Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/06/2026, 12:14

General

  • Target
    OpenVPN-2.6.14-windows-amd64.msi
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample260630-pellfaex6m
  • SHA256 19bca902826ef0dc9a6cf849297ce43ba8b2844bdb913c37230308d3274c953c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 9 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 23 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 4 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 System32 directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 27 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 41 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 57 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 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\OpenVPN-2.6.14-windows-amd64.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:4744
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5340
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 25E93E454F79A7912871FB805C2E0CB4 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3208
      • C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe
        "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3504
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:2920
      • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 45696E76E3963AE161E9C6B4F5908C0D
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:1932
      • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding D478C54764F9BAC15448B99121D949E0 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3912
        • C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe
          netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" newname="OpenVPN Wintun"
          3⤵
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:3000
        • C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe
          netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" newname="OpenVPN TAP-Windows6"
          3⤵
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:3552
        • C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe
          netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" newname="OpenVPN Data Channel Offload"
          3⤵
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:1824
        • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" config OpenVPNService start= auto
          3⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2244
        • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start OpenVPNService
          3⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5128
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5844
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch -p -s DeviceInstall
      1⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2924
      • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
        DrvInst.exe "4" "1" "C:\Windows\Temp\9c7debcb65b58afd8b8fce7cc6924e23b62d839d08db0817670de3073e7b78ac\wintun.inf" "9" "416dc9073" "000000000000014C" "WinSta0\Default" "000000000000015C" "208" "C:\Windows\Temp\9c7debcb65b58afd8b8fce7cc6924e23b62d839d08db0817670de3073e7b78ac"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1316
      • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
        DrvInst.exe "4" "1" "C:\Windows\Temp\ddb99223bbf7772d34ba1abc643e3ca8c6e7d69c2ee71505545678e868834de7\OemVista.inf" "9" "4c2d5a0cf" "000000000000015C" "WinSta0\Default" "0000000000000158" "208" "C:\Windows\Temp\ddb99223bbf7772d34ba1abc643e3ca8c6e7d69c2ee71505545678e868834de7"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5564
      • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
        DrvInst.exe "4" "1" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\ovpn-dco\Win10\ovpn-dco.inf" "9" "4e1f3ffd3" "0000000000000158" "WinSta0\Default" "0000000000000160" "208" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\ovpn-dco\Win10"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:4432
      • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
        DrvInst.exe "2" "11" "ROOT\NET\0000" "C:\Windows\INF\oem3.inf" "oem3.inf:9ef34515d755ec66:Wintun.Install:0.8.0.0:wintun," "42b53aaff" "0000000000000158"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        PID:2020
      • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
        DrvInst.exe "2" "11" "ROOT\NET\0001" "C:\Windows\INF\oem4.inf" "oem4.inf:3beb73aff103cc24:tap0901.ndi:9.27.0.0:root\tap0901," "433338203" "0000000000000158"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        PID:5900
      • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
        DrvInst.exe "2" "11" "ROOT\NET\0002" "C:\Windows\INF\oem5.inf" "oem5.inf:c695c3de07ba2b5d:ovpn-dco_Device:1.2.1.0:ovpn-dco," "43b135903" "000000000000015C"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        PID:5300
    • C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe
      "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1748
      • C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn.exe
        openvpn --version
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:388
    • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s Netman
      1⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:4284
    • C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv.exe
      "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:1916
    • C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv2.exe
      "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv2.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2952
    • C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv2.exe
      "C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv2.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4804

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58a97b.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a97b.rbs
          • Size 876KB
          • SHA256 12ff8cd892e0035b5712362166eb15cc69d8a7d8d5930c4ba17193db43d5de18
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ovpn-dco.cat

          • Path C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ovpn-dco\Win10\ovpn-dco.cat
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 26c54ce26cb43407855ba24d10fbb30a87e5a1a0a35536025a02cb003fe474f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ovpn-dco.sys

          • Path C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ovpn-dco\Win10\ovpn-dco.sys
          • Size 89KB
          • SHA256 2357e4d2007f346a3d2b3bf05115caeaf3eb069a70be654ce472be71e6f7fc75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ovpn-dco.inf

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\ovpn-dco\Win10\ovpn-dco.inf
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 1f6c35bc11d910f91c32ea54894d0fddb0094876bdd526d04a9287d04d636242
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          libcrypto-3-x64.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
          • Size 4.6MB
          • SHA256 71270ed463648bcbe45829cbc0ce3827faf3267e46d530ae0a82d9bc0c619ec0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libpkcs11-helper-1.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
          • Size 111KB
          • SHA256 e2500ded6e44090f0c76528903269938a029bee206fde25adac040d6e3a124f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3-x64.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\libssl-3-x64.dll
          • Size 818KB
          • SHA256 c681893dd0c9f86e7f405792dec32adab33cb899cbd3b2ddda533e28f577ab6d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          openvpn-gui.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-gui.exe
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 1f07550f3decbfd7c8737694001ee13c26de84ef498dc493d313a79db2080646
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          openvpn-plap-install.reg

