90b89a6dc4565c9817e7db8323702006860cb2b49f352863f2b18ba21c66b435

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
146s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
02/07/2026, 00:41

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General

Target
upWire.exe
Size 2.3MB
Sample260702-a17cpsaw4v
SHA256 90b89a6dc4565c9817e7db8323702006860cb2b49f352863f2b18ba21c66b435
MD5 8f6cec6f5436eb0fe79a1f26a1c663d4
SHA1 4fb4b6ab3aa38fd54b8f52854e0d4b2a052a2805
SHA512 a50b117bc3c041efc1783fd4df786d229b70ec686bd0e575238a5f92ddef333776eb55bfe7462e674430a8f79f7f9885e8e397136951354e9b79a75a07facd90
SSDEEP 49152:DsQqp8Ay5PMpaOjPufBp3cyKB33Ma67NreT6scPEWcylvJbp:lquA8PQaOjPuZp3cyKB33Mx7NrpstQ
TLSH
T122B5AE12BA42C072E59202B462FA6B7FCC3A9934573585C397D01E7589312E37B3E79E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

6^/10

defense_evasion discovery persistence privilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

defense_evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
5016	netsh.exe
888	netsh.exe
4144	netsh.exe
3764	netsh.exe
3920	netsh.exe
3704	netsh.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

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

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 13 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	upWire.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4068	upWire.exe
4068	upWire.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 2236	4068	upWire.exe	88
PID 2236 wrote to memory of 5016	2236	cmd.exe	89
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 584	4068	upWire.exe	90
PID 584 wrote to memory of 888	584	cmd.exe	91
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 1472	4068	upWire.exe	92
PID 1472 wrote to memory of 4144	1472	cmd.exe	93
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 3064	4068	upWire.exe	94
PID 3064 wrote to memory of 3764	3064	cmd.exe	95
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 5084	4068	upWire.exe	96
PID 5084 wrote to memory of 3920	5084	cmd.exe	97
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 3148	4068	upWire.exe	98
PID 3148 wrote to memory of 3704	3148	cmd.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upWire.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upWire.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4068
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="upWire"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2236
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="upWire"
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5016
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="upWire" dir=out action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\upWire.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:584
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="upWire" dir=out action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\upWire.exe"
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:888
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="upWire" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\upWire.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1472
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="upWire" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\upWire.exe"
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="wire"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3064
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name="wire"
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3764
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="wire" dir=out action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\wire.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5084
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="wire" dir=out action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\wire.exe"
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3920
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="wire" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\wire.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3148
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="wire" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wire\wire.exe"
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3704