Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
149s - max time network
143s - 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, 20:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Crown.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Crown.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target Crown.exe
- Size 6.1MB
- Sample260807-zexntaaa29
- SHA256 81e7bc2097821a829c4e1dbe5d75305207b5ee9dbeb08e31203a81a95d071d03
- MD5 232cbc03d848e0124035ca62671f9fea
- SHA1 d52c0440fdf658b66842231763d1a5fad72947fb
- SHA512 98bbc1a10c37e8adc14431cefd70625c642ba83ca66ea4ffd225df3e44faf6c78cfca43222aa70f5756e3bc8ef2576addc6fb994391f6323600d481080de7b82
- SSDEEP 196608:ORfxkCCQ/ACnV4hUdyy3DIGlxsc8yE0b8KmdZTG:gdR/DV4hUIy8XcyA
- TLSH T16356334F785CAF41D947E6B42E346C290B97C9674DAC67442A4E092EA4C7C3FB101FEA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ Crown.exe - Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion Crown.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion Crown.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2004-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000137C000-memory.dmp themida behavioral2/memory/2004-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000137C000-memory.dmp themida - Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA Crown.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 6 api.ipify.org 1 api.ipify.org - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
pid Process 2004 Crown.exe - Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\Properties\{b725f130-47ef-101a-a5f1-02608c9eebac}\000A taskmgr.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000\FriendlyName taskmgr.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_WDC&Prod_WDS100T2B0A\4&215468a5&0&000000 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
pid Process 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2004 Crown.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5944 taskmgr.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 5944 taskmgr.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 5944 taskmgr.exe Token: 33 5944 taskmgr.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5944 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 32 IoCs
pid Process 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 32 IoCs
pid Process 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe 5944 taskmgr.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 5944 taskmgr.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Crown.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Crown.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2004
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C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe"C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /41⤵
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5944
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵PID:4756