asyncrat | bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
153s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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04/08/2026, 09:46

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General

Target
bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
Size 45KB
Sample260804-lrrfnscl4s
SHA256 bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1
MD5 3bf1e24afd19631ba5cdabaf2765c7a8
SHA1 d0e96595cc697a4ef4d6b32af6b69ed17349c3c7
SHA512 28b9bfa7593f0f6099448d3e378f7a964fc1b545621677f65493c1aab59dbcbe89ee8fa6c3dd4982941c2874b4a0bb757655599dfcf01148b437d485915e9b3e
SSDEEP 768:4uBfJTMUyYUWUWBDimo2qV38kLyuObvtkjZPICzjb9gX2iJ13Jqyd96YApSKTKB/:4uBfJTMpv2+8LuyyjWC3bqX/Pn6wdbx
TLSH
T1AE233C003BE9812BF2BE4FB89CF25145867AF2636603D54A1CC451DB5623FC69A43AFD
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

sex18.me:80
sex18.me:22
sex18.me:8080
sex18.me:8880
sex18.me:2052
sex18.me:2082
sex18.me:2086
sex18.me:2095
sex18.me:443
sex18.me:2053
sex18.me:2083
sex18.me:2087
sex18.me:2096
sex18.me:8443
www.sex18.me:80
www.sex18.me:22
www.sex18.me:8080
www.sex18.me:8880
www.sex18.me:2052
www.sex18.me:2082
www.sex18.me:2086
www.sex18.me:2095
www.sex18.me:443
www.sex18.me:2053
www.sex18.me:2083
www.sex18.me:2087
www.sex18.me:2096
www.sex18.me:8443
shamoon.sex18.me:80
shamoon.sex18.me:22
shamoon.sex18.me:8080
shamoon.sex18.me:8880
shamoon.sex18.me:2052
shamoon.sex18.me:2082
shamoon.sex18.me:2086
shamoon.sex18.me:2095
shamoon.sex18.me:443
shamoon.sex18.me:2053
shamoon.sex18.me:2083
shamoon.sex18.me:2087
shamoon.sex18.me:2096
shamoon.sex18.me:8443
connect.sex18.me:80
connect.sex18.me:22
connect.sex18.me:8080
connect.sex18.me:8880
connect.sex18.me:2052
connect.sex18.me:2082
connect.sex18.me:2086
connect.sex18.me:2095
connect.sex18.me:443
connect.sex18.me:2053
connect.sex18.me:2083
connect.sex18.me:2087
connect.sex18.me:2096
connect.sex18.me:8443

Mutex

o7WSUlR5cWIn

Attributes

delay
0
install
true
install_file
p8pq.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/0x000e00000001c50d-10.dat	family_asyncrat

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
404	p8pq.exe
2896	p8pq.exe

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.

command_and_control

Protocol Tunneling

T1572

Network Service Discovery

T1046

description	flow	ioc	pid	Process
SSH destination	5	69.48.229.117:22		Process not Found
SSH destination	10	69.48.229.117:22		Process not Found
SSH destination	2	69.48.229.117:22	404	p8pq.exe

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
4000	cmd.exe
5520	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	p8pq.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	p8pq.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.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

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
860	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
1724	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs

pid	Process
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	404	p8pq.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4312 wrote to memory of 4000	4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe	90
PID 4312 wrote to memory of 5520	4312	bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe	92
PID 4000 wrote to memory of 1724	4000	cmd.exe	94
PID 5520 wrote to memory of 860	5520	cmd.exe	95
PID 5520 wrote to memory of 2896	5520	cmd.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4312
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "p8pq" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe"' & exit
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4000
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "p8pq" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe"'
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1724
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6F6A.tmp.bat""
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5520
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    timeout 3
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:860
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2896

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Outbound SSH connection to public host
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:404

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
1⤵
PID:1652

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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tmp6F6A.tmp.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6F6A.tmp.bat
Size 148B
SHA256 2051fc391c93788549da052ee97c942b3b05bd90bf3258686c1c02bc2aa73dbb
MD5 b2d2153eea454ed2227fb827fa2b78b8
SHA1 a231dd7afc992ac78d2233b535d853d7022e06b0
SHA512 c933dec1282f1b23e38724ff2194d088c3bbe9b9192d87d56ac2885310f7c62cc3552989f20d1d247dbee23b27391e6d0578b166238e44861c5e66cec2b9e904
TLSH
T1FEC08C9251CDAA4E2805541302BBD98DA172A8193E80BB00830448992280459E099241
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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p8pq.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\p8pq.exe
Size 45KB
SHA256 bd8ac597ba14036ec9d341c97dc29d69f6209b3830757d49bf1950ea5d1e28b1
MD5 3bf1e24afd19631ba5cdabaf2765c7a8
SHA1 d0e96595cc697a4ef4d6b32af6b69ed17349c3c7
SHA512 28b9bfa7593f0f6099448d3e378f7a964fc1b545621677f65493c1aab59dbcbe89ee8fa6c3dd4982941c2874b4a0bb757655599dfcf01148b437d485915e9b3e
SSDEEP 768:4uBfJTMUyYUWUWBDimo2qV38kLyuObvtkjZPICzjb9gX2iJ13Jqyd96YApSKTKB/:4uBfJTMpv2+8LuyyjWC3bqX/Pn6wdbx
TLSH
T1AE233C003BE9812BF2BE4FB89CF25145867AF2636603D54A1CC451DB5623FC69A43AFD
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/404-12-0x0000000074D50000-0x000000007550C000-memory.dmp

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memory/404-14-0x0000000074D50000-0x000000007550C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4312-0-0x0000000074F52000-0x0000000074F53000-memory.dmp

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memory/4312-1-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000472000-memory.dmp

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memory/4312-2-0x0000000074F40000-0x00000000756FC000-memory.dmp

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memory/4312-3-0x0000000004E90000-0x0000000004F2C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4312-8-0x0000000074F40000-0x00000000756FC000-memory.dmp

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