Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/07/2026, 21:49

General

  • Target
    2026-07-10_e5f15b0eaca3fe43f84e1c0b1f44405a_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe
  • Size 13.0MB
  • Sample260710-1pg7jsdy3y
  • SHA256 2a8e047a44a5d0b229ad6c9cd0ab0166c297b27b315fd51a423338ab60004a02
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
4/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_e5f15b0eaca3fe43f84e1c0b1f44405a_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_e5f15b0eaca3fe43f84e1c0b1f44405a_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4676
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3187\603F946D-375C-46B7-B041-5F4155D40BA1\PDFSuite20.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3187\603F946D-375C-46B7-B041-5F4155D40BA1\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=start /welcome /from-version=20.0.10.3187
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3552
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\BC4CDE9C-3D6C-412E-BDDD-617EDDD6D3F1\PDFSuite20.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\BC4CDE9C-3D6C-412E-BDDD-617EDDD6D3F1\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=finish /welcome /from-version=20.0.10.3187
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2140
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /RegServer
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          PID:4488
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /welcome /from-version=20.0.10.3187 /no-check-updates
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:1592
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /CleanupTempFolder /ParentProcessId=2140
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4140

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        updates-info.json

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\updates-info.json
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 5827d5bcdd1edb44f865d7bc139a8ac7735f507c632f14df5a4b2186424aadbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 edc98672d55c8b95b6b280c2acdbe1c81406ef363b575d47870d1acf141480cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 63b14543360f5e89942ea8d5113526e64fbc71c1207328f0136b3a495d921dd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 d55f5c929e391f5d46be77df2f4e778bc84a8ba98a1aaf7f71525241e59b366d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA
        • Size 765B
        • SHA256 6e1bba9abff0a0fb32dfac5755ed5b546e3a8481809b28a219a55c46707b92f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 528B
        • SHA256 d2bb091268ade68ad8121d2184d0fbce128070156304bd4de312e6fbd267409c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7
        • Size 418B
        • SHA256 35e8aea9ff4607029dbe476c9547a5710427420008f5a7b0f112807cd0f7f5ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF
        • Size 492B
        • SHA256 1e720512d586ed3189ef26f912eb0a39cc2ab4cc100ac7f451ba22d1824b9031
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 174B
        • SHA256 2dbbaea19cbec32198110e266ce5d4f08aadfc8c3eba89eb3c14ebba5e40d5ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D
        • Size 480B
        • SHA256 54b93a4c87eb4406532df0b907bf2c69bcaef6e129ba39e1501b44e479180e07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA
        • Size 500B
        • SHA256 16d6e417420848107b0315767c13e4f15a7f97d1845aba3b51588db79784edf8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 170B
        • SHA256 1813db80cb51e536ea48cf5a2254ae1b369e232ebb941737a1336c802fca6863
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7
        • Size 192B
        • SHA256 50554aaf927125625b0fec5766eea9b005f535b16313e322719763a21222c857
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PDFSuite20.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3187\603F946D-375C-46B7-B041-5F4155D40BA1\PDFSuite20.exe
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 2a8e047a44a5d0b229ad6c9cd0ab0166c297b27b315fd51a423338ab60004a02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PDFSuite20.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\BC4CDE9C-3D6C-412E-BDDD-617EDDD6D3F1\PDFSuite20.exe
        • Size 12.4MB
        • SHA256 1fe48ed611690ccee1dade9c9ff9b52fe2c817b54a913ecc79b59acc9bfe6d74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH