Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
148s - max time network
144s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
25/06/2026, 02:41
General
- Target WinXP.Horror.Destructive.exe
- Size 57.9MB
- Sample260625-c6hmmsgz41
- SHA256 3b64ce283febf3207dd20c99fc53de65b07044231eb544c4c41de374a2571c5c
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
- Disables Task Manager via registry modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.
- 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.
- Modifies Control Panel 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
- System policy modification 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinXP.Horror.Destructive.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinXP.Horror.Destructive.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- UAC bypass
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Control Panel
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- System policy modification
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeexplorer.exe1⤵
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004D0 0x00000000000004CC1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Pre-OS Boot
1Bootkit
1Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Modify Registry
3Pre-OS Boot
1Bootkit
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
memory/804-0-0x0000000005B70000-0x0000000005B71000-memory.dmp
memory/804-1-0x0000000000484000-0x0000000000485000-memory.dmp
memory/804-2-0x0000000005B70000-0x0000000005B71000-memory.dmp
memory/804-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp
memory/804-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000003DF3000-memory.dmp