Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 13:55

General

  • Target
    trctnzieis1m2ie7.exe
  • Size 764KB
  • Sample260620-q78gcaft7k
  • SHA256 ce281eb8e18d8ecfc13870faf093ccb85c5982ad0f8d29c846c16a0178fc8988
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 5 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 35 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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\trctnzieis1m2ie7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\trctnzieis1m2ie7.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3320
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe
      "CMD" netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="G0$JeL9je$@ve4" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67" enable=yes & exit
      2⤵
        PID:5848
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67" /RL HIGHEST & exit
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2980
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67" /RL HIGHEST
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2948
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /C taskkill /im explorer.exe /f > NUL 2>&1 && timeout /t 3 /nobreak > NUL && start explorer.exe
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5548
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /im explorer.exe /f
          3⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4836
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 3 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3176
        • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
          explorer.exe
          3⤵
          • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • 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:1980
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67" /RL HIGHEST & exit
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2780
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "" /tr "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67" /RL HIGHEST
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5852
    • 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:4796
    • 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:5908
    • C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67
      "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4172
    • C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67
      "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2928
    • C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67
      "C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1856

    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 595B
          • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          xdwd.dll

          • Path C:\Windows\xdwd.dll
          • Size 136KB
          • SHA256 35c8d022e1d917f1aabdceae98097ccc072161b302f84c768ca63e4b32ac2b66
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          xdwd_Microsoft67

          • Path C:\Windows\xdwd_Microsoft67
          • Size 764KB
          • SHA256 ce281eb8e18d8ecfc13870faf093ccb85c5982ad0f8d29c846c16a0178fc8988
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3320-3-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-4-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-5-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-6-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-7-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-8-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-2-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-0-0x000001EB25040000-0x000001EB25102000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-1-0x00007FF9DB7FF000-0x00007FF9DB800000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-160-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/3320-18-0x00007FF9DB670000-0x00007FF9DC014000-memory.dmp

          memory/4836-14-0x00007FF9FE47F000-0x00007FF9FE480000-memory.dmp

          memory/4836-16-0x00007FF9FE320000-0x00007FF9FE583000-memory.dmp

          memory/4836-15-0x00007FF9FE320000-0x00007FF9FE583000-memory.dmp

          memory/5908-34-0x0000021781B50000-0x0000021781B70000-memory.dmp

          memory/5908-71-0x0000021794410000-0x0000021794430000-memory.dmp

          memory/5908-36-0x00000217940A0000-0x00000217941A0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5908-23-0x0000021780300000-0x0000021780400000-memory.dmp

          memory/5908-53-0x0000021781E90000-0x0000021781EB0000-memory.dmp