Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    40s
  • max time network
    42s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/07/2026, 17:04

General

  • Target
    MedalSetup.Njc3NzYyOTMzLDEsbm9yZWY=.exe
  • Size 144.3MB
  • Sample260705-vlq3dses21
  • SHA256 061b066ab8040e56f27efc76b122301353c794e012b4eaf5de04aa8a8933bd68
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Reads ssh keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access SSH used by SSH programs.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to get system information.

  • Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 24 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 26 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MedalSetup.Njc3NzYyOTMzLDEsbm9yZWY=.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MedalSetup.Njc3NzYyOTMzLDEsbm9yZWY=.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5384
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe" --install .
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6060
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Squirrel.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Squirrel.exe" --updateSelf=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3168
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe" --squirrel-install 2627.293.1
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6012
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe --type=crashpad-handler --user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Medal /prefetch:4 --no-rate-limit --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler --database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Medal\Crashpad --url=https://sentry.medal.tv/api/1378175/minidump/?sentry_key=c8a362b2878242408b487aafa89be8a7 "--annotation=_companyName=Medal B.V." --annotation=_productName=Medal --annotation=_version=2627.293.1 --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=Electron --annotation=ver=40.1.0 --initial-client-data=0x458,0x460,0x464,0x434,0x468,0x7ff6a63076b4,0x7ff6a63076c0,0x7ff6a63076d0
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:5984
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell.exe -c "Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_VideoController | Format-List -Property Name, Description, Caption, AdapterRAM"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5748
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography /v MachineGuid"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4000
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg query HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography /v MachineGuid
            5⤵
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:5724
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /q /d /s /c "fsutil ^"dirty^" ^"query^" ^"C:^""
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3272
          • C:\Windows\system32\fsutil.exe
            fsutil "dirty" "query" "C:"
            5⤵
              PID:3328
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\Update.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\Update.exe --createShortcut=Medal.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:2140
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe" --type=gpu-process --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Medal" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --field-trial-handle=2072,i,1226733127602267175,9876491820090075607,262144 --enable-features=DocumentPolicyIncludeJSCallStacksInCrashReports,EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708988185955192 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2068 /prefetch:2
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            PID:4080
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\Medal.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Medal" --secure-schemes=sentry-ipc --bypasscsp-schemes=sentry-ipc --cors-schemes=sentry-ipc --fetch-schemes=sentry-ipc --field-trial-handle=2072,i,1226733127602267175,9876491820090075607,262144 --enable-features=DocumentPolicyIncludeJSCallStacksInCrashReports,EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708989122997041 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2408 /prefetch:3
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:3468

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Medal.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\Medal.exe
          • Size 458KB
          • SHA256 8e36241e31b67acfea735f595a3fe2d11cad7eb316d0ecd1c007cba0f73ff6ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chrome_100_percent.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\chrome_100_percent.pak
          • Size 112KB
          • SHA256 cbe052e9bd36032cde9d0ad7496d611c6a3c98a130b960e1298d490254be1159
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chrome_200_percent.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\chrome_200_percent.pak
          • Size 182KB
          • SHA256 6593ba8ece63001a3fb77bd1d872566edeb26213a1be8e852dd956f6d0e2c93e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          d3dcompiler_47.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\d3dcompiler_47.dll
          • Size 4.5MB
          • SHA256 2821ca3bcf58c90fd9c7109ede742dd6589fd378dbb51b1a676d252fcffe3fa9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dxcompiler.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\dxcompiler.dll
          • Size 24.5MB
          • SHA256 40a41eec9d90fa1e348ed1b5d398a94aa6203b45a08126c1d3aad39941ab3225
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dxil.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\dxil.dll
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 681099c2c9adb30185438d89dbe5d909cef07f621a1dbc5a1919ccc653fe1b8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          icudtl.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\icudtl.dat
          • Size 10.3MB
          • SHA256 1cf67874b5a87a8363a86fb3f81e3cbbed54d389062dab8fb52308d5cf8c8612
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libEGL.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\libEGL.dll
          • Size 523KB
          • SHA256 f624c04a9d951f7e7a899699c7dc14a28b80e788c38bf2236b301162a20d7e05
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libGLESv2.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\libGLESv2.dll
          • Size 7.7MB
          • SHA256 6f69703aa59f5c221817c55dbfc39d9ae1a6ad200e80e9cc58f7ae79b524d578
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          en-US.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\locales\en-US.pak
          • Size 537KB
          • SHA256 ef30389492cc2d31bc5c162056fe68c27a5d57b0a69f5f878562325f795c5185
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          resources.pak