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn-plap-install.reg
          • Size 454B
          • SHA256 18b542b3de918da103ea6d79f3be0c5af8349502dc9c673f2db5b6f05dc57d35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          openvpn.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpn.exe
          • Size 1019KB
          • SHA256 89479084f420ca55864c957a689971c327209d9c0e7ea4302df947e7cefff8c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          openvpnserv.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\openvpnserv.exe
          • Size 64KB
          • SHA256 4d7ba182e89f2869b650ac80a34b8f347deb360a3872ee9dca130168b32c87fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tapctl.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\tapctl.exe
          • Size 41KB
          • SHA256 d5aab270d61d7d1709e85ba81525be5948ae5bf397bb7b12a11e11ba0788ecd1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vcruntime140.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin\vcruntime140.dll
          • Size 94KB
          • SHA256 c51c64dfb7c445ecf0001f69c27e13299ddcfba0780efa72b866a7487b7491c7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 8b6a779474f7fefd0f15b81e3e0b00a8df649e762c0914a837f17190d61ea341
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_27898B4F26C8322E2EB8CCE79E81B433

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_27898B4F26C8322E2EB8CCE79E81B433
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 20c6c5bff00f3fba92cd431bbd8712ef195f79075f017ffdccb64fe873305767
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 fd5c4945208e766bd727f9108d4f080d4ede0f28f2f2e41c1d6280f47e8304d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 400B
          • SHA256 7abd5fe1813fdfbc0d6232430f833e8ad6bc68558d88a5298f224bda2d1c818b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_27898B4F26C8322E2EB8CCE79E81B433

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_27898B4F26C8322E2EB8CCE79E81B433
          • Size 408B
          • SHA256 a24b819586a6feb6b667fdcef2ccd508c31e2c327a514b03f07ccc4acf08f2ee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 f2e004392a52d9366e2d99975d95280f822a725374463bb2aa0ce4207c21aac2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI59D3.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI59D3.tmp
          • Size 209KB
          • SHA256 8351a40a632facd1f79a1bccfe8e32e88876a23065be1144621533700ecb05ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIAF96.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAF96.tmp
          • Size 275KB
          • SHA256 fb1cd5e7c3ea30dfafd3cc1862e311388361d896610db28c63716da9d71e8f3f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIAFC6.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAFC6.tmp
          • Size 281KB
          • SHA256 45e855461f5d1be28a2f88416603070bd1778055abdd06834ae58e97b7ddf53c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIAFE6.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIAFE6.tmp
          • Size 143KB
          • SHA256 2738720da0b6ce474ca6eb51a92372d047eca2d713c256f0cd6c147ac3a0db21
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e58a97a.msi

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e58a97a.msi
          • Size 5.5MB
          • SHA256 19bca902826ef0dc9a6cf849297ce43ba8b2844bdb913c37230308d3274c953c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dberr.txt

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\CatRoot2\dberr.txt
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 15e40f7ca37577da7c437dc0a397dc5f081db66893ffc22a099ab5fd3fd6bd5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dberr.txt

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\CatRoot2\dberr.txt
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 392f7fbe3a4b1d6398e9970b6d9326feabeb8d4e29987424e87ba6d6e224880b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wintun.cat

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\9C7DEB~1\wintun.cat
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 602187e5470ddbdf9421045bb0515f358c88bf88f59fd8a886fb6373da5d0f82
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wintun.sys

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\9C7DEB~1\wintun.sys
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 eb58bf00df7b4f98334178e75df3348c609ea5c6c74cf7f185f363aa23976c8b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wintun.inf

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\9c7debcb65b58afd8b8fce7cc6924e23b62d839d08db0817670de3073e7b78ac\wintun.inf
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 44098408ab9611dd99a38e140c7fb1ca5dce6eb2d5f0d5e500547ac1ba5d235b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          tap0901.cat

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\DDB992~1\tap0901.cat
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 ee062e5ef2743ceab10c64830e4cefe52e35cc1ece85947ac4e61ddd1c0b05f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tap0901.sys

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\DDB992~1\tap0901.sys
          • Size 40KB
          • SHA256 581dcaace05d5c1ac9512457ff50565aca5d904d2c209bd3fc369ca4d4a0d2b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OemVista.inf

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ddb99223bbf7772d34ba1abc643e3ca8c6e7d69c2ee71505545678e868834de7\OemVista.inf
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 1327ab3a8c50691f04bea8e2ca356c5b604092a719e219464f8cc4b42e192de9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2952-522-0x0000000000E30000-0x0000000000E3A000-memory.dmp