Analysis

  • max time kernel
    6s
  • max time network
    153s
  • 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, 19:09

General

  • Target
    5a6a5e47672e0f5c4638eb864407356cdc1741a17d253e62efe1dd2bd2986630.exe
  • Size 45KB
  • Sample260804-xt6h6afe76
  • SHA256 5a6a5e47672e0f5c4638eb864407356cdc1741a17d253e62efe1dd2bd2986630
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • asyncrat

Version
  • 0.5.8

Botnet
  • Default

C2
  • vnsextop1.com:80

  • vnsextop1.com:22

  • vnsextop1.com:8080

  • vnsextop1.com:8880

  • vnsextop1.com:2052

  • vnsextop1.com:2082

  • vnsextop1.com:2086

  • vnsextop1.com:2095

  • vnsextop1.com:443

  • vnsextop1.com:2053

  • vnsextop1.com:2083

  • vnsextop1.com:2087

  • vnsextop1.com:2096

  • vnsextop1.com:8443

  • www.vnsextop1.com:80

  • www.vnsextop1.com:22

  • www.vnsextop1.com:8080

  • www.vnsextop1.com:8880

  • www.vnsextop1.com:2052

  • www.vnsextop1.com:2082

Mutex
  • yXyc9UQl3QxQ

Attributes
  • delay

    0

  • install

    true

  • install_file

    s2w4k4e.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
  • Outbound SSH connection to public host 2 TTPs 5 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 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\5a6a5e47672e0f5c4638eb864407356cdc1741a17d253e62efe1dd2bd2986630.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5a6a5e47672e0f5c4638eb864407356cdc1741a17d253e62efe1dd2bd2986630.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3184
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "s2w4k4e" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe"' & exit
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2836
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "s2w4k4e" /tr '"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe"'
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4240
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9E9.tmp.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4848
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        timeout 3
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:3644
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4336
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2256

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmp9E9.tmp.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9E9.tmp.bat
        • Size 150B
        • SHA256 4c96075ff5ffa4b7428162cb6a498de1d988795efda7a58a70e5903e9448b073
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        s2w4k4e.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\s2w4k4e.exe
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 5a6a5e47672e0f5c4638eb864407356cdc1741a17d253e62efe1dd2bd2986630
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2256-12-0x0000000074F20000-0x00000000756DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2256-14-0x0000000074F20000-0x00000000756DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-0-0x00000000750A2000-0x00000000750A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-1-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000762000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-2-0x0000000075090000-0x000000007584C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-3-0x00000000052C0000-0x000000000535C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3184-8-0x0000000075090000-0x000000007584C000-memory.dmp