Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/07/2026, 22:43

General

  • Target
    AsyncClient.exe
  • Size 48KB
  • Sample260706-2newgac12x
  • SHA256 8027a424012f66216a8c1f75661bee9ab69bea0834d60311e76699da15deda82
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • 2.100.178.45:6606

Mutex
  • tz0xkzfgpLwV

Attributes
  • delay

    3

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

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

  • Suricata alert: AsyncRAT Malware Default X.509 Certificate Detected - Inbound 2 IoCs

    Network activity triggered a Suricata alert

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 2 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 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AsyncClient.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AsyncClient.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4232
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4076
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5940
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp676B.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2360
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:4216
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2548
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suricata alert: AsyncRAT Malware Default X.509 Certificate Detected - Inbound
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4892
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /delete /f /tn "CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband"
      2⤵
        PID:5244
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /delete /f /tn "CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband"
          3⤵
            PID:4948
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3DA6.tmp.bat""
          2⤵
            PID:1312
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
              timeout 3
              3⤵
              • Delays execution with timeout.exe
              PID:4972
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
          1⤵
            PID:52
          • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
            sihost.exe
            1⤵
              PID:2924
              • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
                explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
                2⤵
                  PID:2804
              • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
                "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
                1⤵
                  PID:4472
                • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
                  "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
                  1⤵
                    PID:3856

                  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 595B
                        • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
                        • 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 599B
                        • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        tmp3DA6.tmp.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3DA6.tmp.bat
                        • Size 181B
                        • SHA256 da20ccbd78d049b5573a72270b51917c9ba4099633311c97222a2d8f0b6d8abd
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        tmp676B.tmp.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp676B.tmp.bat
                        • Size 176B
                        • SHA256 d48c0d2b68c28689a0dc3718f9420a1465ebd50af2609e45dd25f9215090a09b
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CupheadZeroXMultiplayerMultiband.exe
                        • Size 48KB
                        • SHA256 8027a424012f66216a8c1f75661bee9ab69bea0834d60311e76699da15deda82
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        memory/2804-189-0x000000000A1A0000-0x000000000A32E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4232-2-0x0000000074840000-0x0000000074FFC000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4232-3-0x0000000005320000-0x0000000005386000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4232-1-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4232-9-0x0000000074840000-0x0000000074FFC000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4232-4-0x00000000057B0000-0x000000000584C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4232-0-0x0000000074852000-0x0000000074853000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4472-45-0x000002BE92690000-0x000002BE926B0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4472-26-0x000002BE922C0000-0x000002BE923C0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4472-29-0x000002BE82260000-0x000002BE82280000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4472-25-0x000002BE81E80000-0x000002BE81EA0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4472-19-0x000002B67CC70000-0x000002B67CD70000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4472-18-0x000002B67CC70000-0x000002B67CD70000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-16-0x00000000746D0000-0x0000000074E8C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-15-0x0000000005AB0000-0x000000000606A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-192-0x0000000006530000-0x00000000065A6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-193-0x00000000064B0000-0x0000000006514000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-194-0x0000000006610000-0x000000000662E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-198-0x00000000746D0000-0x0000000074E8C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4892-13-0x00000000746D0000-0x0000000074E8C000-memory.dmp