Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/08/2026, 17:21

General

  • Target
    Tax Notice.exe
  • Size 25.3MB
  • Sample260807-vxgcbshr4x
  • SHA256 749c688bc6049b650c31c956c86b269844ebb3e55939f8b99bf8f90a59cc4218
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 50 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax Notice.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax Notice.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3484
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 >nul 2>&1 && del /f /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tax Notice.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:2356
  • C:\ProgramData\host\rdservice.exe
    "C:\ProgramData\host\rdservice.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3128
    • C:\ProgramData\host\rdclient.exe
      C:\ProgramData\host\rdclient.exe quiet
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • System policy modification
      PID:3048

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        10656d52b977a4e12d54cc0fc58b5286_c3d0e1da-bcea-48f7-86a8-212b4e5f9c90

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\S-1-5-18\10656d52b977a4e12d54cc0fc58b5286_c3d0e1da-bcea-48f7-86a8-212b4e5f9c90
        • Size 50B
        • SHA256 915305b55d5ac9f4d91f17348a5270ee0e95b0c4664b7a46b8e01be074067570
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        cfg.ini

        • Path C:\ProgramData\host\cfg.ini
        • Size 171B
        • SHA256 7f49d9c3239199bfd6a8923bff31a43025751a6665c74ce4666acdcee6c2e9b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        host.dat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\host\host.dat
        • Size 130B
        • SHA256 43701a2a1571ce9419b9b3c3634f61e2b815dd9e48c6cc5468b974c11d1dad05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        rdclient.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\host\rdclient.exe
        • Size 34.2MB
        • SHA256 cc91fa509ce19e67a421173704e016892df4089ab494de894a8c5de52d17e857
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rdservice.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\host\rdservice.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 7ed2a077a1ce34fcb182e5135ae75ad7bd96207c3204c9f343095f967bfa109f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3048-36-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-71-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-81-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-79-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-77-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-75-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-60-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-64-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-67-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-69-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-73-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000002B71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3128-35-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000BB7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3128-8-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000BB7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3484-13-0x0000000001000000-0x000000000353B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3484-0-0x0000000001000000-0x000000000353B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3484-1-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B13000-memory.dmp