Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 10:32

General

  • Target
    ember.exe
  • Size 46.2MB
  • Sample260808-mk1ansdp31
  • SHA256 5a626077042dacd496ee1d47fd239297f41d1f72f14ab5c92fadfbd29a58c0dd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 21 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ember.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ember.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6092
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --noerrdialogs --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --disable-features=msWebOOUI,msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection --enable-features=MojoIpcz --lang=en-US --accept-lang=en-US --mojo-named-platform-channel-pipe=6092.4828.1013893798521972174 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1148
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=crashpad-handler --user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView /prefetch:4 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler --database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Crashpad --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=122.0.6261.139 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Edge WebView2" --annotation=ver=122.0.2365.106 --initial-client-data=0x184,0x188,0x18c,0x140,0x194,0x7ff9d2145fd8,0x7ff9d2145fe4,0x7ff9d2145ff0
        3⤵
          PID:296
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=gpu-process --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADgAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1792 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:2 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
          3⤵
            PID:2100
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2252 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:3 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
            3⤵
              PID:2668
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2304 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
              3⤵
                PID:4796
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=renderer --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --js-flags="--harmony-weak-refs-with-cleanup-some --expose-gc --ms-user-locale=" --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3328 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72 /prefetch:1
                3⤵
                  PID:5992
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4476 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
                  3⤵
                    PID:1920
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4440 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
                    3⤵
                      PID:5196
                    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=unzip.mojom.Unzipper --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4592 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
                      3⤵
                        PID:4108
                      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe
                        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-vendor-id=5140 --gpu-device-id=140 --gpu-sub-system-id=0 --gpu-revision=0 --gpu-driver-version=10.0.26100.1301 --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=ember.exe --webview-exe-version=1.4.0 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --edge-webview-custom-scheme --no-appcompat-clear --gpu-preferences=WAAAAAAAAADoAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAAAAAABEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --mojo-platform-channel-handle=4596 --field-trial-handle=1796,i,9823982544681042584,16742687770045791368,262144 --enable-features=MojoIpcz --disable-features=msPdfOOUI,msSmartScreenProtection,msWebOOUI --variations-seed-version /prefetch:8 /pfhostedapp:cce1a0ee140b805979edb7f28743e781352d2a72
                        3⤵
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        PID:5128
                    • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
                      "netsh" advfirewall firewall show rule "name=Ember P2P (TCP)"
                      2⤵
                      • Modifies Windows Firewall
                      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                      PID:4304
                    • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
                      "netsh" advfirewall firewall add rule "name=Ember P2P (TCP)" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=4662 enable=yes profile=any program=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ember.exe
                      2⤵
                      • Modifies Windows Firewall
                      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                      PID:2904
                    • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
                      "netsh" advfirewall firewall show rule "name=Ember P2P (UDP)"
                      2⤵
                      • Modifies Windows Firewall
                      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                      PID:3172
                    • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
                      "netsh" advfirewall firewall add rule "name=Ember P2P (UDP)" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=4672 enable=yes profile=any program=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ember.exe
                      2⤵
                      • Modifies Windows Firewall
                      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
                      PID:3396

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                        Downloads

                        settings.dat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                        • Size 280B
                        • SHA256 3012d870209bd9cfcddde229cde095337efe736cd061df1da7f2787892a87af0
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        settings.dat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                        • Size 280B
                        • SHA256 3e5421dd86b410d4331cac1502c21abe360095aaa529ccf2be4493ccdc2720ce
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        throttle_store.dat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Crashpad\throttle_store.dat
                        • Size 20B
                        • SHA256 41c91a9c93d76295746a149dce7ebb3b9ee2cb551d84365fff108e59a61cc304
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        the-real-index

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
                        • Size 576B
                        • SHA256 43de22a8a46eae883a9c99bcd0c764d1477c04964cc791dbd8cbbfeb1b74d5b8
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        the-real-index~RFe59f042.TMP

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index~RFe59f042.TMP
                        • Size 48B
                        • SHA256 547eb63991df65a05fb203a332077d8817aaf632c538a88343035db2bc33c7bf
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        MANIFEST-000001

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Extension Rules\MANIFEST-000001
                        • Size 41B
                        • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        Network Persistent State

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Network\Network Persistent State
                        • Size 111B
                        • SHA256 5dfc321417fc31359f23320ea68014ebfd793c5bbed55f77dab4180bbd4a2026
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        Network Persistent State~RFe5ac390.TMP

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Network\Network Persistent State~RFe5ac390.TMP
                        • Size 59B
                        • SHA256 226eec4486509917aa336afebd6ff65777b75b65f1fb06891d2a857a9421a974
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                        • Size 2B
                        • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        Preferences

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Preferences
                        • Size 6KB
                        • SHA256 3379232e61bb86ee7210c5dfdbfe50664c902a2c9f5e9515a90ff32164fca3d6
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        CURRENT

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\Site Characteristics Database\CURRENT
                        • Size 16B
                        • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        a1894061-1c43-40fc-bf2e-eb3a7efdfdaf.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Default\a1894061-1c43-40fc-bf2e-eb3a7efdfdaf.tmp
                        • Size 6KB
                        • SHA256 98e1113213fcd94ec999543c7b9d10e86b0996b2542aac26512305ad448279fa
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        data_0

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_0
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        data_1

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_1
                        • Size 264KB
                        • SHA256 902f30c1fb0597d0734bc34b979ec5d131f8f39a4b71b338083821216ec8d61b
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        data_2

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_2
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        data_3

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\GraphiteDawnCache\data_3
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        Local State

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Local State
                        • Size 2KB
                        • SHA256 94b0a8de6940237ed1f0999db64d262538dac63f8768df1a4706b8718e6d1b9f
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        Local State

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Local State
                        • Size 3KB
                        • SHA256 ba1e9ce91dad4c2bff96bff844fe581c9689c831e4425b6b925ef3858784b3df
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        Local State

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Local State
                        • Size 15KB
                        • SHA256 406723a77338c1d27f750d0a63e6a9f001809379ec62f234fb9a77827a1cfb17
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        Local State~RFe599bc9.TMP

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\com.ember.p2p\EBWebView\Local State~RFe599bc9.TMP
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 9af2f7a9945ca3cfd2070b321bf64e4194be4ef43f860d07c8b4487c44a6f022
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        clients.met

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ember\p2p\data\clients.met
                        • Size 9B
                        • SHA256 175e225a4084306b33b7021d64ea58fe31a7378ec4137b153d7069b98437874d
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        memory/1920-306-0x00007FF9F44E0000-0x00007FF9F44E1000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1920-305-0x00007FF9F43C0000-0x00007FF9F43C1000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2100-26-0x00007FF9F3940000-0x00007FF9F3941000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-404-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-410-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-412-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-411-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-414-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-415-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-413-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5128-406-0x0000011E8BE30000-0x0000011E8BE31000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5992-61-0x00007FF9F3940000-0x00007FF9F3941000-memory.dmp