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources.pak
          • Size 6.1MB
          • SHA256 ce5c35017fd7aa648fe44381711cbf42eff5f6923b11241a4789058dbc5b27aa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          index.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\index.js
          • Size 984B
          • SHA256 7fe5245bc82f099828bfecf7f78e4c417d6a20fc97ccbf30ac17bff7396aeec9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          main.min.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\main.min.js
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 d3eefa90106e95c805a515478202841b6dd7baddd492b23e76fc95a78fb3b509
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          index.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\index.js
          • Size 796B
          • SHA256 924564d5be26d59b9682c4263f68320e48dde7240bd2d1ad17ec305537429dd2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          buffer-util.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\buffer-util.js
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 8b0a45739132f82e25ea13163780abf547ccfe989267f3eb7abb475beec92da3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          constants.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\constants.js
          • Size 503B
          • SHA256 391e823142b8b370e55a2fd32b022deaf03b8415c56000009674ebc86a0b4f86
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          event-target.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\event-target.js
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 c45d3c6e12d170c860c0c3f1a050aa0f864d9806632b609a1e607d675aba128c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          extension.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\extension.js
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 852564f0f6b460287043803eae732666fb5610f676874354fc89f06aa4e986ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          limiter.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\limiter.js
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e0469d4b83f6ba764b15f80e1766b75c136fbff68f048f4c050f0b1c7f065f69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          permessage-deflate.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\permessage-deflate.js
          • Size 14KB
          • SHA256 02c31796f0132a335d4efe7b7adcebadbb69543a1ce65ae04aaccc3530e27ab9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          receiver.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\receiver.js
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 4879edbf8e48d04d09783cf9c04b5e25f5a448247bb01279438ded2899747220
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          sender.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\sender.js
          • Size 16KB
          • SHA256 d0791d30c3defd44dcabbddb879a901c757993fea2c00a7ffea01d53b23b4b77
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          stream.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\stream.js
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 a56fcb6e2b152097ee820b6f5410b1f71e59819b45d08d9f8bda588fe39070ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          subprotocol.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\subprotocol.js
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 be3f6323d6f549568577dcba9004c1479d95c65a7abb0fe0c582875b9fac0b7c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          validation.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\validation.js
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 41ce8e83d0d434132e1704895fedb91f6703a701b42d91c80954ab29b2845593
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          websocket-server.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\websocket-server.js
          • Size 16KB
          • SHA256 29029a4d346800c792300df153df2007e9805d9d7b67b0883f9730b64f25b1c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          websocket.js

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\lib\websocket.js
          • Size 36KB
          • SHA256 48fdb0f54c1f8ce580d3cfa2908fe7d96fe18f06f9d82306950441cb09b5db26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          package.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\node_modules\ws\package.json
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 584ce6e7516587ba249dc910b0c04e2753f6b3f451fc3a5bc324f7735bdacc71
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          package.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\resources\app\package.json
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 a76bc27e6fcecef481657be899669bbb696d643ed0de4cdd3c0d1b084fee7597
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          squirrel.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\squirrel.exe
          • Size 2.0MB
          • SHA256 9c9c39c36c3007491d19cfeb7ed3429d68e0a54a7cee919bbdc503471f89421b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          v8_context_snapshot.bin

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\v8_context_snapshot.bin
          • Size 696KB
          • SHA256 1df86ae706c6fc60bb6f4e60d76c5a3f56affa54e6b1442f51127bedc589d089
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vk_swiftshader.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Medal\app-2627.293.1\vk_swiftshader.dll
          • Size 5.4MB
          • SHA256 9a8f8ea09999bcfafa52fa14ccaca9de9f03c0408826ee8d2b19ab266211e8c5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RELEASES

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\RELEASES
          • Size 81B
          • SHA256 1b7fa96dc07ff49f962f8ad04019049a414a854825a2e9e68847a61e2f20666b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Update.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 f227fb387354c36743d9bd9b64fecd7cea6cb26dca9e5090f0652187bfbc933c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          background.gif

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\background.gif
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 c4e353de9414b9af2c8b7e9eee24ad73fcdc9da2662dec9f0ec95ea6612f0602
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          setupIcon.ico

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\setupIcon.ico
          • Size 210KB
          • SHA256 b224df52e505c1f0ea3f7a3257e9bebfcc2bc6970ab69cd9feab3af43c1dab33
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_f5b0rfeh.03y.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_f5b0rfeh.03y.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          default.dic

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\default.dic
          • Size 2B
          • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/2140-1658-0x0000000002F10000-0x0000000002F30000-memory.dmp

          memory/3168-1604-0x0000000000630000-0x000000000083A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5748-1645-0x000001D649920000-0x000001D649942000-memory.dmp

          memory/5748-1750-0x000001D661FE0000-0x000001D66200A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5748-1751-0x000001D661FE0000-0x000001D662004000-memory.dmp

          memory/6060-731-0x000000001CF60000-0x000000001CF6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6060-729-0x000000001CF90000-0x000000001CFC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6060-9-0x0000000000610000-0x00000000007E6000-memory.dmp