Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    262s
  • max time network
    209s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/08/2026, 12:27

General

  • Target
    gh_2.97.0_windows_amd64.msi
  • Size 14.5MB
  • Sample260810-pm114agb33
  • SHA256 942865de5f19c42fdae32b77988f8d68e72ff78deef26b93d970b494bc2c7e87
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gh_2.97.0_windows_amd64.msi
    1⤵
    • Badlisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:6076
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1928
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding AA38E709873656D9C5CAF2621EBA1370 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5676
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3516
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 60569C27DFC590F5CF1BCF5BC02AB480
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4092
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4888
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
      1⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5552
      • C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
        "C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe" --version
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5872
        • C:\Windows\system32\tzutil.exe
          tzutil /g
          3⤵
            PID:2196
        • C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
          "C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe" config set telemetry disabled
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5316
          • C:\Windows\system32\tzutil.exe
            tzutil /g
            3⤵
              PID:4804
          • C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
            "C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe" auto login
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3300
            • C:\Windows\system32\tzutil.exe
              tzutil /g
              3⤵
                PID:4200
            • C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
              "C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe" config set telemtry enable
              2⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1408
              • C:\Windows\system32\tzutil.exe
                tzutil /g
                3⤵
                  PID:5892
              • C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
                "C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe" config set telemtry enable
                2⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1832
                • C:\Windows\system32\tzutil.exe
                  tzutil /g
                  3⤵
                    PID:5324
                • C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
                  "C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe" repo view cli/cli
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2796
                  • C:\Windows\system32\tzutil.exe
                    tzutil /g
                    3⤵
                      PID:1120

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      e59f3be.rbs

                      • Path C:\Config.Msi\e59f3be.rbs
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 24649ef19491314577c5648b5a083845f430cd4d67153a674a8a8856834fda57
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      gh.exe

                      • Path C:\Program Files\GitHub CLI\gh.exe
                      • Size 39.8MB
                      • SHA256 e2efa10a5d2ce93cac9bc4b676932b62947c0967c01c8f2c3a9cb4437ad358d3
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      device-id

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GitHub CLI\device-id
                      • Size 36B
                      • SHA256 fde2162340925fa1c80d6e0ec057e127bea70095fcc582106d61d3310db20a11
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      MSI8B4E.tmp

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8B4E.tmp
                      • Size 132KB
                      • SHA256 7f47d98ab25cfea9b3a2e898c3376cc9ba1cd893b4948b0c27caa530fd0e34cc
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      __PSScriptPolicyTest_hclqwqti.jez.ps1

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

                      config.yml

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GitHub CLI\config.yml
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 cddb6bd378d25ee98302124ec7eb62a2ba7f58d148a74fa2dbc870f6413484cd
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      config.yml

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GitHub CLI\config.yml
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 d6d81808f5dda5f8a18aa73100a318d0e22797b942fb19339f4f67afbab1eb97
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      MSI1A8.tmp

                      • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI1A8.tmp
                      • Size 234KB
                      • SHA256 78860e15e474cc2af7ad6e499a8971b6b8197afb8e49a1b9eaaa392e4378f3a5
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      e59f3bd.msi

                      • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e59f3bd.msi
                      • Size 14.5MB
                      • SHA256 942865de5f19c42fdae32b77988f8d68e72ff78deef26b93d970b494bc2c7e87
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      metadata-2

                      • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
                      • Size 26.1MB
                      • SHA256 357f163e385baaaaeddd6b178b41dd98ead80d76c425d59436c45ca998a70ad6
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      {dadc53fe-4155-4074-8aae-44b526f16840}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

                      • Path \??\Volume{c61f3bad-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{dadc53fe-4155-4074-8aae-44b526f16840}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
                      • Size 6KB
                      • SHA256 bfb7f1cc9f56ac7a9bbd0e936ed228776de9e42252b44076965f3e2fd21f5a30
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      memory/4888-35-0x0000000005DF0000-0x000000000643A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4888-36-0x0000000005C20000-0x0000000005C42000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4888-34-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005756000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4888-41-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000687B000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4888-38-0x00000000064B0000-0x0000000006516000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4888-37-0x0000000006440000-0x00000000064A6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-65-0x00000246B1C80000-0x00000246B1C9E000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-63-0x00000246B1BA0000-0x00000246B1C52000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-64-0x00000246B1A20000-0x00000246B1A2A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-44-0x00000246B1620000-0x00000246B1642000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-66-0x00000246B1C60000-0x00000246B1C6A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-67-0x00000246B20D0000-0x00000246B20EC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-68-0x00000246B1C70000-0x00000246B1C78000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-69-0x00000246B1CA0000-0x00000246B1CA6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-70-0x00000246B1CB0000-0x00000246B1CBA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-62-0x00000246B1B80000-0x00000246B1B9E000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5552-47-0x00000246B1A30000-0x00000246B1A78000-memory.dmp