Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • 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, 16:41

General

  • Target
    FPSDoctor_1.4.7_x64-setup.exe
  • Size 38.9MB
  • Sample260804-t7fywavfkd
  • SHA256 94d5750d2908998cb7a03c0428e34472652ed9a190dcc5bb8485f993e7ede43c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
5/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in System32 directory 17 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 32 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FPSDoctor_1.4.7_x64-setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FPSDoctor_1.4.7_x64-setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4412
    • C:\Program Files\FPSDoctor\resources\PawnIO_setup.exe
      "C:\Program Files\FPSDoctor\resources\PawnIO_setup.exe" -install -silent
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1192
  • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
    DrvInst.exe "4" "0" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{9a8e931c-9261-8743-b47c-2e7fcd921319}\pawnio.inf" "9" "4c553107b" "00000000000000E0" "WinSta0\Default" "0000000000000130" "208" "c:\windows\temp\pawnio_81d67ee9.tmp"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    PID:236
  • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
    DrvInst.exe "2" "211" "ROOT\PAWNIO\0000" "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\pawnio.inf_amd64_a72a2f969b8b7496\pawnio.inf" "oem1.inf:4d51782f23653f6e:PawnIO_Device:2.2.0.0:root\pawnio," "4c553107b" "00000000000000E0" "8cc4"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4536

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        PawnIO_setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\FPSDoctor\resources\PawnIO_setup.exe
        • Size 3.3MB
        • SHA256 1f519a22e47187f70a1379a48ca604981c4fcf694f4e65b734aaa74a9fba3032
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshE23F.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 8b4c47c4cf5e76ec57dd5a050d5acd832a0d532ee875d7b44f6cdaf68f90d37c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UserInfo.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshE23F.tmp\UserInfo.dll
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 e0dc3112796dbaa37f25ab54b7fac2fbf791cbc6e36a84fc61c6423b84a3677b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        nsDialogs.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshE23F.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 b1350f487692057c8ffde75dcc55287a52a3272240d4d4912f24464b27551fc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsExec.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshE23F.tmp\nsExec.dll
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 b121689861b506dbc9c3797b49bc8a90d555cb7db58cb959165cc758391c00bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsis_tauri_utils.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshE23F.tmp\nsis_tauri_utils.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 99d938c5e6defd524296bd4190335921793e7adc6c70c3e8f031c4da78a1a95f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pawnio.inf_amd64_a72a2f969b8b7496.ini

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\pawnio.inf_amd64_a72a2f969b8b7496.ini
        • Size 413B
        • SHA256 7ce593284ccb4cbfdbab7dc05cdc40ef8c16f6004ad04c48cf2d199d8705e9e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PawnIO.inf

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\PawnIO_81D67EE9.tmp\PawnIO.inf
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7c1c203e13693531243fbee3cb87d7b79170eae89f5729b3f41387fe68a54f0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PawnIO.sys

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\PawnIO_81D67EE9.tmp\PawnIO.sys
        • Size 133KB
        • SHA256 fca6e7d58b0cf38dbb913a2b9e532f48629145d395f454b16a9f58e97b8d3940
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pawnio.cat

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\PawnIO_81D67EE9.tmp\pawnio.cat
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 a37d46840280efec92063d3a21014c803939e599b4c0da4a4d063b79eeca9446
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH