Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    94s
  • max time network
    97s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/07/2026, 10:25

General

  • Target
    AutoPilot Emulator.exe
  • Size 667KB
  • Sample260729-mgcefatvhs
  • SHA256 fcab82a1b5d7f318390fe26262963f043860048b842058a3bfbe713e8277c6ab
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 1 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 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

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoPilot Emulator.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AutoPilot Emulator.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2380
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellExperienceHost_v2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellExperienceHost_v2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
      • Windows security bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Windows security modification
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4912
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off >nul 2>&1
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2188
        • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
          netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          PID:2508
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellExperienceHost_v2.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellExperienceHost_v2.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
    • Windows security bypass
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Windows security modification
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5768
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off >nul 2>&1
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5720
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:4948
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:916

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 63b14543360f5e89942ea8d5113526e64fbc71c1207328f0136b3a495d921dd0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
          • Size 528B
          • SHA256 d2bb091268ade68ad8121d2184d0fbce128070156304bd4de312e6fbd267409c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
          • Size 174B
          • SHA256 618815c7c1b0e3064a9da6e2bdab2589a62cf83aff9e90713f99320473471c4c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
          • Size 170B
          • SHA256 4b7b69ae0729748c05224608f538499a53461349e8bc8e62d4fbdc877a616cf9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ShellExperienceHost_v2.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ShellExperienceHost_v2.exe
          • Size 860KB
          • SHA256 cc9b5a402dd9be9d3bd35002bd8ac30213eea373cbc3caf263d54e3596b349da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2380-0-0x00007FF6F4B60000-0x00007FF6F4D2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2380-7-0x00007FF6F4B60000-0x00007FF6F4D2A000-memory.dmp