Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    142s
  • 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, 17:53

General

  • Target
    Adobe_AVX2_Patch_v1.0.1.exe
  • Size 35.5MB
  • Sample260707-wgaqaabs21
  • SHA256 1a1cf33e9ba6661c1b215fcfdaec30084d420ba077e16df758e54c66c68af8b4
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 19 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • 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
  • Modifies registry class 40 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 34 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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 WMI provider

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

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe_AVX2_Patch_v1.0.1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Adobe_AVX2_Patch_v1.0.1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:236
    • C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\launch.vbs"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1100
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:3260
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 >nul & rd /s /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch"
        3⤵
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4124
        • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
          ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
          4⤵
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:3352
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
    • 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:4744
  • 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:3384
  • 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:2236

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 603B
        • SHA256 76051c7134ef5b2b172ae67cc7317ea11daedcc3d11f55c52922e505f501568b
        • 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

        Adobe AVX2 Patch.deps.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.deps.json
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 f28d5c70db389af3a03675435b5921cc036e08a9d1adcab25d7a2d27f9abae0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Adobe AVX2 Patch.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 32ca1ebb588f3c29a7278ef8e1745d787d50bc241f8aaf97c31f2be995fa8cc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Adobe AVX2 Patch.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.exe
        • Size 174KB
        • SHA256 f0b04200a5011c2e88c6fdc54868574a9740655ffa88a4cbd87ec4ff7f242562
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Adobe AVX2 Patch.pdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.pdb
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 1f72a28770b8061e37fdcac887c611fd96010776e51c28bf7a94a6f6ff185abc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Adobe AVX2 Patch.runtimeconfig.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Adobe AVX2 Patch.runtimeconfig.json
        • Size 430B
        • SHA256 c01d4dc34ded8d82250f3368baf6b95bfd001d1c48eda5e2255d125e3cec866f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Banner.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\Banner.png
        • Size 177KB
        • SHA256 f4b97b0fc29bd12dc455f6d836a722c6ffec7c8e538d8bea735bc930f3c08f5a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LOCKSC~1.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\LOCKSC~1.PNG
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 17063f76ea32a205749814b63f83b1ac79938b992fdaa2f70527c80b80e4fa53
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SPLASH~1.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\SPLASH~1.PNG
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 ccc4816f4c71e948a8728bd0ed7231ade5be8d9fe319a70d51e054cedcb21b81
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SQUARE~1.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\SQUARE~1.PNG
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 1ab6afa083b029b80f89de70388f3e5d82a7e0abad70f30ad4848cdcccf5c72f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SQUARE~2.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\SQUARE~2.PNG
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 07309eae9b2fb2481cd993cabd5948585d2cd15a3c90c7335eb7116058e0d461
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SQUARE~3.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\SQUARE~3.PNG
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 b1f0d7e0253a534968209500d3e806824cd22436ddc89a8fa75fea78d9757004
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        STOREL~1.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\STOREL~1.PNG
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 c4564ddf54dd41337ca8a425aea45734a49303575faac34921463663af0daf2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WIDE31~1.PNG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Assets\WIDE31~1.PNG
        • Size 259KB
        • SHA256 ea7a6876937c347b3dbea6880e83a7a2c28a9eaede0da07ea2ee792070add49e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CREATE~1.EXE

