Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/07/2026, 05:51

General

  • Target
    Fatals_CM_External.exe
  • Size 14.4MB
  • Sample260701-gkefbahs5v
  • SHA256 d6f8d11a1a294cf05bdd5528756846be2edc5697539bc31869810ed7eec78ca4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Loads dropped DLL 22 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

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

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fatals_CM_External.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fatals_CM_External.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4004
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fatals_CM_External.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fatals_CM_External.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5032
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
          PID:5604
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5364
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2568
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3236
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5404

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 106KB
          • SHA256 a8f950b4357ec12cfccddc9094cca56a3d5244b95e09ea6e9a746489f2d58736
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 e4b533a94e02c574780e4b333fcf0889f65ed00d39e32c0fbbda2116f185873f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _asyncio.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_asyncio.pyd
          • Size 63KB
          • SHA256 6306be660d87ffb2271dd5d783ee32e735a792556e0b5bd672dc0b1c206fdadc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 82KB
          • SHA256 403e76fe18515a5ea3227cf5f919aa2f32ac3233853c9fb71627f2251c554d09
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 174KB
          • SHA256 8100f667a3f64eeb37b9326d0c53a931e0ea3cea4ade5dbdc638c368355c0948
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 120KB
          • SHA256 e28d4e46e5d10b5fdcf0292f91e8fd767e33473116247cd5d577e4554d7a4c0c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _decimal.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_decimal.pyd
          • Size 247KB
          • SHA256 6cd52b65e11839f417b212ba5a39f182b0151a711ebc7629dc260b532391db72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 63KB
          • SHA256 21d59958e2ad1b944c4811a71e88de08c05c5ca07945192ab93da5065fac8926
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 155KB
          • SHA256 ad0440ca6998e18f5cc917d088af3fea2c0ff0febce2b5e2b6c0f1370f6e87b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _multiprocessing.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_multiprocessing.pyd
          • Size 33KB
          • SHA256 edfa9ee414f41448f8ffabb79f3bb8db5c25e1cfd28facf88eb5fe2d1e1d7551
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _overlapped.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_overlapped.pyd
          • Size 49KB
          • SHA256 ce48969ebebdc620f4313eba2a6b6cda568b663c09d5478fa93826d401abe674
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_queue.pyd
          • Size 31KB
          • SHA256 06c36ec0749d041e6957c3cd7d2d510628b6abe28cee8c9728412d9ce196a8a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_socket.pyd
          • Size 77KB
          • SHA256 301c47c4016dac27811f04f4d7232f24852ef7675e9a4500f0601703ed8f06af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _sqlite3.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_sqlite3.pyd
          • Size 117KB
          • SHA256 55344349f9199aedad1737a0311cbe2c3a4bf9494b76982520bacad90f463c1b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 4727b60962efacfd742dca21341a884160cf9fcf499b9afa3d9fdbcc93fb75d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 917f524981d99dceeba203e566f60b790b470c4904d3a9f64448bf37fc4dd5a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 4.9MB
          • SHA256 2a234b5aa20c3faecf725bbb54fb33f3d94543f78fa7045408e905593e49960a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 771KB
          • SHA256 41ad1a04ca27a7959579e87fbbda87c93099616a64a0e66260c983381c5570d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pyexpat.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\pyexpat.pyd
          • Size 194KB
          • SHA256 5604f629523125904909547a97f3cdb5dbfe33b39878bad77534de0c3c034387
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python311.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\python311.dll
          • Size 5.5MB
          • SHA256 53a969094231b9032abe4148939ce08a3a4e4b30b0459fc7d90c89f65e8dcd4a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pythoncom311.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\pywin32_system32\pythoncom311.dll
          • Size 665KB
          • SHA256 f20794876cd77d37d893512bdd8f2112bb791e134ebf2697c9034fa32eb93c11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pywintypes311.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\pywin32_system32\pywintypes311.dll
          • Size 132KB
          • SHA256 dcc14a7ed85a324e357eab7db970d8db61387c8b5d6baa23283aabd8300c4e09
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\select.pyd
          • Size 29KB
          • SHA256 8a9a103bc417dede9f6946d9033487c410937e1761d93c358c1600b82f0a711f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          sqlite3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\sqlite3.dll
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 5ac6ee18cdca84c078b66055f5e9ffc6f8502e22eaf0fa54aeec92b75a3c463e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 1a965c1904da88989468852fdc749b520cce46617b9190163c8df19345b59560
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          win32api.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI40042\win32\win32api.pyd
          • Size 135KB
          • SHA256 cd9ec02d502dc1548233aa2efe9fcbf47e4677b28c169553f36194a50f55ff28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmpa8l08ry0.db

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpa8l08ry0.db
          • Size 96KB
          • SHA256 33a2357af8dc03cc22d2b7ce5c90abf25ac8b40223155a516f1a8df4acbf2a53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmpgi0r3xv9.db

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpgi0r3xv9.db
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 7312082d5ae0a26cb32aee10ddb00a0e256f9b92c9135342c7a2483d5cbfe394
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2568-381-0x000000000F700000-0x000000000F780000-memory.dmp

          memory/3236-193-0x00000229096C0000-0x00000229097C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3236-255-0x000002291D740000-0x000002291D760000-memory.dmp

          memory/3236-241-0x000002290D1C0000-0x000002290D1E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3236-227-0x000002291D3C0000-0x000002291D4C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3236-225-0x000002290CF60000-0x000002290CF80000-memory.dmp