Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    130s
  • 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, 18:32

General

  • Target
    vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe
  • Size 43.8MB
  • Sample260730-w6yteavepd
  • SHA256 20ad191348684b470ddc4e05204316f3d8e39655f412b3e392a0eef97639daaf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • 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 64 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-3.0.23-win64.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6836
    • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe
      "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe" C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:6864
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\axvlc.dll"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5492
      • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
        /s "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\axvlc.dll"
        3⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:4520
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:6812
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1656
      • C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
        "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4728

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          libvlc.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\libvlc.dll
          • Size 187KB
          • SHA256 8ae9f16a72441f43fb4ae8f72c843736726e067ea4a8def2646748631cc4e872
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libvlccore.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\libvlccore.dll
          • Size 2.7MB
          • SHA256 d3475b834dd3eb77910f37f71b0341d358bcbdda5b9f04cc4a3a8e2be1bc8e35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vlc.mo

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\it\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
          • Size 612KB
          • SHA256 9374b3008d24a22ad6b3979140181fdaf9d28f5ea1b1c0c140c068e2ccaa361e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vlc.mo

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\locale\ko\LC_MESSAGES\vlc.mo
          • Size 615KB
          • SHA256 fcc4dc9a5bb34966e583b6efa12adea57a9d869f2430608a05b01ec908e9b5fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libaccess_concat_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_concat_plugin.dll
          • Size 43KB
          • SHA256 25abecc7232db9539517581fc8a68259aa6d211f04801722273cbba50312e054
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libaccess_imem_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_imem_plugin.dll
          • Size 71KB
          • SHA256 548c86ac90fb6de9b3972182e0255feede9ed3e5eb99fe3bd6bac9a976872de4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libaccess_mms_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_mms_plugin.dll
          • Size 105KB
          • SHA256 8f0a0b7f03bcd91ebe8bcf18069da31491ed1d44f69a9fbaabc7f2069261f343
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libaccess_realrtsp_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_realrtsp_plugin.dll
          • Size 146KB
          • SHA256 cdfc00385bb945ee4d19344c03e8eca20b737d8a680aecdbf8487e8a1543ba6f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libaccess_srt_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_srt_plugin.dll
          • Size 4.1MB
          • SHA256 d82a5b3972fd1a590cda4da70888fcd145ca2897f53c45dea518aaaec41b709d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libaccess_wasapi_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libaccess_wasapi_plugin.dll
          • Size 59KB
          • SHA256 c616ee4af027d63790ae11fd99dbec6552375c3c5154e8c3c239df3e6bd43b1a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libattachment_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libattachment_plugin.dll
          • Size 40KB
          • SHA256 d2c50a69f896bedd1a6d69fcf89fafba4519d4241e31715bb674ecd4af9681ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcdda_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libcdda_plugin.dll
          • Size 784KB
          • SHA256 7828a92fdd848e24cf06d0b73ee346308fe30c4e56ac23cd39efb76ac4a79932
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libdcp_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libdcp_plugin.dll
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 b668f849da878fba5bd1fedc1804da69244fbde47c8692aaedb395ddc9e023d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libdshow_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libdshow_plugin.dll
          • Size 895KB
          • SHA256 b60d22f1582d13f13f8809f5166b6ca8675e46b6594f8204ca6621270b60cc2f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libdtv_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libdtv_plugin.dll
          • Size 876KB
          • SHA256 e1268176fa9a41dbb5ef03f51142d5a5902bf3713c58ab1b2e0ea03b8c9cc88e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libdvdnav_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libdvdnav_plugin.dll
          • Size 277KB
          • SHA256 e978244ebc0ae7b3eee91799c3c1b9dabc9760ea9ff937285d5233b99d0b73a1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libdvdread_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libdvdread_plugin.dll
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 27c2d191b6257d99ae3810b88470279d0acefc0065f82719c2f2ca325e742bfe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libfilesystem_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libfilesystem_plugin.dll
          • Size 69KB
          • SHA256 0369ada8df130e85f08c2a102943b96ddce753de31299d7b71bc61971be27203
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libftp_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libftp_plugin.dll
          • Size 123KB
          • SHA256 1ef7f7eee7c2a38d36186542004194e5ddfcb98efe535566743fe7d6c3e44690
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libhttp_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libhttp_plugin.dll
          • Size 75KB
          • SHA256 ac382cfa5598a9baaaad596fddc454dbac07eee7407793c9212f39e39d3db59b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libhttps_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libhttps_plugin.dll
          • Size 150KB
          • SHA256 f6d8b1845059b00d9efe09a10631591b39ea04e12fc4b3524f7360b2add713b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libidummy_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libidummy_plugin.dll
          • Size 41KB
          • SHA256 1b7c278f971a115fbfe5ecd20a787cdf397836960a08a343e9f0c9c94d36991b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libimem_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libimem_plugin.dll
          • Size 40KB
          • SHA256 c0cee305070cf30867f2897b01b5516ec328c9770e0a0c950b638631e13d2402
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          liblibbluray_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\liblibbluray_plugin.dll
          • Size 2.0MB
          • SHA256 5636636fa9f9799bb3c3fecc8fae242fdc0685793d4017677a158ab321e78f29
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          liblive555_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\liblive555_plugin.dll
          • Size 582KB
          • SHA256 25ab888c80cda4665382942b7e1e7cd37d9569125551568928f50c3280703f28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libnfs_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libnfs_plugin.dll
          • Size 285KB
          • SHA256 0b7855b74d385ed1d95a0e87b0e2f16cd27a3446dbd05a02efbc1809ad3832d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          librist_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\librist_plugin.dll
          • Size 113KB
          • SHA256 00d6d5c62203a748cdba538e8950a950c69a1773ed2cb8367b90717883e61419
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          librtp_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\librtp_plugin.dll
          • Size 661KB
          • SHA256 38d7b995a91e9e8d5216fc8f82f4639ab0b82dbe2144bb483f6d8ef028e72950
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libsatip_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libsatip_plugin.dll
          • Size 75KB
          • SHA256 1c174f56ecab62101a1716ba7298d6a520cac7f58b8a2080b1b3e2f2e66afe9d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libscreen_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libscreen_plugin.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 fe3a2810593910cc4ef421b81c15893dea6525fffd08fbce6e9751a60a3fc1a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libsdp_plugin.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\access\libsdp_plugin.dll
          • Size 39KB
          • SHA256 cf85208198b0d8751f4a61fbabe152b5de8369516b2622cae366969ec8ad0c88
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          uninstall.log

