90b89a6dc4565c9817e7db8323702006860cb2b49f352863f2b18ba21c66b435

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
125s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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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
3000	netsh.exe
2208	netsh.exe
1180	netsh.exe
5296	netsh.exe
5844	netsh.exe
4668	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 queried	\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 queried	\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 value enumerated	\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 opened	\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 value enumerated	\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	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	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	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	upWire.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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3212	upWire.exe
3212	upWire.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 4968	3212	upWire.exe	89
PID 4968 wrote to memory of 3000	4968	cmd.exe	90
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 5556	3212	upWire.exe	91
PID 5556 wrote to memory of 2208	5556	cmd.exe	92
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 4584	3212	upWire.exe	93
PID 4584 wrote to memory of 1180	4584	cmd.exe	94
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 1428	3212	upWire.exe	95
PID 1428 wrote to memory of 5296	1428	cmd.exe	96
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 2888	3212	upWire.exe	97
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 5844	2888	cmd.exe	98
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 1224	3212	upWire.exe	99
PID 1224 wrote to memory of 4668	1224	cmd.exe	100

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:3212
- 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:4968
- - 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:3000
- 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:5556
- - 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:2208
- 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:4584
- - 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:1180
- 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:1428
- - 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:5296
- 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:2888
- - 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:5844
- 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:1224
- - 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:4668