Overview

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VSCodeUser....0.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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VSCodeUser....0.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    29s
  • max time network
    65s
  • 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, 12:34

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General

  • Target
    VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.exe
  • Size 159.6MB
  • Sample260709-pr56lsav5j
  • SHA256 5751cbf2552c8dda452df5720e3228627b3234862d0eb7346f9e57f20386561f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10
adwarediscoveryinstallerpersistencespyware

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.

    persistence
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

    installer
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 42 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    adwarespyware
  • Modifies registry class 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3532
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-3U2NB.tmp\VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-3U2NB.tmp\VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.tmp" /SL5="$502E2,165779965,841216,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6100
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1584
    • 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
      PID:2868
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3212
  • 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:2528

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        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
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        VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.tmp
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-3U2NB.tmp\VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.121.0.tmp
        • Size 3.3MB
        • SHA256 907cc6ec08f6c43aa490c87ee729bea2ce55d6a7c488a32d69767a94bb261cb9
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        memory/2528-202-0x000001F15AE20000-0x000001F15AF1F000-memory.dmp
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        memory/2528-196-0x000001F15AE20000-0x000001F15AF1F000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3212-42-0x000001A4969A0000-0x000001A496AA0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3212-33-0x000001A482D20000-0x000001A482E20000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3212-67-0x000001A496CF0000-0x000001A496D10000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3212-46-0x000001A486920000-0x000001A486940000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3212-41-0x000001A4866A0000-0x000001A4866C0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3532-0-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000BFC000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3532-8-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000BFC000-memory.dmp
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        memory/6100-9-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000001353000-memory.dmp
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        memory/6100-12-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000001353000-memory.dmp
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        memory/6100-10-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FC1000-memory.dmp
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        memory/6100-167-0x0000000000FF0000-0x0000000001353000-memory.dmp
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        memory/6100-6-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000000FC1000-memory.dmp
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