Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
92s - max time network
94s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
06/06/2026, 20:17
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
MasonClient.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
MasonClient.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target MasonClient.exe
- Size 48KB
- Sample260606-y2vbjacv51
- SHA256 e9dba4aa8af05a323c137737a56d918b01ea870afa6ad517cfcc3bf5c4539d7e
- MD5 281d050a125bef7270407db7e120a556
- SHA1 26d1a65a1770b3a83ba086fd08e9fe7e2d6a7ebf
- SHA512 997ab1bbcc0ab449a167733adf6ec0bb627f4471ae4cb5e173fd3507fe18d69ee5d59a43ee7d9093cb2374d461b35ea218762e9e3944c2976368a1241afd7c05
- SSDEEP 1536:kP4IXPtUy32UMAUm+eUSGnlmXXOcEXOcfXOcBXOcgXOc69y2UOXUk+Smt/mdXOcV:kP4IXPtUy32UMAUm+eUxnlmXXOcEXOc1
- TLSH T13B23D68DE7E55125DABF5EB119B30208C3B076934916C62F7CD805CB2B2BB984681FE7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4352 MasonClient.exe 1736 MasonClient.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-226940941-599731907-2645636698-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MasonClient = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\MasonClient.exe" MasonClient.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 5104 schtasks.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5060 MasonClient.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4352 MasonClient.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1736 MasonClient.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5060 wrote to memory of 5104 5060 MasonClient.exe 80 - 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\MasonClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MasonClient.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5060 -
C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "MasonClient" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MasonClient.exe"2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5104
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MasonClient.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MasonClient.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4352
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MasonClient.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MasonClient.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1736
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\MasonClient.exe.log
- Size 654B
- SHA256 e31b18f21621d9983bfdf1ea3e53884a9d58b8ffd79e0e5790da6f3a81a8b9d3
- MD5 2cbbb74b7da1f720b48ed31085cbd5b8
- SHA1 79caa9a3ea8abe1b9c4326c3633da64a5f724964
- SHA512 ecf02d5240e0c1c005d3ab393aa7eff62bd498c2db5905157e2bf6d29e1b663228a9583950842629d1a4caef404c8941a0c7799b1a3bd1eb890a09fdb7efcff9
- TLSH T119F0A2302371E1C8C9263F422C0D2A4966AF474A7B50FE0C7694635DD825167AF313F3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MasonClient.exe
- Size 48KB
- SHA256 e9dba4aa8af05a323c137737a56d918b01ea870afa6ad517cfcc3bf5c4539d7e
- MD5 281d050a125bef7270407db7e120a556
- SHA1 26d1a65a1770b3a83ba086fd08e9fe7e2d6a7ebf
- SHA512 997ab1bbcc0ab449a167733adf6ec0bb627f4471ae4cb5e173fd3507fe18d69ee5d59a43ee7d9093cb2374d461b35ea218762e9e3944c2976368a1241afd7c05
- SSDEEP 1536:kP4IXPtUy32UMAUm+eUSGnlmXXOcEXOcfXOcBXOcgXOc69y2UOXUk+Smt/mdXOcV:kP4IXPtUy32UMAUm+eUxnlmXXOcEXOc1
- TLSH T13B23D68DE7E55125DABF5EB119B30208C3B076934916C62F7CD805CB2B2BB984681FE7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH