Analysis

  • max time kernel
    152s
  • max time network
    133s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260618-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260618-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/06/2026, 21:43

General

  • Target
    Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.exe
  • Size 223.0MB
  • Sample260620-1lebgsay3x
  • SHA256 2b438223fb6a78c84edb77d493557ffd1124c395759fa58d4aaaf272ef2fcec8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 42 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5976
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1E9I6.tmp\Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1E9I6.tmp\Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.tmp" /SL5="$7003C,233190644,345600,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2244
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1712
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5340
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4680
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3760

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 599B
        • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-1E9I6.tmp\Sonic_Mania_v1.06.0503_setup.tmp
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 a6c40e21901ec797b7d7b9ed7e9f9816d3d89ba898335389ba332e4cb36e120f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CallbackCtrl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TOJC1.tmp\CallbackCtrl.dll
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 68f42a7823ed7ee88a5c59020ac52d4bbcadf1036611e96e470d986c8faa172d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        botva2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TOJC1.tmp\botva2.dll
        • Size 41KB
        • SHA256 da7d0368712ee419952eb2640a65a7f24e39fb7872442ed4d2ee847ec4cfde77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idp.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TOJC1.tmp\idp.dll
        • Size 232KB
        • SHA256 54e7e0ad32a22b775131a6288f083ed3286a9a436941377fc20f85dd9ad983ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        yandex_100.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TOJC1.tmp\yandex_100.png
        • Size 31KB
        • SHA256 a23c7bc0e48b90ed586d57dfeb1938ec8e0802492c6aaab92dde30dc39693884
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        yandex_chk4s_100.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TOJC1.tmp\yandex_chk4s_100.png
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 75d6eee452f8f120b0fa922e8bea6fa8dd6a8fbd9e73d48262117f0cacc6c133
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2244-41-0x0000000002480000-0x0000000002481000-memory.dmp

        memory/2244-6-0x0000000002480000-0x0000000002481000-memory.dmp

        memory/2244-218-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000565000-memory.dmp

        memory/2244-20-0x00000000096B0000-0x00000000096BF000-memory.dmp

        memory/2244-40-0x00000000096B0000-0x00000000096BF000-memory.dmp

        memory/2244-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000565000-memory.dmp

        memory/4680-68-0x0000026694350000-0x0000026694370000-memory.dmp

        memory/4680-63-0x0000026681E00000-0x0000026681E20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4680-59-0x0000026681E60000-0x0000026681F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/4680-58-0x0000026681A40000-0x0000026681A60000-memory.dmp

        memory/4680-50-0x00000266801E0000-0x00000266802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5340-223-0x0000000007C20000-0x0000000007C6D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5976-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5976-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp