Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    44s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/06/2026, 15:01

General

  • Target
    py.exe
  • Size 7.8MB
  • Sample260623-sd6rrsdx3m
  • SHA256 848083cf115d52ec28d3c64600402ec3bea813df546131acd7b30c33abfc058e
  • 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.

  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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 39 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 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\py.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\py.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:980
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\py.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\py.exe"
      2⤵
      • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:5840
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2948
    • 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:5604
  • 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:5280
  • 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:5836
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1200

    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

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 117KB
          • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 83KB
          • SHA256 55894b2b98d01f37b9a8cf4daf926d0161ff23c2fb31c56f9dbbac3a61932712
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 129KB
          • SHA256 5c4c489ac052795c27af063c96bc4db5ab250144d4839050cfa9bb3836b87c32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 155KB
          • SHA256 e44dea262a24df69fd9b50b08d09ae6f8b051137ce0834640c977091a6f9fca8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 85ecf0303e598efe8ac706b9e0188d21f2b4ae92b4138f288e053b20da654720
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python313.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\python313.dll
          • Size 5.8MB
          • SHA256 78b1dd211c0e66a0603df48da2c9b67a915ab3258701b9285d3faa255ed8dc25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ucrtbase.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI9802\ucrtbase.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 3d2217d9bdf5f9f2dd2a295c2329a1dc929236e44995b7a7fb25765faee966fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/5280-88-0x000001D7801E0000-0x000001D7802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5280-134-0x000001D794210000-0x000001D794230000-memory.dmp

          memory/5280-102-0x000001D793E90000-0x000001D793F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/5280-119-0x000001D783C90000-0x000001D783CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5280-101-0x000001D783A30000-0x000001D783A50000-memory.dmp

          memory/5836-244-0x000001C435370000-0x000001C43546F000-memory.dmp