Overview

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Static

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2026-08-09...op.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-09...op.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    140s
  • 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, 13:34

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_d854afaf31d04856a020f8a96991c63c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 827KB
  • Sample260809-qvk6aaaf39
  • SHA256 fe7d75882fb436e702f3c6e2dee8d9f49248f7dfd88dafa2e90ec9892fe5e596
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
discoveryexecutionupx

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 48 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    upx
  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

    execution
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_d854afaf31d04856a020f8a96991c63c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_d854afaf31d04856a020f8a96991c63c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4852
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\crswgdqzvt.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\crswgdqzvt.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gxkjxjjolb.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_d854afaf31d04856a020f8a96991c63c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:672
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lfeqglsefn.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lfeqglsefn.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1548
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5732
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1680
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADK2Kydw.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:2620
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4640
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:916
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-10001_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-10001 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
      2⤵
        PID:3352
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:756
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-10003_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-10003 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
        2⤵
          PID:4712
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 1528 1504 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:244
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2396 2432 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:2728
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe4_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe4 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:2380
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 1528 1504 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:2640
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2396 2432 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
            2⤵
              PID:1568

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                Windows.db
                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
                • Size 1.1MB
                • SHA256 8ee96955291dbc5ba2295f3c8841a6e33eb11cb4e179f9e7332aa5206b9cc767
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                Windows.db-wal
                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
                • Size 1.3MB
                • SHA256 03338ec5f9df6b66cb222658c63f8cddc36ba6d67d502d91df6e86f681082426
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                ADK2Kydw.bat
                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADK2Kydw.bat
                • Size 196B
                • SHA256 0fe439ca2741365e321274026015906593c35a93dc3430f9e9a4e5559be02c9e
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                crswgdqzvt.exe
                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\crswgdqzvt.exe
                • Size 51KB
                • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
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                gxkjxjjolb.exe
                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gxkjxjjolb.exe
                • Size 121KB
                • SHA256 1ac81b15735c5bd60066923d6eab790b0acfaf02737ee19f2ad107ca788c59f2
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                lfeqglsefn.exe
                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lfeqglsefn.exe
                • Size 580KB
                • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
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                trnmg.sdb
                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 4a994a5e9045fc14ab6359292dc5a898380a8ba058ae7e351ddc2b2a6e682d88
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                bindsvc.exe
                • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
                • Size 291KB
                • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
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                memory/1548-16-0x0000000000F90000-0x000000000110A000-memory.dmp
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                memory/1548-28-0x0000000000F90000-0x000000000110A000-memory.dmp
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                memory/1548-39-0x0000000000F90000-0x000000000110A000-memory.dmp
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