Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    68s
  • max time network
    73s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/06/2026, 18:47

General

  • Target
    princess-ellies-lock.exe
  • Size 154.6MB
  • Sample260628-xe8d7scv2q
  • SHA256 faf24dc31e74b5aa810b39ba3013f8c23ac2990d22403e13c07cb2600b4451e1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\princess-ellies-lock.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\princess-ellies-lock.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1456
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
      2⤵
        PID:964
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
        2⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3864
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe"
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1580
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
          3⤵
            PID:4892
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1844
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
        1⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4844
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
          2⤵
            PID:1904
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
            2⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2616

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
              • Size 4.5MB
              • SHA256 a05f99734f7c4822fefc12b367af21fd0976ed6608752fb1e1e80b6ece7ecbbb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              PresentationNative_cor3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\PresentationNative_cor3.dll
              • Size 1.2MB
              • SHA256 ef0a7f5c104cb073cd6124f218216d3e1e58345012c95030f7d34ad4cca7c01d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              wpfgfx_cor3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\wpfgfx_cor3.dll
              • Size 1.9MB
              • SHA256 3f0b680f3716d90ea7ae0e077778c64fd5bc45a962697b6fc573fe035e7868f6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH