Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/07/2026, 18:34

General

  • Target
    IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.exe
  • Size 10.9MB
  • Sample260714-w71dmabs2m
  • SHA256 02a5f81467830aff6d8fe5393ffb74be982ce624a2adc84132c56b0cbe231d8c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 18 IoCs
  • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 42 IoCs

    Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

  • 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.

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

    Inno Setup installer

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

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 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\IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5592
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4PT89FSB5A.tmp\IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4PT89FSB5A.tmp\IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.tmp" /SL5="$40116,10202617,893952,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3516
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\pythonw.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\pythonw.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\run.pyw"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4476
        • C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /Create /F /TN IntelSoftwareUpdater /XML C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t.xml
          4⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3016
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
          wmic process where name='pythonw.exe' get processid,commandline
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:6080
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
          4⤵
            PID:2472
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5252
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "(Get-CimInstance -Namespace root/SecurityCenter2 -ClassName AntiVirusProduct).displayName"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:3380
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -NoLogo -Command -
            4⤵
            • Badlisted process makes network request
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:3688
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\pythonw.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\pythonw.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:4444
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:3480

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 116KB
            • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 82KB
            • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 121KB
            • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _hashlib.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_hashlib.pyd
            • Size 63KB
            • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 155KB
            • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _queue.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_queue.pyd
            • Size 31KB
            • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _socket.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_socket.pyd
            • Size 77KB
            • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ssl.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\_ssl.pyd
            • Size 174KB
            • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libcrypto-3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\libcrypto-3.dll
            • Size 5.0MB
            • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libffi-8.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\libffi-8.dll
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libssl-3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\libssl-3.dll
            • Size 768KB
            • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python3.DLL

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\python3.DLL
            • Size 65KB
            • SHA256 db84bc052cfb121fe4db36242ba5f1d2c031b600ef5d8d752cf25b7c02b6bac6
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python311._pth

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\python311._pth
            • Size 31B
            • SHA256 5ab6eef584e230b321ff0ecbf7658b4343a7b864c9f96ace02ec10d203f9829b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            python311.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\python311.dll
            • Size 5.5MB
            • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python311.zip

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\python311.zip
            • Size 4.1MB
            • SHA256 7d0f59c930e7d3d9352399ea3c95c0272489b3c09a8e95faaedfa8a23e20e5b1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            pythonw.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\pythonw.exe
            • Size 99KB
            • SHA256 d5355e1de2a5195dccb1ba524b146aa7705be71af18d876819756838251b37b3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            run.pyw

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\run.pyw
            • Size 125KB
            • SHA256 5f5c2ae04d44814a024bf1f12e57fc28c66c072fe2bfb01ebefa8fd8dcacda54
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            select.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\select.pyd
            • Size 29KB
            • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            unicodedata.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PythonApp_slo09sxx1de22\unicodedata.pyd
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 2706f7a3cde18304b8eb65dc0fa6d884f09a46a78e320302afda951d20885534
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 1c46507f8461b24b2c9e0e58e12cdbf19c0c9f176e43dcb0b6d58b603a813821
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_rhpgsxbj.ozp.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rhpgsxbj.ozp.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-4PT89FSB5A.tmp\IntelSoftwareUpdaterV7.tmp
            • Size 4.2MB
            • SHA256 e350a3b1fbd7806055124c4e1dc3ff933f2d953e54c5d323f8b6492120114cdf
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            t.xml

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t.xml
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 900096eb4e931d096c60aae6f7928c15dea739cb0b56dc2d85c54c3c49571dd9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/3516-8-0x00000000042D0000-0x0000000004410000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-86-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000E7C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-6-0x00000000018A0000-0x00000000018A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3516-9-0x00000000042D0000-0x0000000004410000-memory.dmp

            memory/3688-149-0x0000021DF46B0000-0x0000021DF4762000-memory.dmp

            memory/5252-125-0x0000023D6A900000-0x0000023D6A91E000-memory.dmp

            memory/5252-131-0x0000023D6AD80000-0x0000023D6ADAA000-memory.dmp

            memory/5252-132-0x0000023D6AD80000-0x0000023D6ADA4000-memory.dmp

            memory/5252-130-0x0000023D6A7E0000-0x0000023D6A7EA000-memory.dmp

            memory/5252-126-0x0000023D6AB70000-0x0000023D6AC22000-memory.dmp

            memory/5252-122-0x0000023D6A790000-0x0000023D6A7B2000-memory.dmp

            memory/5592-0-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000007A9000-memory.dmp

            memory/5592-87-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000007A9000-memory.dmp