Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • 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, 09:06

General

  • Target
    538ac59b53c7d61c16a6f47a736ef00cd6c9540b04f36824461c94acb6d454ce.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260804-k28x2abp6v
  • SHA256 538ac59b53c7d61c16a6f47a736ef00cd6c9540b04f36824461c94acb6d454ce
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • cliphotnew1.blog:80

  • cliphotnew1.blog:22

  • cliphotnew1.blog:8080

  • cliphotnew1.blog:8880

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2052

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2082

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2086

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2095

  • cliphotnew1.blog:443

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2053

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2083

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2087

  • cliphotnew1.blog:2096

  • cliphotnew1.blog:8443

  • www.cliphotnew1.blog:80

  • www.cliphotnew1.blog:22

  • www.cliphotnew1.blog:8080

  • www.cliphotnew1.blog:8880

  • www.cliphotnew1.blog:2052

  • www.cliphotnew1.blog:2082

Mutex
  • iXU62HSFv5BQ

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    p8hh.exe

  • install_folder

    %AppData%

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: AsyncRat

    AsyncRAT is designed to remotely monitor and control other computers written in C#.

  • Async RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Outbound SSH connection to public host 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\538ac59b53c7d61c16a6f47a736ef00cd6c9540b04f36824461c94acb6d454ce.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\538ac59b53c7d61c16a6f47a736ef00cd6c9540b04f36824461c94acb6d454ce.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4376
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "p8hh" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4120
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "p8hh" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5CEB.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2372
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:1724
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4652
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:5940

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            tmp5CEB.tmp.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5CEB.tmp.bat
            • Size 148B
            • SHA256 b59ad5941e5d97db41c300f885e66223ea9f7019d12f0dec2d62c6a0d787bd77
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            p8hh.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8hh.exe
            • Size 45KB
            • SHA256 538ac59b53c7d61c16a6f47a736ef00cd6c9540b04f36824461c94acb6d454ce
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/4376-0-0x0000000075102000-0x0000000075103000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-1-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000632000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-2-0x00000000750F0000-0x00000000758AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-3-0x0000000005190000-0x000000000522C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4376-8-0x00000000750F0000-0x00000000758AC000-memory.dmp

            memory/4652-12-0x0000000074F80000-0x000000007573C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4652-14-0x0000000074F80000-0x000000007573C000-memory.dmp