Overview

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Static

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MacroCreat...up.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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MacroCreat...up.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/07/2026, 10:30

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General

  • Target
    MacroCreator-setup.exe
  • Size 18.2MB
  • Sample260706-mj3dmsdx2w
  • SHA256 92ffa6da0bea664f2499cfbec2a578bf882ed861cbb218b384e6af6ea589dde9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
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Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

    persistence
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

    installer
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    adwarespyware
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 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.

    persistence
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

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

    ransomware
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

    ransomware

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MacroCreator-setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MacroCreator-setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1544
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-Q6AML.tmp\MacroCreator-setup.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-Q6AML.tmp\MacroCreator-setup.tmp" /SL5="$7014C,18142099,780800,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MacroCreator-setup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1992
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1696
    • 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
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1312
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5008
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2700

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 607B
        • SHA256 566eb119c9afe073f7b438d28c5ddf3377a5173343fa2b757d044a73094dfb6c
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        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
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        MacroCreator-setup.tmp
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-Q6AML.tmp\MacroCreator-setup.tmp
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 bc2900f0e362c052adf6c901b0f053dd0e31abe85196d529725a19c02993b999
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        memory/1312-200-0x0000000004B20000-0x0000000004BEC000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1544-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1544-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1992-12-0x00000000024C0000-0x00000000024C1000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1992-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1992-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1992-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1992-142-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006EE000-memory.dmp
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        memory/1992-6-0x00000000024C0000-0x00000000024C1000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5008-38-0x00000275001E0000-0x00000275002E0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5008-83-0x0000027514280000-0x00000275142A0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5008-49-0x0000027501EE0000-0x0000027501FE0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5008-69-0x0000027501D50000-0x0000027501D70000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5008-48-0x0000027501A10000-0x0000027501A30000-memory.dmp
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