0c71f8e025c69a9450b618fbca16583cda9cd348b3932d59b8538d178620eff3

Analysis

user interaction
yes
max time kernel
150s
max time network
111s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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10/07/2026, 12:29

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General

Target
ZageENGINE.exe
Size 82.6MB
Sample260710-ppcfhsbw2r
SHA256 0c71f8e025c69a9450b618fbca16583cda9cd348b3932d59b8538d178620eff3
MD5 51276ae294d226e2b7846ec7a5af6bae
SHA1 1237d7c6e439c686374453e344d79c511929395b
SHA512 b27c3b5d278e4e35b99c2c36661ba0d1b5197480675ee13aaa262b8f99d871b67b8273b17b8594aa8d94148265a442b6ee5b76b12b40557c4b1ed7fd5c804b1e
SSDEEP 786432:c868LseOH0jsTd4UB9rBaZP2LXN17IXu3Wbd:ceLidJrcZAXN17IHd
TLSH
T19218BE11E3F882D5E2BEC2B9C1224716D6F1B5D1532196CF405AD9492FA3BF35E3B222
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

9^/10

defense_evasion

Malware Config

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	ZageENGINE.exe

Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions	ZageENGINE.exe

Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools	ZageENGINE.exe

Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\vmci	ZageENGINE.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4752	ZageENGINE.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\Identifier	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	ZageENGINE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	ZageENGINE.exe

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSerialNumber	ZageENGINE.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BIOSVendor	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BIOSVersion	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemManufacturer	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemProductName	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardSerialNumber	ZageENGINE.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\BaseBoardProduct	ZageENGINE.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4752	ZageENGINE.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4752	ZageENGINE.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZageENGINE.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ZageENGINE.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Looks for VMWare services registry key.
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4752

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
1⤵
PID:4708

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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