Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    122s
  • 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, 18:44

General

  • Target
    file01.ps1
  • Size 12KB
  • Sample260701-xdjpfset4w
  • SHA256 37bef9d9a13d0c1a15a0a3fea74ca6cacdcc0defcbf16c888f6403c8bc56a3c0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Possible privilege escalation attempt 20 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 8 IoCs
  • Interacts with shadow copies 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe
    powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy bypass -File C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file01.ps1
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2004
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gd0s5amg\gd0s5amg.cmdline"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:976
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES1786.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gd0s5amg\CSCA3B840036D3740AA9D5FE08D37E64DD7.TMP"
        3⤵
          PID:4464
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\diskpart.exe /A
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:5476
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\diskpart.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:2544
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc /A
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:1480
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc /grant Administrators:F /t
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:1060
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /A
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:4420
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:5052
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\defrag.exe /A
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:5356
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\defrag.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:4692
      • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\cipher.exe /A
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:2616
      • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\cipher.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
        2⤵
        • Possible privilege escalation attempt
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:1372
      • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe" add shadowstorage /for=C: /on=C: /maxsize=10%
        2⤵
        • Interacts with shadow copies
        PID:5056
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "while ($true) { # For each logical disk, set EnableQuota and read-only attributes Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object { # Prevent formatting via WMI by setting VolumeDirty or other flags? Not directly. # Instead, we can dismount and remount? Not effective. # We'll use diskpart script to set readonly attribute on each volume. $drive = $_.DeviceID -replace ":" , "" if ($drive -match "^[CDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ]$") { $script = "select volume $drive`nattributes volume set readonly`n`nexit" $script | diskpart.exe 2>$null } } Start-Sleep -Seconds 60 }"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4960
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$vmExtensions = @("*.vhd","*.vhdx","*.vmdk","*.vmx","*.vmsd","*.nvram","*.vmem") $monitorDirs = @() $drives = Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | Where-Object { $_.Used -gt 0 } foreach ($drive in $drives) { $root = $drive.Root if ($root -match "^[CD]:\\") { $monitorDirs += Get-ChildItem -Path $root -Recurse -Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { (Get-ChildItem $_.FullName -Include $vmExtensions -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Count -gt 0 } | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName } } } $monitorDirs = $monitorDirs | Select-Object -Unique # Use a file system watcher for each directory $watchers = @() foreach ($dir in $monitorDirs) { if (-not (Test-Path $dir)) { continue } $watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher $watcher.Path = $dir $watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $true $watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true $watcher.Filter = "*.*" $action = { $path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath $changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType if ($changeType -in @('Deleted','Changed')) { $ext = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($path) if ($ext -in @('.vhd','.vhdx','.vmdk','.vmx','.vmsd','.nvram','.vmem')) { # Restore from latest shadow copy $shadow = (vssadmin list shadows /for=C: | Select-String "Shadow Copy Volume:") -replace ".*Volume: " , "" if ($shadow) { $shadowDrive = $shadow[0] $origPath = $path -replace "^[A-Z]:", $shadowDrive if (Test-Path $origPath) { Copy-Item -Path $origPath -Destination $path -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue # Reapply permissions icacls $path /deny "Everyone:(D)" 2>$null icacls $path /deny "BUILTIN\Users:(D)" 2>$null Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } } } } } Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Deleted" -Action $action -SupportEvent Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Changed" -Action $action -SupportEvent $watchers += $watcher } # Keep script running while ($true) { Start-Sleep -Seconds 3600 }"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2680
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Windows\Temp\vm_keeper.ps1"
      1⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5308
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
        "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Windows\SystemTemp\eyf4fjj0\eyf4fjj0.cmdline"
        2⤵
          PID:5520
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
            C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Windows\SystemTemp\RES5957.tmp" "c:\Windows\SystemTemp\eyf4fjj0\CSC84353F8E28F4816B5D62ED7ACD06229.TMP"
            3⤵
              PID:5524
          • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\diskpart.exe /A
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:2216
          • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\diskpart.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:780
          • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc /A
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:2568
          • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\diskmgmt.msc /grant Administrators:F /t
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:2812
          • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /A
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:2020
          • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\cleanmgr.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:4660
          • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\defrag.exe /A
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:704
          • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\defrag.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:4952
          • C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\takeown.exe" /F C:\Windows\system32\cipher.exe /A
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:5188
          • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe" C:\Windows\system32\cipher.exe /grant Administrators:F /t
            2⤵
            • Possible privilege escalation attempt
            • Modifies file permissions
            PID:5560

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 952B
              • SHA256 59f0f405bee9a6626b6a2be82093cc1e5018c8fbe112815838bedc8f81958062
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              RES1786.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES1786.tmp
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 104aaeacf4e2283917bdcd1bb238b35a4455164e30afbbf407d6c4fb48a223ff
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_eghnkmy5.lnd.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_eghnkmy5.lnd.ps1
              • Size 60B
              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              gd0s5amg.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gd0s5amg\gd0s5amg.dll
              • Size 4KB
              • SHA256 503826198b902577216cbd43f1ecbc48eff1b37fd0b286b28a8574dc6dc52e6f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              cipher.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\System32\cipher.exe
              • Size 114B
              • SHA256 92e56d0f9449fdbc7073fbe9d8ecb2592e23d78c257bc05d7e1d337443de60a3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              RES5957.tmp

              • Path C:\Windows\SystemTemp\RES5957.tmp
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 cfa5cf6ae90aaa01157cfd1edba9a04cbf32babf460f7780068fd4029c4bed82
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              eyf4fjj0.dll

              • Path C:\Windows\SystemTemp\eyf4fjj0\eyf4fjj0.dll
              • Size 4KB
              • SHA256 1e9549c3ac21149503c3236e1dfc624c0c27e5764805b376c5551b33fccc6a8b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              CSCA3B840036D3740AA9D5FE08D37E64DD7.TMP

              • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gd0s5amg\CSCA3B840036D3740AA9D5FE08D37E64DD7.TMP
              • Size 652B
              • SHA256 ac181496491f74ce888151c7234ac8789cc683b69d52bb2930d6ddd7544d665a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              gd0s5amg.0.cs

              • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gd0s5amg\gd0s5amg.0.cs
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 26054a652faede9cd2916d5f49eadee995cf32be751d45fd7259872d03c1b28a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              gd0s5amg.cmdline

              • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gd0s5amg\gd0s5amg.cmdline
              • Size 369B
              • SHA256 39d0247812a340697cfb21595f8fdad094063dbfea47ae9789f9b34355bae93a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              CSC84353F8E28F4816B5D62ED7ACD06229.TMP

              • Path \??\c:\Windows\SystemTemp\eyf4fjj0\CSC84353F8E28F4816B5D62ED7ACD06229.TMP
              • Size 652B
              • SHA256 3992b4ebe2d061e5a42cdf5fd4599a49f740d7398d2684c8cb2d3e32841ff1ca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              eyf4fjj0.cmdline

              • Path \??\c:\Windows\SystemTemp\eyf4fjj0\eyf4fjj0.cmdline
              • Size 345B
              • SHA256 03ecc553eb768d24638fb8a73b054bb69c665450e9701352e987c98710af059c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              memory/2004-35-0x00000193711D0000-0x00000193711EE000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-43-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-23-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-24-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-25-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-26-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-27-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-9-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-0-0x00007FFE589FF000-0x00007FFE58A00000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-36-0x00000193711F0000-0x00000193712A2000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-37-0x00000193710B0000-0x00000193710BA000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-38-0x0000019371430000-0x000001937145A000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-39-0x0000019371430000-0x0000019371454000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-41-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-42-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-22-0x0000019370960000-0x0000019370968000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-44-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-45-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-46-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-47-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-48-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-8-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-51-0x0000019372490000-0x00000193724AE000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-7-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-6-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-5-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-4-0x0000019370990000-0x00000193709B2000-memory.dmp

              memory/2004-1-0x00007FFE58870000-0x00007FFE59214000-memory.dmp

              memory/5308-76-0x000002735C6F0000-0x000002735C6F8000-memory.dmp