Analysis

  • max time kernel
    107s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 12:10

General

  • Target
    agent-windows-amd64-45b978eb.exe
  • Size 42.7MB
  • Sample260709-pb3qjsay4y
  • SHA256 cb9e54b501e6e8100384bcc74c2d6bb01b44317103a6aac44ad83680e182bdaa
  • 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.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 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.

  • 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 39 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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\agent-windows-amd64-45b978eb.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\agent-windows-amd64-45b978eb.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5856
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$f = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:__EventFilter\").CreateInstance(); $f.QueryLanguage = 'WQL'; $f.Query = \"SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 30 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process' AND TargetInstance.Name = 'explorer.exe'\"; $f.Name = 'svchost.exe_fe007d5c4'; $f.EventNameSpace = 'root\cimv2'; $null = $f.Put(); $c = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer\").CreateInstance(); $c.Name = 'svchost.exe_ce007d5c4'; $c.ExecutablePath = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\svchost.exe.exe'; $null = $c.Put(); $b = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:__FilterToConsumerBinding\").CreateInstance(); $b.Filter = \"\\.\root\subscription:__EventFilter.Name='svchost.exe_fe007d5c4'\"; $b.Consumer = \"\\.\root\subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer.Name='svchost.exe_ce007d5c4'\"; $null = $b.Put()"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3328
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\svchost.exe.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\svchost.exe.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3040
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$f = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:__EventFilter\").CreateInstance(); $f.QueryLanguage = 'WQL'; $f.Query = \"SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 30 WHERE TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_Process' AND TargetInstance.Name = 'explorer.exe'\"; $f.Name = 'svchost.exe_fe007d5c4'; $f.EventNameSpace = 'root\cimv2'; $null = $f.Put(); $c = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer\").CreateInstance(); $c.Name = 'svchost.exe_ce007d5c4'; $c.ExecutablePath = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\svchost.exe.exe'; $null = $c.Put(); $b = ([wmiclass]\"\\.\root\subscription:__FilterToConsumerBinding\").CreateInstance(); $b.Filter = \"\\.\root\subscription:__EventFilter.Name='svchost.exe_fe007d5c4'\"; $b.Consumer = \"\\.\root\subscription:CommandLineEventConsumer.Name='svchost.exe_ce007d5c4'\"; $null = $b.Put()"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4748
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4604
    • 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:8
  • 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:5248
  • 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:2300

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 64B
        • SHA256 92671c154d4e886f999580604f675416003965914ab8435babc0b11290f6a6a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        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 595B
        • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        svchost.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\DeviceSync\svchost.exe.exe
        • Size 42.7MB
        • SHA256 cb9e54b501e6e8100384bcc74c2d6bb01b44317103a6aac44ad83680e182bdaa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2300-227-0x000001E7A0B80000-0x000001E7A0E3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2300-218-0x000001E7A0B80000-0x000001E7A0E3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-18-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-9-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-13-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-14-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-15-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-16-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-17-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-4-0x00007FFE35D9F000-0x00007FFE35DA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-20-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-11-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-10-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-12-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-8-0x0000027BAEDB0000-0x0000027BAEDD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3328-7-0x00007FFE35C10000-0x00007FFE365B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-71-0x0000029D03C90000-0x0000029D03CB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-58-0x0000029D03930000-0x0000029D03950000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-35-0x0000029D001E0000-0x0000029D002E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-33-0x0000029D001E0000-0x0000029D002E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-59-0x0000029D13F00000-0x0000029D14000000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-34-0x0000029D001E0000-0x0000029D002E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5248-91-0x0000029D146A0000-0x0000029D146C0000-memory.dmp