Analysis

  • geolocation tags

    eueuropefrfrance
  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/07/2026, 14:22

General

  • Target
    PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.exe
  • Size 47.6MB
  • Sample260730-rphzeabn2s
  • SHA256 ea73795338f3c2125d6f43a374514c618b544470d55c5acd3a03028cd0611c87
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 23 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • 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.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3348
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-9V3FZVCOHI.tmp\PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-9V3FZVCOHI.tmp\PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.tmp" /SL5="$200254,48705612,863744,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3516
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe" /F /IM PlexusX.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4492
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PlexusX\PlexusX.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\PlexusX\PlexusX.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2196

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.dll
        • Size 93KB
        • SHA256 b198c6233a20f5f4fa8f6ded9d368b48f2471990265ef5d458174b31aaf618a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PlexusX.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\PlexusX.dll
        • Size 500KB
        • SHA256 fc9d9f3ae99f3bb58a1e189564945dfd6c1c9c0a5a8086179d30c702c7a32352
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
        • Size 101KB
        • SHA256 9d9f9e4fd5ff8f56a86d867a54927705fa77d6c3e0ed94c2a52112f3ec4193bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Collections.Specialized.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Collections.Specialized.dll
        • Size 101KB
        • SHA256 31e89caf6d21a20acc8ebbd390dd74d6c1340fae3a4abcf24bbf5dfef714a67d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Collections.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Collections.dll
        • Size 253KB
        • SHA256 0937f7983c191dbb768c51bb9ae90621575c0a2cc3b185d85e31ac2f87001af2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 f022e0b45685fac64695ea127c51f380e1d81fe4f97306de20883c1151fb6d76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
        • Size 77KB
        • SHA256 7ace9d079c895f11c8afe54e420c8ca3a361e7fd7429b333a629094b08f73432
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll
        • Size 729KB
        • SHA256 6ffa8c5934389ad34c0b840b87fefd44fc7605b5215b3188010f2cbc71969f60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.ComponentModel.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.ComponentModel.dll
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 d0d5df86a307db3f7d0d59a39664c04f4fbb581103b6a89aa21395cd3f707af8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Diagnostics.Process.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Diagnostics.Process.dll
        • Size 329KB
        • SHA256 5e7871e795a2c833fce3b0d02373f672ecdafdaaebd1f459a7e714ac498af428
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll
        • Size 141KB
        • SHA256 b1b02e2cb4cd17187c3825f28bec194ea0ee031f87a5cd97656efba3aad758b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Drawing.Common.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Drawing.Common.dll
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 7d0a72700584d79d88b0d192e5ec16c7292cf6b829652743e65a55caf5400a3e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Drawing.Primitives.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Drawing.Primitives.dll
        • Size 129KB
        • SHA256 f7f5ab9f1e8b2dc14e5bbdf1b606a91dd57b8882cd289a68e85ef6e69ccdacf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Linq.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Linq.dll
        • Size 529KB
        • SHA256 ad19451aa60c394640b7bf5950102f948c08b61b1d496e4f10d897449f4b18e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Memory.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Memory.dll
        • Size 153KB
        • SHA256 fd29c91ec1ae5ec2d98ad77f2863da6d583a3be596a1813959d02877cde057a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Private.CoreLib.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Private.CoreLib.dll
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 8c01f630bb23c2fb142e6559cdcdf147105625defb36107019d4ab50d8854cd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll
        • Size 93KB
        • SHA256 570a8140b838042a5d1135d5a20e39d18ccbfce13395c73b0b5bea935d311ea0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Text.Json.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Text.Json.dll
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 7fd10c4d6112c43ae8b64d131180eed48938df55fd517ad88cfdc86cab37c645
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll
        • Size 997KB
        • SHA256 39b972d97202524c7dccd3ad38e37266fb4f16f993928e6b5791d8172781dcea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Threading.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Threading.dll
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 baad7f0d2f3ef9a7b4ed7646093464edddbee0937f33de71be139a01a86375ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Windows.Forms.Primitives.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Windows.Forms.Primitives.dll
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 1d18d1c91113ab6136e8960134febd0c4b8b3ea8a4e7e421a811578a2028651f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Windows.Forms.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.net\PlexusX\dJSbtHg45xu2oGdJ337WkASxi9WcOzg=\System.Windows.Forms.dll
        • Size 12.9MB
        • SHA256 7fa81901e23e79bd66601e82e84d5b48920f0cf4a480610b96e0f7fb05fb52b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-9V3FZVCOHI.tmp\PlexusX-Setup-0.9.2.tmp
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 d951ed106b87c715f5535c3112f8ed2e44cbd35232a50b07d32f793953653d66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2196-545-0x000002E080D30000-0x000002E080FCE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3348-8-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000003C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3348-498-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000003C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3348-1-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000003C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-493-0x0000000000E90000-0x00000000012CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-9-0x0000000000E90000-0x00000000012CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-10-0x0000000003570000-0x0000000003571000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-6-0x0000000003570000-0x0000000003571000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-15-0x0000000000E90000-0x00000000012CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-494-0x0000000000E90000-0x00000000012CD000-memory.dmp