donutloader | 1c8e44fe1340d2251b39ae1ff641d253cc1eb5e7f81cbf84eb5125fb021c47e6

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
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
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08/08/2026, 23:53

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General

Target
Service.exe
Size 7.0MB
Sample260808-3xgbbseq4y
SHA256 1c8e44fe1340d2251b39ae1ff641d253cc1eb5e7f81cbf84eb5125fb021c47e6
MD5 c69d1d5ddc8d682319f839fd80c85170
SHA1 04ee245733358ce31f55c9eb2b54165cab0db377
SHA512 fdb90f2f245e1f1fa780184f27dfefee5f8475dccb70bb335d08141c1c3a3097946342cb74397e2ffb959878f8d0c7c2423d04038f93bd6bbe3d7d16693b4f8b
SSDEEP 384:haJtrLszc0yllp4OqDkrYO9C1w7X0RWQdP1GezUy6Dar3AiUXEW3h3AaE7qj6jMt:SHrlvT9NV
TLSH
T10B761129DFBB29FF0026CC5BDBD28263F4549126699D9BA209D243EB0793D076493D3C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

defense_evasion discovery execution donutloader loader persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: DonutLoader
DonutLoader is a position-independent code that enables in-memory execution of VBScript, JScript, EXE, DLL files and dotNET assemblies.
loader donutloader

Detects DonutLoader 1 IoCs

loader

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/432-10-0x0000000006190000-0x0000000006244000-memory.dmp	family_donutloader

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1192	Service.exe
432	Service.exe

Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
defense_evasion execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Impair Defenses
T1562

Service Stop
T1489

Service Execution
T1569.002

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\Service.exe	Service.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Service.exe	Service.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Service.exe	Service.exe

Launches sc.exe 6 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
1120	sc.exe
5976	sc.exe
3632	sc.exe
5796	sc.exe
2892	sc.exe
5544	sc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Service.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Service.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Service.exe

Disables Windows logging functionality 2 TTPs
Changes registry settings to disable Windows Event logging.

Disable or Modify Tools
T1562.001

Modify Registry
T1112

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting	Service.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\Disabled = "1"	Service.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 36 IoCs

pid	Process
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
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432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
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432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe
432	Service.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4808	Service.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1192	Service.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	432	Service.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	432	Service.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4808 wrote to memory of 1192	4808	Service.exe	89
PID 1192 wrote to memory of 5544	1192	Service.exe	90
PID 1192 wrote to memory of 1120	1192	Service.exe	92
PID 1192 wrote to memory of 5976	1192	Service.exe	94
PID 1192 wrote to memory of 3632	1192	Service.exe	96
PID 1192 wrote to memory of 5796	1192	Service.exe	98
PID 1192 wrote to memory of 2892	1192	Service.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Service.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Service.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4808
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Service.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\Service.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1192
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    "sc.exe" stop Service
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5544
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    "sc.exe" delete Service
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1120
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    "sc.exe" create Service binPath= "C:\Windows\System32\Service.exe /service" type= own start= auto
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5976
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    "sc.exe" description Service "Windows Security Update Service"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3632
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    "sc.exe" failure Service reset= 3600 actions= restart/10000
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5796
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    "sc.exe" start Service
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2892

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Service.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Service.exe /service
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:432

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Service Stop

T1489

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Service.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Service.exe
Size 7.0MB
SHA256 1c8e44fe1340d2251b39ae1ff641d253cc1eb5e7f81cbf84eb5125fb021c47e6
MD5 c69d1d5ddc8d682319f839fd80c85170
SHA1 04ee245733358ce31f55c9eb2b54165cab0db377
SHA512 fdb90f2f245e1f1fa780184f27dfefee5f8475dccb70bb335d08141c1c3a3097946342cb74397e2ffb959878f8d0c7c2423d04038f93bd6bbe3d7d16693b4f8b
SSDEEP 384:haJtrLszc0yllp4OqDkrYO9C1w7X0RWQdP1GezUy6Dar3AiUXEW3h3AaE7qj6jMt:SHrlvT9NV
TLSH
T10B761129DFBB29FF0026CC5BDBD28263F4549126699D9BA209D243EB0793D076493D3C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/432-10-0x0000000006190000-0x0000000006244000-memory.dmp

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memory/432-11-0x0000000007770000-0x0000000007822000-memory.dmp

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memory/432-19-0x000000000A280000-0x000000000A83A000-memory.dmp

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memory/432-18-0x00000000055B0000-0x0000000005616000-memory.dmp

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memory/432-13-0x00000000082E0000-0x000000000837C000-memory.dmp

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memory/432-12-0x0000000008240000-0x00000000082D2000-memory.dmp

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memory/432-8-0x0000000004920000-0x0000000004942000-memory.dmp

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memory/1192-5-0x0000000074AA0000-0x000000007525C000-memory.dmp

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memory/1192-9-0x0000000074AA0000-0x000000007525C000-memory.dmp

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memory/1192-6-0x0000000074AA0000-0x000000007525C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4808-0-0x0000000074AB2000-0x0000000074AB3000-memory.dmp

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memory/4808-2-0x0000000074AA0000-0x000000007525C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4808-4-0x0000000074AA0000-0x000000007525C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4808-1-0x0000000000F40000-0x000000000164C000-memory.dmp

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