Analysis
- max time kernel
143s - 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, 05:36
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
inst_smt016.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
inst_smt016.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target inst_smt016.exe
- Size 55.2MB
- Sample260805-gal3eaec36
- SHA256 750d8f527f24018edb62cfafd937eb6ad93c7b716c8cc36749536cdf37b2ae72
- MD5 dfe31e070b54180dfd356875d830aa22
- SHA1 4141221bcb63077015d2f609e27cc85da4e33b0e
- SHA512 f036e4353b5dee0ced3867d89c161bc47cb0e0063a165921ce7eb138bd4e5cb566091d898b62abb207059ab1c5bf1a146d8c0048d7b86213ffada928cbf370ed
- SSDEEP 196608:nnnmbV2qWwRNTc+u1aZfO8pP+QDhb6Z/LzEnSQ5Ps6b:nSRe9QD7
- TLSH T1FDC78406F702899AD4799338488B4F91B372ECF14AB6972323B8733D2EFA35C5E91545
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1620 pOVLVl.exe - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 1620 pOVLVl.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Tencent SecurityHealth = "\"C:\\Users\\Public\\sYaNC0\\pOVLVl.exe\"" pOVLVl.exe - Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.
pid Process 5736 cmd.exe 5948 cmd.exe 4312 cmd.exe 1704 cmd.exe 5416 cmd.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\System32\CodeIntegrity\SiPolicy.p7b pOVLVl.exe - 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.
pid Process 5112 cmd.exe 1248 cmd.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 5348 schtasks.exe 3356 schtasks.exe 1872 schtasks.exe 4108 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 56 IoCs
pid Process 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 4276 inst_smt016.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe 1620 pOVLVl.exe - Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 3 IoCs
pid Process 660 Process not Found 660 Process not Found 660 Process not Found - 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inst_smt016.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inst_smt016.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4276
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C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\pOVLVl.exeC:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\pOVLVl.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1620 -
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\sYaNC0\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
PID:5948 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /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\sYaNC0\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5348
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:3116
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:3660
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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" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
PID:4312 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /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:3356
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:1876
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:628
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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" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
PID:1704 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /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:1872
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:1172
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:440
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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" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
PID:5416 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /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:4108
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"3⤵PID:1928
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeSCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F3⤵PID:6080
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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" /F2⤵
- Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
PID:5736
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C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\pOVLVl.exe"C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\pOVLVl.exe"1⤵PID:4084
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f1⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
PID:5112
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd.exe1⤵PID:4268
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f1⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
PID:1248
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\UxEnhance64.dll
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 e1d4691575b64d2c29a1e2e116de76d01c235672689408d12ff52cf130f7bc5e
- MD5 40ca89f50af170f7e8a3a1f4a545f552
- SHA1 e988f6d184264888f8ab0fd10079a88b0178d5b9
- SHA512 46cfa08df2b18c7b0fd03daab37c2000c2c4fd5ca99fe61887c42ff2bfff252625f55ce9b93b740d39d5ec89442c090065abe817557af58b1c95aaf8771bbddc
- SSDEEP 49152:P9KpI8cBa0kj6BK0x3TiMQclkGo2PXk6rkwuuWG/+WizBedfb77N3SnKrKB+w:P9m29xx3Tiqt06ox6+z2rNNrKow
- TLSH T154E523E5B6D739F6D023CBF4DA62A1AD70393F505F635C5F3B8929014E62228973A390
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\adoresd.dat
- Size 4.7MB
- SHA256 2d0e99a0e03a5e1582397c8c8ed1695fb34dea7bd2305ecc6b6a0b162796ef4b
- MD5 f5b069d56328a5dd75d402e475f210a1
- SHA1 e2e81438853441541bb21c109a18068ffb3a2562
- SHA512 35a11c637c6b513e7e5988149c36d4fcc4fa53cad304433b7337edce0bee3077bc6bc7b990475bd1d5799b0de393ee64813e33aa2404c66f01ba53f67fe51360
- SSDEEP 98304:Mmu1SwODpRGIRdXEMZYe6rFLoTTpMk6ZGvQv0Ss2i+XZXea1v5WZd8uCp:fu1SwOflfZPF6Ma0bsoa5+qd
- TLSH T14D3633368AE6F5C7E35B2A0AF36888DD12B0B7AD6E9D75C24AF070145DB30CE9015BC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\msadox.tb
- Size 8KB
- SHA256 f10563edeacce3d3b5daedb5974f46d663b7988d50d058395a4d28631ec1c2f8
- MD5 0ce3284b5db1e42adc5b8acfa3dd57f4
- SHA1 aea498afde828803ac405f31e44795fb999ca27b
- SHA512 c37c3e64a9e84b315df95dbafb2844fcb28bf8624d83eda7f1513556775e45f63453f7e5ce8325cd79f7c7433266484913ea77c1214bbbfe9ad0ba4148d056bd
- SSDEEP 192:+qbZajnZ45X1q3JXglD+3vR8cwNhIMCGe2y0PQp:+sZqZOXQ3uqvR2Kfzp
- TLSH T1FD029E05D7A20CC3D6016C71CD9EB2F5AB13A1DADA3926719C67D4C167072DD2CE620D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\sYaNC0\pOVLVl.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
- MD5 9ec587911e501b73b7cf09f05d0ae17d
- SHA1 5b62403cc9a668c6e5c70ace177fd54fcc4c5936
- SHA512 d05468a472373815c46ccb46ec743408365d24982d10d8a23ee0036c28cf3dacd05d74304ef2d4b7118f91ff3f631f676b2e86ddee92a02cf988b0d3c6247847
- SSDEEP 3072:MmhXb5pgtiaRENEErO9Uj4OqhhUvB4BNgQaJ:MmjgtiayGErsUKh3To
- TLSH T1D0D38C2776A474F9E1778635C8511A1AE772B8760770CB9F03A442A62F237D19E3EF20
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH