Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    599s
  • max time network
    557s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260618-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260618-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/06/2026, 07:01

General

  • Target
    rat.exe
  • Size 21.7MB
  • Sample260623-htbapabs8x
  • SHA256 ef0d08435e84fb2f08403e00072bd21038882ff8c14c8796804d38341c7acfd7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 33 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 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 9 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1828
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:1776
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3284
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\TestSearch.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3164
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\TestSearch.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1644
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\TestSearch.xlsx"
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5644
  • C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    PID:4004
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileCoAuth.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2764
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4728

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          excel.exe_Rules.xml

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\16.0\excel.exe_Rules.xml
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 7ce0d3bb953e59ded3b5e9233fb5958f7acd68f4a7551462a68ed1b223ac6f9d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 117KB
          • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf615fcc26909565e17d4ca3451b97f8987f9c6acbc6c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _asyncio.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_asyncio.pyd
          • Size 76KB
          • SHA256 dc6db118862ab3298e55e0f7c44c2c0dae4af9e810d2578271280202d6aa098a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 d28c3dd1c22bfb8a6e8a6a9c2359842b797d08e878ecb7805f60e86a45589d11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 139KB
          • SHA256 25d9b0be550d428fecc697ca20450343a7c3ce77c9f5283e9aecfd188d609250
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 36ce760b9fac53fe51755f30a68d86f5fde89bf1b66c65c19e04aa3afa404ac2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 157KB
          • SHA256 5f7003f9f0256e36351ca2810b3485db28579b08e4d1d65f6f211fcd1136f395
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _overlapped.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_overlapped.pyd
          • Size 56KB
          • SHA256 ac877f3da413c1523c07b6a0dd1f7e0d7ceb3e8590a5e9e20a78eb1bcb700793
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_queue.pyd
          • Size 35KB
          • SHA256 bb53357b4e91ac23ed4061f15ff3e5e91a5b3be1cbb0c6cf294521ae5b4efa1c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_socket.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 25ac83cac32ed0d67b2cc9672ce64cb53f0a29a75b14c276e901023ff43da5f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _sqlite3.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_sqlite3.pyd
          • Size 129KB
          • SHA256 b0c4edff6d60f300373ec929ab915f95ee601bf167e04d28e4e9e28a8e536fe0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 186KB
          • SHA256 5c07572df2913618cfb851b608cb5f74d740fcce5c3f2e63dc0a2ba39ab35dad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _uuid.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_uuid.pyd
          • Size 27KB
          • SHA256 a09308efd309732e3745e70b4456235579c450cac32bed616dfb3913b56f6637
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _wmi.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_wmi.pyd
          • Size 39KB
          • SHA256 0ab1fbcf18c95d70343012feb1aad61e1ba95aaed5b4a08e57fc5990e8a9a452
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _zstd.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\_zstd.pyd
          • Size 491KB
          • SHA256 262aea62a994920daf152a10bdc0ca83a8b1c0874e71db23734862431de182c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_parser.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\aiohttp\_http_parser.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 8b93038b433138de8e7ee651054cb7012a5041c0bbf88501ef1ba926dafca7f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_writer.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\aiohttp\_http_writer.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 45KB
          • SHA256 512839bfd920e06daf2ffcd71f961dc3a928e4982c92efdc8b72368de41714a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          mask.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\aiohttp\_websocket\mask.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 36KB
          • SHA256 c6bbab9ff56e330e95a4ce55358d679f93c19a99be0905e88fc756a80c977906
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          reader_c.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\aiohttp\_websocket\reader_c.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 142KB
          • SHA256 2b8b334a7f07a09661b35a5e20151d909479e8a8422c97895b1e4ffa9449f02a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 db2a52c85a64f727956e794f9bd07fa35607818cbbe0aaf326e9155aeea21eb0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _frozenlist.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\frozenlist\_frozenlist.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 68KB
          • SHA256 054e5d97884e8d833528aa3a98868204a3ec46cabb6a656e72432634d117880a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 6.0MB
          • SHA256 53c529145339fb042a3dcd3a09c2d7753204f8b4fc79d99e0d31e69a33985958
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 b17a87979862d19241edc4318f967e24c3ec356ed6c2368f561179fab2311001
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _multidict.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\multidict\_multidict.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 75KB
          • SHA256 258d185776cf6b35c244cd134cdda9405f74de222c927d0bdbb9fd6d926ae5ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _helpers_c.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\propcache\_helpers_c.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 61KB
          • SHA256 041d0de31e32d1a248b93ba8b4b232a8562cea142b59f2da0fc8cbb5de7698e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python3.DLL

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\python3.DLL
          • Size 72KB
          • SHA256 22c6e46d8bd563cdb072650901461ef68be2ea6cb1e80af859559d9395a27e39
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python314.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\python314.dll
          • Size 6.5MB
          • SHA256 fde89cdb5c2d08ae65de7ef4abca1876c93ba3796002f5ac0bf7e4d4f5a94da0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\select.pyd
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 fab1b4cee101359d82d72061b83cff1855337b3677b9fe01cd69f7548f4c496e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Lorem ipsum.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          sqlite3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\sqlite3.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 2940bee51c4a00c7e8f2a8a1be857d4c4ad23b2657fbf7fdf18e3a3fd20066c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 741KB
          • SHA256 0d4f124b2d6622d276d777f7106972219f9b310edb5df8149c253da7c013d6d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _quoting_c.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18282\yarl\_quoting_c.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 83KB
          • SHA256 d394097355610b57b243b4353fa73d5d888a82378d7af9a608c41883bb719cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3164-128-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3164-129-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3164-130-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3164-131-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3164-132-0x00007FFAC2C50000-0x00007FFAC2C60000-memory.dmp

          memory/3164-133-0x00007FFAC2C50000-0x00007FFAC2C60000-memory.dmp

          memory/3164-127-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5644-167-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5644-166-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5644-165-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5644-164-0x00007FFAC54A0000-0x00007FFAC54B0000-memory.dmp