Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    137s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 00:42

General

  • Target
    ArtRage Vitae.exe
  • Size 133.4MB
  • Sample260804-a2df1sac34
  • SHA256 a6c50d725b1218ecb12566d473528dfaa13a97ef4afffd83fb34c5513b9ece3a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArtRage Vitae.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArtRage Vitae.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4712
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Ambient Design\ArtRage Vitae 7.1.8\install\ArtRage Vitae.msi" AI_SETUPEXEPATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArtRage Vitae.exe" SETUPEXEDIR=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ EXE_CMD_LINE="/exenoupdates /forcecleanup /wintime 1785563443 "
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4948
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • 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:4884
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3B2C9F63BD61E83AF93AEDFAD6471D8B C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:6008
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 2776D865C5119E86598368D301576A38 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2556
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4100
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding CE82A2F342479C5753E860C1A2C5612D
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3876
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1284
    • C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\ArtRage64.exe
      "C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\ArtRage64.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2208

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a2405.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a2405.rbs
          • Size 121KB
          • SHA256 b0f52c401c1b5f00b9ce91197b388c5cf58ceeca1e0f3d16ba7e379342a6dcbd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ArtRage64.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\ArtRage64.exe
          • Size 12.7MB
          • SHA256 4b3e60687bafa8a24b365dc7b40e910a4b879692b7a491a53703167fe78bd2e0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Dotty.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Dotty.png
          • Size 26KB
          • SHA256 14cad6958c5e0215cc810865113c60c3ba88c8c540a4dfd14d2c67d5d3ff01f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Drips.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Drips.png
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 373e8170d011efe870a995995cd9b9e575c388298f02365d19fd7b956068f96b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Droplets.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Droplets.png
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 a6f7c8b3f876388ff590cd2748e5f9359d269639e0dfd0ba12031e1f947b3ce6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Paint Splat.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Paint Splat.png
          • Size 26KB
          • SHA256 611978181cd993e8a737f42090c48da263efe59ac83489a9bf4ec9bde058c3d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Ragged Drip.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Ragged Drip.png
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 aaa74b8a8dd77835684e9bb6e92382d2918851ac38e37ee4a0a565447c15f5f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Round Oily.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Round Oily.png
          • Size 20KB
          • SHA256 defa87064979b1bf9d25bb84aa824e5cea7bb9dd0e0625f82cba7c7d85ce4aaf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RoundHead.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\RoundHead.png
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 acca6f20b6efffab37ffe4b109915de6e8c3463fdaaadd3e5f6148eb910a7f27
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Watercolor.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Artistic\Watercolor.png
          • Size 14KB
          • SHA256 f32b6e13cb5ed8689593551bf26d9b7236ba325fd71f3fdd5430b8dd9fe0cdc8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Basic_Circle.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Basic_Circle.png
          • Size 16KB
          • SHA256 da5eca774ed3797eb1561a39c9935d80ee1085d2a9af8282478f7641f3e5749c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Circle - Fuzzy.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Circle - Fuzzy.png
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 5e15b376710887fae4317941fd74b3773ccfaa16e7415a624ab49393b4f67d28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Circle - SemiSoft.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Circle - SemiSoft.png
          • Size 21KB
          • SHA256 6e5c41f5a6e6ee16b5ddd7aebe430937a6b13e59cbed249e95d365a423a19e58
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Circle - Soft.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Circle - Soft.png
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 41083c02023e2966cf2fcd293ef60e8580836f5e74cf43fedf0cdf0305c0528e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Circle_RimMask.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Circle_RimMask.png
          • Size 16KB
          • SHA256 59979261a2b1e0f72e95c0036d067f7cd3fdc6247f28485a337f2a2f722c570e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Crosshatch Dense.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Hatching\Crosshatch Dense.png
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 5f92d898fd16b82f7bf5271c75e70db2d904749626f65efa46e27684ea609e75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Crosshatch Sparse.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Hatching\Crosshatch Sparse.png
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 e4b713581734d570428bb6906613c4873296f4d81487cb72a0dc7e13d69e7057
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Dashes Horizontal.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Hatching\Dashes Horizontal.png
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f5f53b7d7844a65defb5c09e117288f8e7a5b7d75049f77f448a580e7a24ba68
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Dashes Vertical.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Hatching\Dashes Vertical.png
          • Size 1003B
          • SHA256 5dc90f03553c6cf2ef9d4c6565255ddc471d80130453852a72698f0d5422ee5a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Diagonal Cross.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Hatching\Diagonal Cross.png
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 277c73447f7fbefada2f5ed8d2b8a809d6ff1fd7a0f23cbcddac251c4e14ad5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Flower Outline.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Nature\Flower Outline.png
          • Size 26KB
          • SHA256 0c4d92f706b2b1b3b07aa476b903abd6cc569fa9c2b74243625fe737c876e3e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Leaf.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Nature\Leaf.png
          • Size 22KB
          • SHA256 6cdd02df0dd70b065a18fe685f95898b8c49747e1aa945658ff2dba5e1a1d9f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RoundFlower Outline.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Nature\RoundFlower Outline.png
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 8b69227834ca40ef25935919bed88dabbee3006b0386bde0588773a31fa5957f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          SimpleFlower Outline.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Nature\SimpleFlower Outline.png
          • Size 15KB
          • SHA256 41376cca0a4166e86d1f5f99a5a9f86ee7a0d292db45889483f86a9616215a20
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          SimpleFlower.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Nature\SimpleFlower.png
          • Size 15KB
          • SHA256 fd515c73aa0c6e89d9b5cd1a447898c2f4ba4cbc3ce8298e8219cc7b0c8bb1de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Ring.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Ring.png
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 3b8c3b45c78466fe6cdb1bfbed38783c5a796fd7742a3b295f7d9364bb1432f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Bolas - Hollow.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Bolas - Hollow.png
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 c04ef60c246f094dd544c4fc9ecea133d3ed0f99608dab175ec7464c3a3e99d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Bolas - Solid.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Bolas - Solid.png
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 2723aac37bd949eacc0784dd9d57117164365a5bafb34c3beb81798adeba381d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Bubble.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Bubble.png
          • Size 133KB
          • SHA256 343eeb7de600b9efe850daf4bf722bb0d77b889e0ed64771f4ea39fd5aededa5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Checkers.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Checkers.png
          • Size 26KB
          • SHA256 c65e5495b49c41c24728fe20a7f497bc8e205bc6bdde69d40b2e92eff88135de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Horizontal Line.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Horizontal Line.png
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a1832ba80eb99d777fd7c29bd1ee99fa5e6556d8ad7ee2698df4b328912b13ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Sparkle.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Sparkle.png
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 9b27728b6f9c29a3a36f3cc16e126d04a0f10af8e0329bf972e6d518070852da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Spiral Rose.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Shapes\Spiral Rose.png
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 56d699509198d6166110e7f7cfe9f91cd08c45ae5da79b1b2b712a31119076b4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Square - Soft.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Square - Soft.png
          • Size 23KB
          • SHA256 3801380ab41ab56d7eb8cf6bfb48b73812ea7af780193a7a8d348362846b9707
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Square.png

