Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    104s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/06/2026, 17:22

General

  • Target
    rat.exe
  • Size 547KB
  • Sample260624-vxmt4sdz3t
  • SHA256 5b9553a04762c9652741bf27f7dbb5cac3c6155fc6efc3f0c429045aa821e4fa
  • 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.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • 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 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 41 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\rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4820
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:980
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2672
    • 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:6044
  • 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:4704
  • 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:1220
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4516

    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

          memory/980-18-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-3-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-5-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-6-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-19-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-11-0x0000027BB8EB0000-0x0000027BB8F62000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-10-0x0000027BB8E90000-0x0000027BB8EAE000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-12-0x0000027BB8F70000-0x0000027BB8F7A000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-13-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-14-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-15-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-16-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-4-0x0000027BB8AD0000-0x0000027BB8AF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-0-0x00007FFF6D03F000-0x00007FFF6D040000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-7-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-20-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-21-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-22-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-24-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-17-0x00007FFF6CEB0000-0x00007FFF6D854000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-69-0x0000014903D20000-0x0000014903D40000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-43-0x0000014900000000-0x0000014900100000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-91-0x0000014914120000-0x0000014914140000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-59-0x0000014913DA0000-0x0000014913EA0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-57-0x0000014903940000-0x0000014903960000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-45-0x0000014900000000-0x0000014900100000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-44-0x0000014900000000-0x0000014900100000-memory.dmp

          memory/4704-204-0x0000014900860000-0x0000014900A43000-memory.dmp