Analysis

  • max time kernel
    49s
  • 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
    03/08/2026, 08:52

General

  • Target
    extension-fix-8P2O8G.hta
  • Size 2KB
  • Sample260803-ks48gssdja
  • SHA256 0eb739046f17f473c426100f4bee1034d2245531f681e5de69ea864b0917dfc2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

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

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 28 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\extension-fix-8P2O8G.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3872
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1312
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:5256
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1528
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:4348
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5548
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:6044
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:5756
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\attrib.exe" +h +s "C:\vcmdpciv\"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:5568
    • C:\vcmdpciv\vcmdpciv.exe
      "C:\vcmdpciv\vcmdpciv.exe" C:\vcmdpciv\vcmdpciv
      2⤵
        PID:3572
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
        2⤵
          PID:1388
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess Flags:8 WinX:0 WinY:0 IEFrame:00000000
            3⤵
              PID:1492
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c ping -n 300 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 >nul
            2⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
            PID:4704
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
              ping -n 300 -w 1000 127.0.0.1
              3⤵
              • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
              • Runs ping.exe
              PID:2796

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 63b14543360f5e89942ea8d5113526e64fbc71c1207328f0136b3a495d921dd0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
              • Size 528B
              • SHA256 d2bb091268ade68ad8121d2184d0fbce128070156304bd4de312e6fbd267409c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
              • Size 174B
              • SHA256 c5b7019263870cff1b216f3558f98f055fe58109f86bd63ef696c3045d2c2399
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
              • Size 170B
              • SHA256 57b3a04f635d84b3000c0484f99292b53236da4c35167668352d653da421aa02
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              a1.zip

              • Path C:\vcmdpciv\a1.zip
              • Size 494KB
              • SHA256 e48bdafa0a2d711cdbd5c9856d5a94d9e9b1fb882d82914596908ac788c51e01
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              a2.zip

              • Path C:\vcmdpciv\a2.zip
              • Size 1.3MB
              • SHA256 2479d7ed439cda088c235667cddf902ecdccc5fa449e6cdc8d2f2697bba688c3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              a3.zip

              • Path C:\vcmdpciv\a3.zip
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 61b6be78339084677b9afae326d0949dfa5e0a26c9d938a8ec45961d1eeb3fb3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              vcmdpciv

              • Path C:\vcmdpciv\vcmdpciv
              • Size 1.3MB
              • SHA256 30af0a4b9b7c7d8cf41c169be3d51c03d9dabd0c18ed699b31850b618b5db55e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              vcmdpciv.exe

              • Path C:\vcmdpciv\vcmdpciv.exe
              • Size 957KB
              • SHA256 bdd2b7236a110b04c288380ad56e8d7909411da93eed2921301206de0cb0dda1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/3572-109-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005C7000-memory.dmp