Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 12:13

General

  • Target
    VATN0.20260729212103.exe
  • Size 3.5MB
  • Sample260804-pdsncswtby
  • SHA256 3a0583f7d3f41e1c2c36fa585ad620a518ab6661767f2e9683023745b6f58c4c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Discovers running processes 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Running process information can be used to identify security tools or plan follow-on actions.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 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 22 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 5 IoCs
  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VATN0.20260729212103.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VATN0.20260729212103.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5084
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      /c C:\Windows\System32\ComputerDefaults.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3724
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\ComputerDefaults.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2608
        • C:\ProgramData\{E759647C-2937-42B0-B692-44207F4D0567}v47.92.32733.8931\packages\copilot_setup.exe
          "copilot_setup.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3984
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
            taskkill /f /im cmd.exe
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Kills process with taskkill
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2128
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd.exe /c start "" /B cmd /C C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D020F8C79B6EA9CA18A.BAT
            5⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1116
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /C C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D020F8C79B6EA9CA18A.BAT
              6⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4988
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • Discovers running processes
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2140
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
                find /I "copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4592
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 30 /nobreak
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:340
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • Discovers running processes
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1860
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
                find /I "copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:3800
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 30 /nobreak
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:3976
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • Discovers running processes
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:680
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
                find /I "copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:2892
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 30 /nobreak
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:4716
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • Discovers running processes
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4512
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
                find /I "copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:3760
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 30 /nobreak
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:4892
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
                tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • Discovers running processes
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1780
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
                find /I "copilot_setup.exe"
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:2720
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 30 /nobreak
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:4224

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        PDFCore8.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\{E759647C-2937-42B0-B692-44207F4D0567}v47.92.32733.8931\packages\PDFCore8.dll
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 88d671cb94273f7ae17bc0befe1ae895e4137056148c636bf643d5cc44ed0274
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        copilot_setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\{E759647C-2937-42B0-B692-44207F4D0567}v47.92.32733.8931\packages\copilot_setup.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 3a0583f7d3f41e1c2c36fa585ad620a518ab6661767f2e9683023745b6f58c4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        D020F8C79B6EA9CA18A.BAT

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D020F8C79B6EA9CA18A.BAT
        • Size 862B
        • SHA256 dd2be93574f1d5e004688cd1f73f3aa0d07f91129ea84c5774af224afaec01ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH