Overview
overview
8Static
static
3cherax.zip
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Mic...es.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ic.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ns.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...es.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...le.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ss.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...nq.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ry.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ib.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...es.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...me.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ns.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ad.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Sys...ng.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/Win...s.json
windows11-21h2-x64
3cherax/Win...er.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/cherax.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
8cherax/clrjit.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/coreclr.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/hostfxr.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/hostpolicy.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1cherax/json.txt
windows11-21h2-x64
3cherax/mscorrc.dll
windows11-21h2-x64
1Analysis
- max time kernel
898s - max time network
551s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/07/2026, 13:41
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
cherax.zip
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
cherax/Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
cherax/System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
cherax/System.Collections.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
cherax/System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
cherax/System.Console.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
cherax/System.Diagnostics.Process.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
cherax/System.Linq.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
cherax/System.Memory.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
cherax/System.Private.CoreLib.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
cherax/System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
cherax/System.Runtime.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral13
Sample
cherax/System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral14
Sample
cherax/System.Threading.Thread.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral15
Sample
cherax/System.Threading.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral16
Sample
cherax/WinUpdateHelper.deps.json
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral17
Sample
cherax/WinUpdateHelper.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral18
Sample
cherax/cherax.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral19
Sample
cherax/clrjit.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral20
Sample
cherax/coreclr.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral21
Sample
cherax/hostfxr.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral22
Sample
cherax/hostpolicy.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral23
Sample
cherax/json.txt
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral24
Sample
cherax/mscorrc.dll
Resource
win11-20260513-en
General
- Target cherax/json.txt
- Size 2.7MB
- Sample260722-qzl85sfd39
- SHA256 c015380820d1abb18af1c2262cfac751000dd60b6915766d9575b4b1aa8dc6ce
- MD5 66ededf130fe54840ea8c36938a81794
- SHA1 b9e7959d807567cfb54af5159534c7942f2ddd46
- SHA512 51b2b552586e05471196b19f358b93bd4e52e395fbbb02596cd52110f7b723364a74c3adf162938873f5b43fb79c2c00ea98c051a635a266321943efb400e1f5
- SSDEEP 24576:pKsvjodQm7AQ4lVxzitUXwf6Bl0LSqQzW0ksveq19klj6SmSlnqUXsZZxqzfKnPQ:pNUj7AQ4lAO7mlfnwUam+zTRxCcXO7
- TLSH T1F1D533401B193EEB493CA37EB01B0D5D36E746C4806DE6EEA3E886DB057C7874257A39
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- 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.
pid Process 4900 cmd.exe - Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2824035265-2271499813-2042964211-1000_Classes\Local Settings cmd.exe - Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
pid Process 3776 NOTEPAD.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4900 wrote to memory of 3776 4900 cmd.exe 82
Processes
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cherax\json.txt1⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4900 -
C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE"C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cherax\json.txt2⤵
- Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
PID:3776
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