Analysis

  • max time kernel
    45s
  • max time network
    50s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/06/2026, 04:20

General

  • Target
    putty-64bit-0.84-installer.msi
  • Size 3.7MB
  • Sample260628-eyc4asfs3x
  • SHA256 190d00150e67ad3ff51af4b50e76a3ab97b863a34efd50472627b17c0cf4102b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 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 SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\putty-64bit-0.84-installer.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4360
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3704
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8C6BD4FDFE14E5BBE60C35B2288D6928 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:6092
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Program Files\PuTTY\README.txt
        3⤵
          PID:5268
      • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
        2⤵
          PID:988
      • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        1⤵
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        PID:1708

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            e59c887.rbs

            • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59c887.rbs
            • Size 12KB
            • SHA256 1102358b8e91e0332327cbffc956be4caa141854235eb7b4f4b26a54305fe72a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            README.txt

            • Path C:\Program Files\PuTTY\README.txt
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 11bdf4f12d34f617cf81f0c30aef7b596dbd00d0d19cf9e3c2e4648d672b3809
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            PuTTY.lnk

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PuTTY (64-bit)\PuTTY.lnk
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 bd1ecb07ea6b316a611f8f2112283cfd188b4ee5f3d0f73962dbe2031989ac7a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            PuTTY.lnk~RFe59ce72.TMP

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PuTTY (64-bit)\PuTTY.lnk~RFe59ce72.TMP
            • Size 945B
            • SHA256 acc1d5827992aaa2a551652d343db0431e2f6b8cb5d4b17f480882b4a3ff0133
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            MSI7526.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7526.tmp
            • Size 102KB
            • SHA256 097f1c3f27b18010448d77e3f70c4d9f774cb9c5ab435c62baa1c00e4cadd5ef
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            MSID633.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSID633.tmp
            • Size 199KB
            • SHA256 fb7a6eb19d1d1042d3bd8b3add9271116b8b6db3714dfcc0b6fee8e088d4a2cc
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            e59c886.msi

            • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e59c886.msi
            • Size 3.7MB
            • SHA256 190d00150e67ad3ff51af4b50e76a3ab97b863a34efd50472627b17c0cf4102b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            metadata-2

            • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
            • Size 26.1MB
            • SHA256 2fbf9310f5d251e4842ac6185d94c7cecc2b57fba315d57791daf4594576d794
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            {2054f851-15e1-4c15-81e9-bac8d9798fbd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

            • Path \??\Volume{d164085c-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{2054f851-15e1-4c15-81e9-bac8d9798fbd}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
            • Size 6KB
            • SHA256 75de466d6ca69b1b90ddd81e01e871e9c5f45a9e4aedc47741732b0d974dcafa
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/3704-67-0x000001B5624A0000-0x000001B562E44000-memory.dmp