Analysis

  • max time kernel
    409s
  • max time network
    922s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/08/2026, 09:20

General

  • Target
    Mini Metro/Mini Metro.exe
  • Size 626KB
  • Sample260806-la724asvbx
  • SHA256 b4ca1aa0430a826b1668b45448ff6ad2ca6b5245e50f0e0b82336dd128979d61
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 42 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 15 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mini Metro\Mini Metro.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mini Metro\Mini Metro.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4236
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mini Metro\UnityCrashHandler32.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mini Metro\UnityCrashHandler32.exe" --attach 4236 8196096
      2⤵
        PID:4868
    • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
      C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x0000000000000500 0x00000000000004FC
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5776
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:3188
      • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
        sihost.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4480
        • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
          explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
          2⤵
          • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          PID:4056
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
        1⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5544
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
        1⤵
          PID:3384
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
          1⤵
            PID:920
          • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
            \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {08728914-3F57-4D52-9E31-49DAECA5A80A} -Embedding
            1⤵
              PID:3132

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
                  • Size 595B
                  • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  memory/3384-71-0x000001AE001E0000-0x000001AE002E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3384-72-0x000001AE001E0000-0x000001AE002E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3384-73-0x000001AE001E0000-0x000001AE002E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3384-117-0x000001AE041E0000-0x000001AE04200000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3384-88-0x000001AE01ED0000-0x000001AE01FD0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3384-85-0x000001AE01A00000-0x000001AE01A20000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3384-103-0x000001AE01C60000-0x000001AE01C80000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-23-0x0000000011330000-0x0000000011350000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-28-0x0000000015B70000-0x0000000015B80000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-6-0x0000000011220000-0x0000000011230000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-7-0x0000000011330000-0x0000000011350000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-8-0x0000000011620000-0x0000000011630000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-11-0x0000000011640000-0x0000000011650000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-10-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DD0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-9-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E20000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-12-0x0000000011A20000-0x0000000011A50000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-13-0x0000000011A50000-0x0000000011A60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-15-0x00000000158E0000-0x00000000158F0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-14-0x000000000F610000-0x000000000F620000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-17-0x0000000015AF0000-0x0000000015B20000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-16-0x0000000011190000-0x00000000111A0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-19-0x0000000015B20000-0x0000000015B30000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-18-0x00000000111A0000-0x00000000111B0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-20-0x0000000015B30000-0x0000000015B40000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-22-0x0000000015B40000-0x0000000015B50000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-21-0x0000000011220000-0x0000000011230000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-24-0x0000000015B50000-0x0000000015B60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-3-0x0000000011190000-0x00000000111A0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-26-0x0000000015B60000-0x0000000015B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-25-0x0000000011620000-0x0000000011630000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-4-0x00000000111A0000-0x00000000111B0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-27-0x0000000011640000-0x0000000011650000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-30-0x0000000015B80000-0x0000000015B90000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-29-0x0000000011A20000-0x0000000011A50000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-32-0x0000000015B90000-0x0000000015BA0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-31-0x0000000011A50000-0x0000000011A60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-34-0x0000000015BA0000-0x0000000015BB0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-33-0x00000000158E0000-0x00000000158F0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-36-0x0000000015BB0000-0x0000000015BC0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-35-0x0000000015AF0000-0x0000000015B20000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-37-0x0000000015B20000-0x0000000015B30000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-38-0x0000000015B30000-0x0000000015B40000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-39-0x0000000015B40000-0x0000000015B50000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-41-0x0000000015970000-0x0000000015980000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-40-0x0000000015B50000-0x0000000015B60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-42-0x0000000015B60000-0x0000000015B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-43-0x0000000015B70000-0x0000000015B80000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-2-0x000000000F610000-0x000000000F620000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-0-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E20000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-1-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000DD0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-44-0x0000000015B80000-0x0000000015B90000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-45-0x0000000015B90000-0x0000000015BA0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-46-0x0000000015BA0000-0x0000000015BB0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-47-0x0000000015BB0000-0x0000000015BC0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4236-48-0x0000000015970000-0x0000000015980000-memory.dmp