Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    142s
  • 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, 17:43

General

  • Target
    Install_New_theme.bat
  • Size 615B
  • Sample260801-wam22aej21
  • SHA256 37c2b1036b0e85d3654e657b57f581bf960b35597ce33a4a587cb727c630e5d2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

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

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Install_New_theme.bat"
    1⤵
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2668
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -Command [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; $p='-new_theme -block_update_on'; """ & { $(try { iwr -useb 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX/refs/heads/main/run.ps1' } catch { $p+= ' -m'; iwr -useb 'https://spotx-official.github.io/SpotX/run.ps1' })} $p """" | iex
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3032
      • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe" -V
        3⤵
          PID:4696
        • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe" --help all
          3⤵
            PID:2308
          • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe" -q -L -k --fail-with-body --connect-timeout 15 --ssl-no-revoke --progress-bar -o C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotX_Temp-2026-08-01_18-43-34\SpotifySetup.exe -w " HTTP_STATUS:%{http_code} " https://loadspot.amd64fox1.workers.dev/download/spotify_installer-1.2.95-x64.exe
            3⤵
              PID:1728
            • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe" -q -L -k --fail-with-body --connect-timeout 15 --ssl-no-revoke --progress-bar -o C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotX_Temp-2026-08-01_18-43-34\SpotifySetup.exe -w " HTTP_STATUS:%{http_code} " https://loadspot.amd64fox1.workers.dev/download/spotify_installer-1.2.95-x64.exe
              3⤵
                PID:1364
              • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
                "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotX_Temp-2026-08-01_18-43-34\SpotifySetup.exe
                3⤵
                  PID:5088
            • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
              C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
              1⤵
              • Modifies registry class
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2312
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotX_Temp-2026-08-01_18-43-34\SpotifySetup.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SpotX_Temp-2026-08-01_18-43-34\SpotifySetup.exe"
                2⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Modifies registry class
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5384
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                  Spotify.exe /INSTALLCOMPLETE
                  3⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Loads dropped DLL
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1860
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe --type=crashpad-handler /prefetch:4 --max-uploads=5 --max-db-size=20 --max-db-age=5 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Spotify\User Data\Crashpad" --url=https://crashdump.spotify.com:443/ --annotation=platform=win64 --annotation=product=spotify --annotation=version=1.2.95.452 --initial-client-data=0x250,0x254,0x258,0x22c,0x25c,0x7ffc1df75448,0x7ffc1df75454,0x7ffc1df75460
                    4⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    PID:3612

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  Spotify.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.exe
                  • Size 2.8MB
                  • SHA256 5d2dc046ffeb27dba28d318f8fa0198f7fd40e63109c744c64a4bc32dcb50a9c
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  chrome_elf.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\chrome_elf.dll
                  • Size 2.4MB
                  • SHA256 dcf9459bd1b7254627939fb0ad6b20c5cf1e412518584363ebb4733c9326bf76
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  crash_reporter.cfg

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\crash_reporter.cfg
                  • Size 632B
                  • SHA256 72e8d4af117a25ada9e7dc4f11eecadd3a1c0f4dec62377fdce08ed8b9321c7e
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  zh-Hant.mo

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\locales\zh-Hant.mo
                  • Size 16KB
                  • SHA256 75cdeb4157d44565f56e900476bf34b7760a148a3bfdb826045adff24e96615a
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/3032-19-0x000001E536440000-0x000001E53646A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-31-0x000001E5364B0000-0x000001E5364B8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-8-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-10-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-9-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-32-0x000001E5364F0000-0x000001E536516000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-12-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-13-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-16-0x000001E535600000-0x000001E53561E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-17-0x000001E535620000-0x000001E5356D2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-18-0x000001E536400000-0x000001E53640A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-24-0x000001E536CD0000-0x000001E5371F8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-23-0x000001E5365D0000-0x000001E536792000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-22-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-21-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-20-0x000001E536440000-0x000001E536464000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-0-0x00007FFC242BF000-0x00007FFC242C0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-26-0x000001E536480000-0x000001E53649A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-7-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-29-0x000001E536470000-0x000001E536476000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-11-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-30-0x000001E5364A0000-0x000001E5364AA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-28-0x000001E536460000-0x000001E536468000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-27-0x000001E536540000-0x000001E53656A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-25-0x000001E537410000-0x000001E537614000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-33-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-35-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-36-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-38-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-37-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-40-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-43-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-2-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-6-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-5-0x000001E535550000-0x000001E535572000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-1-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3032-366-0x00007FFC24130000-0x00007FFC24AD4000-memory.dmp