Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    99s
  • max time network
    102s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/06/2026, 16:26

General

  • Target
    CheatEvolution.zip
  • Size 13.0MB
  • Sample260620-txzy1ahs5t
  • SHA256 f220fbaada39d3e2889d5a93cfe1fc855cc3962b32d809b31ae4ee4a1a2b1b04
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /idlist,,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CheatEvolution.zip
    1⤵
      PID:2624
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe"
      1⤵
      • Modifies system executable filetype association
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3612
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:3076

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            update100[1].xml

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\GI7SXTIE\update100[1].xml
            • Size 726B
            • SHA256 36a6bd38a8a6f5a75b73caffae5ae66dfabcaefd83da65b493fa881ea8a64e7d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            PreSignInSettingsConfig[1].json

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\XS5Q4VSI\PreSignInSettingsConfig[1].json
            • Size 63KB
            • SHA256 543796a1b343b4ebc0285d89cb8eb70667ac7b513da37495e38003704e9d88d7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH