Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    127s
  • 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, 16:20

General

  • Target
    vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260805-ts8ekswwb1
  • SHA256 69d3bb0b895f745325b4b94259b900dafd949be8fa55b1855819a3c8e405a93b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks for any installed AV software in registry 1 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4992
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-NMT4R7FHPS.tmp\vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-NMT4R7FHPS.tmp\vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.tmp" /SL5="$4009C,848247,840704,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.exe"
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks for any installed AV software in registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:5660

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        100.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-28VHNL24MG.tmp\100.png
        • Size 42KB
        • SHA256 2ddd50ca3bb30387c309b0a627cc14f2820352679caa1d59f0dd35aed9540453
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        101.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-28VHNL24MG.tmp\101.png
        • Size 51KB
        • SHA256 3f63f320e919830fb21fff8dbd82509ecc8330c89513163daedb1b7687a0a529
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-NMT4R7FHPS.tmp\vlc-media-player-3.0.23-installer.tmp
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 3a62ae0d102cff66fba0a1f0b9bcdf116ad369c3c4f0212eb21a53c766c75a7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4992-12-0x0000000000740000-0x000000000081C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4992-0-0x0000000000740000-0x000000000081C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-27-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-29-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-22-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-13-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-26-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-14-0x0000000001350000-0x0000000001351000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-30-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-21-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-6-0x0000000001350000-0x0000000001351000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-35-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-34-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-36-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-40-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-43-0x0000000005F60000-0x00000000060A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5660-45-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000486000-memory.dmp