Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 09:02

General

  • Target
    AX Tweaks.exe
  • Size 25.7MB
  • Sample260809-kzhm3axyft
  • SHA256 95216aaffb2bccf615eb65e49521deecd4580df98a6abb583ae069393ac9d5ff
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 36 IoCs
  • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AX Tweaks.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AX Tweaks.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3452
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AX Tweaks.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AX Tweaks.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1472
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:204
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystemProduct -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).UUID"
        3⤵
        • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4532
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    PID:2396
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:3208
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k SDRSVC
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2068

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 211KB
          • SHA256 ab64835b63093c31975df2692756c8008e7ec190e4aa86f15a713bcc62e1d432
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _imaging.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\PIL\_imaging.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 2.5MB
          • SHA256 b4e06283c347910b5973bd5732159ea9eb26eda48e3eed183be2e3382db26597
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 117KB
          • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf615fcc26909565e17d4ca3451b97f8987f9c6acbc6c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _asyncio.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_asyncio.pyd
          • Size 76KB
          • SHA256 dc6db118862ab3298e55e0f7c44c2c0dae4af9e810d2578271280202d6aa098a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 d28c3dd1c22bfb8a6e8a6a9c2359842b797d08e878ecb7805f60e86a45589d11
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _cffi_backend.cp314-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_cffi_backend.cp314-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 177KB
          • SHA256 2011ed3465ee2b732588c443c246f9c857288b8a0c59ea737100d230a5f8e346
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 139KB
          • SHA256 25d9b0be550d428fecc697ca20450343a7c3ce77c9f5283e9aecfd188d609250
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _decimal.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_decimal.pyd
          • Size 283KB
          • SHA256 8d41a84db20a9b985e98c802ad6833cf9625c744ad35478dd346f54f81488706
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _elementtree.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_elementtree.pyd
          • Size 135KB
          • SHA256 16f4d30a50fc25950762a8bbef9dd6c5750729345539c224d489be33e6d6f340
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 36ce760b9fac53fe51755f30a68d86f5fde89bf1b66c65c19e04aa3afa404ac2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 157KB
          • SHA256 5f7003f9f0256e36351ca2810b3485db28579b08e4d1d65f6f211fcd1136f395
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _multiprocessing.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_multiprocessing.pyd
          • Size 37KB
          • SHA256 9e87ce081fbcf0b6596fcba98e121379ad72a33d68e6b2af7a8bcc5b900229ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _overlapped.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_overlapped.pyd
          • Size 56KB
          • SHA256 ac877f3da413c1523c07b6a0dd1f7e0d7ceb3e8590a5e9e20a78eb1bcb700793
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_queue.pyd
          • Size 35KB
          • SHA256 bb53357b4e91ac23ed4061f15ff3e5e91a5b3be1cbb0c6cf294521ae5b4efa1c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_socket.pyd
          • Size 85KB
          • SHA256 25ac83cac32ed0d67b2cc9672ce64cb53f0a29a75b14c276e901023ff43da5f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _sqlite3.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_sqlite3.pyd
          • Size 129KB
          • SHA256 b0c4edff6d60f300373ec929ab915f95ee601bf167e04d28e4e9e28a8e536fe0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 186KB
          • SHA256 5c07572df2913618cfb851b608cb5f74d740fcce5c3f2e63dc0a2ba39ab35dad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cp1252.enc

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_tcl_data\encoding\cp1252.enc
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 741859cf238c3a63bbb20ec6ed51e46451372bb221cfff438297d261d0561c2e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          _tkinter.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_tkinter.pyd
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 a49520e94f19d025a6be6ac7bbb73a7b32442838c62b68c162d44f81d92838ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _uuid.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_uuid.pyd
          • Size 27KB
          • SHA256 a09308efd309732e3745e70b4456235579c450cac32bed616dfb3913b56f6637
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _wmi.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_wmi.pyd
          • Size 39KB
          • SHA256 0ab1fbcf18c95d70343012feb1aad61e1ba95aaed5b4a08e57fc5990e8a9a452
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _zstd.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\_zstd.pyd
          • Size 491KB
          • SHA256 262aea62a994920daf152a10bdc0ca83a8b1c0874e71db23734862431de182c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 4444ee1fb1fbd4690b3253b21c10fa9b477aed88d66a1c2d28c7700583c08da7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          blue.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\customtkinter\assets\themes\blue.json
          • Size 4KB
          • SHA256 c9417470c16ced7a43d6c4a8e027afa6edc62c24d5aee7c4c2dcd11385964d3b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 6.0MB
          • SHA256 53c529145339fb042a3dcd3a09c2d7753204f8b4fc79d99e0d31e69a33985958
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 38KB
          • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 b17a87979862d19241edc4318f967e24c3ec356ed6c2368f561179fab2311001
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pyexpat.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\pyexpat.pyd
          • Size 217KB
          • SHA256 133942bde91fe43289076a0b50a01b265df4ead078617cca6f6604a4166e1260
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\python3.dll
          • Size 72KB
          • SHA256 22c6e46d8bd563cdb072650901461ef68be2ea6cb1e80af859559d9395a27e39
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python314.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\python314.dll
          • Size 6.5MB
          • SHA256 fde89cdb5c2d08ae65de7ef4abca1876c93ba3796002f5ac0bf7e4d4f5a94da0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\select.pyd
          • Size 32KB
          • SHA256 fab1b4cee101359d82d72061b83cff1855337b3677b9fe01cd69f7548f4c496e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Lorem ipsum.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          sqlite3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\sqlite3.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 2940bee51c4a00c7e8f2a8a1be857d4c4ad23b2657fbf7fdf18e3a3fd20066c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tcl86t.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\tcl86t.dll
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 224f7121c7d7b963f4767154dd185f62c49c442bf8916d6d4c1c567702ccc7fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tk86t.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\tk86t.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 39773640fc235b30d1b2a05f7b5eeba6fa9771e10f33f4ccc1649a9d99ff95e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 741KB
          • SHA256 0d4f124b2d6622d276d777f7106972219f9b310edb5df8149c253da7c013d6d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          zlib1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI34522\zlib1.dll
          • Size 144KB
          • SHA256 6e39f7a67e52aec08b2382ab03c4e20857139a86a55d24b3deeb4d63f7d02e47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_xt1b4ecb.ryt.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_xt1b4ecb.ryt.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1472-1096-0x00007FF8B0350000-0x00007FF8B0379000-memory.dmp

          memory/2068-1115-0x00000285C30B0000-0x00000285C31E5000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1098-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1108-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1104-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1105-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1106-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1107-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1099-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1100-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1110-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/2396-1109-0x000001CB12240000-0x000001CB12241000-memory.dmp

          memory/4532-1091-0x000001FD5D5B0000-0x000001FD5D5DA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4532-1081-0x000001FD5CED0000-0x000001FD5CEE0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4532-1083-0x000001FD5CEA0000-0x000001FD5CEC2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4532-1095-0x000001FD5CEE0000-0x000001FD5D0FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4532-1092-0x000001FD5D5B0000-0x000001FD5D5D4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4532-1082-0x000001FD5CED0000-0x000001FD5CEE0000-memory.dmp