Analysis

  • max time kernel
    83s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 14:35

General

  • Target
    ff351d50172af72b293069c5768516faa3866e18a77daf664ce1521266c44350.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260703-rydq2sa14t
  • SHA256 ff351d50172af72b293069c5768516faa3866e18a77daf664ce1521266c44350
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • cuongsex.com:80

  • cuongsex.com:22

  • cuongsex.com:8080

  • cuongsex.com:8880

  • cuongsex.com:2052

  • cuongsex.com:2082

  • cuongsex.com:2086

  • cuongsex.com:2095

  • cuongsex.com:443

  • cuongsex.com:2053

  • cuongsex.com:2083

  • cuongsex.com:2087

  • cuongsex.com:2096

  • cuongsex.com:8443

  • www.cuongsex.com:80

  • www.cuongsex.com:22

  • www.cuongsex.com:8080

  • www.cuongsex.com:8880

  • www.cuongsex.com:2052

  • www.cuongsex.com:2082

Mutex
  • qbHuo321egUC

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    nri3h.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 42 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 14 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ff351d50172af72b293069c5768516faa3866e18a77daf664ce1521266c44350.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ff351d50172af72b293069c5768516faa3866e18a77daf664ce1521266c44350.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "nri3h" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1308
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "nri3h" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5888
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp97F5.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:1456
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4436
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4568
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3144
    • 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
      PID:4516
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
      PID:3488
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
        PID:3124

      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

            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 595B
            • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            tmp97F5.tmp.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp97F5.tmp.bat
            • Size 149B
            • SHA256 61b7d4b561207b31b25c8cbfacb0ac97c37f0470f12c5ee3e76df5263e293204
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            nri3h.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nri3h.exe
            • Size 45KB
            • SHA256 ff351d50172af72b293069c5768516faa3866e18a77daf664ce1521266c44350
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/2124-1-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000732000-memory.dmp

            memory/2124-2-0x0000000074520000-0x0000000074CDC000-memory.dmp

            memory/2124-3-0x00000000052B0000-0x000000000534C000-memory.dmp

            memory/2124-8-0x0000000074520000-0x0000000074CDC000-memory.dmp

            memory/2124-0-0x0000000074532000-0x0000000074533000-memory.dmp

            memory/3488-24-0x00000209001E0000-0x00000209002E0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3488-22-0x00000209001E0000-0x00000209002E0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3488-66-0x0000020914710000-0x0000020914730000-memory.dmp

            memory/3488-41-0x0000020903ED0000-0x0000020903FD0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3488-40-0x0000020903CF0000-0x0000020903D10000-memory.dmp

            memory/3488-46-0x0000020903DF0000-0x0000020903E10000-memory.dmp

            memory/4516-191-0x000000000F430000-0x000000000FCAB000-memory.dmp

            memory/4568-14-0x00000000744B0000-0x0000000074C6C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4568-12-0x00000000744B0000-0x0000000074C6C000-memory.dmp