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\CREATE~1.EXE
        • Size 70KB
        • SHA256 3c50bcbff62a5c0479b11e630505a8962dc721f5f608e6b83cddcdc6ba337f38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MI3D96~1.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\MI3D96~1.DLL
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 331ac20fe9a41ebae155a955f2dea34bc247128a5bd8d299d7a6cd0da01acd87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MICROS~1.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\MICROS~1.DLL
        • Size 958KB
        • SHA256 c56d26a7cf3a5d117c4ec523d76df56774b2001a3e1e9c6c42312d252a34205c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MICROS~2.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\MICROS~2.DLL
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 7f8dcf37d9d66eae14c48a79fa2fcd447bd0f38a21be0203a9c4a89398aacf28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MICROS~3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\MICROS~3.DLL
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 0acb1f0a9b00b98e15ae6bc1d6bbaf7f2840fedbb779f494b8785262ddc2517a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MICROS~4.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\MICROS~4.DLL
        • Size 79KB
        • SHA256 32a926e6f1bcea28455d1492fed418d73344d7816c707b2c28c4fa3b8da0991f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.WinUI.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Microsoft.WinUI.dll
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 53172b29a913c82ea8b2af976df83417ee551fe1bedf325e9f82ab51b51a10d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.Net.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.Net.dll
        • Size 16KB
        • SHA256 31c063ce3601a7fc83e882e9e249625a98b2f9586dedb1f8848c29bc81ce1227
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll
        • Size 387KB
        • SHA256 7fb26083f49189e19d58125f3038423890e8ef9c997d6f6a22d4ef99cef7592c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Collections.Concurrent.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Collections.Concurrent.dll
        • Size 226KB
        • SHA256 5ab7ad30fa8c4abc9f4c74f557bf7528339bee20c963da6bb2420de60b24a553
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Collections.Immutable.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Collections.Immutable.dll
        • Size 954KB
        • SHA256 d95b1861b1e7d6889231335872e64b202aa06ce30292eb945bf5145a9365f608
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Collections.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Collections.dll
        • Size 290KB
        • SHA256 4dcfa26ab7a4983f2b7095d90180e6d1a669269f1ab7fdeb653553a8d778a034
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll
        • Size 46KB
        • SHA256 6420dc004ac4839597e1ecf325ed0e7d9e004d46e3247e9da0fd14b08ade340b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll
        • Size 82KB
        • SHA256 88a238291e4a458627b38a268089e0b3ce675c876fc3aa44c5edc427ff330d43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Memory.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Memory.dll
        • Size 158KB
        • SHA256 21a17ae4ee7e14e54347696500910bd233cdb08007447f744bb19da2e2310a2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Private.CoreLib.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Private.CoreLib.dll
        • Size 15.3MB
        • SHA256 0ccec5e150fe6cf43d1f04f9365a5cf2c99f43f501410475340d088b32d48748
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Reflection.Metadata.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Reflection.Metadata.dll
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 c983fed9da0b9918a220e2f31a820f2d60ca1e889503e2dbb9def4db6d98d091
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll
        • Size 110KB
        • SHA256 62b6669d9970f333ca66c45a5a2e6084ea1e87540c49e8ec0c1f19910fda207d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Runtime.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Runtime.dll
        • Size 44KB
        • SHA256 c5839cad9c86b59c75475bd2cd13cdfa3eab3c6a74e6ad9041c5bb82a91d57b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 60d75d0b3467b637e8fc3cf7f56f40e64cc38022bbddebba80ef3a39fac2932f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Threading.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\System.Threading.dll
        • Size 82KB
        • SHA256 9faa4d24cf6a8782aa77215b03bda1108f5ffc60dbf825bf8988d901b5d87a41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WinRT.Runtime.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\WinRT.Runtime.dll
        • Size 516KB
        • SHA256 bcf3a14e8712a90837fc5c0d8c8a24696af2bd7f74e9767597ec81ededfb23db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        clretwrc.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\clretwrc.dll
        • Size 310KB
        • SHA256 6ef6936efc62814a4c910221795fed0d3bb5cab016a13f821dbb51a986f9f510
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        clrgc.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\clrgc.dll
        • Size 657KB
        • SHA256 533e18d8421e2bc5e2c38b684ce7c2cd493b44d6df53271cdcaefb63d9e7b269
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        clrgcexp.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\clrgcexp.dll
        • Size 692KB
        • SHA256 d07e8cb85b6aac3a6e5df10e9da458fd9fc4b1fec9bb155808dc3e3faf321be6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        clrjit.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\clrjit.dll
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 a570cf82e47b74847821da210410bf7959a4fe5d421e9d74c20f95ade54f8dca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        coreclr.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\coreclr.dll
        • Size 4.4MB
        • SHA256 eeca161055e8f6547c51348acaeb106c43ed661cbd24aee92510d2d36d475edd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        hostfxr.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\hostfxr.dll
        • Size 371KB
        • SHA256 4dd83895ffada7fd873b0cc70335d993ed821a68d954b8cbfffd4f1483f81c90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        hostpolicy.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\hostpolicy.dll
        • Size 370KB
        • SHA256 3e0bdef9416a0c798b304b636f1bfabf469198016af10b9d6a769ff0c9eec76f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        launch.vbs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\launch.vbs
        • Size 374B
        • SHA256 31abfbd72234b0df25fa8ea8acfd3166a00b4615353b1eba9b789d91f2b3da11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        mscordaccore.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\mscordaccore.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 7ceec1cc943dfb27362b06b70fec336eecde3a563e9e12f3566a867869fc6ac3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        mscorrc.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobe-avx2-patch\mscorrc.dll
        • Size 131KB
        • SHA256 50e5a03b67f232bc5326da5b9f5a1043f66e58d8805bafe7658bbcf7c402aeda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3384-524-0x0000029A00190000-0x0000029A00290000-memory.dmp

        memory/3384-588-0x0000029A141E0000-0x0000029A14200000-memory.dmp

        memory/3384-567-0x0000029A03C60000-0x0000029A03C80000-memory.dmp

        memory/3384-556-0x0000029A13E60000-0x0000029A13F60000-memory.dmp

        memory/3384-555-0x0000029A03A20000-0x0000029A03A40000-memory.dmp