Analysis

  • max time kernel
    599s
  • max time network
    548s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 02:50

General

  • Target
    plutonium.exe
  • Size 4.6MB
  • Sample260718-db1qeahv4x
  • SHA256 85d1d1ca4d5881d9b98928c2006fb0eec9655e2705fe74088e6f974a19703f0f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 25 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 9 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\plutonium.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\plutonium.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4108
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\40c9f01d-84b6-47a7-a07e-eee6544fbf4b.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\40c9f01d-84b6-47a7-a07e-eee6544fbf4b.exe" /Q
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2196
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe /windowsupdate
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:3424
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2328
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4292
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4992
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3832

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

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        Downloads

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 599B
        • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 595B
        • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        40c9f01d-84b6-47a7-a07e-eee6544fbf4b.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\40c9f01d-84b6-47a7-a07e-eee6544fbf4b.exe
        • Size 288KB
        • SHA256 2cf71d098c608c56e07f4655855a886c3102553f648df88458df616b26fd612f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        DXI7541.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\DXI7541.tmp
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 ed710d035ccaab0914810becf2f5db2816dba3a351f3666a38a903c80c16997a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dsetup.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup.dll
        • Size 93KB
        • SHA256 57bc22850bb8e0bcc511a9b54cd3da18eec61f3088940c07d63b9b74e7fe2308
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dsetup32.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dsetup32.dll
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 8a011da043a4b81e2b3d41a332e0ff23a65d546bd7636e8bc74885e8746927d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxupdate.cif

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxupdate.cif
        • Size 65KB
        • SHA256 c6c5e877e92d387e977c135765075b7610df2500e21c16e106a225216e6442ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxupdate.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxupdate.dll
        • Size 173KB
        • SHA256 fb4f297e295c802b1377c6684734b7249d55743dfb7c14807bef59a1b5db63a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxupdate.inf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxupdate.inf
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 93f5589499ee4ee2812d73c0d8feacbbcfe8c47b6d98572486bc0eff3c5906ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxwsetup.cif

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.cif
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 762ff640013db2bd4109d7df43a867303093815751129bd1e33f16bf02e52cce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxwsetup.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.exe
        • Size 515KB
        • SHA256 8f5e89298e3dc2e22d47515900c37cca4ee121c5ba06a6d962d40ad6e1a595da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxwsetup.inf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\dxwsetup.inf
        • Size 477B
        • SHA256 d63c35e9b43eb0f28ffc28f61c9c9a306da9c9de3386770a7eb19faa44dbfc00
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        DirectX.log

        • Path C:\Windows\Logs\DirectX.log
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 788c52c056a45c95d752d0fc347e76c3370b3836639c9e64d8a45f9350c1b45b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        filelist.dat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\filelist.dat
        • Size 55B
        • SHA256 e86cfa47eb11b2bf6a7d5d25e24630d800e71fc936624b685a4ea7f81d1d30f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        filelist.dat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\directx\websetup\filelist.dat
        • Size 137B
        • SHA256 f960075a7b1c2590e18700f3230f7baea9aced3e6ba5dc93dac193027b5cec48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        dxupdate.cab

        • Path C:\Windows\msdownld.tmp\AS5A71DC.tmp\dxupdate.cab
        • Size 98KB
        • SHA256 6e39b3fdb6722ea8aa0dc8f46ae0d8bd6496dd0f5f56bac618a0a7dd22d6cfb2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2196-3481-0x0000000001000000-0x0000000001049000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-3538-0x00000262801E0000-0x00000262802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-3570-0x0000026283C80000-0x0000026283CA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-3584-0x0000026284690000-0x00000262846B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-3557-0x0000026283F10000-0x0000026284010000-memory.dmp

        memory/3832-3555-0x0000026283A20000-0x0000026283A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-18-0x000001F6BB690000-0x000001F6BBEF6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-19-0x000001F6BA600000-0x000001F6BA650000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-26-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-28-0x000001F6BC080000-0x000001F6BC09E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-30-0x000001F6BC0A0000-0x000001F6BC0C8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-29-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-27-0x000001F6BB5C0000-0x000001F6BB5CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-23-0x000001F6BA5E0000-0x000001F6BA5E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-22-0x000001F6BB590000-0x000001F6BB5B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-31-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-33-0x000001F6BE950000-0x000001F6BE95E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-32-0x000001F6BF6D0000-0x000001F6BF70E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-34-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-35-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-44-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-46-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-48-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-127-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-130-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-131-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-132-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-133-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-134-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-135-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-24-0x000001F6BC050000-0x000001F6BC058000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-25-0x000001F6BC060000-0x000001F6BC076000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-21-0x000001F6BB510000-0x000001F6BB592000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-20-0x000001F6BA650000-0x000001F6BA672000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-0-0x00007FFBFB7DF000-0x00007FFBFB7E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-17-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-16-0x000001F6BB5D0000-0x000001F6BB68A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-15-0x000001F6BA580000-0x000001F6BA588000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-14-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-13-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-12-0x000001F6BA5A0000-0x000001F6BA5E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-11-0x000001F6BA7A0000-0x000001F6BAB0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-10-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-3469-0x000001F6BA0A0000-0x000001F6BA11C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-8-0x000001F6A1D90000-0x000001F6A1D9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-9-0x000001F6A1DB0000-0x000001F6A1DBA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-3482-0x000001F6B9E20000-0x000001F6B9E96000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-3483-0x000001F6BA120000-0x000001F6BA152000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-3505-0x000001F6BA0A0000-0x000001F6BA11C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-6-0x000001F6A03A0000-0x000001F6A03AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-7-0x000001F6A1DD0000-0x000001F6A1DEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-5-0x000001F6A1DA0000-0x000001F6A1DA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-4-0x000001F6A1BC0000-0x000001F6A1C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-3-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-2-0x00007FFBFB650000-0x00007FFBFBFF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4108-1-0x000001F69FA90000-0x000001F69FF38000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-3714-0x000000000F320000-0x000000000F39C000-memory.dmp