Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    1798s
  • max time network
    1118s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/07/2026, 23:42

General

  • Target
    princess-ellies-lock.exe
  • Size 154.6MB
  • Sample260710-3qd8dsfv2m
  • SHA256 faf24dc31e74b5aa810b39ba3013f8c23ac2990d22403e13c07cb2600b4451e1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\princess-ellies-lock.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\princess-ellies-lock.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5188
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
      2⤵
        PID:4652
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
        2⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3748
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe"
        2⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4704
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
          3⤵
            PID:4716
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4728
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
        1⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1552
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
          2⤵
            PID:2712
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
            2⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1656
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:1428
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:3440
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4340
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --session --delay 40
            2⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2396
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks.exe" /Delete /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /F
              3⤵
                PID:4100
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "princess-ellies-lock" /TR ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger" /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /F
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:2464
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:1836
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:5404
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\princess-ellies-lock.exe" --trigger
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:1992

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
                • Size 4.5MB
                • SHA256 a05f99734f7c4822fefc12b367af21fd0976ed6608752fb1e1e80b6ece7ecbbb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                PresentationNative_cor3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\PresentationNative_cor3.dll
                • Size 1.2MB
                • SHA256 ef0a7f5c104cb073cd6124f218216d3e1e58345012c95030f7d34ad4cca7c01d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                vcruntime140_cor3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\vcruntime140_cor3.dll
                • Size 121KB
                • SHA256 d5e4d9a3e835fa679450145d6a7d94e36573a509317111904d9b3712c30d9066
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                wpfgfx_cor3.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\princess-ellies-lock\NftfGG7cambAXWWqOtTdArN2OhjV6hc=\wpfgfx_cor3.dll
                • Size 1.9MB
                • SHA256 3f0b680f3716d90ea7ae0e077778c64fd5bc45a962697b6fc573fe035e7868f6
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                trigger-state.json

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\trigger-state.json
                • Size 185B
                • SHA256 ae8feb8277481e8e5b558d4e293bf3a1342042150be681ccb9c51d344d1c5dc0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                trigger-state.json

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\princess-ellies-lock\trigger-state.json
                • Size 211B
                • SHA256 71b7443aa8e13a22d2fcad44b9de6039e7bce2912800e2067bb4a93200465356
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH