Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 03:33

General

  • Target
    2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe
  • Size 5.0MB
  • Sample260718-d4mn9aat8s
  • SHA256 80a4afc208ab5c0fafeacc26383d49dc07d614363916505897c1c8ddc6bc641f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 34 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5116
    • C:\Windows\svghost.exe
      "C:\Windows\svghost.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2944
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:5836

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 630KB
        • SHA256 11e78d4e7da0463d29bb5dacfca82787d2386437b92de844307fe85fdedeb32b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 6cbc4a60814fd499a2827c9e65b341fb50c7160e0193bfbbce1144dbce4e77b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 93e8d2dca26b8b2aa195da53b80e0d9bbf1eb42ae462d8777a2d926208e22eba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 773KB
        • SHA256 b6d64569b95479ecac7b8b2bdfbe9c27cc88e5da2b5d45467cb4781a2e5ebbe9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 95KB
        • SHA256 39aaa86712b5ce2f0418d89579272d0535fa6b414a0f5fce979253001ff7a8e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 47KB
        • SHA256 6598ca3e59435f37ed0394e8bc1f2555b19acb60df87a3f7109a318186f0452d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 130KB
        • SHA256 86e5f3f3e3d35f220d71354e1bebbe7f73e29927871e8473dbbaf91eb4206569
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 a8a2fe3b7cd21d591d680c9a0372dca3fa29f37cad3fdbf9056da7b5cc4a906e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 0b568012c235053dde0abbeebbf2a7b930f147e43051da5d5aa9cc868b66a69e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 440KB
        • SHA256 76963b7bd4c28e3218bb472299157c77e5968e0e5f9e8e99eb92df967d6f8b8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 23.5MB
        • SHA256 8c116a26e771e94d8a307472c61f3b49ea2d09d578b3e883cdeda5707ab8f89d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 23.5MB
        • SHA256 2d3d4d7c0b5aa1e42665ee03bd3161450948b361dba0ee94fc06a4639c1ed9b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 7e0976036431640ae1d9f1c0b52bcea5dd37ef86cd3f5304dc8a96459d9483cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 7c7439d6b28d3c3dd9721e623582c10b07c044e9e51b5c81d234a67bed031462
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LICLUA.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE
        • Size 660KB
        • SHA256 ae2f4ea05caa487db83200dd38933895b4e12e1ec429c6122c6094149ac52fc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OSE.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
        • Size 338KB
        • SHA256 ca58f6a7bcb733b1bb172346bd52236ea21afdc248fd6f8de0b8c83772ff1d2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 96KB
        • SHA256 18b510c72c99f49d25aab59bfc99529b5c48d9f8c57c5119d187818f17ce8edf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 177KB
        • SHA256 72011d12a6c2135e686be92c31ed9b1c7fe509ac9d92a8d91dfdc7de4d974e92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 224KB
        • SHA256 6b9d88cabf6e36b2c0197b35298068d46e16eb8b6af9efcd25b01862e937d4b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 137KB
        • SHA256 e6367a6428bd0aa37df5c510d4af674f75927b28fa55dc338d2c0c71b34963f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 145KB
        • SHA256 551c7f6f4825ebe2ad4bfa46c10e8a54ee8d138543a5756daa2ca70973a20291
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 145KB
        • SHA256 d03d966fb37f8b371da927fd13e733736295a584804d270a172b5fb808435604
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 141KB
        • SHA256 4771301fbb3df42e1ab6ca6aa8b500bc3ba53eb07c33b722ef7bd5cce4ce0bb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_65eb181c128916045cabd5d3167be6ab_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_mimic.exe
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 ba717872b3cc65436488c6c0f7182d146b28662b36f608b7742553fa55929dd2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ruuee

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ruuee
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 9246c24b939c3aff800b14303e845d3f5b4757b07894e3b039fb2d5b1021e3c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tvvdw

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tvvdw
        • Size 130KB
        • SHA256 5d6b0fefd20999430da9409e99bfce3168aa3f78078ea2977f2573758f93d01d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wtbxv

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wtbxv
        • Size 630KB
        • SHA256 dec99a6b5feb7bb8f6a908cc6683ff30bba4a0562b518c74acb13e8bae5bfde4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        svghost.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\svghost.exe
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 21fad7bdcb08823c874a8a9cf796c91691ecdf505282cdce79d8638fdf4fd2d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2944-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2944-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2944-47-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-2-0x0000000000427000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5836-22-0x00000000012A0000-0x00000000012A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5836-61-0x00000000012A0000-0x00000000012A1000-memory.dmp