Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    34s
  • max time network
    68s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/07/2026, 12:59

General

  • Target
    CheatEngine77P.exe
  • Size 33.2MB
  • Sample260707-p72hcsft8j
  • SHA256 977674a641521cb4fc77ee3e854583b57f0f4091e3016d6af496e9761a2fb228
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • 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.

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

    Inno Setup installer

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

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CheatEngine77P.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CheatEngine77P.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1304
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-P9K9K.tmp\CheatEngine77P.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-P9K9K.tmp\CheatEngine77P.tmp" /SL5="$502CE,32544101,869888,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CheatEngine77P.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1808
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:628
    • 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:3300
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
      PID:1416
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
        PID:4944
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
        1⤵
          PID:4364

        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

              pcheck.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-9QFDE.tmp\pcheck.dll
              • Size 357KB
              • SHA256 b9656e77032b92ced77e11a7eee62c2afff5f1648b0ac804cf58e531f66199a5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              CheatEngine77P.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-P9K9K.tmp\CheatEngine77P.tmp
              • Size 3.5MB
              • SHA256 be7dd477a1c87fde37aba0b638bbb06740385ff6afee3cc58bd56da70a1f7e0f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/1304-0-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000001094000-memory.dmp

              memory/1304-11-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000001094000-memory.dmp

              memory/1416-28-0x000001C083DF0000-0x000001C083EF0000-memory.dmp

              memory/1416-27-0x000001C0839F0000-0x000001C083A10000-memory.dmp

              memory/1416-65-0x000001C094750000-0x000001C094770000-memory.dmp

              memory/1416-51-0x000001C083DB0000-0x000001C083DD0000-memory.dmp

              memory/1416-21-0x000001C0801E0000-0x000001C0802E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/1808-12-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp

              memory/1808-15-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp

              memory/1808-17-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp

              memory/1808-13-0x0000000003130000-0x0000000003131000-memory.dmp

              memory/1808-6-0x0000000003130000-0x0000000003131000-memory.dmp

              memory/1808-180-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000E28000-memory.dmp