asyncrat | aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
151s
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, 18:47

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General

Target
aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
Size 45KB
Sample260801-xe9bhaen21
SHA256 aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717
MD5 e1da88a122d88ba88d55b3d21f40e265
SHA1 4633ba7d4ccd59cb96f711290e69842202533d45
SHA512 671464fb5052b0f5fef281207a471978ff3a50a54e2785a01d7505abbaa6ef1ade8e0edeb4dc9070531576db7c6f7f921485dbaf68d68a942d2b0a59f82a924d
SSDEEP 768:ku40ZTX3uXTaWUgzW0mo2qwshk6K7OOPIzzjbJgK3ib9IhzkQlBp5lVSd4BDZMx:ku40ZTXEb246VO3z3bGKSb+zlBpbVSA8
TLSH
T19A231A103BE8822BF2BE4F78A9F26145467AF2B36603D5491CC452DB4713FC69A426FD
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

default command_and_control defense_evasion discovery execution asyncrat persistence rat

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

asyncrat

Version

0.5.8

Botnet

Default

xcavengon.click:80
xcavengon.click:22
xcavengon.click:8080
xcavengon.click:8880
xcavengon.click:2052
xcavengon.click:2082
xcavengon.click:2086
xcavengon.click:2095
xcavengon.click:443
xcavengon.click:2053
xcavengon.click:2083
xcavengon.click:2087
xcavengon.click:2096
xcavengon.click:8443
www.xcavengon.click:80
www.xcavengon.click:22
www.xcavengon.click:8080
www.xcavengon.click:8880
www.xcavengon.click:2052
www.xcavengon.click:2082
www.xcavengon.click:2086
www.xcavengon.click:2095
www.xcavengon.click:443
www.xcavengon.click:2053
www.xcavengon.click:2083
www.xcavengon.click:2087
www.xcavengon.click:2096
www.xcavengon.click:8443
triton.xcavengon.click:80
triton.xcavengon.click:22
triton.xcavengon.click:8080
triton.xcavengon.click:8880
triton.xcavengon.click:2052
triton.xcavengon.click:2082
triton.xcavengon.click:2086
triton.xcavengon.click:2095
triton.xcavengon.click:443
triton.xcavengon.click:2053
triton.xcavengon.click:2083
triton.xcavengon.click:2087
triton.xcavengon.click:2096
triton.xcavengon.click:8443
sobig.xcavengon.click:80
sobig.xcavengon.click:22
sobig.xcavengon.click:8080
sobig.xcavengon.click:8880
sobig.xcavengon.click:2052
sobig.xcavengon.click:2082
sobig.xcavengon.click:2086
sobig.xcavengon.click:2095
sobig.xcavengon.click:443
sobig.xcavengon.click:2053
sobig.xcavengon.click:2083
sobig.xcavengon.click:2087
sobig.xcavengon.click:2096
sobig.xcavengon.click:8443
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:80
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:22
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:8080
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:8880
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2052
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2082
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2086
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2095
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:443
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2053
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2083
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2087
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:2096
iloveyou.xcavengon.click:8443
nimda.xcavengon.click:80
nimda.xcavengon.click:22
nimda.xcavengon.click:8080
nimda.xcavengon.click:8880
nimda.xcavengon.click:2052
nimda.xcavengon.click:2082
nimda.xcavengon.click:2086
nimda.xcavengon.click:2095
nimda.xcavengon.click:443
nimda.xcavengon.click:2053
nimda.xcavengon.click:2083
nimda.xcavengon.click:2087
nimda.xcavengon.click:2096
nimda.xcavengon.click:8443

Mutex

7Xy9VVI9EV18

Attributes

delay
0
install
true
install_file
m9vzg.exe
install_folder
%AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

Family: AsyncRat
AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.
rat asyncrat

Async RAT payload 1 IoCs

rat

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c515-10.dat	family_asyncrat

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4764	m9vzg.exe
2308	m9vzg.exe

Outbound SSH connection to public host 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

SSH is used for remote access. This may indicate SSH host discovery, encrypted C2 traffic, or data exfiltration.

command_and_control

Protocol Tunneling

T1572

Network Service Discovery

T1046

description	flow	ioc	pid	Process
SSH destination	3	104.21.10.8:22	4764	m9vzg.exe
SSH destination	8	172.67.189.217:22		Process not Found
SSH destination	21	104.21.10.8:22		Process not Found
SSH destination	22	172.67.189.217:22		Process not Found

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
3400	cmd.exe
4724	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	timeout.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	m9vzg.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	m9vzg.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
5348	timeout.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4900	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs

pid	Process
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4764	m9vzg.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4640 wrote to memory of 3400	4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe	89
PID 4640 wrote to memory of 4724	4640	aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe	91
PID 3400 wrote to memory of 4900	3400	cmd.exe	93
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 5348	4724	cmd.exe	94
PID 4724 wrote to memory of 2308	4724	cmd.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4640
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "m9vzg" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe"' & exit
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3400
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "m9vzg" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe"'
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4900
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp355E.tmp.bat""
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4724
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout 3
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:5348
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2308

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Outbound SSH connection to public host
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4764

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Network Service Discovery

T1046

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Protocol Tunneling

T1572

Exfiltration

Impact

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tmp355E.tmp.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp355E.tmp.bat
Size 149B
SHA256 8febcc252dd30d7da132ccdf2592aa1289ee192c6e78be5dcc6ef35615c4d362
MD5 9f80b9007c95a7765fa86f7e5d55b713
SHA1 af06504dd840631b8a09740320e7036a9560cd3b
SHA512 3f3878c994059c9de62def929e89546d9a75fee27a376638abbf02f2db874089b1d2355f92a8ae39413a231efa8deee9c42694aa27263a592f5c8e88c9c7b173
TLSH
T104C02B4376C5EA5F3E06542312FEDC8C91B27D193F41BB40CB44440D2681C89F0D9341
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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m9vzg.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\m9vzg.exe
Size 45KB
SHA256 aa175190cb43f1275d1ad573d46c0695c96f5857ff9d64e26bd7d7fda9d35717
MD5 e1da88a122d88ba88d55b3d21f40e265
SHA1 4633ba7d4ccd59cb96f711290e69842202533d45
SHA512 671464fb5052b0f5fef281207a471978ff3a50a54e2785a01d7505abbaa6ef1ade8e0edeb4dc9070531576db7c6f7f921485dbaf68d68a942d2b0a59f82a924d
SSDEEP 768:ku40ZTX3uXTaWUgzW0mo2qwshk6K7OOPIzzjbJgK3ib9IhzkQlBp5lVSd4BDZMx:ku40ZTXEb246VO3z3bGKSb+zlBpbVSA8
TLSH
T19A231A103BE8822BF2BE4F78A9F26145467AF2B36603D5491CC452DB4713FC69A426FD
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4640-0-0x00000000748A2000-0x00000000748A3000-memory.dmp

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memory/4640-1-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000AF2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4640-2-0x0000000074890000-0x000000007504C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4640-3-0x0000000005650000-0x00000000056EC000-memory.dmp

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memory/4640-9-0x0000000074890000-0x000000007504C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4764-12-0x0000000074880000-0x000000007503C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4764-14-0x0000000074880000-0x000000007503C000-memory.dmp

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