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.log
          • Size 21KB
          • SHA256 083c6d0605151ad201827884919ed57d1024ecd3c7489c4bd259a11bb4979407
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vlc-cache-gen.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe
          • Size 141KB
          • SHA256 8bf0d5a2bca0bbb09de532f8d8694928c978d9862aa8064f3b9a09058aaca9a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vlc.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
          • Size 1021KB
          • SHA256 bfa5740f028a8f310ca01c779bbc5f2f1b435c41539c54de592f715bb0c10389
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          LangDLL.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc6114.tmp\LangDLL.dll
          • Size 8KB
          • SHA256 2e08e077a0800ec39c0596f4dd91cbbfa917eeef2d75a00767917b8d1f6884ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          System.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc6114.tmp\System.dll
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 b89448b9fd7be5ef215cac6d973a57c0e75e1fffa25552afe174855c9b71fdf9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsDialogs.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc6114.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
          • Size 14KB
          • SHA256 778b2bfbf3f4e641161f40c8174442a4d3865f097e3a2a383356dbfcac8005ab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsExec.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc6114.tmp\nsExec.dll
          • Size 10KB
          • SHA256 0d7f702c518286a2d87db689af169c3857142324de4c9d76d51ebf639dced3df
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsProcess.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsc6114.tmp\nsProcess.dll
          • Size 39KB
          • SHA256 70b1ba04ab0663f1044b182090294e117fda3921fd498a731dea0d34db6a98d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4728-726-0x00007FF86D760000-0x00007FF86D776000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-732-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-831-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-820-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-809-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-798-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-787-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-776-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-765-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-754-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-743-0x000001EEF0890000-0x000001EEF1949000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-727-0x00007FF86D0D0000-0x00007FF86D0E5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-728-0x00007FF86ECB0000-0x00007FF86ECC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-729-0x00007FF868890000-0x00007FF8688A7000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-730-0x00007FF867DC0000-0x00007FF867DDB000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-724-0x00007FF86ED00000-0x00007FF86ED33000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-723-0x00007FF6BB390000-0x00007FF6BB493000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-731-0x00007FF867DA0000-0x00007FF867DB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-733-0x00007FF8679D0000-0x00007FF867A35000-memory.dmp

          memory/4728-725-0x00007FF8593E0000-0x00007FF859699000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-415-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-19-0x0000000074930000-0x000000007493F000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-722-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-417-0x0000000074920000-0x000000007492C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-16-0x0000000074930000-0x000000007493F000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-17-0x0000000074920000-0x000000007492C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-675-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-678-0x0000000074200000-0x0000000074209000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-6-0x0000000074939000-0x000000007493A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6836-20-0x0000000074920000-0x000000007492C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6864-685-0x00007FF8593E0000-0x00007FF859699000-memory.dmp

          memory/6864-684-0x00007FF86F290000-0x00007FF86F2C3000-memory.dmp

          memory/6864-683-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140027000-memory.dmp