Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/08/2026, 14:19

General

  • Target
    HxDPortableSetup.exe
  • Size 3.3MB
  • Sample260807-rm9pcaxcnd
  • SHA256 7eed3fbb271a7db6d061106a0e20a5a193388f800812266cdbb7526e469820a8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDPortableSetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDPortableSetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4536
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OT3UD.tmp\HxDPortableSetup.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OT3UD.tmp\HxDPortableSetup.tmp" /SL5="$60192,2973524,121344,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HxDPortableSetup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6108
      • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe" /chooselang:enu /createdefaultconfig:normal
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2776
        • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe /chooselang
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:2108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\readme.txt
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:1396
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:2024
    • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2504

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          HxDPortableSetup.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-OT3UD.tmp\HxDPortableSetup.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 9c81817acd4982632d8c7f1df3898fca1477577738184265d735f49fc5480f07
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          HxD64.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\HxD64.exe
          • Size 6.6MB
          • SHA256 9d460040a454deeb3fe69300fe6b9017350e1efcb1f52f7f14a4702d96cb45ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          HxD Hex Editor.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\Settings\HxD Hex Editor.ini
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 b8e8d670bfca98a36da735e7a63bb77bd2de139e95ebc2ef8478a56c29bfcd70
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          HxD Hex Editor.lang

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\Settings\HxD Hex Editor.lang
          • Size 3B
          • SHA256 78b33626b46709ebe04edd99ea813ed291183bebb025ea5e4783ca2260811943
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          readme.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\HxD\readme.txt
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 ca4f74de91db68db75a685640957140c42d8d01659c20cf72eb771a0f7bcba2d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2108-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2504-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2776-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2776-33-0x0000000000413000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/4536-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-10-0x0000000002450000-0x0000000002451000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000052E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-6-0x0000000002450000-0x0000000002451000-memory.dmp