Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 14:00

General

  • Target
    a290dc1f356ce4c195542fb9165bc38ad3dd8b49de3a5f11e6936edcde2c5b2d.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260804-ra17fabh43
  • SHA256 a290dc1f356ce4c195542fb9165bc38ad3dd8b49de3a5f11e6936edcde2c5b2d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • 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

Mutex
  • NILEAJe9Pnxn

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    mrc5t3qh.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 2 IoCs
  • 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 7 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a290dc1f356ce4c195542fb9165bc38ad3dd8b49de3a5f11e6936edcde2c5b2d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a290dc1f356ce4c195542fb9165bc38ad3dd8b49de3a5f11e6936edcde2c5b2d.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5064
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "mrc5t3qh" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3748
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "mrc5t3qh" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3548
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5922.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3364
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2456
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2540
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:480

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          tmp5922.tmp.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp5922.tmp.bat
          • Size 152B
          • SHA256 6a3eeabdd46e5858987ef1d2fdc47b24f4167e7785bb2665da017a70a5e6b760
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          mrc5t3qh.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\mrc5t3qh.exe
          • Size 45KB
          • SHA256 a290dc1f356ce4c195542fb9165bc38ad3dd8b49de3a5f11e6936edcde2c5b2d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2540-12-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074B6C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2540-14-0x00000000743B0000-0x0000000074B6C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-0-0x0000000074532000-0x0000000074533000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-1-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-2-0x0000000074520000-0x0000000074CDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-3-0x00000000051C0000-0x000000000525C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5064-8-0x0000000074520000-0x0000000074CDC000-memory.dmp