Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    29s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/06/2026, 22:27

General

  • Target
    2026-06-25_51747168dd36eede1d0c28f227cb0a34_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260629-2c8dmshx8l
  • SHA256 5d1923d6bbd1901fa5ad40aa384cc74055f42c11fb2a2d0f6bf18f8c1f4aa46b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 48 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_51747168dd36eede1d0c28f227cb0a34_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_51747168dd36eede1d0c28f227cb0a34_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4836
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doansxwqrd.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doansxwqrd.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmzbmdwenw.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_51747168dd36eede1d0c28f227cb0a34_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5648
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_51747168dd36eede1d0c28f227cb0a34_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_51747168dd36eede1d0c28f227cb0a34_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1588
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\htthinlnqz.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\htthinlnqz.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3708
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6064
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2912
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Xzg4mx3l.bat"
        3⤵
          PID:2244
        • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2640
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
      1⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3024
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:2680
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2639994890-966400312-4246138405-10002_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2639994890-966400312-4246138405-10002 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
        2⤵
          PID:2264
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 832 2968 1772 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:2076
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 832 2904 2908 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:5304
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe3_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe3 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:1824
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 832 2968 1772 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:2948
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 832 2904 2908 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
            2⤵
              PID:4496

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                Windows.db

                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
                • Size 1016KB
                • SHA256 d6dedbcdfe6d7e78109d6e5b87848cb3448a6b1e72a44bcaee504cb097ef5d2c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Windows.db-wal

                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
                • Size 1.5MB
                • SHA256 a542383399780d08fa413b903771e808c8495fb5c2ac557e04dbc507a9f3fe3b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Xzg4mx3l.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Xzg4mx3l.bat
                • Size 196B
                • SHA256 356e12da4d5a6d3fc2fc431578d0ee4159fe1d1152ef5bfda2a064a3cf8ef4d9
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                doansxwqrd.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doansxwqrd.exe
                • Size 51KB
                • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                htthinlnqz.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\htthinlnqz.exe
                • Size 580KB
                • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                xmzbmdwenw.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmzbmdwenw.exe
                • Size 459KB
                • SHA256 b1fedfe48e82b26d01993afac484af6af596ddb38dcf894d4fec31a04f46e2e1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                trnmg.sdb

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 af2ae6c3098d62a12703b387f8c315454bb28819b9494401503a5a8c8b178831
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                bindsvc.exe

                • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bindsvc.exe
                • Size 291KB
                • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/3708-16-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F5A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3708-25-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F5A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3708-35-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F5A000-memory.dmp