb5ff666a4706fb84b263d0de2877960bb25df80d36e3ba15093e5a368eb81c12e622
- SSDEEP 12288:JkqU93FZE3hs5bRTdetoi114/UWpoc/1/20u:2F/RRxizUUnw/20
- TLSH T123D480116B94FD03D3502839856AE60CCB11BAB1A9425303337AB66D4D3BBEED92D3D7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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sheetrat
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1.8
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tcp.tcptunnel.shop:1031
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localhost
127.0.0.1:8848
Signatures
- Detects Sheetrat obfuscated V1.8 and higher 2 IoCs
Sheetrat aka NonEuclid RAT is a trojan written in C#.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2664-0-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000C66000-memory.dmp family_sheetrat_v4 behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b4a3-5.dat family_sheetrat_v4 - Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit = "C:\\Windows\\System32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Windows\\System32\\xdwdDefender.exe" BootstrapperNew.exe - Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.
- Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 3120 xdwdDefender.exe 1428 xdwdMalwareDef.exe 2584 xdwdDefender.exe 972 xdwdDefender.exe - Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
pid Process 5168 Process not Found 6088 Process not Found 1428 xdwdMalwareDef.exe 3120 xdwdDefender.exe 2584 xdwdDefender.exe 1644 Process not Found 5348 Process not Found 972 xdwdDefender.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe BootstrapperNew.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe BootstrapperNew.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe xdwdMalwareDef.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe xdwdDefender.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe xdwdDefender.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe xdwdDefender.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\xdwd.dll BootstrapperNew.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe xdwdDefender.exe File created C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe BootstrapperNew.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe BootstrapperNew.exe File created C:\Windows\xdwd.dll BootstrapperNew.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe xdwdMalwareDef.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe xdwdDefender.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe xdwdDefender.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ BootstrapperNew.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4544 schtasks.exe 3676 schtasks.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2664 BootstrapperNew.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1428 xdwdMalwareDef.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3120 xdwdDefender.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2584 xdwdDefender.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3120 xdwdDefender.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 972 xdwdDefender.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 972 xdwdDefender.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2664 wrote to memory of 4980 2664 BootstrapperNew.exe 82 PID 2664 wrote to memory of 4984 2664 BootstrapperNew.exe 83 PID 4984 wrote to memory of 4544 4984 cmd.exe 86 PID 2664 wrote to memory of 4428 2664 BootstrapperNew.exe 87 PID 4428 wrote to memory of 3676 4428 cmd.exe 89 PID 2664 wrote to memory of 2584 2664 BootstrapperNew.exe 94 - Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BootstrapperNew.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BootstrapperNew.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2664 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe"CMD" netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="T'2NIQ%pI2(7Ii" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe" enable=yes & exit2⤵PID:4980
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4984 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Microsoft\Windows\WAppCrashNvTew" /tr "C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe" /RL HIGHEST3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4544
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4428 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 30 /tn "Microsoft\MachineCore" /tr "C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe" /RL HIGHEST3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:3676
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C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe"C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2584
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C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exeC:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3120
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C:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exeC:\Windows\Web\xdwdMalwareDef.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1428
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C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exeC:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:972
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Event Triggered Execution
1AppInit DLLs
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\xdwdDefender.exe.log
- Size 642B
- SHA256 07cd502f2fffb7c6a891a219527278857fed0061bac452445b945c4753899f2f
- MD5 fd08d0d1c404b16d00be959c6656523f
- SHA1 d4849d6219a49ab44a105a99d451ded26173470c
- SHA512 2f788cb4d91b021966ae25ab68c7a0973cb1e5f53425e6324d5af71d6e0a5fcf8b15da341335acc30740a9aa4a6104502c377da1fad6e81f6460c5fd017329c5
- TLSH T166F0A2313371A0D849563F432D2C179913BF4355A150EE0C7594625DD83681B6F313E3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\System32\xdwdDefender.exe
- Size 638KB
- SHA256 c22964eece616d74e93f81a99ce8d4792d10028e51dfcc62baabb97489f011c6
- MD5 b8ec8bc9321e371ef2a781f41cba4633
- SHA1 0d8b3152e74ad64db977ed15178ec6cb410f0724
- SHA512 4100ddd72ae7edb84f0e7e39337c12cebeb7772d00a948eab9488c6a90bdb5ff666a4706fb84b263d0de2877960bb25df80d36e3ba15093e5a368eb81c12e622
- SSDEEP 12288:JkqU93FZE3hs5bRTdetoi114/UWpoc/1/20u:2F/RRxizUUnw/20
- TLSH T123D480116B94FD03D3502839856AE60CCB11BAB1A9425303337AB66D4D3BBEED92D3D7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\xdwd.dll
- Size 136KB
- SHA256 35c8d022e1d917f1aabdceae98097ccc072161b302f84c768ca63e4b32ac2b66
- MD5 16e5a492c9c6ae34c59683be9c51fa31
- SHA1 97031b41f5c56f371c28ae0d62a2df7d585adaba
- SHA512 20fd369172ef5e3e2fde388666b42e8fe5f0c2bfa338c0345f45e98af6561a249ba3ecc48c3f16efcc73f02ecb67b3ddb1e2e8f0e77d18fa00ac34e6379e50b6
- SSDEEP 3072:t0iX+jLyDcqaH9a6DFHo6MjD7VbZaZaZ8Xwlk4MHWZpt:t07yDSvdoRj2up
- TLSH T151D35B0772A500BFE1668638C5630A09E777B8211770DBAF33A4429D9F277E19D3AF61
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH