081e46c841116223cc9924dbc18be6f0eb05c3e8974dfa57cefedc8987ebf18a

Analysis

user interaction
yes
max time kernel
329s
max time network
333s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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General

Target
WindowsHostManager (11).exe
Size 2.4MB
Sample260808-wd133abk21
SHA256 081e46c841116223cc9924dbc18be6f0eb05c3e8974dfa57cefedc8987ebf18a
MD5 509b49d2930fcd4d1283b20b0fb96a5c
SHA1 ae12a12029611028f93c4ca26c56cc9fd291f1dc
SHA512 3f659008be90876bb5a18dc633e076d7dd74ef04ef3e38d8bbd3020ff7d8c43e4690568f3536175c73f86abe2d1a9cb36d43bdf8e4bad231a50616093ae9b53f
SSDEEP 49152:DExA4AOr9EeNSPwEW3cFSI4Tfm3hvbHsjAJcAMkPyhly8Pv6Uc:S9Nzm31PMoyW8X6Uc
TLSH
T18AC5BF4BB3B8009CD5BBC17DC627660BE7B174451710ABDF16A086AA2F23FE5567E320
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution persistence spyware stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Userinit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsHostManager.exe"	WindowsHostManager (11).exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5596	WindowsHostManager.exe
4088	WindowsHostManager.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsHostManager = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsHostManager.exe\""	WindowsHostManager (11).exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsHostManager = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsHostManager.exe\""	WindowsHostManager.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsHostManager = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\WindowsHostManager.exe\""	WindowsHostManager.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

flow	ioc
6	api.ipify.org
7	api.ipify.org
23	api.ipify.org
1	api.ipify.org

Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
discovery

Browser Information Discovery
T1217
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	WindowsHostManager.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	WindowsHostManager.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	WindowsHostManager.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	WindowsHostManager.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000_Classes\Local Settings	calc.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4716	schtasks.exe
5716	schtasks.exe
4080	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4088	WindowsHostManager.exe
4088	WindowsHostManager.exe
5596	WindowsHostManager.exe
5596	WindowsHostManager.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5596	WindowsHostManager.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4088	WindowsHostManager.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4088	WindowsHostManager.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4088	WindowsHostManager.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5596	WindowsHostManager.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5596	WindowsHostManager.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 4716	2976	WindowsHostManager (11).exe	89
PID 2976 wrote to memory of 5596	2976	WindowsHostManager (11).exe	93
PID 5596 wrote to memory of 5716	5596	WindowsHostManager.exe	94
PID 4088 wrote to memory of 4080	4088	WindowsHostManager.exe	97
PID 4088 wrote to memory of 4704	4088	WindowsHostManager.exe	99
PID 4704 wrote to memory of 1144	4704	cmd.exe	101
PID 1144 wrote to memory of 4776	1144	calc.exe	102

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsHostManager (11).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WindowsHostManager (11).exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2976
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
  "schtasks" /Create /TN "Microsoft\Windows\HostManager\Service" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sht.xml" /F
  2⤵
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4716
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHostManager.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHostManager.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5596
- - C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks" /Create /TN "Microsoft\Windows\HostManager\Service" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sht.xml" /F
    3⤵
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5716

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHostManager.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHostManager.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4088
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
  "schtasks" /Create /TN "Microsoft\Windows\HostManager\Service" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sht.xml" /F
  2⤵
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4080
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
  "cmd.exe" /Q
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4704
- - C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe
    calc
    3⤵
    - Modifies registry class
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1144
  - - C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\win32calc.exe"
      4⤵
      PID:4776

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

T1217

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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sht.xml

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sht.xml
Size 689B
SHA256 da70c7214550f4ac3e40ede73a0c672859abc836d277fb160405075c4f959d53
MD5 b94e79bdf5689dbfebdb749372181a87
SHA1 100e6a5205debee17a3332c23ec92c361f93c100
SHA512 30e809b38fae357d31bdbff78e26a567b363ae65e6cb0b55f30a4a74d11498a29f6e459ce1e20d387979f9eda96253729428be3e5f484704f7ae59b9ed2ca66a
TLSH
T16E01FEA1DA84F51B03764E39C393568376ABAB6649B1013CD8C48C3CB88E48F720227F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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WindowsHostManager.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHostManager.exe
Size 2.4MB
SHA256 081e46c841116223cc9924dbc18be6f0eb05c3e8974dfa57cefedc8987ebf18a
MD5 509b49d2930fcd4d1283b20b0fb96a5c
SHA1 ae12a12029611028f93c4ca26c56cc9fd291f1dc
SHA512 3f659008be90876bb5a18dc633e076d7dd74ef04ef3e38d8bbd3020ff7d8c43e4690568f3536175c73f86abe2d1a9cb36d43bdf8e4bad231a50616093ae9b53f
SSDEEP 49152:DExA4AOr9EeNSPwEW3cFSI4Tfm3hvbHsjAJcAMkPyhly8Pv6Uc:S9Nzm31PMoyW8X6Uc
TLSH
T18AC5BF4BB3B8009CD5BBC17DC627660BE7B174451710ABDF16A086AA2F23FE5567E320
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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whm_ws.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\whm_ws.log
Size 132B
SHA256 41fa5bf55e504e99bbc7a2775c28a5823560c679b3adacc3cb9eadd7143e727c
MD5 1041be94b5e3f7efea1ec0d7f42e9c24
SHA1 daf361647bdd6211212c02170bb437bc71883a47
SHA512 22b51fa57b3c453e083d7697a10b70af589022554618d755830bb9613853b5b0e9083b5709511128a91e5a564b8b4acacd681866e4026f177d996d12ef292d8a
TLSH
T116C0228CC08323B388820A0E803388B2803330F2C8E0C8CCA03BEF8CEC0200C203808C
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whm_ws.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\whm_ws.log
Size 262B
SHA256 282962eac63b4fcde572bf96d7314f8e349033906580d2adfe59144879cd95de
MD5 a1ae158aa94816e283e7cfd5961893a6
SHA1 3927970d053e268e79d689ee4882badd8a8e5879
SHA512 d77af0312174bffeeb678887f158b6bfc390a3958dd4cf6b60adafe76204d7e28d68ddfe16024c34c7e810391e752ab0995adeeccc5f8e2d01880f63d65a9173
TLSH
T131D042AD9083237A8842B74EA4634CF250B330F298A08AECB42AAA4CED224091028958
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memory/2976-5-0x00007FFDE51E0000-0x00007FFDE5B84000-memory.dmp

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memory/2976-1-0x00007FFDE536F000-0x00007FFDE5370000-memory.dmp

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memory/2976-7-0x00007FFDE51E0000-0x00007FFDE5B84000-memory.dmp

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memory/2976-0-0x0000028431E60000-0x00000284320CE000-memory.dmp

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memory/2976-3-0x00007FFDE51E0000-0x00007FFDE5B84000-memory.dmp

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memory/4088-28-0x0000015286F70000-0x0000015286F86000-memory.dmp

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memory/4088-30-0x00000152A13A0000-0x00000152A13B2000-memory.dmp

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memory/5596-15-0x00007FFDE51E0000-0x00007FFDE5B84000-memory.dmp

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