Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 12:18

General

  • Target
    DJCISODJ.msi
  • Size 9.9MB
  • Sample260813-pgldfsygpc
  • SHA256 ab49a2874151de565447e16c4e4b7c5f666fb74e7d54fe6e5ef94683b79bd208
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • hijackloader

Attributes
  • directory

    %APPDATA%\SVCengine_arm

  • inject_dll

    %windir%\SysWOW64\input.dll

xor.hex

Signatures

  • Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,

    HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.

  • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 28 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 12 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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.

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

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 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\DJCISODJ.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2868
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4740
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1604
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Auro-Dynamics64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Auro-Dynamics64.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:808
        • C:\ProgramData\SVCengine_arm\Auro-Dynamics64.exe
          C:\ProgramData\SVCengine_arm\Auro-Dynamics64.exe
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4248
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AxisEmul.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AxisEmul.exe
            4⤵
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:2940
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SVCengine_arm\VSLauncher.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SVCengine_arm\VSLauncher.exe
            4⤵
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:5720
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4104
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:2312

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            e596113.rbs

            • Path C:\Config.Msi\e596113.rbs
            • Size 10KB
            • SHA256 06ffa748df3da38f6883fedf3d18c319c2d4f04f4f07ca70d2f63abce7cb8462
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Auro-Dynamics64.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Auro-Dynamics64.exe
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 0d8afee0c1859a45f7372d5bdf4c957c2ac69f7b1ed381a89cfda22b1acf197f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            MSVCP140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\MSVCP140.dll
            • Size 439KB
            • SHA256 02c7259456eac8cbadfb460377ba68e98282400c7a4a9d0bf49b3313ef6d554d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt5Core.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Qt5Core.dll
            • Size 5.1MB
            • SHA256 b556029c571872055924eff34ff245c2e751dcb9c8c1a5f30dc80e0771625799
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt5Gui.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Qt5Gui.dll
            • Size 5.7MB
            • SHA256 ab160992f30dc69b97feedd2fcaf7528a56fc98a3f30a166c1076589340ac8be
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt5Network.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Qt5Network.dll
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 ddc9894e36231d749265155ba02f2d70ec5e006cea34010750b220ce49ce391a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt5Qml.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Qt5Qml.dll
            • Size 3.0MB
            • SHA256 a5d049f69fa54f82f916c0a027727877c339fc06cc3d6b65710aaa447a721877
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt5QmlModels.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Qt5QmlModels.dll
            • Size 410KB
            • SHA256 590592d3bdbe9c0160e0dec41a3e42d952c391fa9b5c5ce8b12e9074e6435957
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt5Quick.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\Qt5Quick.dll
            • Size 3.5MB
            • SHA256 1b9604ab2fb017ad9953df6059ae55fe1e08134622a1942be1845295efb2b559
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            msvcp_win.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\msvcp_win.dll
            • Size 485KB
            • SHA256 55043a5dbe9b4bfe50e2e6be0bdf77a69a075becc520700dcaffb1d9f7686138
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            sprite_mon.meta

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\sprite_mon.meta
            • Size 2.0MB
            • SHA256 71f9b9f0e10f650366d8d801e75210f19ce5c75881eb01ca8d81a7aa9e470580
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            system-server.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\system-server.dll
            • Size 20KB
            • SHA256 1bcb3f8ada412439aed4b6073c226efd63e70aae9cbc803e79f2d85100f7ac1e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ucrtbase.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\ucrtbase.dll
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 71358d729b01bdf38dbe5440705ea68ea9225f93c834f45c5687b0ea2b417c4e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            vcruntime140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\vcruntime140.dll
            • Size 71KB
            • SHA256 21c802b1357361f3f7f8a6651a1b706eed5c99bf94aa332057bde356b64c4f5a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            version.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Chapel\version.dll
            • Size 21KB
            • SHA256 2a058a4a584db5ac68a05dbe735d3949c185ad2333d1f9a0b8b040c244842595
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            664D44E.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\664D44E.tmp
            • Size 2.4MB
            • SHA256 090fe61cf669aa6ae46f1061c8a32ebd6a818f80f08da099be379c3385773cbd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            664D44E.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\664D44E.tmp
            • Size 2.4MB
            • SHA256 550f603a9736cd6b960415447fc201f07eb2c9380b2fc5d7643444f548656a03
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            A08FA75.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A08FA75.tmp
            • Size 40B
            • SHA256 6eecf4da099e788bc71a4a7204d904cc596edd203574647658f1253747649c7f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            AxisEmul.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AxisEmul.exe
            • Size 998KB
            • SHA256 d9fa3fda6755eb535c4de9572a88deaf5ba2035507dd581ae1a29f888ff5bb0e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            VSLauncher.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SVCengine_arm\VSLauncher.exe
            • Size 432KB
            • SHA256 3c73732dbf5dd0a75d1c909436983bfc4f20d8fa5bd9cd9a7a31e105dd2b71d9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            e596112.msi

            • Path C:\Windows\Installer\e596112.msi
            • Size 9.9MB
            • SHA256 ab49a2874151de565447e16c4e4b7c5f666fb74e7d54fe6e5ef94683b79bd208
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            metadata-2

            • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
            • Size 26.1MB
            • SHA256 7023288ba80aa3877ea4ff867731e284029f0076d9f432252e34c10b47cb13f5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            {7a808e98-fc3e-4d10-86d2-2f33d21f0fd4}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

            • Path \??\Volume{c61fbfff-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{7a808e98-fc3e-4d10-86d2-2f33d21f0fd4}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
            • Size 6KB
            • SHA256 92861adeb862969823d104fee2acf5ff3cfd158f3636069f09bb1cfb446ffb13
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/808-58-0x0000000073270000-0x00000000732C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/808-59-0x00007FF8EA8A0000-0x00007FF8EAB03000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-97-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000996000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-111-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000996000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-115-0x00000000074C0000-0x0000000007A7A000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-90-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000996000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-96-0x00007FF8EA8A0000-0x00007FF8EAB03000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-114-0x0000000006E60000-0x0000000006EF2000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-113-0x0000000006030000-0x0000000006096000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-101-0x0000000005A10000-0x0000000005A82000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-102-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005C58000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-104-0x0000000005C80000-0x0000000005CAA000-memory.dmp

            memory/2940-92-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000996000-memory.dmp

            memory/4248-77-0x0000000073270000-0x00000000732C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/4248-78-0x00007FF8EA8A0000-0x00007FF8EAB03000-memory.dmp

            memory/4248-100-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000008DE000-memory.dmp

            memory/4248-80-0x0000000073270000-0x00000000732C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/4248-88-0x0000000073270000-0x00000000732C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/5720-109-0x00007FF8EA8A0000-0x00007FF8EAB03000-memory.dmp

            memory/5720-112-0x0000000073270000-0x00000000732C2000-memory.dmp