Overview
overview
7Static
static
3zpe-deskto...er.exe
windows10-2004-x64
7zpe-deskto...er.exe
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
7$PLUGINSDI...ns.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ns.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...em.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll
windows10-2004-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...ec.dll
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3$PLUGINSDI...up.exe
windows10-2004-x64
6$PLUGINSDI...up.exe
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
6zpe-desktop.exe
windows10-2004-x64
6zpe-desktop.exe
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
6Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
140s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
29/07/2026, 01:14
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/InstallOptions.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/InstallOptions.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/System.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsExec.dll
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/nsExec.dll
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/webview2bootstrapper/MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
$PLUGINSDIR/webview2bootstrapper/MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
zpe-desktop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral12
Sample
zpe-desktop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe
- Size 12.7MB
- Sample260729-bl2pcadc96
- SHA256 ffda956b63a8bec81010f7a02ac4cbaa403b99a98ff80ed795f9929ac41829c6
- MD5 1a7bf05ca169f8fae148edf7d476d21f
- SHA1 c9c203487144d27b75326c70238e7b291d6facf8
- SHA512 f9a04952e8660b410579fc85aa7fcc9f2ac8ff7090d09802619f3df6d36692fce81fba7e745b473cd2f60333a09cf177b4b9f7164023cb2b6c67734e6df89f96
- SSDEEP 196608:9A70yAyMGXjeFV7PEE+sy+UktNyD5NnWXaJLXc2mefmKM+WMyLR2j0FdUKTHapfD:9HOzU7sEpkC4DaReu3+W5pTHaljvn7
- TLSH T1CCD6335BB0B55B98D75017B08CBBEA6E96F69E6C212208421C461FB303B10CFFF9656D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
pid Process 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe - Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\3 Lados\ZPE Desktop\zpe-desktop.exe zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe File created C:\Program Files\3 Lados\ZPE Desktop\uninstall.exe zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe - Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
pid Process 1776 taskkill.exe 4368 taskkill.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1776 taskkill.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4368 taskkill.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4516 wrote to memory of 1776 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe 86 PID 4516 wrote to memory of 4368 4516 zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe 89
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zpe-desktop-windows-installer.exe"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4516 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /IM "zpe-desktop.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1776
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /F /IM "zpe-desktop.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4368
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\3 Lados\ZPE Desktop\zpe-desktop.exe
- Size 30.6MB
- SHA256 a3363b0308ef2674ce09c6aba0c37a4821876937f0e93a4c63f45738c2e86c9f
- MD5 430b427b5e70ec512ba5ba15124fa900
- SHA1 89543d8342dfc19c59755e0d399f5dea93501661
- SHA512 6c70bdd10c5e0457817c18cfdb1e465c42f3a64bc222909d5e5f31bd86e28ac1adcd73d4acd4c624af3cecf5b564c574fcd63a868c56013c215e232c93459e89
- SSDEEP 196608:LQJDodxRwklMA2SimtkVnB4YTP/Z1jEZ7lyI0pAMGBCxim+WGo:L2gRwklNtkl2YoYUBTo
- TLSH T165673A43F86109D5D0EDD130C9669512BB717C994F2027E72B60FA252FBABD0AEBB740
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsl6E46.tmp\InstallOptions.dll
- Size 15KB
- SHA256 dd0d1a8c4511261333e90a94d9912000592c46731b615aa7a37cd2b3eb6a8d58
- MD5 7854290f8bc473fb9fad1917b0065731
- SHA1 27c0e4731e395dfe612d954bf8793c533c53ef8f
- SHA512 736030a5e1b744d0f96745f9933a57f5b52361288d33aeeaad12e054c47c4bb705cfc7d5cd4a5e3e667a6c6252e1c2a573b2707241d7b73b60c73daf2de52038
- SSDEEP 192:EJGQtZkTktEQUrJaZfuyCnSmUsv3sY7L7cW8Y6Q86QvoT2g11929WtshLAzgSrX8:EJNt+4t7uJalUnGesY7Lt8nC3/Yosa
- TLSH T1E9624D1137D598B3E2E62A797EF373138FA5FB22A4428E0BC7332E0638565805D78311
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsl6E46.tmp\System.dll
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 996645d7f16a6294babb6da83478062aed7b72318d7a51b66e90ab5d3edc51a5
- MD5 6d08f0d5503bb100b8429fefaad163a6
- SHA1 2a79aac2d3b715326c3dcd3c5cf2e33de3632a0a
- SHA512 e259b1aff39c533e3e31cf4eb323c8eb22b2beeb5d8ce2c929de30702a6d8ab8076aeacc983d724b05d7d99a6de8c4d239bd159642c7e75fb86faef683360a1f
- SSDEEP 192:cjHcQ0qWTlt7wi5Aj/lM0sEWD/wtYbBjpNQybC7y+XZr0QPi:s/Qlt7wiij/lMRv/9V4brr
- TLSH T1A9427C1297B089F2F151093819667F2A6FBEAC5C23F405A3CFE304C63D212CB9879243
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsl6E46.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 6504ba8ca3d8bf6fde3468fc27acb7a485191b2195b908093213c94b1372359c
- MD5 fdccc3675536710a5733545fd62af436
- SHA1 af2429bc3672f00aca5bff9524b7d39d37472faf
- SHA512 73378afc35b9c28aaeb75de9fea009e70ae3156f08d1c3ba9a2a4d9c27d48dc028841d065948e2a1fcef84e6a836ccf7e81939d55dfc4a34dba25e5af174c2df
- TLSH T103119D1339FC5514E2BAFB08EFF4807597397851682DC50E91D10A0E48E6B808923BEB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsl6E46.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 d9fa32a0320801a5f34c5d67aa32181f3d3eb14d6edabd5164cfb1e240450b1f
- MD5 7d810a1192d313d74763c65284075a4e
- SHA1 fbd43cf1a4829c74d1a26c9feddf1ae37f10d65e
- SHA512 eb0d3a79eeadb06242a333f449c83c83955f5911903378e1eee0802154f3761282cb09645f1b369f2a5403e4fecd6534ac9aa4adb571cf31a50c69ffec30c407
- TLSH T10421BE037AFC1614F2BABB14FFF541748B3A7816AC39C60D81D1090E09E5B80C963BAB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsl6E46.tmp\ioSpecial.ini
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 d0986536822705c2e0523c10465b671cff461b437391c4bd70192a1cfe00c11d
- MD5 96d42882a0190b3c77eee2815aa38e14
- SHA1 11dccb33f9d0b1408752cdaa35c5f6a800fa527b
- SHA512 569be9ddb0cf088b83ea9fe384cf681b5054742fd7581da1a4f7ca7b9592d7a59d56bb4835c58fafb6fa301fdada35a8f86c97f5f463a1f3856c37c876a5690e
- TLSH T17121A1137AFC1614F2BABB14FFF541759B3A7815A839C60D41D10A0E09E5B80C963BAB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsl6E46.tmp\nsExec.dll
- Size 7KB
- SHA256 3a101fa91d4e8831dfb748a1e345ab74fd4a551e64254710bdf53972ba9b473c
- MD5 c953dd0aab774f1446fcd63fa7c5f613
- SHA1 6b7e1ef30b3ce2b353d310a8c99111c01e1f752e
- SHA512 7fdfc451ada1789ad44a33fee7a97acf9f482ae58b5207564ce8ac90fbc8b0fc891bc02d8c1d9a1d0d3fb77954106115582080e129bb93634a2cb16777201e14
- SSDEEP 96:JbzdzBzMDhOZZDbXf5GsWvSv1ckne94SDbYkvML1HT1fUNQaSGYuHwDQ:JEQHDb2vSuOc41ZfUNQZGdHo
- TLSH T15EE1093571C02DF7D08D897438167D2F83F4D52627BA05A046771AD579D0AF6EE28B42
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH