Analysis

  • max time kernel
    600s
  • max time network
    460s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 10:54

General

  • Target
    Cherax.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample260809-mzyemaztds
  • SHA256 fdb00ca04a2241daf3466fedce4c2db0bf6d28b265af97da3f529375498c34dc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • discordrat

Attributes
  • discord_token

    MTQ4Mjg3ODM5NjQ5MjE1Mjk5Mg.Gbn_mb.wbXd4mb3kzO4I5zn0Zudzf4xqgzqOXcMIchGuA

  • server_id

    1482879817576611952

Signatures

  • Family: Discord RAT

    A RAT written in C# using Discord as a C2.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cherax.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cherax.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5020
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\CheraxLoader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\CheraxLoader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4604
      • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5664
        • C:\Windows\Temp\{50213642-51B1-4EDE-ADE7-6AF6B76AA4CC}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.exe
          "C:\Windows\Temp\{50213642-51B1-4EDE-ADE7-6AF6B76AA4CC}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.exe" -burn.clean.room="C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe" -burn.filehandle.attached=748 -burn.filehandle.self=752
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5520
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Client-built1.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Client-built1.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4584
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4136

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          CheraxLoader.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\CheraxLoader.exe
          • Size 6.4MB
          • SHA256 ae348abf0227e0fe4c20c39c6ce043ca66ad81a885727801649d240a08e7599f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client-built1.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Client-built1.exe
          • Size 78KB
          • SHA256 b0881c70ec7ec42eb554c0818a81440a0810857c53005fb54dcee4b41b3b94da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vc_redist.x64.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Cherax\Cache\Downloads\vc_redist.x64.exe
          • Size 24.4MB
          • SHA256 cc0ff0eb1dc3f5188ae6300faef32bf5beeba4bdd6e8e445a9184072096b713b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          logo.png

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\{152E8A5F-5AA1-4301-8823-7ED6935CEF88}\.ba\logo.png
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 335a256d4779ec5dcf283d007fb56fd8211bbcaf47dcd70fe60ded6a112744ef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          wixstdba.dll

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\{152E8A5F-5AA1-4301-8823-7ED6935CEF88}\.ba\wixstdba.dll
          • Size 215KB
          • SHA256 e921f69b9fb4b5ad4691809d06896c5f1d655ab75e0ce94a372319c243c56d4e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          vc_redist.x64.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\{50213642-51B1-4EDE-ADE7-6AF6B76AA4CC}\.cr\vc_redist.x64.exe
          • Size 670KB
          • SHA256 568c9ba533624084ea18f7a562b4aa2249ed4e41281524a061a0d0b1008cf6bd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4584-26-0x000001A82C470000-0x000001A82C488000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-29-0x000001A846B30000-0x000001A846CF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-62-0x000001A847380000-0x000001A8478A8000-memory.dmp