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Content\Brush Bitmaps\Square.png
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a877a8aff987f0bf25adb91c5a6788178acd6c0442826946f5b5dc62e6dbed6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          system.gsf

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Languages\EN\system.gsf
          • Size 153KB
          • SHA256 889ceb1210bc6d1c7e70c19e4b6344f3e1aa933709cb13e6c3a3cb13a0501289
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ImmutableStrings.gsf

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\Languages\ImmutableStrings.gsf
          • Size 8KB
          • SHA256 5f60c053beae36a7e056c27a8305ca46107dc7303f352bbcc06262af19e6aed0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          images_x1.gimf

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\images_x1.gimf
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 dea4471a0135f6543c6b88d7c7ea7eaa174484ba47fde053e4ae1ff78a2fd32c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          images_x2.gimf

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\images_x2.gimf
          • Size 10.3MB
          • SHA256 b7f90d2b23932ab1f5f2ff90f7a3490bb7e62ac4cebf452f22a524a879599434
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          system.grf

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\system.grf
          • Size 665KB
          • SHA256 8dd45dcfe81588074377c35b55d618e6061550b18417fcf9e5975aadb9e38aca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          version.gsf

          • Path C:\Program Files\ArtRage Vitae\Resources\version.gsf
          • Size 318B
          • SHA256 16c4b2f8db2228e1b3b1076d7eef21ff461808a7b1920ec2178631eb829e663e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIBFAD.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIBFAD.tmp
          • Size 391KB
          • SHA256 fcf24b9b574ed026d3f68b7b70aa6533806ba7fc566c476ccb62e6493ac28f04
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ArtRage Vitae.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Ambient Design\ArtRage Vitae 7.1.8\install\ArtRage Vitae.msi
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 f80adec661e8aa4d23d2c1e336cd06ba1a8c9d64609504566a64c75ba053e062
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Baubles.stk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Ambient Design\ArtRage\Content\Stickers\Baubles.stk
          • Size 887KB
          • SHA256 b27ab364cecb30e8ffed93209f6e8ebac24ea374b4acdd33c79b0f10b1616433
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI29D2.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI29D2.tmp
          • Size 569KB
          • SHA256 41abe8eb54a1910e6fc97fcea4de37a67058b7527badae8f39fba3788c46de14
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 075feeb9311276fdd976b2056e2aa1763e0898d2734b0d8737d686070e8a8443
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {fb362731-668e-4b4e-8003-f3242fa7027c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{ca73a981-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{fb362731-668e-4b4e-8003-f3242fa7027c}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 975292cf3ee238bfaf273a30a3c6bed51e33ab89ccd7bf2ac71feab255932fc3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2208-1080-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000141614000-memory.dmp