Analysis

  • max time kernel
    106s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/07/2026, 17:52

General

  • Target
    8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe
  • Size 341KB
  • Sample260708-wfpg2sdy8j
  • SHA256 8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Guloader,Cloudeye

    A shellcode based downloader first seen in 2020.

  • 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 7 IoCs
  • 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
  • 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 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 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\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3404
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3140
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3836
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8d869f72fa8076b1c43578e7672e2e8d2c16e40a86b72f9da3e64e5a8f817ea1.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:1908
      • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
        sihost.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5104
        • 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:1052
      • 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:5360
      • 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:5240

      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

            LangDLL.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsh14B8.tmp\LangDLL.dll
            • Size 5KB
            • SHA256 09acfc5ee34a1dfa1af3a9d34f00c3b1327b56641feebd536e13752349c08ac8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            System.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsh14B8.tmp\System.dll
            • Size 12KB
            • SHA256 7a9ddee34562cd3703f1502b5c70e99cd5bba15de2b6845a3555033d7f6cb2a5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/3404-35-0x0000000005940000-0x00000000064F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3404-36-0x0000000074375000-0x0000000074376000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-37-0x0000000001780000-0x0000000002330000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-38-0x00000000776EF000-0x00000000776F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-40-0x0000000077775000-0x0000000077776000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-46-0x0000000001780000-0x0000000002330000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-47-0x0000000000490000-0x0000000001776000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-48-0x0000000077775000-0x0000000077776000-memory.dmp

            memory/3836-39-0x00000000776AD000-0x00000000776AE000-memory.dmp

            memory/5360-52-0x00000158801E0000-0x00000158802E0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5360-118-0x0000015884280000-0x00000158842A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5360-103-0x0000015881DE0000-0x0000015881E00000-memory.dmp

            memory/5360-104-0x0000015881A60000-0x0000015881A80000-memory.dmp

            memory/5360-91-0x0000015881EC0000-0x0000015881FC0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5360-89-0x0000015881A80000-0x0000015881AA0000-memory.dmp