Analysis

  • max time kernel
    55s
  • max time network
    172s
  • 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, 16:23

General

  • Target
    a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260707-tv528sat2k
  • SHA256 a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0
  • 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.

  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5016
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4472
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4300
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a00952a8a5fa01b477caf86fd71aa08e3ac4ea124c8178db4bf6676a995a09e0.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:1340
      • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
        sihost.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3608
        • 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:3232
      • 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:2020
      • 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:1668

      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

            System.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nstF2D8.tmp\System.dll
            • Size 12KB
            • SHA256 8b4c47c4cf5e76ec57dd5a050d5acd832a0d532ee875d7b44f6cdaf68f90d37c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/2020-37-0x0000022C80070000-0x0000022C80170000-memory.dmp

            memory/2020-80-0x0000022C84200000-0x0000022C84220000-memory.dmp

            memory/2020-44-0x0000022C82E70000-0x0000022C82F70000-memory.dmp

            memory/2020-36-0x0000022C80070000-0x0000022C80170000-memory.dmp

            memory/2020-43-0x0000022C82980000-0x0000022C829A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2020-46-0x0000022C82C90000-0x0000022C82CB0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4300-23-0x0000000076F7D000-0x0000000076F7E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4300-31-0x0000000077045000-0x0000000077046000-memory.dmp

            memory/4300-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000016E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/4300-22-0x0000000076FBF000-0x0000000076FC0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4300-24-0x0000000077045000-0x0000000077046000-memory.dmp

            memory/4300-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000016E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/5016-20-0x0000000073ED5000-0x0000000073ED6000-memory.dmp